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AUG. 4-10, 2011 » VOL. 18, NO. 45

Editor Scott Dickensheets sdickensheets@lvcitylife.com 477-3882

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A&E Editor Mike Prevatt mprevatt@lvcitylife.com 477-3810 News Editor Kristy Totten ktotten@lvcitylife.com 477-3809 Staff Writers Jason Whited jwhited@lvcitylife.com 477-3834 Amy Kingsley akingsley@lvcitylife.com 477-3843 Max Plenke mplenke@lvcitylife.com 477-3831 Interns Ashton Hall Gregan Wingert

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Contributing Writers Phillip Booth, Colin Boyd, Rob Brezsny, Ryan Foley, Tod Goldberg, Jack Johnson, Matt Kelemen, Jenessa Kenway, George Knapp, Al Mancini, Michaelangelo Matos, David McKee, Chip Mosher, Tommy Nguyen, Alissa Nutting, M.T. Richards, Lissa Townsend Rodgers, Peter Scholtes, Anthony Springer, Dan Weiss

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4 CITYPICKS 8 SLANT

9 SOCRATES IN SODOM Live and let live on the Strip 10 KNAPPSTER School cops gone wild

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ART

Vandalized pictographs at Red Rock highlight issues that go much deeper than a layer of spray paint

12 THE WEEK 12 With the violence and weirdness factor rising on

Designer Maureen Adamo madamo@lvcitylife.com 477-3848 Contributing photographers & illustrators Jeferson Applegate, Andrew DeGraff, Bill Hughes, Todd Lussier, Aaron McKinney

the Strip, we decided to go feel the vibe ourselves

13 A day in concealed-weapon class

20 A&E

20 MUSIC Spotify! 30 ART Our First Friday Art Walk preview 33 BOOKS John Sayles digs into the turn of the 20th century in a big, big way

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34 DINING A sushi place drives our critic batty

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58 ON THE SCENE The Painters & Poets Jam

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[SEE HIM, FEEL HIM, TOUCH HIM, HEAL HIM] TUESDAYS, AUG. 9-30

The Who’s Tommy

Jake Walden starts off the one-two surprise by drifting away from its cabaret-esque sing-alongs and giving the stage to L.A. singer/songwriter Jake Walden. Vegas is notoriously dry when it comes to solo performers, but Don’t Tell Mama is the perfect place for this artist, who has perfected the art of baring his sometimes tortured, sometimes enlightened soul before intimate audiences. And for the bar’s loyal gay/lesbian crowd who might be rankled by the programming change: Walden is an out artist who has worked with LGBT organizations such as The Trevor Project, which assists suicidal gay teens. He deserves the return support of the community. Occasionally, jazz bands play the stage-less

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or all the bodies we see at Fremont East entertainment district, not many of them are there for local and touring acts, likely due to a lack of options. Beauty Bar is the big exception; The Griffin does well with its Wednesday night showcases, and The Beat occasionally has acts play. But you’re not going to get the traditional gig-going experience anywhere else on the street. Except this week, when two venues bring in the rare touring act. Don’t Tell Mama Piano Bar

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Downtown Cocktail Room. But on Friday, Florida indie pop band Rabbit! takes over the downtown speakeasy (for the second time), not only to promote its just-released new album, Go For It, but to get people worked up about the lack of funding and resources in music and arts education. Besides creating awareness of this growing issue, it will discuss ways to combat the problem that include interviewing audience members, showing documentary-style videos and discussing alternatives. If this First Friday doesn’t give you ample reason for greater cultural participation, both you and the preservation of the arts might end up as lost causes. Mike Prevatt Jake Walden: Thursday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m.; Don’t Tell Mama Piano Bar, 517 Fremont St., 207-0788, free. Rabbit!: Friday, Aug. 5, 8:30p; Downtown Cocktail Room, 111 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 8803696, free

There’s more to The Who’s Tommy than “Pinball Wizard”: a death, a trial, shattered identity, sexual molestation, bullying, family dynamics, the shortcomings of modern medicine and heavy-handed commentary on the pitfalls of celebrity, to name a few. Driven so deeply into himself by tragedy that he becomes deaf, mute and blind, but with a genius for pinball, Tommy presents an opaque surface upon which people project themselves: his uncle’s perversity, his babysitter’s cruelty, his fans’ misplaced adoration. All to the accompaniment of some great rock ’n’ roll, courtesy of Pete Townsend. Scott Dickensheets 8 p.m., Ovation Lounge in Green Valley Ranch, www.g reenvalleyranchresort .com/entertainment/ concerts.php, $15

[GET FUNKY] MONDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8-10

Funk Ark

Washington, D.C.’s premier Afro-beat, funk and soul outfit looks more like a soccer team than a musical group — and they don’t even have a singer. But it takes a lot of people to span so many genres. You need your horn section, keys, hand drums and the usual bass, drums and guitar. What’s amazing about this band is that, even with all those instruments, it keeps the songs so airy and spacious. If you’re not familiar with Afro-beat, don’t worry. The Funk Ark’s music isn’t exotic enough to be challenging. It’s smooth and soulful. You can almost hear the smoky lights and the well-dressed women. Go see and hear it for yourself. Amy Kingsley 10 p.m., Book & Stage, The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.cosmopolitanla svegas.com, free

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Adam Carolla It’s not like you haven’t had plenty of chances to soak in Adam Carolla’s musky mojo. There was his stint on The Man Show; you probably watched an episode or two. Remember the puppet comedy Crank Yankers? He helped create it. He twinkletoed through Dancing With the Stars. You probably heard his radio show a few years ago, before it was canceled thanks to budget cuts. You can listen to his podcast, a Guinness-certified phenomenon (most-downloaded podcast in history!). Or you could read his book, In 50 Years We’ll All Be Chicks. Yet it’s possible you require even more Carolla, live and immediate, ranting right there in front of you. Well, here you go. Thanks, House of Blues! Scott Dickensheets 8 p.m., House of Blues, in Mandalay Bay, www.houseofblues.com, $32-$45

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Preview Thursday We’re pretty excited about the potential turnout and scene this First Friday, given how the two-month hiatus of the street festival has galvanized the arts district and further united its players. But we’re not looking forward to the crowded sidewalks that will likely result from the absence of open space on Casino Center Boulevard. Luckily, there’s an alternative: Preview Thursdays. Most people either forget about this monthly prologue to First Friday, or go all out for the bigger event. But for those fearing any level of chaos, Preview Thursdays have been going on without a hitch for some time now, and include nearly all the same galleries and cultural institutions open for First Friday. If personal space is imperative, play it safe the night before. Mike Prevatt 6 p.m., various galleries in the Arts District, free

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FEEDBACK YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND FREELY — IN THAT AREA CORDONED OFF OVER THERE ... In his column last week, George Knapp noted that, in response to a sense of rising unruliness on the Strip, some officials are mulling the idea of “free-speech zones.” Knapp wrote,“but the fact is, the free speech of some escort-service slimeballs, for instance, directly interferes with my right to traverse a public walkway unimpeded.” You can debate whether that counts as an endorsement, but it sure sounded like one to these readers:

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Shame on you, George Knapp. You should know better, being you are a member of the select few elite, allowed free speech unfettered and unlimited and with an audience in abundance. I know you should know better because I’ve read your column and listened to you on the radio and have heard and seen the wisdom that lies therein. We all know what this is really about, and so far I’ve seen the few letters printed on the subject, some referring to those “good old days” when the mob knew how to handle those that spoke out of turn. Boy they “shore wud know wha ta do” about all these obviously impoverished and unemployed ne’erdo-wells that have infested the Strip. Yup, fascist criminal organizations always know just what to do. I’m gonna make it plain: I don’t like the costume people, either. They are tacky and invasive. They take fire away from some of the other more talented buskers and performers who are legitimately trying to express themselves and are constantly confronted by a disregard and lack of venue received from the community in general. A group in which I proudly include myself, as a solo musician and songwriter. But even Superman is allowed to say nothing of meaning, if he wants to. Delivered to us under the Constitution of these United States. It’s the same document that allows Justin Bieber to continue to record songs and Michael Bay to continue to be allowed to make movies (both of which have little of bearing to say, either). It even protects the porno hand-billers or anyone else whose ideology directly opposes my own, or anyone elses. I may not like what they say, but I will fight tooth and goddamn nail for their right to say it, even if what they have to say is nothing. Especially if it’s nothing. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT A ZONE! I bolded that, because I’m serious. You cannot quantify it, classify it, or separate it into

bite-sized chunks. It does not exist within borders. It is either, or it is NOT! It either exists in whole or not at all. Seriously Mr. Knapp, you know this. I know you know this. C. Joel Wood (BY E-MAIL) Shame on you, George! The fact that anyone who claims to be “a staunch defender of the First Amendment” would even consider endorsing such a serious affront to free speech makes me wonder what you mean by the term “staunch defender.” Clearly you value your “right to traverse a public walkway unimpeded” more than the very freedom you and every other journalist relies upon to make a living. Moreover, your dismissal of the rights of “escort-service slimeballs” ignores the fact that “slimeballs” like Larry Flynt have been instrumental in carving out the freedoms we all enjoy. And it’s a little ironic that you would make such an argument in a newspaper that publishes the exact same types of escort service ads in its classified section that you find so offensive and unworthy of protection. Al Mancini Al Mancini is CityLife’s restaurant critic. (FROM THE WEBSITE)

A LETTER ABOUT OUR LETTERS Last week we published a few open letters, including one chastising politicians for their inaction on medical marijuana legislation:

Ya, I’m sure we need more potheads in the world. Not like we haven’t fucked the gene pools enough with all the retards from the ’60s til now. Grow up and quit acting like it has no negative effects when it clearly does. I’m sure I would want a drug head to drive school buses and taxes and wait how about a brain surgeon or a pilot smoke a fatty before going to work too. If you smoke pot and you have no legitimate health reason your a fuckin loser just like the crack whore on the corner. Destiny Crisﬁeld Nelson (ON FACEBOOK)

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“Gotta love a good debt crisis resolution!”

The state of things, in tidbit form 32 — Years between the last two inmate murders in the Clark County Detention Center: from 1979 until last Friday, when Francesco Sanfilippo allegedly died at the hands of cellmate Carl Guilford. “Demon voices”

motivation

— Guilford’s reported

“Demon voices” — Good segue to topic of debt-ceiling deal

Yes, yes, yes, no

— Debt-deal votes of Harry Reid, Joe Heck, Shelley Berkley and Dean Heller, respectively.

“Over the cliff” — Where Nevada’s econ-

omy will go if the debt-ceiling agreement pushes new costs onto states, according to Democratic state Sen. Sheila Leslie (quoted in the Sun).

$162 million — Liabilities of the Hooters hotel-casino, as claimed in this week’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing; it claims assets of $10 million-$50 million.

“That place is still open?” —

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77 — Percentage of the mall that’s actually leased

a hallway in New York-New York after being punched unconscious, with customers stepping around him; he later died. The incident occurred early last month but is only now coming to light as part of a cluster of homicides on the Strip. No charges have yet been filed, according to the Sun.

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cal Clark County School Board meeting. Perhaps the evening’s tranquility was due to the laid-back, friendly, efficient efforts of Metro’s finest. Several of the eight uniformed went looking on the Vegas Strip for that officers I passed had amiably posed for phoman “in a penis costume,” as reported tos, when asked, with tourists and street by a police officer to CityLife columnist performers. One officer, coincidentally, was a George Knapp, “working with another former (excellent) student of mine. costumed performer dressed up as a vagina.” Plus, two from that growing list of the But the penis and vagina impersonators were Strip’s street workers were current 16-yearnowhere to be found on the recent Friday old students of mine, lugging cumbersome, night of my first walk on the Strip in 20 years. electronically lit advertisements on their backs The scrappy Knappster, arguably our finfor $10 per hour.And — besides the Superman, est muckraker in this often journalistically Capt. Jack Sparrow and Wonder Woman imanemic city, has been on a tear lately against personators — I also met the following: street entrepreneurs plying their trades in the • 17-year-old Omar from L.A., sweeping shadow of the valley of our megaresorts. up handbills for “$6 an hour,” who’d said Inacolumntitled“Theonslaughtof he’d be attending Desert Rose High FOR MORE assholes,” Knapp referred to a growSchool next year to get a diploma so ing number of “jerkwads, nincom- ON THE STRIP, he could enroll in community colSEE PAGE 12 poops, ruffians and shady operators” lege here; as “manifestations of an infection that • from Missouri, 23-year-old Kanis spreading along the Strip.” nen, aka “Bumblebee the Transformer,” Which, on the surface, sounds like a cleanwho, when I became disoriented and thirsty, ing opportunity for former LV Mayor Oscar walked me half a (long) Vegas block, out of his Goodman. way, to a mini-mart at the faux Eiffel Tower’s However, during my admittedly brief sixbase; hour stroll along this holy corridor of our local • and Theo, a 50-year-old shoeshine man, economy I perceived a much different reality. I who looked like he’d been through the bowels witnessed a vast but smoothly flowing river of of hell, yet said he’s determined “to improve in the eyes of God” — and who’d come here five months earlier,“after work dried up in Detroit.” I WITNESSED A All of human history has been a migration SMOOTHLY FLOWING to survive and, wherever possible, to thrive. If one place dries up, people there move on RIVER OF HUMANITY, to something better. Babylon. Rome. Paris. MEANDERING ALONG New York. Vegas. And always with this: AT THE SPEED OF LIFE. Those flocking to the streets peddling their wares in order to peck at the crumbs of a flourishing economy. Perhaps the name of our “spreading infection” is affluence. But if you want to humanity meandering along, rather serenely, comparison shop for another option, check at the speed of life. Of the thousands of people out the similar but tragic flow of humanity with whom I mingled, I encountered only one in famine-struck Somalia. Then count your obviously bona fide asshole all night — in blessings and live and let live. other words, far fewer assholes than at a typiCHIP MOSHER is a simple classroom teacher

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mprisoned DUI killer Kevin Miranda may have more in common with the Clark County School District police than he realizes. Oh sure, both have a fondness for stiff shots of Jack Daniels, and both like to have a good time, but they share so much more, including an address: As it turns out, both live in a perpetual state of denial. You remember Miranda, right? He’s the 18-year-old who got plastered while partying with school cops back in 2009, then drove away in his truck, blitzed through a red light and smashed into a car driven by 24-year-old Angela Peterson, crushing the life out of the honor student.

At his sentencing last week, Miranda whipped out a time-tested excuse for his poor public image — the media. The media has made me into a monster, he told the court. And oh, by the way, he really regrets killing Angela. Ah yes, the media made him what he is today, a young punk serving six to 16 years in prison. Like his simpatico pals at CCSD police, Kevin suffers from selective memory loss, perhaps from one too many games of beer pong. Maybe Miranda did not notice the uniformed Metro officer sitting in the back of the courtroom during the sentencing, but that officer certainly remembers Kevin. At the scene of the tragic crash, as Angela

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THE WEEK

NEWS

Street walk

Five recent homocides, reports of rising assholery — what’s the vibe of the Strip these days? We see for ourselves. JASON WHITED

ho knew 2:30 in the morning is the perfect time for a chili-dog breakfast? “It soaks up the alcohol,” mumbles 37-yearold Albuquerque native Ken Willets around a mouthful of bun, beans and that delicious mystery meat from Pink’s Hot Dogs. “It’s a great …” Willets’ voice catches. Temporarily unconcerned about adding to the booze already in his stomach, he downs the mouthful with what’s left of his gin

and tonic. “It’s a great way to end the night.” Willets just walked across the Strip from the Cosmopolitan,where he“barely escaped” a friend’s all-night bachelor party. He says he and his friends started at the Wynn, hit a strip club, jumped back to the Strip to gamble at Caesars Palace and ended up at the Cosmopolitan, “where they’re still going strong.” But Willets is weary. Weighted down under the humid, July air and tonight’s “insanity,” as he calls it, Willets’ shoulders sag under a dark and drenched silk button-down. His head pans slowly left and right as he watches

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the stream of people dwindle in front of the handcuffed a couple of guys for fighting. The Miracle Mile Shops. Mostly gone are the cops won’t go on the record, but one of them, throngs of hair-gelled, 20-something guys a fresh-faced officer looking like he just who prowled the Strip earlier on this Saturpopped out of the police academy, flashes a day night. So are the gaggles of those guys’ smile and says, “It’s just a typical Saturday presumed quarry: large groups of girls in night in Las Vegas.” short dresses and higher heels who, like the That’s a line I’ve heard from several cops boys, only seem to travel in packs. The tourtonight. Whether it was the beefy old patrolist families, all sunburned skin, gaudy Vegas man outside the MGM Grand or the penT-shirts and flip-flops, trudged back to their cil-thin wise-cracker behind O’Sheas as his hotel rooms long ago. buddies loaded a police bus with low-rent “You know,” Willets says between bites, streetwalkers (the kind who turn their tricks “it’s been slow out here tonight.” in dirty jeans), Metro’s finest have assured Indeed, it seems that way, but maybe slow me and any other citizen curious about the isn’t the right word. For nearly five hours I’ve beefed-up police contingent that everything been walking long stretches of the Strip, cuis copacetic. Maybe this standard line of a rious about its vibe in the wake of five recent typical Saturday night is something their homocides and a reported spike in the area’s bosses drilled into their heads at an earlier jerk quotient. An ocean of briefing at headquarters. party people has washed up But all these cops are also TONIGHT and down this most famous killing any chance of a real, FEELS LIKE A stretch of road tonight, but open-air street party, which things have felt subdued and is how the Strip used to feel PARTY, BUT far from typical. until the recent murders and THE KIND “They got us on lockan ensuing police crackdown WHERE YOUR down, baby, but hey, this designed to keep order. Tois still Vegas,” says Marcus night still feels like a party, PARENTS ARE Powers, who’s been gladbut it’s the kind of party IN THE NEXT handing with tourists from where your parents are in Treasure Island to the the next room. The volume ROOM. Excalibur while slipping essounds lower. Rarely do cort-service flyers into the things get out of hand. hands of the curious and the horny. The crowds feel it, too. People are quiMarcus is right; that’s what it is. Las Vegas eter, more civil as they meander from place Boulevard feels like it’s on lockdown. There to place, less likely to stampede over you are so many officers up and down the Strip toon their way to Jet or, say, Jimmy Buffet’s night — uniformed duos on foot patrol, bicycle Margaritaville. The atypically steamy night squads, groups of half a dozen officers shooting air surely dampens the party, but the lines the shit by their paddy wagons of Metro cars, SUVs and paddy — you can’t swing a hooker wagons makes some people SEE RELATED STORY without hitting a few cops. feel like they’re on the front PAGE 9 Metro is here to clamp lines. Even those revelers, and down on violence in the we’ve all seen them, who hoot wake of those recent murders, of course. and stumble up the Strip together straighten Maybe they’re also here in response to comup and quiet down as they pass the series of plaints that too many douche-bag visitors pulsing red-and-blue cruiser lights. are harassing people or starting fights. One “I saw all these police officers, and I didn’t thing is clear: Metro isn’t touching the soknow what to think. What do y’all have going licitors like Marcus. Discarded copies of his on here,” asks 31-year-old Amber Dunn. Earraunchy handiwork pave this stretch of the lier in the evening I run into Dunn and several Strip. No cops are stopping the costumed other women from Durham,N.C.,outside the photo hounds, either. Judging by the tourDenny’s near the Hard Rock Cafe. She, along ists squealing around them, the devil, Austin with several other moms, is playing chaperPowers and the assorted Elvii are raking it in. one for her city’s teen cheerleading squad, There is some douchebaggery. Not 20 just in town for a competition. Dunn says her feet away, a little north of the Hawaiian girls have been asking her all night about the Marketplace, a group of Metro officers has robust police presence. “Is it safe?”

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I cruise by the sites of the recent murders — from the walkway between the MGM Grand and New York-New York, where a man stabbed 21-year-old Las Vegan Andres ElenaonJune25,toacoupleofmilesnorthat O’Sheas Casino, where a high-school football coach from Florida killed a Utah man on July 6 with a single punch to the face. Most of the sites of the Strip deaths are just as busy as when the killings happened. O’Shea’s and its southern chunk of the block,site of the one-punch homicide and a later stabbing, are bustling. So is the pedestian walkway between the MGM Grand and New York-New York and the one linking the Cosmopolitan with Planet Hollywood, both sites of a fatal stabbing — although largely gone are the bums and bric-a-brac vendors, replaced by the awestruck from probably Nebraska who jostle, cameras raised, for that perfect, mid-Strip shot. I talk to as many people as possible along the way. Some, like Dunn, say the cops make them feel safer. Others, like 23year-old Stacey Levintz, who’s here from Phoenix, are a one-woman complaint department. “What the hell,” she demands of no one in particular outside Paris Las Vegas, “I want to feel safe, too, but it’s like my girlfriend asked me earlier, ‘Is all this really necessary?’” I have to agree with both groups, who each repeat standard lines. I’ve been a local now for a few years, and there’s no way I want stab-happy assholes from wherever getting drunk and killing innocent people along with the shiny public image of Las Vegas’ four-mile cash cow. But the police presence is thick, at times stifling to the Strip’s erstwhile party vibe. Despite the rash of murders here, Metro has still been able to keep violent crimes on the Strip down by nearly 20 percent this year, which again begs the question: All of this? For five recent tragedies and some jerky visitors? Metro is feeling the bite of budget cuts, too. How long can they keep this up? Maybe the bachelor-party escapee Willets gets it right as he echoes Levintz. Now refortified with gin and chili dogs, Willets sumsupthenewnormalontheStrip.“Ilove coming here, my buddies love coming here, but you can’t have people getting killed left and right. Think about what that would do to Vegas. At the same time, you have to ask yourself,‘Do there have to be so many cops? Is all of this really necessary?’”

John Trotter Jr. tests for a concealed weapon permit at the Gun Store.

Free classes arm citizens with concealed firearms permits. But is it enough to create responsible gun owners? BY AMY KINGSLEY

Ready, aim, learn

he Gun Store doesn’t have room for classes inside its main building. That store is usually bulging with tourists, who will wait hours to fire the kinds of guns that are usually recovered from terrorist training camps. No, the classroom building is just down Tropicana, a small structure that looks like a chapel. At 8:30 a.m., the first students are already filing in, finding places at the tables and opening their guns in front of them like textbooks. The weapons are as varied as the students — Rugers, revolvers and Glocks in front of old men, young men and married couples. The morning instructor, Bob Eaton, walks in and deflates what looked like a small spare tire underneath his polo shirt. He works his hands around his waistband and into his pockets, and eventually removes nine guns

from around his body. It turns out Bob is pretty fit after all. And he’s not just an expert at concealing guns. Bob had been teaching this class, and classes like it, for more than 40 years. He’s got hooded, suspicious eyes, a brusque demeanor and helpful hints for the aspiring concealed carrier. “In Las Vegas, it’s a good idea to have a summer gun and a winter gun,” he said. The Gun Store earns most of its money catering to tourists with itchy trigger fingers. Many of them come from countries where gun ownership is not legal. Firing fully automatic shotguns is as novel to them as drinking liquor slushies out of plastic guitars. The Gun Store offers classes as a public service. The class to qualify for a concealed firearms permit is free, as are beginner classes and firearms safety courses for children. It’s a way for the store to put its money where its mouth is, not just as profiteers off other countries’ gun-toting squeamishness, but also as supporters of the right to bear arms here in the United States. It’s that philosophy that inspired the cre-

ation of the free classes. Chris Irwin manages operations at the store, which was started by his father, Bob Irwin. About a year ago, Bob Irwin suggested that the store start offering the classes for free. He pitched it as a giveaway for hard-up Las Vegans. “I think it’s important because everyone has a right to protect themselves,” Chris Irwin said. “There are other states and countries where you can’t do that.” Similar classes at other gun ranges can cost as much as $100. So the Gun Store’s three weekly classes are very popular. On Wednesday, almost 20 people came to class. The Saturday before, almost 50 showed up. The class is just the first part of the process. Applicantsmustpasstheeight-hourcourseand a short shooting test, then submit fingerprints and a background check to Metro.Although the class is free, the application isn’t. The county charges $100.25 for each new permit. The cost and the bad economy have not deterred permit-seekers. The number of permits issued by Metro has increased during the last five years, from 3,999 in 2006 to 6,933 in 2010. So far this year, Metro has issued 4,994 permits. OfficerJayRivera,aspokesmanforthepolice department, said the eight-hour class isn’t really sufficient to prepare someone to carry a » CONTINUED ON P14 a

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concealed weapon. Too many gun owners aren’t prepared to use lethal force, he said. “You wouldn’t just buy a hammer and a screwdriver and call yourself a carpenter,” he said.“It’s more than just having the tools.” The class covers lethal force in-depth. Students learn when they can legally use it, and why they might not want to. But they learn most of it from instructors and videos. Police, on the other hand, take hours of tactical training to prepare for possible encounters with armed bad guys. Although most of the students say they want the gun for personal protection, the scenarios in the videos all dealt with an innocent third party and an armed attacker. The class clearly caters to people with a protective streak. With that said, the students are not exactly unhinged gun nuts. Mario Estrada came for the first half, so he could renew his permit, and brought his wife, Alma, for her first permit. He works nights and was concerned for her safety at home with the kids. Richard Scudder is a Hollywood photographer who moonlights as an armored-truck driver. He got a permit in California to carry on the job, but he’d like to have something for protection when he’s on the road. California doesn’t recognize the Nevada permit, so Scudder can’t use it when he’s at home. He’s not the only out-of-stater. A man from Baltimore also registered for the class, proving that not all gun tourists are here for machine guns. Almost 14 percent of the permits issued in 2010 went to nonresidents like Scudder. “It’s a great service,” Scudder said of the class. “I mean, they’re making money off all the rentals to tourists, but this shows that their heart is really in it.” At 6 p.m., the class ends and the tourists have all gone back to the Strip to get ready for dinner and clubbing. That’s when the Gun Store turns its ranges over to the students. They approach with their guns, get their free ammunition and three paper targets. They fire 12 rounds from 3 yards, 7 yards and 15 yards. Students must score 70 percent, and ammunition for the first gun is provided free of charge. Of course, they often have to pass the test while some crazy German is machinegunning next to them. But maybe that will prepare them if they ever have to return fire. After all, most bad guys don’t have machine guns.

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Get this ... NON-FACEBOOK THINGS THE INTERNET IS GOOD FOR, PART 37: AIRING UNHEARD VOICES

Three questions for Las Vegan Brian Hightower, who this week debuted The Political Pendulum, an Internet-radio talk show for moderate lefties, on www.tlvs1.com. There’s a lot of political broadcasting these days. How do you plan to distinguish yourself from the rest? I will be bringing a common-sense, moderate message to my listeners. Explaining the issues of the day in a way that is not hyper-partisan, to people who want to be more engaged without spending all day watching the news. You’re a left-leaning moderate in a media environment that doesn’t have much room for either left-leaners or moderates. How big an audience do you think is out there? The broadcasters that offer a moderate/liberal/progressive point of view are not gaining traction. This leaves a void in the market. A market that barely ex-

REMIND US AGAIN WHY THERE ARE TWO PARTIES ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has repeatedly urged lawmakers to embrace the recent debt-ceiling deal, which shaves about $1 trillion off the budget deficit over the next 10 years, with their “eyes open” about the supposed need for future spending cuts. But the one aspect of this debt deal that’s definitely opened the eyes of progressives is the willingness of Reid and other Democrats to embrace a solution that almost surely will result in future cuts to vital social programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The first phase of the new debt deal won’t touch those entitlements, but the agreement embraced by Reid and many Dems has a troubling second phase: a so-called “special committee” of six Democrats and six Republicans (progressives call it another Catfood Commission), which must carve out an additional $1.5 trillion in cuts by Thanksgiving. If lawmakers fail to do so, an automatic trigger kicks in, slashing domestic and defense spending equally by a combined $1 trillion. For months, Reid, President Barack Obama and other prominent Democrats have repeatedly caved to Republican demands that these programs be cut. Barring a miracle, it looks like the GOP could get its wish just in time for Christmas, thanks to the “opposition” across the aisle. JASON WHITED

ists right now. Moderates of all stripes are being pushed out of the conversation completely. The voting public is looking for politicians who have similar views as themselves. It’s difficult to find those candidates in today’s environment. Bottom line, there is room for everybody’s ideas, if somebody is willing to stand up and say what those ideas are! How has the experience of Las Vegas and Nevada politics shaped your views? As a born-and-raised native of Las Vegas, it’s impossible to see how Las Vegas and Nevada have not shaped my views. I think it is because of my Las Vegas experience that I am a moderate-progressive and not fully liberal. We live in a very libertarian environment. However, libertarians, like Democrats and Republicans, take some of their positions to an extreme level. With my show, I look forward to shaping a view that fiscal conservatives and social liberals will both find appealing. I also look forward to having my audience shaping my views, where needed. SCOTT DICKENSHEETS

THIS WEEK’S LEAST SYMPATHY-GENERATING HEADLINE

“NV Energy revenue hurt by cool June weather, PUC decision” — Las Vegas Sun (The Public Utilities Commission decision, by the way, trimmed an NV Energy rate increase from the 5 percent NV Energy requested to 3.4 percent. Sad!)

STAYING PUT

The cost of renting a Vegas apartment has been sliding down for 11 consecutive quarters. Nasser Daneshvary, director of the UNLV Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies, says these lower rents present a dilemma for struggling families: Should they step out and purchase that ﬁrst, modest home, or should they opt to rent a better place, with better schools and neighborhoods for their kids? “You might see some beneﬁts for some of these families, but I think they’ll probably continue to rent until the economy is more stable,” Daneshvary says. Daneshvary says that lack of stability for lower-middle class Las Vegans, including a lingering uncertainty about future employment and the difficulty economically marginalized families have in breaking into a still-tough real estate market, will likely keep them in rental units until things eventually pick up. “Nationwide now, the trend is away from home ownership and toward rentals. A big reason is people want to feel good about the [state of the economy] before they make that commitment.” JASON WHITED

COLLECTIVE NOUNS WE’D LIKE TO SEE

In the spirit of a “pride” of lions and a “murder” of crows, we propose a few additions to the lexicon: A slither of lobbyists A bumble of DNA testers

A wobble of Harmon construction contractors A blink of Democratic debt-ceiling negotiators An incontinence of pre-bubble housingmarket prognosticators A ﬂatulence of Web gurus SCOTT DICKENSHEETS

Desert prawns

Can locally grown shrimp — yeah, locally grown — help feed America’s most shrimphungry city? BY AL MANCINI

PHOTO: JEFERSON APPLEGATE

This big shrimp is about four months old and ready for harvesting.

nce you pass the speedway exit on 1-15, there isn’t a lot of scenery. So as you approach the Route 93 exit, about 10 miles up the road, it’s hard not to notice the massive white tent to your left. But few drivers on this desert highway would suspect, or even believe, what’s inside. The prefabricated structure, hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, houses 44 massive, manmade ponds, constructed to house up to 100,000 shrimp apiece. Here, a company called Blue Oasis Pure Shrimp plans to use sustainable, environmentally friendly methods to raise half a million pounds of shrimp a year. Farming shrimp in the desert may seem a little counterintuitive. But farming them less than 35 miles from the Strip makes total sense. Las Vegas reportedly uses more shrimp, per capita, than any other city in America. Blue Oasis CEO Scott McManus estimates the town’s annual consumption at 22 million pounds. The environmental impact of using so much shrimp is hard to ignore. Many commercial shrimp trawlers tear up the ocean floor, killing countless other creatures in the process. Outdoor shrimp farms, particularly those in Asia, often result in the destruction of mangrove forests, and the contamination of nearby waterways with their excessive waste material. Moreover, the transport of shrimp to » CONTINUED ON P16 a

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Shrimp tanks at Blue Oasis Pure Shrimp

slightly in the water as they forage for food (a mixture of protein pellets and the cultivated our town has a significant carbon footprint. algae). These will be the first shrimp brought The scientists at Blue Oasis believe they to market from this facility when their 120-day have a solution to those problems: green, incultivation ends in early September. door farming. They convert waste materials Support from the local restaurant cominto feed for algae, which is then used to feed munity has been cautiously optimistic. Chef the shrimp. “It’s a complete ecosystem among Mike Minor of Border Grill has been an enitself,” McManus explains. “We discharge thusiastic supporter, although he admits that no water. We discharge no the small size of Blue Oasis sludge. We discharge noth- “NOW WE shrimp, and a few other facing. The water you see in that tors,may make them unsuitJUST NEED TO pond is the water that will be able for some Las Vegas reshere as long as we’re here.” taurants, including his own. FIGURE OUT That’s not to say Blue OaNonetheless, he recently ... HOW THE sis doesn’t consume water served some samples from SHRIMP ARE — another serious environthe company’s North Dakota mental issue, especially in research facility to guests at GONNA BE Las Vegas. But the water in a private tequila dinner. USED.” these ponds is repeatedly “I love the idea,” he says. recycled. And evaporation, “I love the sustainability CHEF MIKE MINOR combined with the water part of it. I think it fits Borused to clean the 36,000der Grill’s mold. I love the square-foot facility, amounts to only 7,500 idea that it’s local here in Vegas, so for me the gallons a month. According to the company, carbon footprint is a lot less. And, it’s bringthat’s about the same amount used by the ing jobs to our state. So I couldn’t be happier. average two-bedroom, two-bathroom house Now we just need to figure out, logistically, in Las Vegas. how the shrimp are gonna be used.” Touring the facility, you get the feeling Mario Batali’s local executive chef, Zach you’re in a ’70s sci-fi film. In one room, tanks Allen, has no such questions. He says he plans of algae bubble in varying shades of green. In to order the product as soon as it becomes the main tent, water cycles in and out of the available, calling the samples he’s tried “very ponds, all but four of which are filled with beclean in flavor,” with a “good texture.” tween 50,000 and 100,000 shrimp apiece, in Given the feedback, McManus believes Blue varying stages of growth. They begin as fiveOasis has a bright future in Las Vegas.He hopes day-old larvae imported from Florida, about to expand the facility to not only serve Las Vethe size of sea monkeys. The oldest are now a gas, but to act as a regional hub. There may be few inches long. Their translucent bodies glow more of those white tents in the desert soon.

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Written on stone BY KRISTY TOTTEN

o one agrees on who made the art, or what it means. The 1,000-year-old pictographs in Red Rock look like primitive editing marks, or an early hair-comb catalog — toothy vertical bristles bound by horizontal spines; dashes stacked tall and capped with circles. The symbols could be maps or religious remnants, or maybe they’re just doodles.

Exactly what the depictions mean, however, matters little to those who value them. The art is revered because it has survived so long; it is a tangible tie to humans who roamed Southern Nevada centuries ago. The challenge in preserving this history, of course, is the humans who roam Southern Nevada today. Red Rock National Conservation Area attracts hobbyists from all corners

Tonia Means, chairperson for the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, says the tagger deserves at least two years in prison.

of the world, and scores of valley dwellers visit daily. People come to hike, rock climb, ride bikes, snap photos and cruise the scenic loop. They’re generally respectful, but the canyon’s proximity to a major city like Las Vegas has exposed it to vandalism. Usually it’s lovers’ names carved into a bench or a canyon wall. Sometimes it’s written in Sharpie. But never has it been as seri-

PHOTO: BILL HUGHES

A simple case of graffiti at Red Rock raises a host of complex questions — about art, heritage and human nature

ous as the damages stemming from last year’s Lost Creek graffiti incident. The pictographs at Lost Creek are not publicized. Their location isn’t printed in Red Rock literature or pointed out by interpretive signs. The prehistoric art is tucked into a rock shelter that looks like an ordinary pile » CONTINUED ON P18 a

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of boulders, even from feet away. Yet, from the trailhead, it takes only a 10-minute hike and a little rock scrambling to arrive at the archaeological site.There,in a space big enough for a few adults to gather, a craggy overhang shades waist-high drawings and a couple of petroglyphs pecked into the sandstone. In November, a tagger hit 13 of the shelter’s surfaces with dark red spray paint, tracing over one three-line pictograph, and coming recklessly close to others. He scrawled “Nevada has cronic,” as well as tagger aliases and “NHC,” an acronym for his gang, the Nasty Habits Crew. Law enforcement labeled the case a priority, and the media covered the story closely. There were frequent updates — criminal identified, warrant issued, manhunt under way — until he was found. Seventeen-yearold “PeeWee” was identified two days after the crime was reported, and was arrested within five. Originally, Nevada charged him with “placing graffiti,” an offense that carries no more weight than vandalizing a building. Then the state dropped the case so the federal government could step in and charge PeeWee for violating the Archaeological Protection Act of 1979, an offense punishable by up to $100,000 and five years in prison. “[The feds got involved] because it was such a grossly offensive case,” says Scott Black, a Metro graffiti detective who headed the investigation. “This was one of the worst cases of graffiti vandalism in American history.” The clean-up was highly debated. What was the best method? Who was qualified? What would it cost? How long would it take? After the police investigation, the Bureau of Land Management conducted environmental assessments, and met with the Friends of Red Rock and neighboring tribes. The groups raised funds and settled on Johannes Loubser, an Atlanta-based archaeologist and rock art specialist who had had success in comparable cases. Grant Sawyer Middle School students donated their lunch money to the cause. An anonymous benefactor pitched in $10,000. The month-long process cost $30,000, and yielded one unlikely result: In the end, the pictographs were brighter. “If you didn’t know that it had been almost completely covered in spray paint, you wouldn’t know that anything had really happened there,” says Mark Boatwright, an ar-

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THE RED ROCK TAGGING, BEFORE AND AFTER

chaeologist with the BLM. “It’s in better shape now than it was before.” Had PeeWee done Red Rock a favor? Did polishing the pictographs make them better? And what’s going to happen to the tagger? Isn’t the rock art graffiti, too? “HUMANS DO WHAT THEY’VE ALWAYS DONE.” Boatwright cracks a smile when he says this. It’s not that the graffiti incident is funny; it’s just that the statement is true. “You see that picnic table over there?” he asks. “It’s on top of a [Native American] roasting pit. See what I mean?” Eat, sleep, “get married and have a great time” — these are things humans have always done, Boatwright says. Basic human impulses have remained unchanged throughout history, and the same goes for art. People have always wanted to leave their mark, and Lost Creek proves that, both in its prehistoric and recent examples. So what’s the difference between PeeWee’s scrawls and the ancient sketcher’s? Value. Loubser, the rock art restorationist, wants to be clear: the Native American art at Lost Creek is not tagging. “On the web, people say, ‘Oh, it’s just graffiti.’ No, it’s not.” The pictographs and petroglyphs were socially sanctioned,unlike vandalism,and didn’t defy the status quo. Besides, he says, “the artistic merit of [tagging] is kind of crappy.” Loubser says the ancient art has religious connotations, having to do with fasting, life changes or sacrifice. According to academic papers, Southern Paiutes regard the landscape as sacred, and believe mountain spirits created the rock art. “[What PeeWee did is] similar to someone walking into an art gallery or a church, and there’s a painting of The Last Supper,and they just paint their name there,” Loubser says. Black believes even taggers would look down on PeeWee’s act. “Lots would feel this is over the line,” he says. “This location is a cultural icon, and this was a blatant attempt at destroying it.” Tonia Means, chairperson of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, and former police chief, recognizes that the acts of leaving messages are similar, but says the intent is different. She believes the pictographs were created to lead Native Americans to sustenance, and PeeWee’s motive was sheer disrespect.

If Means could talk to PeeWee, she would ask if he understands what he’s done, and how many people he’s upset — “not just native people, but so many people who care about the surroundings. “I would ask what does he thinks he deserves [as a punishment],” she says. “The answer would probably be, ‘Nothing.’ It’s just a rock to him. He’s trying to tell his story. Well, that’s what we were trying to do, too.” NEW AND IMPROVED? Armed with a small group of volunteers and proven graffiti-removal techniques, Loubser was able remove almost all of PeeWee’s tagging, save for the pictograph he traced directly over, which remains a darker red than the others. The crew spent most of May restoring the site, lugging compressors up the hill for

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Senate Bill 279 was already in the works when PeeWee tagged at Red Rock, but his actions no doubt helped to pass the law. Prior to the bill,the U.S. could enforce harsher consequences for defacing national historic sites, but there was no way to distinguish protected Nevada sites from any other property. Starting Oct. 1, the law will impose a Class C felony on anyone found guilty of vandalizing a protected area, such as archaeological sites at Valley of Fire, Sloan Canyon and, of course, Red Rock. The mid-level felony is not a light matter, Black says. Currently, vandals can only be charged with “placing graffiti,” which is based only on monetary damages. Vandalism costing less than $250 to repair is a misdemeanor; $250 to $5,000 is a gross misdemeanor; and more than $5,000 in damages constitutes a felony. The

THE ROCK ART IS NOT PREHISTORIC TAGGING. sandblasting; attacking small areas with wire brushes; and rolling giant, chemical-dipped Q-tips over the graffiti. The techniques lifted off the spray paint, but also picked up dust that had naturally accumulated. “They’re more vivid,” says Tim Wakefield, BLM field manager. “It was like touching up an ancient painting.” The images might be brighter, but most involved wish there had not been a reason to restore the site. Detective Black compares the pictographs to silverware. “It’s like if you have something that’s an antique,” he says.“If you have a piece of silver, or you have some type of an artifact, the first thing [an expert] is going to tell you is, ‘You should have never, ever cleaned this.’ The patina, the wear, is what’s valuable.” Means agrees. She’s pleased with the restoration, but it doesn’t lessen the crime’s offensiveness in her eyes. “That is something that should be untouched,” she says. “Once it’s done, regardless of the fact that it’s been cleaned up, it’s not the same as it should be. Those things are sacred, they tell a story. They guided a tribe to food, to water.”

new law lowers the felony threshold to $500, and can require offenders to seek counseling, remove graffiti and be sued by property owners for up to three times the damages. The public may never find out what happens to PeeWee because his case has been sealed, but victims have their own opinions about what should happen. Means says she hopes the teenage tagger is punished to the extent of the law. Two years sounds fair to her. Others favor a more lenient punishment. Lynn Zepeda, the Grant Sawyer social studies teacher whose students donated $200 to the clean-up, has known kids who have served time. She says she would like to see PeeWee rehabilitated, and hopes graffiti removal is part of his lesson. “My kids were so appalled,” she says. “They said,‘I can’t believe someone would do that — it’s their history, too.’” MAKING IT BIG, KIND OF If PeeWee knew what kind of trouble he would be in, would he have tagged at Lost Creek? It’s hard to say for sure since he’s locked up an undisclosed location for a yetto-be-determined amount of time.

But PeeWee’s choice to deface Native American art is complicated for a couple of reasons. One, taggers usually go for visible areas, like bridges and signs, so tagging in the hidden shelter at Lost Creek didn’t, at first, seem to satisfy his presumed desire for recognition. The incident gained attention later, making it into newspapers such as The New York Times, but there was an ironic twist: Because he is a minor, PeeWee’s name was not revealed. The BLM and Metro say it’s unlikely that PeeWee knew how seriously the case would be handled, but they want to make it known that defacing archaeological sites is no joke. “If you do this, you will be arrested,” Black says. Metro’s graffiti and gang unit did not immediately recognize PeeWee’s tags, but using a photo database, was able to ID him within two days. GRAFFITI ON THE RISE The BLM says it has seen increased graffiti at Red Rock, and 13 cases of damage to archaeological sites have been reported in the past year alone. Sometimes vandals are caught, as in the case of a tagger who spray painted a string of rocks. But most of the time, they aren’t. There’s a person who comes out annually to write a letter to his dead relative on the rocks, and hundreds of others who scratch their names into park property. It’s impossible to closely monitor the canyon at all times, and that’s not the experience the BLM wants visitors to have anyway. So the organization has a three-fold plan to fight vandalism: public education, trail presence and law enforcement. Teaching school children to appreciate nature and having on-site guides pass on word-of-mouth knowledge to visitors is the best way to cultivate respect for the area. The BLM also has a neighborhood watch of sorts, called the Ambassador Program, that consists of volunteers who act more or less like rangers, walking the trails to decrease the chance of vandalism. Lastly, there are real legal consequences for disrespecting the land. Two hikers reported PeeWee’s tagging, even though they shouldn’t have been offtrail, either. But it’s all in the past. “Everything that’s been done to that site is nowapartofthatsite’shistory,” Boatwrightsays. “Includingthegraffitiandtheclean-up.”

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Finally, the music business hits the Internet bullseye with the subscription-based Spotify. And we can’t get enough. BY MIKE PREVATT

X marks the Spot

his month, I received three important invites — and I’m not talking the annoying Facebook kind. One was to my sister’s wedding party at Mandalay Bay. AnotherwasfromGoogle+.And the third, the one I was frankly most anticipating, was from Spotify, the latest free/paid online music service to hit the interwebs. This, as the lingo goes, is a game-changer. The Europe-originated application/player you download onto your computer(s) takes the best qualities of the top online listening services — iTunes, Pandora, Grooveshark, Turntable.FM — and incorporates them into one music megacenter. It does damn near everything but allow you to download music — not yet, at least — however, that’s not why you’d want Spotify. Replacing that terrabyte-sized hard drive

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full of music you’ve nicked from countless torrents and MediaShare links is a “cloud” where roughly 15 million songs can be streamed. For maybe the first time, this cyberlocker will force you to question whether you need to own your music. Collectorsat-heart, fret not: anything on your iTunes player can be instantly synced with Spotify, so you can access your previous acquisitions and playlists on the new service. But as long as you keep a subscription, you can always hear those 15 million-plus songs. In other words: iTunes is totally fucked. If you’re like me, you won’t know where to start, so I actually wrote out a small list of albums and songs I wanted to check out, downloaded the player app and began testing the search engine. For instance: On the way to work the other day, I heard a new Holy Ghost song on Sirius XM called “Wait and

See.” Normally, I’d first do a search and see if its MP3 is being given away. Failing that, I’ll usually head over to iTunes or Amazon and buy the single. On Spotify, not only did I find “Wait and See,” I discovered its remixes as well. As it turned out, two of them received treatment from Kris Menace, one of my favorite progressive house producers. As much as I liked the original mix, the Menace re-rubs stole my attention. I “starred” all three, now easily playable thanks to my starred list on the Spotify interface, which complements the Current Faves playlist I maintain on my iTunes player (and now, my Spotify app, too). Even better: When I noticed Holy Ghost’s other remixes, I realized Spotify carries the mix compilations from Kitsune, a French electro label that rarely lets me down. C’est magnifique! My next song: “You Will Leave a Mark” by British band A Silent Film, which recently played Book & Stage at The Cosmopolitan. ITunes Music Store sells it for $1.29, and Amazon beat that with a 99 cent price, but honestly, I don’t like the song enough to warrant the purchase, and I’m warming up to this “borrowing” phenomenon Spotify threatens to popularize. So I typed it up on Spotify — and nada! My first letdown with the new

toy. Now I either have to hunt down a free download, pony up at the traditional sites or buy the album. And speaking of albums, there had been a few recent ones the record companies hadn’t sent to the CityLife office that I nonetheless wanted to hear. Spotify is perfect for sizing up new albums before one needs to open his wallet, so I began searching for the new releases by Bon Iver, Tyler the Creator, Handsome Furs and Death Cab For Cutie. It had every one of them. I also plugged in a couple older titles I slept on, which included the last ones from School of Seven Bells and Noah and the Whale. Yup, both on Spotify, and after playing them both, I starred the former to further deliberate its purchase, and wrote off the latter as something I probably won’t listen to again. As much as I was enjoying this Carnival World Buffet of music, it wasn’t nearly as much fun as discovering other people’s public playlists. Not only does the easy integration with Facebook and Twitter make my friends’ lists accessible, I can use Google to find the playlist links of artists and music sources I trust, as well as aggregate sites that compile such links. It took me a few minutes, but I found Radiohead’s “Office Chart” lists, as well as lists from Pitchfork, BBC Radio, and my three favorite British indie labels, Rough Trade, Creation and Domino. So, downsides? Even with 15 million songs, Spotify doesn’t have everything. I can’t stream the second disc of the deluxe version of Pulp’s His and Hers, goddammit. The app won’t play a few mysteriously DRM-protected songs I “imported” from my computer (despite iTunes dropping that security function a few years ago). All the artists who have so far resisted making their songs digitally available don’t feel any warmer about Spotify, either. And it doesn’t have everything iTunes does. I couldn’t find The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, Metallica or Spacemen 3 on Spotify, but I could buy their catalogues on iTunes. Also, if you get an invite — register your e-mail at www.spotify.com — and go with the free version, you will experience talking ads every few songs or so. Plus, there’s a limit to how many hours you get to use Spotify a month, as well as how many times you can stream a particular song. The remedy: Pony up $5 a month,and both those irritants vanish. Ten bucks a month gets you mobile phone and offline access, as well as better sound quality. That’s no more than $120 a year for pretty much everything but Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and your favorite podcasts. Perhaps iTunes isn’t totally fucked. Yet.

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The Horrors Skying (XL) »NEWWAVE

Lodged between the out-of-focus blur of chillwave and the gloss-gloom revival of Editors and VHS or Beta, the Horrors aren’t the most callow new 1980s-influenced band to come out of Britain, but they are the fuzziest. They stand out primarily for their famous friends: Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and acclaimed director Chris Cunningham helped engineer their last album, while the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Douglas Hart helmed a video.

It’s because of these impeccable credentials and their good-taste-as-accuracy-test (“Sea Within a Sea” built to a perfunctory Krautrock buzz) that reviews have not been as cruel as those received by VHS or Beta and Editors. Skying begins with the echoing clack from Brian Eno’s “In Dark Trees” before launching into something bigger and more symphonic. Singer Faris Badwan tries to make the shift from funereal to sexy. How else do goths cheese up? Shoegaze is their romantic heel, yet for all the backwards guitar that launches the stomping “Still Life” or the clear-as-day punk rave-up of “Monica Gems,” they have yet to approach Cut Copy’s ability to write a simple, catchy tune. Worse for a bunch of ’80s chameleons, they forget the cardinal rule: nothing on Skying is danceable. DAN WEISS

Fountains of Wayne Sky Full of Holes (Yep Roc)

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“Where did the money go?” Fountains of Wayne sing early on its fifth album and first indie, which indeed sounds like power-pop with the power shut off, by an unpaid landlord, per-

haps. Which is no wonder if they keep making unrecoupable investments in failed bar-owners, as in “Richie and Ruben,” who, as it turned out,stiffed them in 7th grade,too.But Sky Full of Holes is decidedly less entrepreneurial than the punchier, shrewder Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) and Traffic and Weather (2007), which between them housed one incredible record and maybe about a whole other one’s worth of filler.. Lots of hooky, lowerstakes choruses here, but Fountains has receded as a band; only the majestic, Pogues-like closer “Cemetery Guns” transcends midlife crisis. The knowledge that “Stacy’s Mom” was their shot has made them comfortable not going for the gold. So for every winsome folk ditty like “Workingman’s Hand,” we have to contend with a less tuneful “Hackensack” retread like “A Road Song,” which justifies itself: “It’s a cliché/But hey, that doesn’t make it so wrong.” But now that they’re out of a big-chorus budget, isn’t subverting clichés all they have left? DAN WEISS

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The Skooners end their six-year run as quietly as they began it BY MIKE PREVATT

Bon voyage

hey caved. They hadn’t done so in ages, having grown so tired of it. But in the end — or rather, at the end — they knew they had to, because The Skooners are, if nothing, crowd-pleasers. And so when the still-scrappy band ended its purportedly last-ever performance (you know how that goes) with its famous cover of The Isley Brothers’ “Shout” on July 28, the 50 or so devotees inside the Beauty Bar erupted in a pogoing frenzy curiously lacking during most oftherest of the show.Singer BlairDewanewas alsosointoit,hedemandedthewholeaudience crouch down before the song’s famous climax. Maybe he missed performing it. Maybe he was glad it wasn’t one of his songs. Or maybe he was relieved to finally put this beloved but beleaguered music project to rest. In 2005, a young, pretense-free, R&Bflavored rock band called The Skooners quietly emerged onto the Las Vegas music scene, slowly becoming one of the most well-

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received bands in town. It proved irresistible on several fronts: in the Dewane brothers’ consistent songwriting talents, the compulsory dancing its rhythm section inspired, the band’s natural charm and, most importantly, a thoroughly enjoyable live show that enamored music fans from every pedigree. However, its lifespan was marked with countless setbacks and struggles, brought on by the members themselves, circumstance or just bad luck. On a few occasions, The Skooners nearly disbanded. And throughout the past year, any number of its members were living in Southern California. Meanwhile, a Vegas-stuck Blair Dewane had grown so musically frustrated, he started a new, more Americana-flavored band called Rusty Maples (formerly The Honest Engines) that has now absorbed his guitarist brother Ian and Skooners drummer Jake Farmer. That band embarks on a weekends-only tour of the western U.S. this month. Meanwhile, keyboardist Adam Yarbro has his own music

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The Skooners play their ﬁnal show at the Beauty Bar.

project, The Hidden Lines, in Los Angeles, where bassist Max Supera also resides. (Only the latter returned to Vegas to play Thursday’s show.) The Skooners’ 12-song performance was shorter and less boisterous than usual. As they first took to their instruments, Blair Dewane announced the band’s demise by saying, “After all these years, we realized we’re horrible alcoholics,” in reference to all the previous shows where he and other members performed in drunken stupors. Still, it was less a funeral (or AA meeting) and more a celebration, nudging the late-Thursday-night crowd during favorites like “The Crow” and its “yeah-yeah-yeah!” choral refrain; “Bad Bad Man,” which had the singer executing his trademark Indian dancecum-treadmill trot; and “Ha Ha You Lie,” which spurred the entire bar to sing along to the song’s a capella breakdown — the one that defined the band’s comeback last year, and will ultimately define the band itself in perpetuity: “We got lost on our way to the promise land/We got caught shaking hands with the worst of men/We got run off the road, it was raining/I kept walking, I kept walking.” That promise land is now somewhere other than where The Skooners and its fans had always hoped the act would arrive. And Thursday’s performance indicated its members are at peace with that. Walk on, boys.

TED RADER AND JONNY REAL are leaving Sin City for the Emerald City. The blues-rock duo known as The Mad Caps will end their three-and-a-half year Vegas run Sept. 3 at The Bunkhouse, before driving northwest to Seattle. It is there that drummer Real, aka Jon Realmuto, a graduate of UNLV and a scholarship recipient, will study for a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He asked his singer/guitarist to come, and Rader agreed. “Most drummers are supposed to be dumb,” Rader says. “But he’s really smart. … Even when you work with him, you see the mathematical side to his music.” There hadn’t been any previous plans to leave Vegas. However, the duo are treating this circumstantial relocation as a way for the band to survive and evolve. Making the move easier is what Rader sees as a lull in the local music scene.“It seems things have slowed down,” he says. “Nothing’s popping right now. Everyone’s on hiatus or broken up or moved. … If we could tour, we’d stay and focus on touring. Being that Jonny’s going to school, this is the next best thing to touring.” Rader claims, as most departing musicians do, that The Mad Caps will continue to identify as a Las Vegas band, and eventually return to perform here. Nonetheless, this is an opportunity to grow. “The Mad Caps is like a gang, and our friends and fans are our members,” Rader says. “Gangs have chapters, so we’re going to open another chapter in Seattle. Plus, we like leather.” MIKE PREVATT

NEWS AND NOTES Some punk notes: Two CD release parties go down this week. They involve: Last Call (Aug. 4 at Knight Hall, 911 E. Ogden St.) and Unfair Fight (Aug. 5, Yayo Taco). Also, The Objex — which also has a new CD out — plays its anniversary show Aug. 5 at Gypsy Den. The quartet debuted at First Friday five years ago. … Vanguard Lounge will hold a fundraiser party Aug. 5 for local DJ Nathan Uhlir, whose home was recently robbed. Spacebyrdz and resident Edgar Reyes will spin. SEND YOUR TIPS to mprevatt@lvcitylife.com

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Hey, Tea Party! Time for your lesson on evolution!

Hail, Caesar

Human behavior is the real subject in director James Marsh’s chimp bio, Project Nim BY MATT KELEMEN

Animal instincts

n 1973, Columbia University professor Herbert Terrace, a disciple of behaviorist B.F. Skinner, set out to see of Skinner’s academic rival Noam Chomsky was correct in concluding that chimpanzees were incapable of learning complex communication. They could be taught words, but not reason. Terrace decided, as a first step in his study, to raise Nim among humans. What wasn’t planned, as director James Marsh documents in Project Nim, was Nim’s future after the study ended. Marsh does not overtly infuse his film with an animal-rights angle, but its pretty clear where his sympathies lay. He uses seamless editing of archived footage and re-created scenes (apparently employing an actor in a chimp suit) to tell Nim’s story from the time Terrace separated him from his mother at an Oklahoma research facility run by the film’s ostensible villain, the diabolically portrayed Dr. William Lemmon. Elizabeth Hess’ 2008

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book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human provided Marsh with a framework and reference point, but the mesmerizing narrative style and ever-present ambient soundtrack will be familiar to viewers of his 2009 Oscar-winner, Man on a Wire. Nim’s story is told through the humans who cared for him, or controlled him. There’s Terrace, who comes off as callous and preoccupied with his career. He places 2-week-old Nim in the care of free-spirited and somewhat dense Stephanie LaFarge, who lives in a Manhattan brownstone with her hippie-poet husband and handful of children. She breastfeeds Nim and lets him explore her body, much to the chagrin of undergrad Laura-Ann Pettito. Pettito is charged with teaching Nim sign language, and is relieved when Terrace moves Nim to a country estate where she will share in his care with several other students. Whether Terrace shuts down the study due to lack of funding or interest isn’t clear. “At 5 years old they don’t know their own strength

and they can do a lot of damage to people,” Terrace says in the film. Other interviewees suggest Terrrace’s sudden decision was arbitrary, and his main contact with Nim was through photo opportunities. Little thought was given to what Nim’s life would be like after Project Nim had run its course. It would turn out to be nothing short of horrifying. Marsh has stated publicly he had no agenda in implicating Terrace, although Terrace has indicated that Marsh left out his role in alerting the media about Nim’s fate. Marsh does create an unshakable bond of empathy between Nim and the audience that makes it hard to see Terrace as anything but selfserving. That empathy eventually reveals the humans in the film as the real subjects, exposing their flaws and misguided perceptions through how they treat and relate to Nim. Nim had at least one human who never flakes out on him (or is traumatized by a physical attack). Pot-smoking Deadhead and psych major Bob Ingersoll becomes a surrogate big brother and savior-in-waiting, who also serves as the one constant ray of light in an increasingly dark documentary. In the end Project Nim the study teaches less about capabilities of communication than Project Nim the film enlightens about the naïveté and hubris of humans — the latter being a lesson Nim the sentient being learned early in life. PROJECT NIM Nim Chimpsky, Herbert Terrace, Bob Ingersoll, directed by James Marsh, rated PG-13, 93 mins

TIM BURTON might have left several doors open for sequels at the end of his 2001 remake/update of Planet of the Apes, but screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver took a surprise turn by going back to 1972’s Conquest of the Planet of the Apes for inspiration. That film starred Roddy McDowell as Caesar, the grown-up offspring of chimpanzee astronauts from the future and rebel leader of enslaved apes. Rise of the Planet of the Apes abandons the idea of time travel and settles on genetic engineering as a way to manufacture talking super-primates. Director Rupert Wyatt settles mostly on computer-generated effects to animate his apes, but he also landed Andy Serkin to play Caesar. Where the costumes end and the programming begins is hard to tell until the film’s rebellion starts, but that doesn’t happen until deep into the movie. First, research scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) is introduced as the inventor of a serum that, while potentially deadly for humans, makes apes super-intelligent. When a test subject from the research center goes ape-shit, the evil company director (David Oyelowo) has the rest of the apes killed. Rodman, however, winds up with an infant chimp, which he takes home to his dementia-afflicted dad (John Lithgow). Dad picks Caesar’s name, Rodman starts dating a hot physician (Freida Pinto), and the four form a family until an incident leads to Caesar’s court-ordered internment among normal chimpanzees and a huge caged gorilla. Caesar devises a clever plan to both escape and hook his new homeboys up with the smart serum, but it’s kind of a stretch to imagine them taking over the planet. Don’t expect another sequel. MATT KELEMEN

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after ruthless teacher Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) is dumped by her fiancee and then tries to win over a wealthy substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake). BEGINNERS (R, 104 mins) The beginners

of the title are Oliver (Ewan McGregor), who in one timeline is coping with his father’s death, his father’s dog and his own trepidations about moving forward with his life, and Oliver’s father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), who in a parallel story decides to come out of the closet at the age of 75. Writer-director Mike Mills taps into a remarkably similar set of circumstances from his own life, and is able to detail both journeys in refreshing and often heartbreaking ways. (CB: 06.30.11) Village Square BRIDESMAIDS (R, 125 mins) A broke and brokenhearted Annie (Kristen Wiig) fakes her way as the supportive maid of honor for best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG-13, 124 mins) Joining the ranks of this summer’s superheroes is Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), who after being denied military entrance sets off on a classified project transforming him into Captain America. CARS 2 (G, 113 mins) Racecar champion Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) is off to the World Grand Prix, but the road gets rocky when best friend Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) runs into international spies, in this Pixar sequel. COWBOYS AND ALIENS (PG-13, 118 mins) In a town tormented by Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), a stranger (Daniel Craig) appears and becomes the only hope against an alien invasion. CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (PG-13, 170 mins) The per-

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SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN offers some interesting if unsurprising cultural insights into the lives of Chinese women from yesterday and today, paralleling the relationships of two pairs of laotong — sort of ritualized BFFs — from two time periods. It also offers Hugh Jackman, eventually. What it doesn’t offer is a stylized adaptation of ChineseAmerican author Lisa See’s 2005 novel, although the plot is reworked in an apparent attempt to make the storyline more palatable to Chinese-American audiences. The changes definitely create a link to the present, but distract from the connection to the past in which See’s entire novel is set. Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club, Because of Winn Dixie) directs like a hired gun charged with condensing a Shanghai soap opera into a feature film. Lily (Li Bingbing) is a rising star at her company who receives news that her best friend, Sophia (Gianna Jun), is in a coma after a bicycle accident just as Lily is to be promoted and transferred to New York. Lily flashes back to childhood, when she and Sophia swore eternal sisterhood and learned about laotong and foot-binding. Their discovery of size 3 shoes once worn by Lily, who had her own sworn sister in Snow Flower (Jun), enables a segue to 19th-century China and See’s actual sorrowful storyline. The constant flashbacks and flash-forwards cause a lot of confusion. Oddly enough, without knowing anything about the book prior to screening the film, the haphazard time traveling could be attributed to trying to remain faithful to the author’s intent. More than likely the changes were made at the behest of the producers — Wendi Murdoch, wife of Rupert, among them — in a misguided, heavy-handed attempt to appeal to the target demographic. Still, Wang directs the film like a daytime soap, and Jackman’s inclusion late in the game as Sophia’s singing love interest isn’t likely to sell additional tickets. MATT KELEMEN

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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY APES (PG–13) 9:00 11:30 2:00 4:30 7:00 10:00 HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D(PG–13) DBox Motion Seating THE CHANGE-UP (R) 10:00 11:00 12:30 1:30 3:00 10:30 1:30 4:30 7:30 10:30 4:15 7:00 8:00 9:30 10:45 11:59 HORRIBLE BOSSES (R) 9:30 12:00 2:45 5:10 7:20 9:45 COWBOYS & ALIENS (PG–13) 10:15 11:00 1:10 TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE 1:45 4:00 4:30 6:45 7:30 9:45 10:15 11:59 MOON 3D (PG–13) 9:00 12:15 3:30 7:00 10:30 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG–13) 9:30 12:00 2:30 DCI 2011: BIG, LOUD & LIVE 8 (NR) Advance 5:00 7:30 10:00

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LARRY CROWNE (PG-13, 99 mins) A socially awk-

ward, recently fired retail-store company man (Tom Hanks) is transformed into the nearly cool, overgrown kid on campus. It’s as if Hollywood royalty Hanks and Julia Roberts, up for anything except playing unlikable, threw together this inherently slight romantic comedy as a stop-gap, a filler between bigger, more potent projects. (PB: 06.30.11) Suncoast, Colonnade MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13, 100 mins) Gil (Owen Wilson) and fiancee Inez (Rachel McAdams) discover the art scene of Paris while struggling with notions of “what-if” in this charming but meaningless romantic comedy. (KC: 06.09.11) Suncoast, Colonnade MONTE CARLO (PG, 109 mins) Small-town girls Grace (Selena Gomez), Emma (Katie Cassidy) and

Meg (Leighton Meester) seek a summer escape in Paris, but the real fun begins when Grace is mistaken for a British heiress. Village Square, Tropicana MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (PG, 95 mins) Successful dude (Jim Carrey) inherits penguins, whom he accommodates in his big-city apartment, much to the detriment to the rest of his life. Village Square, Colonnade PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG-13, 137 mins) Johnny Depp’s Capt. Jack

Sparrow returns or a fourth film, pitted against the most famous pirate of them all, Blackbeard (Ian McShane). The premise is good and all the actors ... should be. But there’s no life to any of it. Sam’s Town RIO (PG, 96 mins) Blu, (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) a domesticated Macaw goes to Rio de Janiero, finding

THE CHANGE UP: Ryan learns that friends don’t buy friends Blue Moon beer.

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CONT. FROM P25 fect world of Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) capsizes when his wife (Julianne Moore) admits to cheating on him. The film’s sights were set on being out-ofthe-ordinary but ends up being just a pretty good run-of-the-mill romantic comedy. (CB:07.28.11) DOUBLE HOUR (NR, 95 mins) Speed dating sparks romance between ex-cop Guido (Filippo Timi) and Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport). But while vacationing to the country, Sonia’s past catches up with the couple. Village Square FAST FIVE (R, 130 mins) Ex-cop Brian (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom (Vin Diesel) to assemble racers and take down a corporate business man on the streets of Brazil. Tropicana FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R, 120 mins) Emotions run high when Dylan (Timberlake) and Jamie (Kunis) realize keeping up a friends-with-benefits relationship is complicated. THE HANGOVER PART II (R, 102 mins) You know it’s a bad sign for any sequel when the line of dialogue that kicks off the story is, “I can’t believe this is happening again.” And so it is, almost down to the smallest detail. The Wolfpack, as they came to be known through the first movie, wakes up in a seedy Bangkok hotel room with no memory of the night before. Not so much a sequel as an alternate version of its predecessor, The Hangover Part II may go down as the year’s most disappointing movie that should have its shit together. (MK: 05.26.11) Tropicana HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2 (PG-13, 125 mins) In an ultimate

battle between good and evil, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) faces of against Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Though it may not be the best film of the franchise, it does bring the Harry Potter series to a tremendous end. (CB: 07.14.11) HORRIBLE BOSSES (R, 100 mins) In a drunken stupor, Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) mastermind a plan to kill off

their awful employers. With only a few good laughs, this film has all the earmarks of a scenario dreamed up by someone who had no idea where to take the story. (MK:07.07.11) KUNG FU PANDA 2 (PG, 91 mins) All that’s standing between evil and China is a kung fu warrior panda with Jack Black’s voice. Tropicana

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MONTE CARLO (PG) 1:50, 6:50, 9:15 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) 12:45, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 KUNG FU PANDA (PG) 12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 HANGOVER 2 (R) 11:40, 2:10, 4:55, 7:30, 10:00 THOR (PG-13) 11:35, 2:20, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 BRIDESMAIDS (R) 3:45 FAST FIVE (PG-13) 12:30, 7:20, 10:15 RIO (G) 11:30, 4:20

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CONT. FROM P27 Jewel (voiced by Anne Hathaway) a free bird, when they’re kidnapped and he must learn to fly to escape the smugglers. Tropicana THE SMURFS (PG, 100 mins) Fleeing from an evil wizard’s clutches, the Smurfs fall out of the magical world and into New York’s Central Park. SUPER 8 (PG-13, 112 mins) Youth filming a zombie movie in 1979 Ohio encounter a horrifying chain of incidents. A well-written work of science fiction and not some dumb action movie. (CB: 06.09.11) Village Square, Colonnade THOR (PG-13, 114 mins) Thor, God of thunder (Chris Hemsworth), is banished to Earth for inciting a war — and becomes their ultimate, ab-rippling hero. Tropicana THE TREE OF LIFE (PG-13, 138 mins) Jack

(Sean Penn) reminisces about a difficult relationship with his father (Brad Pitt) and tragic family events, in one of the greatest examples of lyrical and impressionistic filmmaking. It’s the fruit of director Terrence Malick’s decades of pondering existence and humanity’s place in the universe. Let the Oscar race begin. (MK:06.16.11) Village Square, Colonnade TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG-13, 157 mins) Once again, the Autobots and Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) take on the Deceptions, this time in an action-fueled space race. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13, 132 minutes) This prequel dates back to the beginnings of Charles Xavier (James McAvoy), who gathers a group of mutant superhumans. One of them, Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender), strays from the group, and trouble ensues.

FAST FIVE : What Chuck Palahniuk might call “foreplay.” (Screens at Tropicana.) WINNIE THE POOH (G, 69 mins) Pooh and his forest

friends are back for another adventure in The Hundred Acre Wood. Red Rock, Colonnade ZOOKEEPER (PG, 104 mins) A zoo caretaker (Kevin James) decides to quit and find a job more appealing to the women he’s not getting — much to the chagrin to the animals he doesn’t know can speak.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS ANGELS & AIRWAVES PRESENTS LOVE LIVE (NR)

A one-night event featuring the debut of LOVE followed by a live band performance and Q&A with singer Tom DeLonge. Wednesday, 9p. Visit www.fathomevents.com for locations and tickets. $13-$15. ATTACK OF THE MOON ZOMBIES (NR, 99 mins) Alien plant life turns the crew on a lunar base into killer zombies. Saturday, 11p. The Sci-Fi Center, 900 E. Karen Ave., Suite D-202, 792-4335, www.thescificenter.com. $5 DAVID FINCHER/BRAD PITT DOUBLE FEATURE

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Seven (R, 127 mins) A killer justifies his crimes against humanity by murdering in accordance to the seven deadly sins. Fight Club (R, 139 mins). An outlet for pent-up male aggression signals grows to threaten the world’s future, no thanks to a frustrated office worker and a soap manufacturer. Saturday, 7p. The Sci-Fi Center, 900 E. Karen Ave., Suite D-

202, 792-4335, www.thescificenter.com. $5 DR. WHO NIGHT (NR) Episodes from the BBC televi-

sion show, chronicling the adventures of the eccentric time-traveling alien and his friends. Friday, 8p. The Sci-Fi Center, 900 E. Karen Ave., Suite D-202, 792-4335, www.thescificenter.com. $5 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (PG, 118 mins) Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is lured into a trap by a beautiful Russian spy (Daniela Bianchi) and pursued by KGB assassin Red Grant (Robert Shaw), who kills for pleasure. Tuesday, 1p. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 507-3400. Free. MONDAY MOVIES (NR) Comedy features presented on a big screen. Monday, July 11, 9p. Freakin’ Frog, 4700 S. Maryland Parkway, 597-9702. Free THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (R, 98 min) Campy cult musical is accompanied by film, live cast performance group Frankie’s Favorite Obsession. Saturday, 10p. Regency Tropicana Cinemas. 3330 E. Tropicana Ave., 450-3737; 810-5956, www.rhpsvehas.com. Audience participation prop kits $1, no outside props. $9.

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“Untitled,” by Marcos Rivera

plaster clouds mottle the walls of a small gray room, the stage for his dreamlike, hyper-realistic photographs. In an untitled piece, a young violinist hangs her head and smokes amid scattered sheets of music, her violin leaning on one leg. A bottle of wine sits in a violin case and the uniform of a hardware store day-job is slung on the back of her chair. “The Builders” contains pages of code spilling from a drawer, Lego blocks and construction tools offering a revealing glimpse into the past of business partners Brett Sperry and Trinity Schlottman. Surrounded by fragments from their daily travails, the portraits become windows, allowing viewers to peer into the lives of the individuals, exposing their goals, occupations, vices, dreams and struggles. BRETT WESLEY GALLERY 1112 S. Casino Center Blvd., through Sept. 30

Barﬁng Rainbows — Brent Holmes

Work by Casey Weldon

Safewalls — Various Artists Preceding the early American circuses, a small advance crew would enter a town to slap up bright posters of tigers, clowns and trick ponies. In Trifecta gallery’s Safewalls exhibit, the humble circus poster comes into its own, acknowledged for its artistry. Curated by Cirque du Soleil, the project celebrates the roots of Cirque — the street. (The term “safe walls” refers to legal spots in the urban landscape where street artists and performers can work without fear of sanction.) It features work by international artists, reinterpreting the classic circus poster for modern Cirque shows. Jason Limon pairs the skills of a graphic artist with the ripe beauty of a Dutch still life to herald the performance of OVO, while Ron English riffs on Edvard Munch with a screaming figure clasping the monocular face of a startled, gleaming eye. On display for the first time is a print by Las Vegas pop-surrealist Amy Sol: an image of flowing, muted aquas, peach and violets so delicate it threatens to

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“Sunshine,” by Brent Holmes dissipate. Sol’s print will be shown exclusively at Trifecta for the next 15 days. TRIFECTA GALLERY The Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., through Aug. 26

Narratives — Marcos Rivera Photographer Marcos Rivera unlocks the true potential of portrait photography. Rough

A dripping blue goo monster, skipping through tulips, seems pleased to see a red wig appear before him. Brent Holmes’ work in Barfing Rainbows revels in that kind of randomness. There is a decided preference towards sampling life’s unlikely and overlooked possibilities. The odds may be against finding a giant barfing blue head covered in eyeballs, but a heart winking in one of the 27 irises suggests the enjoyment the artist has thinking about it. Some works, particularly drippy, crudely rendered nudes, display an adolescent fixation with procreation that doesn’t pair well with the other pieces. In the works in which Holmes seems to be in his element, there is a quirky combination of the unexpected, using kitchy objects, youthful humor and vibrant colors. BLACKBIRD STUDIOS 1551 S. Commerce St., Space A, through Aug. 26

Sexy Bubbles — Bobby Logic Come blow bubbles with Bobby Logic. With a simmering, effervescent palette, he transforms this childhood pastime into a

“Sexy Bubbles,” by Bobby Logic psychedelic summer experience. The artist seizes on the playful whimsy of bubbles to break up, energize and illuminate portraits and landscapes. In the show’s title piece, a stream of bubbles from a pink wand explode into the air around a figure wearing sunglasses. The head of a woman in “Double Agent Bubble” seems only vaguely attached, as if it might float away at any moment. Such works, in which the bubbles activate and abstract the space, are the most successful. In “Bubblegum Bondage,” by contrast, the bubbles are relegated to flat circles in the background and do not interact dynamically with the figure or space — they feel like an afterthought. SIN CITY GALLERY The Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., through Aug. 27

Get skinned! — Skin City Studio & Boutique Go ahead, get a second skin and show off your wild side during whatever we’re calling First Friday these days. Body-painting artist Robin Slonina celebrates the grand opening of Skin City Studio & Boutique, upgrading her nomadic body-painting business to a storefront location. The Art Institute of Chicago graduate moved to Las Vegas in 2005, after a blind date with Le Rêve clown Jim Slonina led to love. Shortly thereafter, she started up her team of talented artists, stylist, models and photographers, working with such clients as Showtime, Spike TV and Fox.“I am so excited to have a space to work out of, so we have everything on hand, feathered eyelashes, glitter, pasties … It’s going to really open up the possibilities,” Slonina said. “I think people are going to love coming here.” In addition, the shop will showcase art by local and international artists. The opening month debuts the romantic landscape photography of Sally Marks. SKIN CITY STUDIO & BOUTIQUE 1209 S. Main St., ongoing

FIRST FRIDAY LISTINGS Recommended Send event information to Mike Prevatt at listings@lvcitylife.com. REMINDER: THE FIRST FRIDAY STREET FESTIVAL ON CASINO CENTER BOULEVARD AND COLORADO AVENUE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. MANY OF THE GALLERIES AND VENUES IN THE ARTS DISTRICT WILL STILL OPEN THEIR DOORS DURING NORMAL FIRST FRIDAY HOURS. FOR A MAP OF PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES AND THEIR OPERATING HOURS, VISIT HTTP://TINYURL.COM/3QMCZHJ. OR, CHECK YOUR SMART PHONE’S APP STORE FOR THE “18B ARTS WALK” MAP APP.

LOOK 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 383-3133, www.theartsfactory.com. 303 NORTH STUDIO Suite 115. Bloodline, by James Henninger. 8 MARTINIS GALLERY366-9077. www.8martinis.com. The Alexander Collection. Overflow, by Dar Freeland. CHRISTIAN GABRIEL STUDIO Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 125, 372-0544, www.chris tiangabrielart.com. “The Seven Deadly Sins” with art by Christian Gabriel, Rob Hester, Mitchell Todd and Braden Brockbrader, 6p-10p. CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER Suite 120, 3823886, www.lasvegascac.org. In & Out of Whack, Deborah Karpman and Kimberly Hennessy, through Aug. 13. CRICKET STUDIO 366-9077, www.cricketstudio.com. Primitives and Bugspeak, by Brian Swanson. FACE UP GALLERY Suite 203, 366-9077, www.faceupstudio.com. Cringe and Merge, by Dar Freeland. GOING GREEN GALLERY 845-9599. Eco-friendly jewelry by Christine Esposito of Funky Junq. HELLPOP! COMICS AND ART Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Road, Studio 222. Featuring art by Brandon Lin. New/used comic books, action figures and graphic novels. HILLARY SALON 107 E. Charleston Road, Suite 250, 525-1053. JENNY VALDEZ INC Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160., www.jenny-valdez.fineartam erica.com. Various artists. JOSEPH WATSON GALLERY Suite 115, (858) 7332135. SinOpsis, new work on display. LE MUR ARTS CURATOR Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110. 731-1414. Choose Your Own Adventure, photos by Jennifer Maupin and Ryan Reason. THE ARTS FACTORY

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by Niki J. Sands and Eric Belanger. Suite 230, www.myspace.com/artsoul. Think We Found Alexander! by Alexander Huerta. POP2 Cultural Arts Center Suite 240.

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SIN CITY GALLERY Suite 100,

www.sincitygallery.com. Sexy Bubbles, modern works by Bobby Logic. STATEMENT ART GALLERYSuite 225, 480-6088, www.statementartgallery.com. New works by Danny Roberts. By appointment only. TRIFECTA GALLERYSuite 135, 366-7001, www.trifectagallery.com. Safewalls: 16 Cirque du Soleil paintings, various artists, through Aug 26.

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222 222 E. Imperial Ave. Ice Cream Pop Group

show, featuring ice cream inspired work by various artists, through Aug 31. ALIOS 1217 S. Main St., 386-8633. ATOMIC CITY TATTOO 1506 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 678-6665. BLACKBIRD STUDIOS Commerce St. Studios, 1551 S. Commerce St. Barfing Rainbows by Brent Holmes. New works by former comic book artist Andy Taylor. Opening reception, Fri, 6p-12p. BRETT WESLEY GALLERY 1112 Casino Center Blvd., 433-4433, www.brettwesleygallery.co m. Narratives, by photographer Marcos Rivera, through Sept 30. Opening reception, Fri, 6p-9p. CIRCADIAN GALLERIES 1551 S. Commerce St., 525-2850. New work by Daniel Pearson. Clothing and accessories from Bad Fairy clothing co. available for purchase. CITY OF THE WORLD INC. 1229 S. Casino Center Blvd., 523-5306, www.cityoftheworld.org. Guardians, new works by Carrie Bourdeau. COB4LT BLU3 Studios And Gallery1400 Third St., www.cob4ltblu3.com, 771.0032. Loving Living in Las Vegas, by Ed Dominguez. COMMERCE STREET STUDIOS 1551 S. Commerce St., 678-6278, www.commercestreetstudios.com . Work by Daniel Pearson. CORNERSTONE GALLERY 201 E. Colorado St. 238-5894, www.cornerstoneartgallery.com. THE FALLOUT GALLERY 1551 S. Commerce St., 678-6278. www.thefallout.net. THE FUNK HOUSE 1228 S. Casino Center Blvd., 678-6278, www.thefunkhouselasvegas.com. GAIA 997-0222, www.gaiaflowers.com. Nature in Art, stained glass work by Christine Curtis Wilson and Leslie Rowland. GAINSBURG STUDIO, INC. 1039 S. Main St., Ste. 103, 384-1039, www.gainsburgstudio.com. THE GYPSY DEN 213 E. Colorado Ave., 684-1628. New works. HOLSUM DESIGN CENTER 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 14-150. H. S. JACKSON ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO Holsum Design Studio, 241 W. Charleston Road, Ste. 107, 382-9200, www.hsj-architect.com. Computer manipulated digital photography. JACK GALLERY 1039 S. Main St., Ste. 150, 8687880. THE LOFT GALLERY Holsum Design Studio,

241 W. Charleston Road, Ste. 107, 382-9200, www.hsj-architect.com. Featuring William Hill, Barbara Yeorg, Erika Allison, Scott Sandoval, Dottie Burton. NAKED CITY INK 1551 S. Commerce St., 4441971. Special shows on First Fridays. ORTEGO GALLERY Commerce Street Studios, 1551 S. Commerce St., Ste. 210, 281-6714, www.ort egoartgallerylasvegas.blogspot.com. Featuring Montana Black, Jessica Galindo, Haiying Wang, Drago Milic. PHOTO BANG BANG 224 Imperial Ave., 5272264. Contemporary photography from Curtis Joe Walker. RETRO VEGAS 1211 S. Main, 384-2700. Works by Robert T. McCall. Thu-Sat, Mon-Wed, 11a-6p. Rat Pack is Back. R2K STUDIO 1201 S. Commerce St., 207-0725. SPACE 8 E. Charleston Blvd., 366-1603. Polaroid Minutes by photographer Nick Leonard. S2 ART 1 E. Charleston Blvd., 868-7880, www.s2art.com. Lithography presses on permanent display. 2MORROWS ART GALLERY 1039 S. Main St. 2740284. Displaying works by various artists.

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Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St. #220, 702-821-5936, www.TattoosOnCanvas.com. Painting, prints, mixed-media, furniture, jewelry and more by Valentina Eagar, Crystal Solis and Theresa Broten. CHARLESTON HEIGHTS ART CENTER 800 S. Brush St., 229-6383. Emergy, by Artist Maria Michails. EMERGENCY ARTS 520 Fremont St., 686-3164. GAMMA GAMMA Emergency Arts, 520 E. Fremont Street #156, 858-3947. Biff, Bang, Pow! featuring cut vinyl pop art by Angee Jackson. through Aug 28. Opening reception, Fri, 6p-9p. KLEVEN CONTEMPORARY Emergency Arts, 520 E. Fremont Street, 501-9093. New Paintings by Justin Favela, through Sept 24. Opening reception Fri, 6p-10p. LAS VEGAS DESIGN CENTER 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, 599-3093, www.lvdesigncenter.com. LEFT OF CENTER ART GALLERY 2207 W. Gowan Road, 647-7378, www.leftofcenterart.org. Quietude: A Study of Shadow and Light, by William Miller. NEON VENUS ART THEATRE 1404 S. Third St., 787-2481, www.neonvenus.com. REED WHIPPLE CULTURAL CENTER 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Ste. 730, 229-6211. Various artists. ROTUNDA GALLERY 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 455-7340. COUNTYCENTER, by Justin Favela. STUDIO 8 TEN 810 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 6449418. Art studio and gift shop featuring products handmade at the studio. Cinnamon Mosaic, by THE ART LICK

Cinnamon Reeves, through Aug 31, opening reception 6p-8p.

AFTER PARTIES & MUSIC 1025 S. First St. 489-6339. DJs. 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 383-3133, www.theartsfactory.com. “N.O.I.S.E.” a collaboration of musicians, art, dance and poetry, 10p. Free. BEAUTY BAR 517 Fremont St., 598-1965, www.thegetbackvegas.com. “The Get Back,” funky soul dance party with DJs John Doe, Danny Boy, Phoreyz, Aurajin and special guest Shortkut, 10p. $10; $5 ladies. THE BOX OFFICE 1129 S. Casino Center Blvd., 388-1515. Live music, 7p. BUNKHOUSE SALOON 124 S. 11th St., 384-4536. Live music, 10p. CANYON CLUB 202 Fremont St., 387-5175. DINO’S LOUNGE 1516 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 382-3894. Live music, 9p; followed by karaoke with Danny G, 10p. DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM 111 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 880-3696. Rabbit! live band, 8:30p. Soulful house and downtempo by DJ Carlos Sanchez, 10p. ELECTRONIC MUSIC CAFÉ 107 E. Charleston Blvd. Twelve hours of nonstop DJing, 6p. FRANKIE’S TIKI LOUNGE 385-3110. DJ Beelzebozo, 10p. THE GYPSY DEN 213 E. Colorado Ave., 684-1628. The Objex 5th anniversary party, live music, 7: 30p. MEATHEADS 1121 S. Decatur Blvd, 870-4440. Live music, 9p. NEON VENUS ART THEATRE 1404 S. Third St., 787-2481, www.neonvenus.com. Live music, 7p. R2K STUDIO 1201 S. Commerce St., 207-0725. Art of Music, 6p-11p. YAYO TACO 4632 S. Maryland Parkway, 2620201. Live music.

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Audrey II claims another victim in Little Shop of Horrors by Signature Productions.

Signature Productions’ Little Shop of Horrors is monstrously good BY DAVID MCKEE

A greenhouse gas

ike its people-eating plant, Little Shop of Horrors just keeps growing. What started as a $30,000 Roger Corman quickie film became a 1982 off-Broadway musical smash, then a 1986 bigbudget Hollywood movie and eventually a cartoon series. It owes its unstoppable force both to the grisliness of the original movie’s premise (enhanced by its grungy, two-day shooting schedule), as well as to the impeccable period flavor of Alan Menken’s music. His catchy hooks and covert sweetness dovetail

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seamlessly with the Sondheim-like intricacy of Howard Ashman’s lyrics. A doo-wop Sweeney Todd, Ashman’s script pivots on the twisted triangle between übernebbish Seymour Krelborn (Michael Vojvodich) and his two loves. One is the abused but plucky shopgirl Audrey (Aelwyn Thomas). The other is a bloodthirsty, unearthly plant SeymourcallsAudreyII(hilariouslyintonedby Carnell Johnson in a Barry White love voice). An overlong first act and comparatively perfunctory second one might make your tuchus wish director/co-designer/puppeteer

Erik Ball had moved Ashman’s intermission a couple of numbers sooner. Otherwise, Ball hits Little Shop out of the park. His staging segues imperceptibly to and from Christine Harper’s snappy, fluid choreography. It’s danced with zest by the large and versatile cast, whose singing has been honed to a very fine point indeed by music director Shauna Oblad. Letty Sunderman’s comic-strip costumes are colorful but realize ERIK BALL that the show’s HITS LITTLE milieu is more Happy Days SHOP OUT than Hairspray. OF THE Sepulchral amPARK. plification and an obviously synthesizer-derived backing track are disconcerting, but one grows accustomed to their sound. Vojvodich’smousy,sympatheticnerdfillsthe hall with a high-ranging voice that encompasses robustness and delicacy alike. One’s heart goes out to Thomas’ Audrey, she of the luminous singing tone and matter-of-fact ditziness. As her sadistic boyfriend, bad-boy dentist Orin Scrivello, Glenn Heath nearly steals the show as deftly as he swiped Annie at Super Summer Theatre in June — with silky, sinister poise and insinuating delivery. Playing Seymour’s boss and surrogate father, Mr. Mushnick, as an oldmovie gangster, Michael Close disappoints, subordinating character to shtick. The capable supporting cast is highlighted by Little Shop’s doo-wopping trio, a Greek chorus in saddle shoes. The crystalline tone of Danielle Arianna (Crystal) and skillful belting by Jennifer’s de la Torre brassy Chiffon are augmented by the vertiginous countertenor of Evan Walker’s Ronnie — the original score’s “Ronette” having received a sex change here. John Hughes makes droll interjections as Wino No. 1. Everyone else juggles multiple roles: One of Ball’s most effective, unforced touches is to have Seymour’s victims reappear in other guises, like Macbeth’s ghosts. The misty, weather-beaten Skid Row setting, by Ball and Stan Judd, is delicately shaded by Michelle Harvey’s lighting, which also helps Ball conjure up memorable Grand Guignol tableaux. It’s a tribute to all involved that the army of ever-larger, Muppet-cute Audrey II puppets (rented from California) don’t upstage the actors but function as costars — very ravenous ones. You’ll love Little Shop of Horrors but will go home feeling just a bit fearful of your potted plants. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Thursday-Saturday, Monday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m. (Aug. 13, 20), through Aug. 27; Summerlin Library & Performing Arts Center, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 878-7529, $15-$25

INSURGO MOVES DOWNTOWN BREAKING WITH casino-entertainment tradition, the Plaza downtown has announced a new relationship with Insurgo Theater Movement — a far cry from casino staples like Rat Pack tributes. Insurgo won’t be going into the Plaza’s first-floor showroom, but a 75-seat, third-floor space, currently “being developed,” according to a Plaza press release. Although the rumor in theatrical circles was that Insurgo would debut at the Plaza with yet another revival of Cannibal! The Musical, it will bow on Sept. 1 with Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Even if that’s not the cheery fare casino patrons expect, it’s perfectly reflective of the Vegas economy. Godot will be the premier offering in what’s described as “a full season of shows,” the first such residency by a repertory troupe in a major Vegas hotel. Godot will be immediately followed by two late-night performances by traveling players Four Clowns (Sept. 2- 3). Cannibal! will be revived at an as-yetundisclosed autumn date for “at least five weeks,” according to Insurgo founder John Beane. “We aren’t planning an end date,” he added. “We know there will be one but we want to keep as many of the shows open as long as they have legs.” The Insurgo/Plaza marriage was brokered by Downtown Cocktail Room owner Michael Cornthwaite. “I put John Beane together with the guys at the Plaza and there was a space I had in mind,” he explained. “Hopefully, we will have the first black-box theater in a hotel in Las Vegas that I know of,” Cornthwaite said, adding that he understood Insurgo was unhappy with its vacated Commercial Center space, aka The Bastard Theater. (“The folks that run New Orleans Square were very supportive and helpful during the run at the Bastard Theater,” said Beane.) Plaza manager Anthony Santo scored a coup by landing a theatrical tenant while the Smith Center has nothing to show on that front yet. “We knew we wanted to reopen with a unique mix of dining and entertainment … we saw an opportunity to be a part of a growing downtown arts scene,” Santo said. “The Insurgo Theater Movement is known for its bold and original interpretations of classic plays,” which Santo thought would be a good fit with the Plaza’s effort to reinvent its own image. DAVID MCKEE

BOOKS

REVIEW

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John Sayles

Filmmaker John Sayles’ 955-page novel tackles the turn of the 20th century BY CHUCK TWARDY

Big moment, big book

he inveigling of the Yellow Journalist press is among the narrative threads that John Sayles twists through the immense A Moment in the Sun. The press protagonists vary, from an editorial cartoonist sizing up the New American Empire to a Linotype-setter helping inflame racial hatred to a sickly newsboy saving for his own coffin. A pesky fellow named Runt, make that Runyon, cheers the Imperial cause in the Philippines. The dying 19th century’s media

story, here and there told in short sections with interpolated headlines, is the shapeless, ghost narrative of Sayles’ anti-epic, whose other global narratives are peopled with characters who collide, stumble and recover through the tumultuous turn of the last century. The news-mongering narrative establishes how even in an analog world, ideas shape and distort events as surely as a steam-driven drill or a Gatling gun. War with Spain! news touches the lives of recurring characters

at various tangents. In Wilmington, North how he’s going to get you to smell the beer, Carolina, young black soldiers prepare for sweat and piss. Cuba as the steady bleat of false news leads to Hod is close to being the book’s central the racial violence of Election Day 1898, when character, a roustabout with a labor-agitator white hooligans overthrew the elected biracial past, who joins the Army and serves in the government and murdered many blacks. Philippines. But Hod never quite escapes that Sayles, a writer and an actor as well as broad outline.“There are days Hod feels like a a director, well attuned in all three jobs to militia guarding a mine boss,” Sayles observes nuances of character and of his character serving experience, nonetheless the empire abroad, needTHE CHARACTERS lessly underlining the engages his characters in IN THE BOOK contests of ideas. Often irony. By contrast, the they are trapped by hisFilipino freedom fighter, HAVE THE HEFT torical or financial or perDiosdado Concepcion, is OF HAVING BEEN sonal contexts. Think of a more engaging characthe power relations that ter, a bright young man CREATED BY AN color Eight Men Out, for devoted to his cause, neACTOR. instance. Or the starker gotiating his way through Matewan. Sayles’ flair moments of pride, anger for character and complexity sustained the and absurdity while the Americans supplant social substance of those films. the Spanish as his overlords. Sayles started as a novelist and has written The turn of the 20th century is well-trod several novels and short story collections, territory. Historian Barbara Tuchman traced including Union Dues (1977) and Dillinger in later convulsions to those years of greed, Hollywood (2004). He got into the film busianarchism and naïveté in the Guns of August ness by writing scripts for director Roger (1962). Flags of Our Fathers author James Corman, and thus financed his first film, Bradley blasted away at Teddy Roosevelt’s Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980). Sayles ambitions in 2009’s The Imperial Cruise, has said that his work as a novelist colors his followed by biographer Edmund Morris’ narrative approach to films. “Novel-writing trilogy-capping Colonel Roosevelt in 2010. helps in a lot of ways ... because it And Thomas Pynchon turned out makes you think about rhythm,” Against the Day, a similarly globeSayles told interviewer Trevor girdling, long and dense novel, in Johnston in 1993. 2006. “I think some of the depth of my Sayles is Pynchon’s match in writing comes from having been characterization and polymathan actor,” Sayles told Roger Ebert like research, and occasionally in that same year, when Passion Fish, graceful prose, writing of a Brita movie driven mostly by charish Hong Kong official “sitting acter, was in theaters. In it, Mary pinkly” in a carried palette, or of McDonnell plays a physically and the Chinese woman, Mei, whom figuratively broken soap star, and Hod encounters in Manila, being Alfre Woodard her paid caregiver, “the color of Kansas soil after a and social and moral matters get personal. drought.” The film earned McDonnell and Sayles Oscar But often Sayles stumbles in knitting nominations, Sayles for the screenplay. character and idea, something Pynchon The characters in A Moment in the Sun manages to do seamlessly. As densely plothave the heft of having been created by an ted and detailed as the novel is, and as imactor, one who wants a farrier to smell horse mensely entertaining as it can be at times, farts and a miner to cough grit. It’s hard to tell you feel the weight of moral judgment upon whether the novelist tutored the filmmaker it. All too often aided by journalism, greed on fidelity to detail, or the other way around. and hatred menaced that world more than a You can picture Sayles mentally strolling century ago. At least Sayles lets us infer that through the sets of this novel, the foul-aired little has changed. Klondike bar in which Hod Brackenridge kills A MOMENT IN THE SUN John Sayles, McSweeney’s the boxer everyone bet on, and pondering Books, 955 pages b

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DINING

REVIEW

Rush hour

Nagoya, which pairs sushi with brown rice, can make for a hurried and ultimately frustrating dining experience BY AL MANCINI

PHOTO: TODD LUSSIER

Spicy Spider Roll

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ometimes, I’m forced to ask was available only on rolls, as I’d been told. myself: “What the hell is this But I was also told those rolls could, in fact, restaurant thinking?!” be included in the all-you-can-eat deal for an Take for example, Nagoya, extra charge of $1. a Japanese restaurant on Fort I returned that afternoon to get a takeout orApache Road, just south of der of a spicy spider roll with brown rice. They Tropicana Avenue. I was originally intrigued served me — but thevery next day,they told my by the news it offered sushi on brown rice. As photographer they’d removed brown rice from a purist, the idea sounded like an abominathe sushi menu! Since they seem to be batshit tion. But realizing many people are on wholecrazy with regard to this item, I decided it’s still grain-only diets, I thought it would be worth worth writing about — just in case you happen checking out. Sadly, that wasn’t easy. to be there on a day they want to serve it. When my wife and I sat down at Nagoya’s In all honesty, brown rice on sushi isn’t bad. sushi bar, the sushi chef and waitress immeBut I can’t see any reason to ever order it, undiately asked if we wanted the all-you-canless you’re on a restricted diet. A lot of people eat deal. Before answering, I asked if it was don’t realize that in Japan,rice is considered the true they offered sushi made most important part of sushi. with brown rice. The an- IT FELT LIKE Special short-grain rice is swers began flying fast and used because of its stickiness. furious in broken English. THE STAFF WAS Apprentice chefs can spend “Only on rolls.” “There’s BREATHING months, sometimes years, an extra charge.” “Only a la learning how to properly cook DOWN OUR carte, not in the all-youthat rice with vinegar and NECKS. can-eat special.” other ingredients. When I asked if we could Brown rice just doesn’t pay a little extra to mix have the taste or texture of white-rice nigiri with brown-rice rolls in the real sushi rice. More importantly, it doesn’t special, I felt increasingly rushed. Nobody hold together — which is probably why Nadirectly answered the question. Instead, goya doesn’t offer it with nigiri. Even the rice both insisted we should just stick to the basic paper on my spider roll proved unable to keep white-rice, all-you-can-eat deal. Frustrated, it from falling apart. While I didn’t try it with I agreed. a more traditional nori (seaweed) wrapper, I I continued to feel rushed throughout my suspect that might hold up a bit better. meal. When we ordered about half-a-dozen For those who are on a restricted diet, types of sushi, the chef delivered them at a however, the brown rice option gives you the lightning-fast pace. But while prompt service chance to enjoy some form of sushi with your is generally a good thing, he insisted on givfriends. And while service sucks, the sushi is ing them to us one fish at a time, with two to generally pretty good — at least by all-youfour pieces on each plate. Since there wasn’t can-eat standards. And the special ($19.95; enough room for that many plates in front of $23.95 for dinner), includes most common us, we were forced to practically inhale each varieties of sushi. Tobiko (flying fish roe) is delivery to make room for the next arrival. conspicuously absent, while amaebi (sweet And as soon as we finished one order, it felt shrimp) and uni (sea urchin) are available like the staff was breathing down our necks. during dinner hours only, and limited to a When the staff began mopping behind the single two-piece order of each. But that’s counter, I suspected we’d arrived near closfairly common. And the menu includes a ing time. That might explain, if not justify, tremendous assortment of crazy rolls, noodle the rushed attitude and their desire to steer dishes, fried rice, soups, appetizers, salads us away from a product that might be out of and sides. stock. But when we left, at 8:45 p.m., I noted If brown rice is your dietary reality, by all that the closing time was 11! means, give Nagoya’s sushi a shot — assumUnder normal circumstances, that would ing you can get it. have been my last experience at Nagoya. But NAGOYA 5025 S. Fort Apache Road; 871-4257. Read I was still curious about that brown rice sushi. more about the Las Vegas dining scene on Al Mancini’s So the next afternoon I called and learned it blog, www.almancini.net.

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some of the best Thai food in town. We would offer recommendations, but we’ve never had a dish here that was anything less than excellent. Well worth a trip across town for serious devotees.

FILIPINO

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3400 S. Jones Blvd., 220-4488. A quirky little restaurant that feels like a small catering hall and serves primarily as a dance hall for Filipino expatriates. Some of the fare may be a bit exotic, but there’s something for everyone.

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JAPANESE

375 N. Stephanie St., 538-7360. The owners have done a great job of converting a retrothemed diner in a chrome buiding into a Japanese restaurant. The sushi here is fresh, well-prepared and affordable, and the staff is friendly and helpful. ISLAND SUSHI 9400 S. Eastern Ave., 221-1600. Located in the space that used to house the popular sushi restaurant Koto, quality sushi is still the main draw, but the new owners have added a Hawaiian flair. They offer a nice all-you-can-eat special for $24.95. KAIZEN 10271 Eastern Ave., Suite 109, 492-0216; 4480 Paradise Road, Suite 900, 641-7772. Putting a fusion spin on sushi, Kaizen’s choices range from the traditional to the bizarre. Their barbecued rib roll may be one of a kind, which is probably a good thing. KOI Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 454-4555. L.A.’s celebrity-owned Koi has long been a hot spot for Hollywood A-listers. Now those not cool enough to score a reservation there can enjoy the next best thing at Planet Hollywood. The food is Japanese-inspired with California accents, the dining room is large and modern, and the enclosed patio lounge offers one of the Strip’s best views of the Bellagio fountains. RA SUSHI Fashion Show Mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 1132, 696-0008. Ra is a great place to eat sushi and have a few drinks — and well worth a trip to the mall. SEN OF JAPAN 8480 W. Desert Inn Road, 8717781. This off-Strip Japanese fusion restaurant offers delicious food at far less than you’d pay in a casino. The menu features sushi, tempura, kushi yai skewered meat and both hot and cold fusion dishes. Can’t decide what to order? Try one of their two “omakase” tasting menus, reasonably priced at $50 or $80 per person. SUSHI ROKU Caesars Palace Forum Shops, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 733-7373. The sushi is fresh and well-prepared, but Sushi Roku goes far beyond the basics. A great view of the strip, cool décor and large selection of creative hot and cold dishes from the land and sea more than justify the steep price tag. SWISH 5115 W. Spring Mountain Road, Suite 121, 522-9345. Swish offers shabu shabu, in which customers cook their own meat, seafood and vegetables in a pot of broth, and sukiyaki, where the same foods are cooked in a flat pan with sauce. Both are easy for newcomers to enjoy, and the restaurant’s staff is more than willing to lend first-timers a hand. GINZA SUSHI

CHINESE

3827 E. Sunset Road, 8983358. A little more expensive than most other Chinese restaurants, but the food lives up to the prices.

AMLEE GOURMET

INDIAN

4080ParadiseRoad, 734-0094. The city’s oldestIndianrestaurantandalso themostexpensive.Vegetarianandmeat-eaterdishes. GAYLORD INDIA RESTAURANT Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 777-2277. A high-end Indian restaurant with a great atmosphere, good service and excellent food — the combination of which justifies the somewhat higher price tag. The menu offers a huge selection of vegetarian options. INDIA OVEN 2218 Paradise Road, 366-0222. Simple décor, classic menu, good service and reasonable prices. INDIA PALACE 505 E. Twain Ave., 796-4177. Perhaps the best traditional Indian food in town, and a good value compared with its competitors. ORIGIN INDIA 4480 Paradise Road, 734-6342. Raises the entire city’s expectations for an Indian restaurant while only minimally raising the price. SAMOSA FACTORY 4604 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 6, 258-9196. A large menu that includes more than 20 large, perfectly spiced entrees, including vegan and vegetarian options. GANDHI INDIA’S CUISINE

MIN SOK CHON 1801 E. Tropicana Avenue, 262-5592. This restaurant splits its menu

between Korean cuisine and sushi. At times the former can be a bit unapproachable if you aren’t able to communicate with your server in Korean. The latter, on the other hand, is exactly the type of crazy specialty rolls Americans love – very often boasting non-Japanese touches like cream cheese and deep-frying. Overall, the food is good. 3420 S. Jones Blvd., 873-1977. This unassuming little Chinatown restaurant offers one of the most diverse selections of Chinese food in Las Vegas. Their soup dumplings have become legendary and should be a staple of any visit. But don’t stop there. The menu is massive and worth exploring — and thankfully written in English. Dine family style with a large group and you can easily get out of the place for between $10 and $15 a person. DIAMOND CHINA 3909 W. Sahara Ave., 873-6977. Our top pick for late-night Chinese food. LITTLE BUDDHA Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 942-7778. The local version of the famous Buddha Bar in Paris serves French, Japanese and Chinese fusion cuisine in luscious surroundings. LONG LIFE VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 4130 S. Sandhill Road, 436-4488. The name of this Chinese restaurant is a little deceiving. It’s actually pescetarian — meaning they serve seafood as well as vegetarian cuisine. Nonetheless, it has plenty to offer true vegetarians, including imitation versions of beef, pork and chicken in traditional preparations such as sweet-and-sour, moo shu and kung pao. For those who don’t want their tofu disguised as animal flesh, there are plenty of straight-up tofu dishes as well. Your carnivore friends can always enjoy the authentic seafood offerings. SAM WOO BARBECUE 4215 Spring Mountain Road, 368-7628. Chinese-style barbecue that ranges from rather odd to wonderful. YUNNAN GARDEN 3934 Schiff Drive, 869-8885. Among the best of Chinatown’s hidden gems, Yunnan Garden offers some of the town’s most authentic Chinese cuisines. There are 156 dishes listed on the menu. Some, like kung pao chicken, salt and pepper shrimp, chicken in garlic sauce and countless rice and noodle dishes, are pretty basic. If you’re a bit more adventurous, try the pork intestine, frog or kidney in spicy Szechuan sauce, one of the five eel

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dishes, scrambled eggs with bitter melon, or tofu with 1,000-year-old egg (an egg that’s been preserved in clay, ash, salt and lime until its white turns gelatinous and its yolk turns green).

VIETNAMESE

4023-4029 Spring Mountain Road, 220-3613. There are 190 traditional Vietnamese dishes on the menu, most of which are less than $10. Don’t be intimidated by the gargantuan menu; any Pho is a good bet. Open 24 hours. PHO SO I 4745 Spring Mountain Road, 252-3934. Everything on this Vietnamese menu comes highly recommended. Specialties are beef noodle soups, spring rolls and beef salad. Try beer with your meal; there is also a wine best savored as a dessert.

PHO KIM LONG

KOREAN

4355 Spring Mountain Road, 383-3392. This tasty establishment departs from traditional Korean barbeque in that your server cooks the meat for you at the table instead of allowing you to do it yourself.

KOREAN GARDEN BARBEQUE HOUSE

THAI

953 E. Sahara Ave., 731-6542. One of the longest-lived and most popular Thai restaurants in town. Watch out for the hot stuff, though. Even “medium” is blazingly spicy. LOTUS OF SIAM 953 E. Sahara Ave., 735-3033. The emphasis is on stellar Thai cusine rather than the décor. Monstrous menu, reservations recommended. MARNEE THAI 5600 W. Spring Mountain Road, 873-4831. Damn good Thai food, reasonably priced. PING PONG 2955 E. Sunset Road, 228-9988. This small, very basic, slightly modern restaurant offers KOMOL

FUSION

TASTY ISLAND 6820 W. Flamingo Road; 222-

0092. While Tasty Island offers quite a few Italian dishes, it is primarily a Caribbean restaurant. And its island menu offers everything from jerk chicken, curry goat and beef short ribs to tripe and beans, cow foot stew and salt fish with callaloo. None of these delicacies are served in glamorous surroundings: The place offers counter service with a handful of tables. But the restaurant is clean, the staff is extremely friendly, and while the prices are a little high, the servings are generous. SENSI Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 693-7223. Martin Heierling’s restaurant boasts both innovative cooking and a stunning décor. The experimental and sometimes challenging menu incorporates Asian, Italian, grilled and raw elements in a way that will thrill more adventurous diners, but might frustrate the more traditional.

AMERICAN

775 W. Craig Road, 642-5007. This Hawaiian restaurant doesn’t offer a lot in the way of atmosphere. It has counter service. You get your own napkins, plastic cutlery, chopsticks and straws from a station and the food is delivered to your table in Styrofoam takeout containers, regardless of whether you’re dining in

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CONT. FROM P35 or taking it to go. But it has a nice variety of Hawaiian cuisine at reasonable prices. For a real treat, go in on a Friday, when they offer their Aloha Special — $11.50 gets you smoked pork and cabbage, lomi lomi salmon salad, chicken long rice, poi and the coconut custard dessert haupia. For another $3, you can add laulau, which is pork wrapped in taro leaf. BALLY’S STERLING BRUNCH Bally’s, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 964-4111. One of the finer dining experiences of its kind in Las Vegas — fabulous food and tons of it. THE BEAT COFFEEHOUSE Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St., 686-3164. Downtown once again has an independent coffeehouse, with a small menu that includes sandwiches, salads and pastries to complement the java offerings. BJ’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE 6670 S. Tenaya Way, 2577378; 218 E. Tropicana Ave., 736-9439. Primarily a video poker bar where the bartenders dress in lingerie. Appetizers include crab cakes with roasted pepper sauce and clams steamed in white wine, garlic and herbs. Their cedar plank-grilled salmon isn’t to be missed, and neither are the delicious thincrust pizzas. BLT BURGER Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 792-7888. Yet another entry into the upscale hamburger world, BLT Burger is the brainchild of celebrated chef Laurent Tourondel. The menu isn’t as varied or as high-end as some of its competitors’, but it offers innovative, quality hamburgers in a casual-but-classy environment. And their spiked milkshakes aren’t to be missed. Unfortunately, they got off to a rough start in the service department, but that may improve with time. BOB TAYLOR’S ORIGINAL RANCH HOUSE 6250 Rio Vista St., 645-1399. Since 1955, this steakhouse is a reminder Las Vegas really was part of the wild, wild West. Fare is basic and heavy, but the steaks are big and perfectly prepared over a mesquite wood and charcoal grill. Finish the 32-ounce Diamond Jim Brady New York steak and get a free dessert. BORN AND RAISED 7260 Cimarron Road, 6850258. While this popular west side video poker bar never shies too far from tavern basics, Chef John Courtney has put in time at a Michelin-starred Paris restaurant, and his talent is obvious. He offers a small-but-well-rounded menu, with an emphasis on gourmet sliders. There are a total of 15 on B.A.R.’s menu, and they include pulled pork, Philly cheese steak, prime rib and the Black Friday — a Thanksgiving concoction made with sliced turkey, incredible stuffing and cranberry sauce. BOSTON PIZZA 1507 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 3852595. One of the city’s best old-time pizza joints. Don’t order extra cheese unless you really mean it. BRAND STEAKHOUSE Monte Carlo, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 730-6700. Light Group’s venture into the steakhouse world is a hip, multi-level dining room set up for people-watching. The menu is modern, fun and comfortable, with a focus on steak, of course. Aspiring competitive eaters should try the

120-ounce porterhouse, which is intended to serve six, but is free if a single diner can consume the entire thing. Those with more modest appetites can choose from wide variety of other cuts. BURGER BAR Mandalay Bay, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 121A, 632-9364. Diners create their own burger. Start with a patty — Angus, Kobe, turkey, lamb, salmon, chicken or veggie — pick from eight cheeses, 12 kinds of vegetables and maybe pickled green tomatoes or a lobster tail. The choices tempt even the sanest patron to shell out for a oncein-a-lifetime burger. CHICAGO HOT DOGS 1078 N. Rancho Drive, 6473647. This is as close as you’re gonna get to a real Chicago hot dog joint. CROWN & ANCHOR 1350 E. Tropicana Ave., 7398676; 4755 Spring Mountain Road, 876-4733. Great British fare served by English-accented servers amid a nautical décor. DU-PAR’S RESTAURANT AND BAKERY The Golden Gate Casino, 1 Fremont St., 366-9378. The opening of this Southern California institution in The Golden Gate Casino caused much rejoicing among L.A. expatriates and diner fanatics. And if you fit into one of those categories, you’ll probably love the place. The pancakes here are legendary, as are the pies. But at the end of the day, it’s still just diner food. Nonetheless, it’s one of the most popular spots downtown to satisfy the late-night munchies after an evening drinking on East Fremont Street. THE EGG AND I 4533 W. Sahara Ave., 364-9686. Down-home atmosphere makes this breakfast spot a nice alternative to the national chains. FIREHOUSE SUBS 9555 S. Eastern Ave., 8933473. It has the cult-like vibe of Saturn dealerships, but the subs are better than anything at the competing chains. Try the chili, if only for the chance to sample the massive hot sauce collection. GOLDEN STEER 308 W. Sahara Ave., 384-4470. Old-style men’s club décor, stuffed animal heads and huge portions make this the perfect place for carnivores and one of the last refuges for people nostalgic for old Vegas. GORDON BIERSCH 3987 Paradise Road, 312-5247; 750 S. Rampart Ave., Suite 16, 487-6463. Great atmosphere and great beer. Meet the yuppie of your dreams. GRAPE STREET CAFÉ 7501 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 228-9463. This wine bar and “cellar” has a Napa Valley feel to it, and offers more than 75 varieties of wine, the vast majority of which are available by the glass. The kitchen offers dishes from casual to formal, simple to inspired. Whether you’re in the mood for gourmet sandwiches, delicious pizzas, pastas or full entrees, you’ll find something on the menu to suit your appetite. Call ahead, a dedicated local fan base packs the house most nights. HASH HOUSE A GO GO 6800 W. Sahara Ave., 8044646; 3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 254-4646. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Hash House A Go Go promises “twisted farm food,” which means their chef puts a classy spin on down-home favorites. Their real trademark, however, is monstrous portions. JOHNNY SMALLS Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise

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Road, 693-4414. While this place advertises itself as a tapas restaurant, a more accurate description of its cuisine would be small plates from around the world. And that variety is the restaurant’s main appeal. The truth is, you can find better versions of most of these dishes in other restaurants. But you’re unlikely to find them all in one place. And you’re certainly not going to find a better deal than their $23.99 all-you-can-eat offer ($19.99 with a player’s card). The atmosphere is the kind of contrived fabulousness that’s the trademark of the new HRH Tower, making this a perfect place to dine before or after a visit to Vanity. FILE: TODD LUSSIER

AMERICAN

MUNDO World Market Center, 495

Grand Central Parkway, 270-4400. Fans who miss the Mexican avantgarde cuisine chef Robert Solano used to cook up at his southwest restaurant La Madonna will be happy to know he’s found a new home in the World Market Center. Mundo offers similar food in an equally similar modern atmosphere. Despite the World Market Center’s outdated reputation of being off-limits to the general public, Mundo’s doors are open to everyone for both lunch and dinner. 750 S. Rampart Blvd., 547-5552. The name is Hawaiian, but there’s a distinct Asian or Pacific Rim accent to many of the appetizers and entrees. There’s also a full sushi bar. Sit in the casually modern dining room or outside at the patio bar. THE LUNCH BOX 4632 S. Maryland Parkway, 722-6400. This university hotspot is small and unassuming, with a menu that’s even smaller and, at first glance, deceptively simple. The place only offers five hot dog preparations, a handful of waffle sandwiches and a few desserts. But when you take a closer look, you realize these guys take their wieners seriously. One hundred percent beef, soy, turkey or spam dogs are offered Chicago-style (with mustard, sweet relish, tomatoes, pickles and hot peppers), with chili and cheese or Chilean style (with mustard,

KONA GRILL

spicy mayo, tomatoes, avocado and sauerkraut). Or try a Milwaukee bratwurst with caramelized onions, spicy brown mustard and kraut. LUV IT FROZEN CUSTARD 505 E. Oakey Blvd., 384-6452. A lone remnant of a once common creature: the independent ice cream store. It makes its own delicious custard. MCCORMICK & SCHMICK 335 Hughes Center Drive, 836-9000. Pure Northwest Victoriana: dark wood, leaded glass, rich fabrics and mosaic tiles, just like the original in Portland. Amazing array of fresh seafood. And reasonably priced to boot. MICHAEL MINA’S Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 693-8199. Quaint, elegant (and pricey) fish house with origins in San Francisco. Fresh gourmet seafood and lavish desserts are coupled with an excellent wine list and an attentive wait staff. MICHAEL’S South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd., 796-7111. This intimate, elegant restaurant offers steak, seafood and veal, and boasts some of the highest prices in town. In exchange, you get touches like tableside cooking and Dom Perignon poured over your complimentary sorbet. MR. LUCKY’S Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, 693-5592. Awesome diner. Quick, cheap, tasty, friendly and hip. The way Vegas could’ve been. N9NE Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 933-9900. This contemporary steakhouse offers a compelling menu of Chicago-style steaks and chops, combined with an internationally diverse menu for those with something else in mind. Reservations suggested. OMELET HOUSE Various locations. Longtime favorite breakfast spot featuring 38 varieties of six-egg omelets. Closes at 3 p.m. ORIGINAL PANCAKE HOUSE Various locations. An excellent choice for breakfast. You haven’t lived until you’ve ordered an oven-baked German pancake. PEPPERMILL INN 2985 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 735-7635. An absolute Vegas treasure. This ’70sera coffee shop will keep you fed and happy until Dan Tanna returns. Huge portions. PLANET DAILIES Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 732-1222. This 24-hour restaurant bills itself as the ultimate coffee shop. The room is a large, open space that continues the casino’s over-the-top, hip, modern décor. The selling point here is three separate massive menus that offer something for any appetite. RAINBOW’S END 1100 E. Sahara Ave., 737-1338. One of the few good places in the valley catering to vegans and vegetarians. Try the Greek pizza. R.M. SEAFOOD Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 632-9300. This fine seafood restaurant can boast a celebrity chef who actually works there and a wide variety of excellent, if pricey, dishes. Friendly service completes the experience. SAMMY’S WOODFIRED PIZZA Various locations. This fast-expanding chain serves weird-but-excellent pizzas and salads. SEDONA 9580 W. Flamingo Road, 320-4700. Beautiful, modern décor and an eclectic menu. You’ll find Asian, Italian, French and even Swiss influences in the cooking, but nothing terribly exotic. When the weather’s nice, enjoy outdoor dining on the patio. SLIDIN’ THRU Various locations,

www.slidinthru.com. The urban mobile food truck trend has finally come to Las Vegas. The first entrant, Slidin’ Thru, offers a wide variety of delicious, inexpensive sliders. Once you taste the seasoning on the kalbi rib version, you’ll understand why tech-savvy fans from all walks of life rabidly follow the location of this truck via Facebook and Twitter to chase down chef/owner Ricardo Guerrero’s sandwiches. THE STEAK HOUSE Circus Circus, 2880 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 794-3767. This hidden gem offers classic steakhouse décor, huge slabs of meat and great service for a few bucks less than you’d pay at comparable places around town. No wonder it’s developed a loyal following among locals and tourists alike. T-BONES CHOPHOUSE & LOUNGE Red Rock Casino, 1011 W. Charleston Blvd., 797-7595. This highend steakhouse is as beautifully designed as the rest of the resort and boasts some of the finest steaks in town. All beef is aged for 42 days in a combination wet- and dry-aging process, and signature cuts include the bone-in filet mignon. Among the side dishes, don’t miss the tater tots with white truffles. TINOCO’S KITCHEN Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino, 18 E. Fremont St., 385-1664. An eclectic menu at reasonable prices. You’ll find plenty of delicious Italian pastas, such as lobster ravioli. Other highlights include chicken satay and a filet mignon with foie gras in a port reduction. TRIPLE 7 BREWPUB Main Street Station, 200 N. Main St., 387-1896. One of the better brewpubs in town. Great beer and good food. TRIPLE GEORGE GRILL 201 N. Third St., 384-2761. Patterned after a classic seafood and steakhouse, it offers a large selection of steak, chops and seafood as well as many more casual choices. There’s even a piano lounge where you can enjoy an after-dinner drink. VINTNER GRILL 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., 2145590. Contemporary American cuisine with Mediterranean influences in an atmosphere the owners describe as “everyday opulence.” Dine indoors or outside in the winding patio area, which features private cabana tables and trees strung with stainedglass lanterns.

MEXICAN

10820 W. Charleston Blvd., 214-3500. If you’re looking for simple, authentic basics, look elsewhere. But if dishes like blue corn crab cakes with chipotle-grilled shrimp or potato and portabella mushrooms make your mouth water, Agave has plenty to offer. FRANK & FINA’S COCINA 4175 S. Grand Canyon Drive, 579-3017. This quaint, homey restaurant manages to make you forget it’s located in a massive strip mall complex. More importantly, they offer great Mexican basics and some incredible house specialties. But call ahead for a reservation, because its reputation has obviously spread through its westside neighborhood, leaving it packed most nights. LOS ANTOJOS 2520 S. Eastern Ave., 457-3505. This tiny, family-run strip mall establishment offers the most authentic Mexican cuisine in town. It doesn’t matter what you’re looking for; they probably have it. Matriarch Carmen Ruiz cooks up countAGAVE COMIDA Y TEQUILA

less varieties of soups, huaraches, tlacoyos, quesadillas, tortas, sopes, tacos, enchiladas, chilaquiles, flautas, gorditas, tostadas, steaks and burritos. The menu is so huge it would take a year to eat your way through it. But it would be one tasty year. PARADISE CANTINA 4480 S. Paradise Road, Suite 1250, 434-0031. The vibe is part surfer hangout, part sports bar and part biker bar, so it doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. The menu combines basic American bar food with Mexican, and a daily happy hour makes it worth a visit.

CAJUN

4810 Spring Mountain Road, 891-8889. Not for anyone who doesn’t want to get dirty. But if tearing into crabs (blue or Dungeness), shrimp, oysters and crawfish by hand is your idea of heaven, this is the place for you. Seafood is prepared in four tasty seasonings and delivered in a plastic bag, accompanied by rolls of paper towels. Not fine dining, but delicious. HUSH PUPPY 7185 W. Charleston Blvd., 3635988; 1820 N. Nellis Blvd., 438-0005. A familyowned restaurant that’s been operating since 1975. The specialty is catfish; they offer filets or fiddlers either fried, blackened or grilled. You’ll also find other Southern specialties, including frogs legs, alligator, oysters, ribs and fried green tomatoes at extremely reasonable prices, as well as daily all-youcan-eat specials. LUCILLE’S SMOKEHOUSE BARBECUE The District, Green Valley Ranch, 2245 Village Walk Drive, 257RIBS. You can smell the meat smoking throughout the area, which might explain why there’s nearly always a wait for a table. For fans of slow-smoked barbecue, however, it’s worth the wait — and the slow service. M&M SOUL FOOD CAFE 3923 W. Charleston Blvd., 453-7685. This is the place to eat if you’re in the mood for some excellent-tasting meatloaf, collard greens and mashed potatoes — and the most delicious banana pudding in Vegas. MEMPHIS CHAMPIONSHIP BARBECUE Various locations. Wonderfully realized, upscale barbecue joint. HOT ’N’ JUICY CRAWFISH

CUBAN

2055 E. Tropicana Ave., Suite 11, 795-7070. Buoyant atmosphere with deliciously prepared traditional Cuban cuisine. Serves wine and beer. Try the Cuban-style fruit shakes called batidos. FLORIDA CAFÉ Howard Johnson’s, 1401 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 385-3013. Real Cuban fare, seafood specialties and mild, mellow Latin American flavors. RINCON CRIOLLO 1145 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 3881906. Cuban mom-and-pop diner serving honest, simple food at reasonable prices. CUBA CAFÉ

BRAZILIAN

Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 791-7337. This Brazilian dining spot offers an all-you-can-eat parade of grilled delights. Meat lovers will salivate over skewers loaded with sirloin steak, teriyaki chicken, Portuguese sausages and much more.

SAMBA GRILL

3900 Paradise Road, 794-0700. Great house specials, including the Famous Grill, an extravaganza featuring excellent meats.

YOLIE’S BRAZILIAN STEAKHOUSE

EL SALVADORAN

720 N. Main St., 385-3600. Comfortable and sophisticated, with a distinctly Salvadoran menu.

SALVADORENO

PERUVIAN

845 S. Rainbow Blvd., 731-0826. If you don’t know how much fun Peruvians have, this place will be a revelation. Semi-exotic food that’s beautifully presented.

INKA CHICKEN

ARGENTINIAN

5300 Spring Mountain Road, 257-3331. Authentic Argentinean cuisine with Italian, Spanish, German and Portuguese influences.

RINCON DE BUENOS AIRES

ETHIOPIAN

4647 Paradise Road, 650-3395. Right on the edge of the gay/alternative district sandwiched between the Hard Rock and McCarran International Airport, you’ll find this cozy little Ethiopian restaurant, complete with a patio and white picket fence. The menu has all the basics fans of Ethiopian food would expect, plus a few surprises. There are half a dozen vegetarian options and, for meat eaters, there are more than a dozen choices, including stews and chopped mounds of beef, lamb, chicken and fish. Everything is served over the traditional teff bread injera, and nothing on the menu is priced above $10. MERKATO 855 E. Twain Ave., 796-1231. A favorite of expatriate taxi drivers. You may encounter a bit of a language barrier, but, if you’re adventurous, you’ll be rewarded with incredible food at a very affordable price. Make sure to ask about the traditional Ethiopian coffee. MESKEREM 252 Convention Center Drive, Suite 8B, 732-4250. Adventurous diners should look up this hidden gem. The staff is extremely friendly and accepting of neophytes to Ethiopian cuisine. COTTAGE CAFE

FRENCH

Monte Carlo, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 798-7151. Andre’s is what people think of when somebody says, “Take me to the nicest place in town.” Expect to spend a good part of your evening savoring some of the best food and wine in Vegas. DRAI’S Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 737-0555. One of the more sophisticated and comfortable rooms in the city, with an old Hollywood flavor. The lounge alone is worth a visit — couches and overstuffed chairs surround a fireplace that crackles in a wall of bookshelves. L’ATELIER DE JOEL ROBUCHON MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 891-7358. Located adjacent to Joel Robuchon at The Mansion, L’Atelier provides a chance to sample the cuisine of French legend

ANDRE’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE

Joel Robuchon in a more casual atmosphere, with a slightly lower price tag. Most of the seats are at the bar, where you can watch the team of chefs prepare each dish to perfection. The nine-course “discovery menu” runs $160 a head, but small a la carte indulgences are available in the $30 to $50 range. LE PAMPLEMOUSSE 400 E. Sahara Ave., 7332066. A Las Vegas institution for more than 30 years, located in a converted house on East Sahara. The food is French and the service is old-school — waiters recite the day’s menu from memory. Yet it’s less expensive and intimidating than most French restaurants on the Strip. MARCHÉ BACCHUS 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 106, 804-8008. New management, same reliable French bistro cuisine on a man-made lake in the Desert Shores community. Delicious appetizers and entrees, liberal corkage fees and 950 varieties of wine. MON AMI GABI Paris Hotel-Casino, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 944-4224. This Parisian-style steak and shellfish house offers perhaps the best setting in town: 18th century-style dark wood and soaring elegance inside and a glass-roofed conservatory looking out on Bellagio’s fountains. RESTAURANT GUY SAVOY Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 731-7731. Tailored to the “money is no object” crowd, a bowl of soup will set you back $68, while the 10-course prestige menu runs $290 per person without wine. But you get what you pay for, and French master Guy Savoy’s sublime cuisine is perfectly prepared. With hip, modern décor, presided over by a young friendly staff, it’s not as intimidating as you might expect – until the check arrives.

SPANISH

BARCELONA TAPAS & BAR 10690 Southern High-

lands Parkway, 483-5764. The good news for tapas purists is, unlike a lot of restaurants that toss around that term, the owners of Barcelona stick mainly to Spanish-inspired dishes. The bad news is they put an American spin on a lot of them. You can’t blame them; they’re just giving the people of Southern Highlands what they want. And the food is generally pretty good, with large portions that justify what at first may seem like slightly high prices. FIREFLY The Plaza, 1 Main St., 380-1352 (temporarily closed); 3900 Paradise Road, 369-3971; 9560 W. Sahara Ave., 834-3814. This upscale bar offers a wide variety of tapas items, but a limited selection of entrees. What it lacks in authenticity it makes up for in taste. JULIAN SERRANO Aria, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd., 590-8520. Gourmet chef Julian Serrano, best known for his award-wining Bellagio restaurant Picasso, takes a more casual approach in his eponymous CityCenter tapas restaurant. The varied small plates include soups and salads, vegetarian dishes, meat and poultry, seafood, ceviches and their Peruvian cousins tiraditos, cheese and charcuterie. There are also some amazing larger portions of paella and a hodgepodge of modern concoctions referred to as “new tapas.” If you really want to splurge, however, try the pata negra, Iberico’s famed black ham. a

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ITALIAN

4041 Audrie St., 732-1424. Old World-style Italian restaurant with an incredible memorabilia collection reflecting the Vegas of yore. Try the massive mound of scampi with linguine. BOOTLEGGER BISTRO 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 736-4939. This restaurant is one of the last remnants of the city’s Lounge Era. It features live entertainment and a menu filled with Italian specialties. A great weekend dining spot. BUCA DI BEPPO 412 E. Flamingo Road, 866-2867; 7690 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 363-6524. This chain of retro Italian joints made its big expansion move just in time for The Sopranos mania. Traditional pasta and meat dishes, huge portions and reasonable prices. CAFÉ CHLOE 4155 S. Buffalo Drive, 248-7048. The staff seems to know half of their customers by name at this popular neighborhood Italian restaurant. The food is delicious and the portions are huge. The only downside is their $10 charge for splitting the oversized portions. So just order two, and make sure you bring home the leftovers. Call ahead if you want to secure a seat; the place fills up quickly. CAFE MASTRIONI 3330 S. Hualapai Way, 367-7511. An upscale but casual restaurant in a westside strip mall, it offers indoor dining, an outdoor patio and a bar area. The traditional menu is large and varied. The prices are a little higher than the norm, but the food and service are worth it. CANALETTO Venetian, 3377 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 2440, 733-0070. Real Northern Italian food with a Venetian flair served either in a woody, dark dining room or “outside” in the Piazza San Marco. (No pigeons!) CAPO’S ITALIAN CUISINE 5795 W. Tropicana Ave., 436-2276; 5675 W. Sahara Ave., 364-2276. Walking into Capo’s is like walking into an illegal speakeasy, complete with a sliding panel so the bouncer can check you out before unlocking the secret door. Once inside, enjoy great Italian food and entertainment in a dining room that’s a tribute to organized crime through the ages. CHICAGO JOE’S 820 S. Fourth St., 382-5637. Joe’s has been serving Italian food based on family recipes for more than 20 years. For folks who enjoy a good meal in a relaxed atmosphere. GIUSEPPE’S BAR AND GRILL 6065 S. Durango Road, 896-7616. Although it looks like little more than a video poker bar from the outside, Giuseppi’s offers a large selection of great Italian food. House specialties include meat lasagna, lighter-than-air gnocchi, and what CityLife’s restaurant critic considers the best pizza in Las Vegas. LUCIO RISTORANTE 8615 W. Sahara Road, 2332859. Offers a large risotto selection and live music on the weekends. Owner Lucio Picozzi can often be found waiting tables and chatting with customers. MAC SHACK 8680 W. Warm Springs Road, 4632433. Las Vegans already know Marcello Mauro from local favorites Nora’s Cuisine and Nora’s Wine BATTISTA’S HOLE IN THE WALL

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MUNDO World Market Center, 495

Bar. At the Mac Shack, however, he serves up quality, extremely affordable pastas in a super-casual environment. There’s an incredible assortment of macaroni available, and most dishes aren’t priced more than a typical fast-food meal. Sure, they offer counter service and the place is usually crawling with families with young children, but it’s a fresh, delicious and more nutritious alternative to the socalled value meals the fast-food chains offer. MONTESANO’S ITALIAN EATERIA 9905 S. Eastern Ave., 870-3287. In a city filled with Italian eateries, Montesano’s, a classic deli/spaghetti combo, goes the extra step to provide fresh food. NORA’S CUISINE 6020 W. Flamingo Road, 8738990. Originally a sub and pizza joint, Nora’s has expanded into a full-service, upscale dining room serving traditional Southern Italian and Sicilian dishes you won’t find many other places. OFF THE STRIP 10670 Southern Highlands Parkway, 202-2448; 9837 W. Tropicana Ave., 8763080. This reasonably priced Southern Highlands institution is the epitome of a great neighborhood restaurant. It’s nice enough to feel like a night out, but comfortable enough to throw back a few beers and watch a game at the bar. The primarily Italian food is simple and familiar, but the menu offers

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variety, and the chef puts his own signature on the dishes. The owner and staff seem to know most of their customers by name. PASTA PIRATE California Hotel-Casino, 12 E. Ogden Ave., 385-1222. The silly name and bizarre décor don’t take away from the quality Italian dishes, steaks and simple seafood. RAO’S Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 731-RAOS. New York’s most exclusive restaurant has expanded to Caesars Palace, making it possible for regular people to sample their amazing Italian fare. Recipes that have been fine-tuned over the original restaurant’s 110-year history are perfectly prepared using only the finest ingredients. But make sure you call ahead, because reservations are tough to come by. STRATTA Wynn, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 2483463. Michelin two-star chef Alessandro Stratta — best-known for Wynn Las Vegas’s palace of French cuisine Alex — tries his hand at more casual, affordable Italian fare. The food is a lot more adventurous than you’d find in most Italian restaurants, adding gourmet touches to familiar dishes, but even simple dishes like meatballs are outstanding. For foodies on a budget, it offers a great chance to sample the fare of one of Las Vegas’s finest chefs without taking out a second mortgage. STRINGS ITALIAN CAFÉ 2222 E. Tropicana Ave., 739-6400. Classic Northern Italian food and a pleasant outdoor dining area. Elegant appetizers and affordable prices. TREVI Caesars Palace Forum Shops, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 735-4663. Formerly Bertolini’s, this Italian restaurant owns the prime piece of Forum Shops real estate adjacent to the central Fountain of the Gods. In addition to a name change, the restaurant got a makeover and a slightly revamped menu. But the focus remains on familiar Italian fair. Prices are a bit high, but the wealthy tourists who drop in after shopping at Fendi and Bvlgari don’t seem to mind. VALENTINO Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 414-3000. Piero Selvaggio’s award-winning room serves great contemporary Italian dishes. ZEFFIRINO RISTORANTE Venetian, 3377 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 414-3500. Chef Paolo Belloni has created a restaurant lauded by the New York Times as serving better food than you’d find in Venice.

GREEK

4001 S. Decatur Blvd., 222-0666. Very probably the city’s best Greek restaurant, the reasonably priced Fat Greek is open for lunch and dinner. Both menus offer traditional dishes like hummus, baba ganoush, Kalamata olives and rice dolmades. Lunchtime also features a large selection of gyros and sandwiches, while dinner is heartier fare. Whenever you go, make sure you try their incredible version of the chicken, lemon and rice soup avgolemono . At dinner time, don’t miss the braised lamb shank. GYRO TIME 5239 W. Charleston Blvd., 878-6393; 7660 W. Cheyenne Ave., 658-9729. Adding a little variety to the fast food world with Greek dishes rather than burgers and tacos. The menu features gyros, souvlaki and falafel, as well as side dishes THE FAT GREEK

of spinach or cheese pies. Good enough for those times when you’re probably going to eat fast food anyway. MY BUDDY’S 3650 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 4, 2218701. This small Greek deli offers assorted subs alongside Mediterranean-style fast food like falafel, gyros and hummus. OPA 2550 S. Rainbow Blvd., 876-3737. Opa offers the most extensive Greek menu you’ll find in town. Hellenic delicacies are served in a nice dining room with live music. Make sure you get the flaming saganaki appetizer, a baked slab of kefalograviera cheese flambéed tableside.

GERMAN

CAFÉ HEIDELBERG 610 E. Sahara Ave., 731-5310.

One of the only real German eateries in town. It offers all of the traditional dishes, plus good beer and a complete deli and store.

IRISH

J.C. WOOLOUGHAN JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart

Blvd., 869-7777. Even though the hotel that houses it has changed hands several times, this finest of real Irish pubs is still doing it right.

RUSSIAN

RED SQUARE Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, 632-7407. Classically upscale Russian food served in an almost-Gothic space especially designed to encourage the consumption of vodka.

BULGARIAN

MAGURA 1305 Vegas Valley Drive, 693-6699. Of-

fering Bulgarian cuisine in a dining room with Bulgarian artwork and crafts hanging on the walls and European music videos playing on a large-screen TV, Magura immediately makes you feel as if you’re in Eastern Europe rather than on the east side of Las Vegas. The cuisine relies heavily on grilled and dried meats, yogurt, eggs and various types of cheese. Unadventurous members of your party can order pizza from an adjoining restaurant.

MIDDLE EASTERN

9890 S. Maryland Parkway, Suites 16-17, 450-1030. This Lebanese Green Valley hot spot brings in belly dancers and DJs to perform for packed houses every Friday and Saturday night, and has an attached hookah bar. But the star attraction is the Middle Eastern food. Expect all the basics, including falafel, kabobs and shawarma, as well as several varieties of manaish, Lebanese pizza. You’ll also find an impressive selection of beer and wine. PAYMON’S MEDITERANNEAN CAFE 4147 S. Maryland Parkway, 731-6030; 8380 W. Sahara Ave., 804-0293. A bustling café offering tastes from across the Mediterranean and a happening lunch spot. The exotic hookah lounge is attached to the restaurant. ALMAZA

MUSICCALENDAR

[AUG. 4 TO 10] MOTOR CITY CAFE

The Gnashers, Del Rottens (9p, free) OVATION @ GREEN VALLEY RANCH RESORT

Otherwise (9:30p, free) SOUNDWAVES @ HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO

Matisyahu (8:30p, $27.50-$30)

BOOK & STAGE @ COSMOPOLITAN

THE BILL HUFSEY SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS 4061 Silvestri Lane, 525-

BUNKHOUSE

BLACK DOOR BAR AND GRILL

YAYO TACO

Gravedad (8p, free)

SUNDAY

AUG. 7 BUNKHOUSE

The Chop Tops, The Rocketz, The Strikers, others (8p, $10-$12)

MONDAY

AUG. 8 AUG. 4

BODY ENGLISH @ HARD ROCK CASINO

Corey Taylor (9p, $32.50) BOOK & STAGE @ COSMOPOLITAN

Other Lives (10p, free) BOULDER STATION CASINO

Guitar Shorty (8p, $5) DOUBLE DOWN SALOON

Thee Swank Bastards, The Fink Bombs, The Razor Blades (10p, free) DON’T TELL MAMA

Jake Walden (7p, free) HOUSE OF BLUES

Summer Classic Series: Wanted, Blonde Day (6:30p, $9.71-$15) (cover bands)

DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM

Rabbit! (8:30p, free) GOLD MINE TAVERN

John Zito (8p, free) GYPSY DEN

The Objex, Lipstick Killas, Cowboy and Indian (6p, cover) MEATHEADS

Hemorage, Beringia, Old Man Syndrome, others (9p, cover) OVATION @ GREEN VALLEY RANCH RESORT

Nashville Unplugged (8p, $5) RED ROCK RESORT

Weezer (9p, $30) SOUNDWAVES @ HARD ROCK HOTEL

Corey Taylor, Arejay Hale, Queen V (9p, $25)

FRIDAY

THE PALMS LOUNGE

BOOK & STAGE @ COSMOPOLITAN

YAYO TACO

AUG. 5 Other Lives (10p, free) BOOMERS

Lavish Leo Bash (9p, $5) BOULDER DAM BREWING CO.

Chicago Joe’s Blues Band (9p, free) CHEYENNE SALOON

Substance (8p, cover) DOUBLE DOWN SALOON

Stagnetti’s Cock, Vacant Churches, Talky Tina, others (10p, free)

Home Cookin’ (11:59p, $10) Unfair Fight, Viva Valhalla, Rule of Thumb, others (8p, free)

SATURDAY

AUG. 6 ARTIFICE

Hey Okay, Maren Parusel (9p, free) BEAUTY BAR

He’s My Brother She’s My Sister (9p, cover)

BOOK & STAGE @ COSMOPOLITAN

Other Lives (10p, free) BOOMERS

Tawney Bubbles, Jason Andrews, Bizzaro, others (9p, $15-$20) BOULDER DAM BREWING CO.

Chris Bell Blues (9p, free) BUFFALO BILL’S @ STAR OF THE DESERT ARENA

Dwight Yoakam (8p, $41.45$64.20) BUNKHOUSE

Pulsar’s BBQ Birthday Bash: Ministry of Love, Shotguns n Gasoline, Hoka Hey, others (8p, $7) CHEYENNE SALOON

Exhumed, Macbre, Cephalic Carnage, others (8p, cover) CHOICES PUB

Scotty Allen, The Blind Dog Day Band (9p, free) DOUBLE DOWN SALOON

Fiber Optic Snowmen, The Touchies, White Leather, others (10p, free) FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE

Loverboy (9p, free) GOLD MINE TAVERN

Shaun Garnett, Tierra Buena, Donzo’s Cosmos, others (8p, free) MEATHEADS

Dick Falcon, The Fat Dukes of Fuck, Demon Lung, others (9p, free)

LIVE MUSIC

AUG. 9

Marcia Griffiths, Lady Reiko, Sin City Prophets (7p, $10)

THURSDAY

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3740 S. Nellis Blvd., 436-7600. Thu: Blues with John Zito Band, 11p, free. ALIANTE STATION 7300 Aliante Parkway, 6927777, www.aliantecasinohotel.com. ETA Lounge: Thu: Johnny Douglas, 8p. Fri: Rick Durante, 8p. Elliot Szabo, 12a. Sat: Acoustic Soul, 7p. Wed: Live music, 8p. MRKT Sea & Land: Fri-Sat: Dave Ritz, 7p. ARIA 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 359-7111, www.arialasvegas.com. Bar Moderno: Sun-Wed: Live music, 7p-12a. Thu-Sat: 3p-12a. ARTIFICE 1025 S. First St., 489-6339 or www.artificebar.com. Open Thu-Wed, 5p-1a. BAR+BISTRO COURTYARD Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 202-6060, www.barbistroaf.com. First Thu: Guitar Noir at Preview Thursday, 7p. BEAUTY BAR 517 Fremont St., 598-1965, www.thebeautybar.com. Thu-Sat: Local and touring bands, 9p, free unless noted. BELLAGIO 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 2425465, www.bellagio.com. Baccarat Bar: Live music nightly, 4p-1a. Bar Moderno: Sun-Wed, 7p. Thu-Sat: 3p. Fontana Lounge: Live music nightly with a view of the lake and fountains, 6p-1a. Closes June 5. Perossian Bar: Live music nightly, 10a-1a. BIKINI BAR 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 4855401. Tue: Rockin’ Blues and Classic rock with The Blues Storm Nation, 9p, free.

SWAY POOL @ SILVERTON HOTEL AND CASINO

RABBIT!: August 5 at Downtown Cocktail Room

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BOOK & STAGE @ COSMOPOLITAN

The Funk Ark (10p, free) BUNKHOUSE

Deadhand, Against the Grain, IDFI, others (10p, $5) CROWN THEATER @ RIO

Kill Devil Hill (10:30p, cover)

TUESDAY

The Funk Ark (10p, free) Bluegrass night: Sunday Valley, others (9p, $5) CHEYENNE SALOON

Damnear Divine, Darkest Dream, Evolve, others (8p, $5)

WEDNESDAY

AUG. 10 BEAUTY BAR

All The Apparatus (9p, cover) BOOK & STAGE @ COSMOPOLITAN

The Funk Ark (10p, free) CHEYENNE SALOON

Brace The Tide, The History Of Hope, Sorry No Sympathy (8p, $5) YAYO TACO

Masakari, Alpinist, Life’s Torment (12a, cover)

ACES & ALES

6944. Sat: monthly open mic, 7p, free. 4640 Paradise Road, 369-9279. Wed: Live music. BLUE MARTINI Town Square, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 948-6438, www.bluemartiniloung e.com. Thu: Nova jazz, 7p; Mundo Vacio 11p. FriSat: Live music, 8p. Mon: Gibson artist showcase and jam night, 8p. Tue: I’m With the Band-Pop Star karaoke with Venus Rising featuring Blue’s Got Talent, 10p. Wed: Ladies Night with special guest, 8p. BOOMERS BAR 3200 Sirius Ave., 368-1863, www.myspace.com/boomerslv. Fri-Sat: Live music, 10p, $5 unless noted. Mon: Open blues jam session with host band Four Until Late, 9p, free. BOOTLEGGER BISTRO 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 736-4939, www.bootleggerlasvegas.co m. Live music nightly. Tue-Thu: Gus Mancuso, 6: 30p. Second and fourth Wed: Jerry Lopez and friends, 10p. Fri-Sat: Live music, 9:30p. Mon: Open mic with Kelly Clinton, 9p. All shows free. BORDERS 1445 W. Sunset Road, 433-6222, www.borders.com. Sight and Sound, artist demonstrations with live music, some Fridays, 8p-10: a

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CONT. FROM P39 30p. Sat: Mike Vargovich 7p. BOULDER DAM BREWING CO. 453 Nevada Highway, Boulder City. 243-2739, www.boulderdambre wing.com. Thu-Sat: Live music. BOULDER STATION 4111 Boulder Highway, 4327777, www.boulderstation.com. Kixx Bar: Thu, Sat: Van De Guzman, 7p. The Railhead: Thu: Swing with Jerry Tiffe, 2p. First and third Thu: Boulder Blues series, 7p, $5. Fri: La Nueva Live Mix, 10p, men $5. Sat: Yellow Brick Road, 10p, free. Sun: Latin night, Noche Nortena featuring El Moreno Carrillo Y Su Banda Tierra Sagrada, 9p, $5 ladies, $10 men. BRAND LOUNGE Monte Carlo, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 730-7777, www.montecarlo.com. Sat: singer-songwriters Sharon Paquette and Andrea Bensmiller, 10p. BRASS LOUNGE 425 Fremont St., 382-3531, ww w.hennesseyslasvegas.com. Thu: Cigar social, live R&B with Pitty Pat Guidry Band, 8p, free. Fri: Party Monster, body art, live music and DJ Lady Fingers, 9p, $5. Mon: Acoustic happy hour, 6p. Tue: Local song writers showcase, 8p, free. Wed: Ladies Night Wine Down, live acoustic with Bud Mickel, 8p, free. BUNKHOUSE SALOON 124 S. 11th St., 384-4536. www.bunkhouselv.com. Thu-Sat: Local and touring bands, 9p, free unless noted. Wed: Wednesday Night Hype hip hop show, 9p. Tue: Blues jam with Lipz and Bunkhouse blues band, 10p.

6829. Tue-Sat: Dueling pianos. Sun-Mon: Flair Bartenders. CLUB ARUBA Aruba Hotel, 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 383-3100, www.arubalasvegas.com. CLUB AZUL 115 7th Street, 672-0222, www.wopoent.com. Fri: Kinky Reggae Fridaze. Reggae Dancehall party. DJs Vip, Styla Don and Gil. $10, $5 ladies. Free before 12:30a. CLUB FORTUNE CASINO 725 S. Racetrack Road, 566-5555, www.clubfortunecasino.com. Sat: Live music, 8-12a. Sun: Whiskey Revival classic country, 5-9p. THE COPA ROOM The Bootlegger, 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South. 616-9340. THE COSMOPOLITAN 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 698-7000. Book and Stage: Touring and local acts,

10p and midnight, free. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 2208849, www.vampdvegas.com. Thu: Local music, 10p. Fri-Sat: Live music, 10p. Sun: Rock ‘n’ Roll Bike Night with John Zito Band, 6p, free. DADDY MAC’S 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, 2720913. Tue: Y.A Poet live with Red Eye Tribe, 18+, 8p. DECATUR LIQUOR 546 S. Decatur Blvd., 8702522. Sat: Live karaoke, 9p, free. DEL FRISCO’S 3925 Paradise Road, 796-0063. Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed: Tyrone Bowers popular piano music, 6p. Sun-Mon: Lawrence Kubica 6p-closing. DON’T TELL MAMA 517 Fremont St., 207-0788. Cabaret-style piano bar. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON 4640 Paradise Road, 7915775. COUNT’S VAMP’D

VENUES

CADILLAC RANCH ALL-AMERICAN BAR & GRILL 6605 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 294-7300, Thu:

Chris Heers and the Dirt Rich Band, 9p. 2121 E. Craig Road, 507-5700, www.cannerycasino.com. Pinups Bar: Tue-Thu, Sun: Luggnutt, 8p. Fri-Sat: Luggnutt and Patrick Puffer, 10:30p. CANYON CLUB 202 Fremont St., 387-5175, www.fourqueens.com. CARLUCCIO’S TIVOLI GARDENS 1775 E. Tropicana Ave., 795-3236. Thu: For the Love of Keys with Rebecca Olcheski. 6-9p, free. Tue: Opera showcase, 7p, free. CHARLIE’S LAKESIDE 8603 W. Sahara Ave., 8045167. Thu: Lawrence Kubica, 6p. Fri-Sat: Lawrence Kubica, 7p, free. CHEYENNE SALOON 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 6454139. Wed-Sat: Live music, 9p. Sun: Live music, 6p. Cover varies. CHOICES PUB AND SHOWROOM 6720 W. Cheyenne Ave., 547-3747, www.choicespub.com. FriSat: Live music, 9p, free. Tue: The Chicago Blues Busters, 8p, free. Wed: The GP Entertainer Tribute Artists Show, 8p, $5. CHUBBY’S 1704 E. Flamingo Road, 458-5774. Wed: Crossbox, 7:30p. CIRCUS CIRCUS 2880 Las Vegas Blvd. South, (800) 634-3450. Rock & Rita’s: Live music, daily CJ’S COUNTRY SALOON 6145 W. Sahara Ave., 834-

THE CANNERY

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MATISYAHU: August 6 at Hard Rock Hotel Area 702 Skatepark 3040 Simmons St. 870-7588 The Aruba 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 383-3100 Beauty Bar 517 Fremont St., 598-1965 Book & Stage The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 698-7000 Boomers 3200 N. Sirius Ave., 368-1863 Boulder Dam Brewing Co. 453 Nevada Hwy, Boulder City, Nev., 979-3976

The Box Office 1129 S. Casino Center Blvd., 388-1515 The Bunkhouse Saloon 124 S. 11th St., 384-4536 Charleston Heights Arts Center 800 S. Brush St., 229-1012 Cheyenne Saloon 3103N.RanchoDrive, 645-4139 Crown Theater Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 733-8229 Divebar 3035 E. Tropicana Ave., 435-7526 Double Down Saloon 4640 Paradise Road, 791-5775

Freakin’ Frog 4700 Maryland Parkway, 597-9702 Griffin 511 Fremont St., 382-0577 Hard Rock Cafe 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 650-8590 House of Blues Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 6327600 The Joint Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, 693-5066 Las Vegas Country Saloon 425FremontSt.,382-3531 Las Vegas Hilton 3000 Paradise Road, 732-5755

Mandalay Bay Events Center 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 632-7580 MGM Grand Garden Arena 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 891-7777 Orleans Arena 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 284-7777 The Pearl The Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 944-3200 Planet Hollywood Theatre for the Performing Arts 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 785-5055 The Railhead Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway, 432-7777 Star of the Desert Arena Primm Valley Resorts, 31900 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 386-7867 Vamp’d 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 220-8849 Winchester Cultural Center 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 455-7340 Yayo Taco 4632 S. Maryland Parkway, 262-0201 Zia Record Exchange, East 4225 S. Eastern Ave., 735-4942, all ages Zia Record Exchange, West 4503 W. Sahara Ave., 233-4942, all ages

DOWNTOWN VINTAGE GUITARS 1105 3rd St, 386-

9572.

Marilyn’s Lounge, 5255 Boulder Highway, 856-5300, www.eastsidecannery.com. Tue: The Fab, 8p (all month long). Thu, Sun: Patton Letha, 7p. Fri-Sat: Patton Letha, 8p. Wed: Block Party, 7p. E-STRING BAR AND GRILL 2031 E. Sunset Road, 437-8764, www.estringlive.com. Sat: Real Old School Jazz, 2p, $10. Mon: Jazz, 7:30p, $10. Tue: The Ryan Whyte Maloney Band, 8:30p, $10. Wed: Blues night, 8:30p. EXCALIBUR 3850 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 5977600. Dick’s Last Resort: Thu-Mon: Live music, 8p. The Lounge: Live music daily, 7p. Octane Lounge: Thu,Sun: Live music, 8p. Fri-Sat: Live music, 9: 30p. FIESTA HENDERSON 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, 558-7000, www.fiestahendersonlasvegas.com. Cerveza Cantina: Fri: Jarr performs lounge music and Top 40 hits, 9p. FIESTA HENDERSON 777 West Lake Mead Parkway, 567-7905. Cervesa Bar: Fri: City Folks Blues, 6p. FIESTA RANCHO 2400 N. Rancho Drive, 6317000, www.fiestarancholasvegas.com. Blue Agave: Fri: Kelly Christian, 6p. Sat: Jarr, 6p. Cabo Lounge: Fri: Noches Sabrosas featuring Volume 1 performs a wide variety of music from cha-cha, ranchera and salsa to pop, disco and funk, 9p. Sat: Old School Dance Party, 9p. Club Tequila: 380-seat venue. Noches Fabrosas, Fri: Flirty Fridays, 10p, ladies $5, men $10, $15 after 11p. Sat: El Moreno Carrillo Y Su Banda Tierra Sagrada, 10p, $10. FORTE TAPAS BAR & BISTRO 4180 S. Rainbow Blvd., 220-3876, www.barforte.com. Fri: The NA1ROB1 Trio, 8:30p. FREAKIN’ FROG 4700 Maryland Parkway, 5979702, www.freakinmusic.com. Thu: Singer and songwriters, 9:30p. Fri: Funk ‘n’ Roll jam with Daze Work, 9:30p. Sat: Live music, 9:30p. Tue: Freakin’ Jazz Jam, 9:30p. Skip Martin and Niles Rivers hosts JamCast, 10:30p. Wed: Jazz pianist Vernell Brown Jr., 9p. All shows free. GOLD COAST 4000 W. Flamingo Road, 367-7111, www.goldcoastcasino.com. Lounge: Tue-Thu: Gold Coast Classics, 2p. Fri: Variety Caval Code, 2p. TueSun: Live music, 7:30p-1:30a. Fri: Live music, 9-2: 30a. Sat: Latin. $10. GOLD MINE TAVERN 23 S. Water St., Henderson, 478-8289, www.thegoldminetavern.com. ThuSat: Live music, 9p, free. GOLDEN NUGGET 129 E. Fremont St., (800) 8465336, www.goldennugget.com. Rush Lounge: Fri: Sax Man Brown, 6:30p. Fri-Sat: Frankie Moreno Band, 11p-2a, free. Mon-Tue: Sax Man Brown, 8: 30p. GORDON BIERSCH BREWING COMPANY 3987 Paradise Road, 312-5247, www.gordonbiersch.com. Sun: Jazz Brunch, 12p-3p. GREEN VALLEY RANCH RESORT 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, 617-7777, www.greenvalleyranchr esort.com. Lobby Bar: Fri: Jeremy Cornwell 8:30p. Sat: Ryan Calhoun, 8:30p. Hank’s Steakhouse: Thu: Kelly Christian on guitar, 6:30p. Tue, Fri-Sat: Peter Love, 6:30p. Wed: Guitarist and singer Dave Ritz performs Top 40 hits from 6:30p. Ovation Lounge: EASTSIDE CANNERY

Thu: Rotating acts, 8p, free. Third Thu: The Guilty Pleasures, 8p. Fri: Yellow Brick Road, 10p. 2nd, 4th Fri: Strung Out acoustic sessions, 6p. Sun: Zowie Bowie The Vegas Show, 6p, $10. Pond: 1st, 3rd Sat: Reggae with Michael Black, 6p. 2nd, 4th Sat: Reggae with HaleAmanO, 6p. Quinn’s Irish Pub: Thu, Sat: Darby O’Gill and The Little People, 9p. Fri: ’Nuff Said classic rock, 10p. THE GRIFFIN 511 Fremont St., 382-0577. Wed: Live music, 10p. HALF SHELL 30 E. Horizon Ridge Parkway, 5589191, www.halfshellseafoodandgaming.com. Sat: Live music, 10p, free. HALF SHELL 10430 S. Eastern Ave., 632-2983. Thu: Live music, 7p, free. Sat: Live music, 10p, free. HARD ROCK CAFE 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 650-8590, www.hardrock.com. HARD ROCK HOTEL 4455 Paradise Road, 6935000, www.hardrockhotel.com. Ago: Fri-Sat: “Ago After Dark,” Jeremy Cornwell, 10p-1a. HAVANA CIGAR BAR 3900 Paradise Road, Suite H, 892-9419. Thu-Sat, Wed: Live music with Killer B and Cheese, 8p, free. HENNESSEY’S TAVERN 425 Fremont St., Suite 110, 382-4421, www.hennesseyslasvegas.com. Fri: Live music, 9p-2a. HIGH SPIRIT LOUNGE 2396 S. Lamb Blvd, 4529851. Fri-Sat: Darrell Cain and the Desert Riders, 9p, free. Sun: Jam Night, 6p, free. HOFBRAUHAUS 4150 Paradise Road, 853-2337, www.hofbrauhauslasvegas.com. Sat: Mc Johann, 1p-5p; Sun: 12p-4p. Fri-Sat: 6p-12a; Sun-Thu: German band, 5p-11p. HOGS AND HEIFERS SALOON 201 N. 3rd St., 6761457, www.hogsandheifers.com. Last Sun: Blues, Brew and BBQ. HOUSE OF BLUES Mandalay Bay 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, 632-7600, www.hob.com/ lasvegas. Courtyard: Thu: Acoustic Strip, acoustic showcase hosted by Michael Soli, 8p, free, all ages. Fri-Sat: Live blues, 9p, free. Sat: Azul Latin night, 11p, 21+, free. Sun: Gospel Brunch and music, 10a1p. Adults, $37; kids, $17. Motown, Rhythm and Blues: Ronnie Rose Band, 8p, free, all ages. Mon: Live blues, 8p, free. Tue: Alternative Tuesdays, rotating bands, all ages, 8p, free. Wed: Nothin’ But The Blues, all ages, 8p, free. Crossroads: Thu: Kalleton, music by AJ El Kallejero, 10p, free. Sun: Hana Hou Sundaze, live Island Reggae bands, 10p, $5. HYPNOTIC BILLIARDS LOUNGE 5752 S. Fort Apache, 480-2155. ICHABOD’S LOUNGE 3300 E. Flamingo Road, Ste. 15, 451-2323. www.ichabodslounge.com. Wed-Sat: Lounge pianist Howie Gold, 6:30p-9:30p. ITALIAN AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB 2333 E. Sahara, 457-3866. Thu: Throwback Thursdays. Swanky Supper Club Experience, 6p, $10. JC WOOLOUGHAN’S IRISH PUB Rampart Casino, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 869-7725. www.rampartcasino.com JERRY’S NUGGET 1821 Las Vegas Blvd. North, 399-3000, www.jerrysnugget.com/entertainment. Royal Street Theater: Fri: Motown Fridays, 10p, $5. Sat: Caliente Latin nights, 10p, free. JESSE JAMES ROCK HOUSE 4660 Boulder Highway, 451-4006.

sic Jam, 9:30p. Tue: Jazz Under the Stars, 9p. 4755 W. Flamingo Road, 3681828, www.myspace.com/moneyplayslv. Thu: Open mic acoustic jam with Anne Donohue, 9:30p. Sat: Live music, 10p. MONTE CARLO 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7307423. The Pub: Dueling pianos, daily. MOTOR CITY CAFE 4080 Paradise Road, Ste. 8, 307-1731. Thu: Gold Top Bob and the Goldtoppers, 10p. MUGSHOTS EATERY & CASINO 1120 N. Boulder Highway, 566-6577, www.mugshotscasino.com. Wed-Sat: Michael Fuller’s Roadshow: Karaoke and live music, 9p. Sun: Jam Session hosted by The SouthBound band, 8p. Tue: RockJam with 3 Blind Mice, 10p. MURPHY’S LAW TAVERN 1590 E. Flamingo Road, 697-0529, www.murphyslawtavern.com. Fri-Sat: Live music, 7p, free. NACHO DADDY 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 462-5000. Thu: Rockin’ Pianoman, 6p. NEON VENUS ART THEATRE 1404 S. Third St., 787-2481, www.neonvenus.com. First Fri: Live music, 7p-11p. Free. O’SHEA’S 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 697-2711, ext. 2710, www.harrahs.com. Live music nightly, 9: 30p, free. ORLEANS HOTEL AND CASINO 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 365-7111. Brendan’s Irish Pub: Wed: Sixties Mania, 8p. Thu: Killian’s Angels, 8p. FriSat: Killian’s Angels, 9p. Bourbon Street Cabaret Lounge: Wed-Fri, Sun: San Fernando Band, 9p. Tue: Crush, 9p. All shows free. PALACE STATION 2411 W. Sahara Ave., 367-2411. Jack’s Irish Pub: Thu: Wild Celts, 7p. Fri: Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 9p. Sat: Finnegan’s Wake with the rock o’ the Irish from 9p. Showroom: Sat: Sante Fe and the Fat City Horns, 12a. Tue: Jerry Tiffe, 2p. PALMS LOUNGE 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 9427777, www.palms.com. Kashino: Thu, midnight; Wed, 10p, free. Sun: Franky Perez, 10p, free. Mon: Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns, 10:30p, $7. MONEY PLAYS

HEY OKAY: August 6 at Artiﬁce

TI, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd South, 894-7390. www.kahunaville.com. Thu-Sat: Live band karaoke and performances by Rock the Mic, 10:30p. LA HAVANA CIGAR BAR MonteLago Village Lake Las Vegas Resort, 25 Via Brianza, Ste. 100, 8712828. Sat: Jazz and blues, 8p-12a. Sun: Jazz and blues, 3p-5p. LINDO MICHOACAN 10082 W. Flamingo Road, 838-9990, www.lindomichoacan.com. Thu, SatSun, Tue-Wed: Pianist, 6p. Fri: Mariachi Nuevo, 6: 30p. LUCIO RISTORANTE 5900 W. Flamingo, 2071008, www.lucioristorante.com. Thu-Sat, Wed: Jazz and classic swing, 6p. LVCS 425 Fremont St., 382-3531, www.lvsaloon.net. Thu: Local and loud, 10p, free. Fri-Sat: Live music, 10p, free. Sun: The Funtastics: King Vs. Cash, 50s rockabilly band, 9pm, free. Mon: Surf City with The Swank Bastards, 8p, free. Tue: Hip Hop Roots hosted by HighDro and Jay R Beatbox, 10p, free. Wed: Jamboree hosted by The Vagabonds, 8p, free. M RESORT M Pool Live, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 797-1000, www.theMresort.com. Sat: Live music, 8p, free. MANDALAY BAY 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, 632-9394, www.mandalaybay.com. The Lounge: Fri-Sat: Live music, 6p. Mizuya Lounge: Live music and dancing nightly, 11p. Orchid Lounge: Fri-Sat: Live music and dancing, 10p. MANDARIN ORIENTAL Mandarin Bar, 3752 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 590-8888. Thu: Chandler Judkins Quartet, 7p. Fri: The Definitive Trio, 10p. Sat: “Trio Caribe,” 10p. Wed: Brian Czach Jazz Trio, 7p. MARGARITAVILLE 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 733-3302. Mon-Thu: Synergy, 10p. Fri-Sat: Synergy, 11p. MCFADDEN’S Rio Hotel, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 270-6200, www.mcfaddensvegas.com. Every other Fri: Live music, 10p. Sun: Patrick Genovese, 10p. Tue: Live karaoke, 10p. MCMULLAN’S IRISH PUB 4650 W. Tropicana Ave., 247-7000, www.mcmullansirishpub.com. Fri: Live music, 9p. Sat: John Windsor, 8p. Sun: Irish McSessions, 6:30p. Wed: Darby O’Gill and The Little People, 10p. MEATHEADS 1121 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 120, 8704440, www.myspace.com/meatheadsbar. Fri-Sat: Live music 10p. MIRAGE HOTEL 3401 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7927615. Bare Pool: Live music. B.B. King’s Blues: Live music nightly. Rhumbar: Mon: Pink Sugar Live Mu-

KAHUNAVILLE

6551 Las Vegas Blvd. South #152, 220-7383, www.petesduelingpianob ar.com. Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed: Live dueling pianos, 8p. Fri-Sat: $6. RAMPART CASINO 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 8697725. www.rampartcasino.com. Addison’s Lounge: Fri-Sat: Live music, 8p. Round Bar: Fri-Sat: Jamariah, 6:30p. Fri-Sat: LaMarca, 11p. Wed-Thu: Jamariah, 7p. RED ROCK CASINO 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 797-7777, www.redrocklasvegas.com. Onyx Bar: Tue-Thu: Toto Zara, 7p. Fri-Sat: Toto Zara, 9p, free. Rocks Lounge: Thu: Acoustic jam, 8p. Fri: Zowie Bowie, 10p. Sat: Party on the Rocks concert series, 9p, $30. Franky Perez, 10p. Sun: Jazz with The Steven Lee Group featuring Rocco Barbato, 7p. Mon: Dian Diaz, 8p. RIO Crown Night Club, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 733-8229. Sat: Sinful Saturday, special guest appearances and performances, 10:30p, $30. Mon: Rock concert series, big act names. For free limited tickets visit www.vegashotspots.com, $25 thereafter. RÍ RÁ Mandalay Place 3930 Las Vegas Blvd South, 632-7771, www.rira.com/rira/las_vegas.html. Live music nightly, 8:30p. Fri-Sat: Ri Ra Live, 11:30p. THE RIVIERA 2901 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7345110, www.rivierahotel.com. Queen Victoria Pub: Sun: Acoustic Open Jam, 8p. Tue: Jamaica Me Crazy with Bonafide, 8p, free for locals. ROADRUNNER SALOON 9820 W. Flamingo Road, 243-5329, www.roadrunnerlasvegas.com. Fri: Live music, 9p. ROADRUNNER SALOON 2430 E. Pebble Road, 948-8282 Fri-Sat, 9p. PETE’S DUELING PIANO BAR

ROCK ‘N ROLL WINE TASTING ROOM & SOUND BAR M Resort 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South,

www.rocknrollwine.com. Fri: Live music, 5p and 9: 30p. ROYAL RESORT HOTEL 99 Convention Center Drive, 563-2795. Thu-Sat: Boardwalk Nites! 50sMotown, 9p. Adult $19.95, kids $5. Sun: Sunday Sermon, open mic hosted by Bryan Todd and Ryan

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CONT. FROM P41 Pardey, 9p. Mon: Rocket 8p. R2K STUDIO 1201 S. Commerce St., 207-0725. Art of Music: First Fridays, 6p. SAM’S TOWN 5111 Boulder Highway, 454-8020, www.samstownlv.com, Roxy’s Lounge: Tue: The NiteKings, 8p. Wed: In A Fect, 8p. Thu: Jimmy Limo, 3p, In a Fect, 8p. Fri: Live classic rock tribute bands, 9p. Sat: Live music, 5:30-3a. All shows free. Sam’s Town Live: Thu: Variety Toast of the Town, 2p, free for BConnected Members. Mon: Lunes Caliente with Vol. 1, 9p, $10, includes one free draft beer. SANTA FE STATION 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 6584900, www.santafestationlasvegas.com. 4949 Lounge: Fri: Paul Campanella, 5:30p. Sat: Rick Durante, 5p. Chrome Showroom: First Thu: The Guilty Pleasures, 7p. Fri: South of Graceland, 8p. Sat: Sin City Sinners, 9p. SAXBYS COFFEE 72 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, 558-1838. Wed: Open mic, 6:30p. Sat: Live music, 6:30p. SHIFTY’S 3805 W. Sahara Ave., 871-4952. Thu: Blues You Can Use, 7p. Fri: Live Karate Karaoke, 10p. Sat: Live music, 9p. Sun: Barbecue and entertainment, 12p. Mon: Live karaoke with Bobby Jones, 8p. Tue: Motown and Jazz, 9p. Wed: Live karaoke, 9p. SILVERTON CASINO Sway Pool & Lounge, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 263-7777, www.silvertoncasino.com. Bands, Bikinis and Burgers Poolside concert series. SOUTH POINT CASINO 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 796-7111. Grandview Lounge: Thu-Fri: Wes Winters, 5p, free. Showroom: Thu: Dennis Bono, 2p, free. The Ronnie Ross Dance Band, 7: 30p, $5. Fri: The Guilty Pleasures, 10:30p, $5. Sat: Spazmatics, 10p, $5. Mon: Vegas Super Band, 8: 30p, $5. Wed: Deja Vu, 6p, $5. SMOKIN’ HOT ACES 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 541-8700. SPRINGS PRESERVE 333 Valley View Blvd., 8227700, www.springspreserve.org. STADIUM SALOON 6016 S. Boulder Highway, 4338550. Sat: Swivelhead, 8p. STARBRIGHT THEATRE 2225 Thomas W. Ryan Blvd., 369-9709, www.suncity-summerlin.com/ starbrighttheatre.htm. SUNCOAST HOTEL 9090 Alta Drive, 636-7075, www.suncoastcasino.com. Lounge: Wed: Yellow Brick Road, 9p, free. Sat: Vegas Super Band, 10: 30p, free. Showroom: Thu: Hit Parade featuring entertainers from the strip, 2p, free for BConnected members. SUNSET STATION 1301 W. Sunset Road, 547-7777, www.sunsetstation.com. Club Madrid: 500-seat showroom. Fri: Sin City Sinners, 9p. Sat: Nawgahyde, 9p. Rosalita’s Cantina: Fri-Sat: Shawn Eiferman, acoustic power duo, 6p. Recommended. Send event information to: Mike Prevatt at listings@lvcitylife.com. SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5 P.M. ON THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION, AND EVENTS MUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE INCLUDE NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS OF THE EVENT. EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO LAST-MINUTE CHANGES. PLEASE CALL CONTACT NUMBERS TO CONFIRM DETAILS.

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Town Square, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 948-6438. Thu: “Noches Azul Latin Thursdays,” 10p. Fri: “Undisputed Grooves” house/ electronic party with DJ Damien Jay, 11p. Sat: “Ultimate Saturdays,” 11p. Mon: “Manic Mondaze,” 8p12a; “Industry Night,” 12a. Tue: “Top 40 Tuesday,” 9p. Wed: “True Blue Ladies,” 11p. BLUSH Wynn,3131Las VegasBlvd.South,770WYNN. OpenTue-Sat,9p.Thu: “PopThursdays.” Fri-Sat:“BeginatBlush,”9p.Mon:“LivingMondays.” Tue:Industrynight. Wed:“We LoveHouseSundays.” BOND The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 698-7000. DJs nightly. CATHOUSE LOUNGERIE Luxor, 262-4228, www.cathouselv.com. Blue Room: “Madame Mondays” house party with resident DJ Ikon. Red Room: Hip-hop with DJ Kram. Mon., Sat., DJ Ikon. Wed: “Vanity” with DJ Relapse, 10:30p. Thu: “Stiletto” with DJ AL3, electro, house, mash-up, 10p. Locals free. Fri: “Lush Fridays” with DJ Audiomoe, hiphop, old-school, top 40, house. THE CHANDELIER The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 698-7000. DJs daily. . CHATEAU Paris, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South. 7767770 or www.ChateauNightclubLV.com. Open FriSun, Tue, 10p. Tue: Industry night. $20-$30; local ladies free. CHOICES PUB AND SHOWROOM 6720 W. Cheyenne Ave., 547-3747, www.choicespub.com. Sat: “An Afterhours Boogie Down,” top 40, house, rock, reggae, 11:59p, $5. CROWN NIGHTCLUB Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 733-8229. Thu: “Thirst Thursdays,” top 40, hiphop, dance. $20-$30. Fri: “Ladies Night,” hip-hop, R&B, 10:30p, $20. Sat: “Sinful Saturday,” with DJ Dre Dae, Hip Hop and R&B, 10:30p. $30. Wed: Latin Libido Night, 10:30p. $15-$20. DADDY MAC’S 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, 2720913. Sat: “Gen X” 80s party. Wed: “Higher Level” with DJs GanjaBoat and Two Fish spinning reggae, dubstep, ska, dance hall. DA VINCI’S MUSE 2650 S. Decatur Blvd. Thu: Siren’s Song, various underground electronic styles, 9p. Fri: “The Factory,” Goth, industrial, 80s with DJ Malice, 9p. Sat: “Cloister,” ethereal Goth with DJ Disdain, 9p. DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM 111 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 880-3696, www.downtownlv.net. DJs spin house, lounge, downtempo, house, funk and classics, Thu-Sun, Tue, 10p. Thu: “LoDown Thursdays” with Lenny Alfonzo. Fri: “Friday Night Social” with Carlos Sanchez. Sat: “Saturday Night Vibe” with Douglas Gibbs. Wed: DJ Rob Alahn. DRAI’S Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 737-0555, www.drais.net. Thu-Mon. After hours party spot, 1a-dawn. Thu: “After Life” DJ battles and resident Jack Lafleur. Fri: DJ Hoffman, Chris Garcia. Sat: “High-end Saturdays” with DJs Chris Aurelius, Chris Garcia; house. Sun: “Sunday Sheer Energy” with Chris Garcia. DUE FORNI 3555 Town Center Drive, 586-6500 or www.dueforni.com. Thu: “Music and Wine” with DJ Douglas Gibbs and guest DJs spinning Latin, lounge, world beat, and A. Leo Echazabal on sax, 9p, free. ENCORE BEACH CLUB Encore, 3121 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 770-7300. Fri-Mon, 11a, Thu, 10p. Sun: BLUE MARTINI

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2101 Texas Star Lane, 631-1000, www.texasstation.com. A-Bar: Thu: Justin Mather, 5:30p. Fri-Sat: Darrin Michaels, jazz, 7p. Sun: Darrin Michaels, 5:30p. Martini Ranch: Wed: Sideshow 5:30p. Fri: Betsy Holm, 6p. Sat: Kelly Christian, 5: 00p. South Padre Lounge: Thu: La Nueva 103.5 Live Mix with Jesus Chuy Espiricueta, Latin night, 9p, ladies $5 after 11p, men $10. Fri: Latin with Hermanos Padillas, 9p, ladies $5, men $10. Sat: Escencia Colombiana, 10p, $5-$10. THUNDERBIRD LOUNGE Aruba Hotel, 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 383-3100, www.arubalasvegas.com. Fri-Sat: Live music, 7p, free. Fri: Aruba Swings, 7p, free. Swing dancing lessons, 6p-7p, free. TOMMY ROCKER’S 4275 Dean Martin Drive, 2616688, www.tommyrocker.com. Fri-Sat: Rock-N-Roll Sing Along, 9:30p. Tue: Open Jam with John Zito. TOMMY ROCKER’S SOUTHSIDE GRILL 10050 S. Eastern Ave., 933-6333. Sun: Open Mic with Tommy Rocker, 9p. TROPICANA 3801 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7392222, www.troplv.com. Ambhar Lounge: Thu-Sat: Miami Duo, 8p. Miami Seven, 9:30p, free. TURK’S BAR AND LOUNGE 1483 E. Flamingo Road, 610-4723. Tue: Open Mic Night, 8p, free. YAYO TACO 4632 S. Maryland Parkway, 262-0201, www.facebook.com/yayo.taco. Live music nightly. Mon: Cumbia and dancing, DJ Que Curado, 5p-11p. Tue: Jazz, 7p. Fri: Music and comedy monthly, 8p. First Sat: Music and poetry. Second Sat: Acoustic in association with Pet Rescue Project, 12p. TEXAS STATION

DJS/NIGHTCLUBS 4633 Paradise Road, 7910100, www.piranhavegas.com. Thu-Wed, opening times vary. Thu: “Thrust Thursdays,” DJs. Fri-Sat: DJs. Sun: “El Deseo,” Latin country and dance music. Tue: “La Noche Latin” Latin dance music. Every 1st Friday: “Glomo,” DJs. ARTISAN HOTEL 1501 W. Sahara Ave., 214-4000. Thu, Wed: saxophonist Martin Mancuso, 5:30p. Fri: “Shake and Pop” with DJ Mike Attack, Justin Baule

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and others. Sat: afterhours with residents DJ Mike Attack, Steller and others, spinning electro, house/ progressive, techno, tech, 2a. AREA 107 3281 N. Decatur Blvd., #170, 302-8377 or www.area107.com. ARTIFICE 1025 S. First St., 489-6339 or www.artificebar.com. Open Thu-Wed, 5p-1a. Thu: “Al Amor,” 10p. Fri: “Casual Sex - The Second Coming,” deep house, 10p. Sun: “Black and White,” 9p. Tue: “Show and Tell,” 10p. AZUL TEQUILA NIGHTCLUB 111 N. 7th St., 4766498. Fri: Kinky Reggae Fridaze, 10p, $5-$10. AZURE LUXURY POOL Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, www.azurelasvegas.com. Fri-Sun, 11a6p. Fri: Femme Fridays with femals DJs. Sat: Stereo Love Saturdays with global house DJs. Sun: Dolce Vite Sundays with house DJs. THE BANK Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 693-8300. Thu: DJ Eddie McDonald; house, hiphop, soul. Fri-Sat: DJ David Christian; mash-up, house. Sun: “Industry Sundays” with DJ Karma; hip-hop, mash-up, house. 10:30p-4a. BARE The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South. 588-5656 or www.barepool.com. European-style pool with DJs. Open daily, 11a. $10-$40. THE BEATLES REVOLUTION LOUNGE Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 692-8383. www.th ebeatlesrevolutionlounge.com. Thu: “Throwback Thursdays,” with DJ Earwaxxx. Fri: “Chick!,” DJ G Minor. Sat: “Celebrity Saturdays” with DJ Trenz; hip-hop, R&B, top 40. Sun: “Closet Sundays” gayfriendly dance party. Mon: “Le Maison,” Cirque du Soleil cast after-party with DJs Shane Thomas and Sarah Fab, mashups to start, house to close. Wed: “Rocket,” Industry night with DJ Spair. BEAUTY BAR 517 Fremont St., 598-1965, www.thebeautybar.com. Nightly; most events 10p. Mon: Monday Night Karaoke. Thu: Ladies night, unless noted. 1st Fridays: “The Get Back” funky soul dance party with DJ John Doe and special guests. 4th Saturdays: “Say What?!” featuring DJs and bands, 10p. BLACK DOOR BAR AND GRILL 4640 Paradise Road, 369-9279. Sat: Ladies night with DJ Jack Slammy.

“Daystar Sundays,” house, opens April 17. Cover varies. ESCAPE LOUNGE 4213 W. Sahara Ave., 364-1167. Open daily. Thu-Sat: DJ Fantasy, dance, pop, 10p. FLEX 4371 W. Charleston Ave., 385-FLEX. Thu: Latin night, 10:30. Fri: Miss Frankie drag show with amateur strippers, 10p. Sat: “Klub Diablo,” darkwave and electro with DJs Pierrorist and Sylvia, 11p. Sun: Little Liquor Beer Bust, 12p-4a. Mon: Male strippers, 12p. Tue: Tiffani St. John drag show, 10p. Male strippers, 12a. Wed: Male strippers, 10p. FOUNDATION ROOM Mandalay Bay, 632-7631. Sun: “Maison de Burlesque” dance show with live jazz, 11p. Mon: “Godspeed” featuring DJs Guy and L-1, 11p. Wed: ‘The News,” featuring new underground DJs every week, 10p. FREEZONE 610 E. Naples Road, 794-2310, www.freezonelv.com. Thu: “Boyz Night,” 8p. “Naked Frat Party,” 9:30p. Fri: Martini social, 5p-9p. Queens of Las Vegas drag show, 10p. Sat: Queens of Las Vegas drag show, 10p. Tue: “Ladies Night” with wet T-shirt contest, 8p. Wed: “Gone Wild With Talent.” THE GALLERY Planet Hollywood, 3500 South Las Vegas Blvd., 818-3700 and www.gallerylv.com. Wed-Sat, 10p. Cover varies. Wed: “Gallery Wednesdays” industry party; locals free. GHOSTBAR Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 9389999, www.n9negroup.com. Thu-Wed, 9p. Thu: alternating parties: “Soundbar” with DJs Carlos Sanchez, Keith Evan, Brian Minogue. Fri: DJ Tino Sanchez, 9p. DJ Five, 12a. Sat: DJ OB-ONE, 9p. DJ Tino Sanchez, 12a. Sun: “Ghostbar Sundays” house night, 10p. Mon: DJ Ikon, 10p. Tue: DJ OB-ONE, 9p. DJ Five, 12a. Wed: “Snitch Wednesdays” with DJ 88, 10p. DJ Tino Sanchez, 12:30a. GOODTIMES 1775 E. Tropicana Ave., 736-9494. Open daily. Thu: “Sinabar,” hip-hop, dance, pop, 10p. Fri: “Vaquero Fridays,” Latin., 10p. Sat: “Noches Calientes,” Latin, 10p. Sun: “Fuego Latino,” Latin, 10p. GOSSIP POOL Rumor, 455 E. Harmon Avenue, 3695400. Open Thu-Wed. Thu: “Sweet Thursday.” Fri: “As LUXX Would Have It.” Sat: “Vocal House Saturday.” Sun: “Sunkissed Sunday” gay party. Mon: “Beer Goggle Monday.” Tue: “Ballin’ on a Budget.” Wed: “Wasted Wednesday.” THE GRIFFIN 511 Fremont St., 382-0577. Mon-Sat, 5p-4a. Sun, 9p-4a. Fri: DJ Rex Dart, 10p. Sat: DJ Aurajin, 10p. HAZE Aria, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 6938300. Thu-Sat, 10:30p-4a. Thu: Industry night, hip-hop, mash-up, top 40. Fri-Sat: hip-hop, mashup, top 40. JET Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7927900, www.jetvegas.com. Wed-Mon, 10:30p-4a. Thu: Top-40, mash-ups, hip-hop, house. Fri-Sat: hip-hop, rock, dance. Mon: Industry night; mash-up. THE JOINT 4455 Paradise Road, 693-5000. First Sat of month: Tiesto in Concert trance party with DJ Tiesto and guests, 9:30p. $50-$130. More info: www.tiestovegas.com. KRAVE Planet Hollywood Resort, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 836-0830, www.kravelasvegas.com. Alternate lifestyle nightclub. Thu: “TEMPTation THURSTdaze” with DJ Javier Alba, 11p. Fri: “Flesh,” with VJ Alpyne in the main room. “sKizoFrenia” in the lounge with DJ RustRyu and friends. Sat: “Can-

dy Bar” girls’ party in the Lounge. Main room: DJ Morningstar and friends. Sun: SINdaze, 11p. Mon: “Meat Market.” Wed: “WTF? Wednesdays” with DJ Earwaxxx, 11p. LAVO Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7911818. Open Fri-Wed. Sun: DJ Vice. Tue: DJ Five, industry night. Wed: “Old School Wednesdays” with guests. LAX Luxor,3900 LasVegasBlvd.South, 262-4LAX. Fri-Sat, Wed.Fri:DJHope.Sat:DJCasanova.Wed:Industrynight withDJCasanova;hip-hop, house. LIQUID Aria, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South., 6938300. Open Thu-Sun, 11a-6p. Adult pool with DJs. Cover varies. MANDARIN BAR Mandarin Oriental, 3752 Las

Vegas Blvd. South, 590-8888. Thu, Sun-Wed, 5p-1a. Fri-Sat, 5p-2a. Thu: Lady dK, 7p. Fri-Sat: DJ DDouble, 10p. MARQUEE NIGHTCLUB AND DAYCLUB The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 333-9000. Nightclub: Thu-Fri, Mon, 10p; Sat, 9:30p. Fri-Sat: house/trance. Mon: industry night, open format. Dayclub: Daily, 10a-6p, opens April 9. MEXITALIA XPRESS Circus Circus. 2880 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 734-0410. Fri-Sat: “Luna y Sol,” Latin dance party with DJs, 11p. MOON/PLAYBOY CLUB Palms, 942-7777. Moon: Thu-Sun, Tue, 11p. 2nd Sat: “Awesome Party” with DJ Clinton Sparks. Tue: “Bang!” and locals-oriented Satellite Bar with DJs. Playboy Club: Thu-Wed, 9p.

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Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 632-7777. Fri-Sun, 11a-6p. SatSun: DJs. NAKED POOL Artisan, 1501 W. Sahara Ave., 2144000. Open Thu-Wed. Thu: “Sweet Thursday.” Fri: DJ Rico. Sat: “Finger Paint Saturday.” Sun: “Xcesiv Sunday.” Mon: “Beer Goggle Monday.” Tue: “Topless Tuesday.” Wed: “Wasted Wednesday.” NORTH FORTY BBQ SALOON & DANCEHALL 5990 Centennial Center Blvd., 309-6015. Open daily. NU SANCTUARY Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 527-7851 or www.nulounge.com. DJs in lounge, 11p, nightly. Thu: “Indulge.” Sat: DJ Fuzion. Wed: “Fusia.” PALMS POOL Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 938MOOREA BEACH CLUB

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CONT. FROM P43 9999. Daily, 9a-5p. Fri: “Ditch Fridays,” noon-7p. POSH NIGHTCLUB 3525 W. Russell Road, 6731700. Fri-Sat: DJs, midnight-dawn. PURE Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 212-8806. Open Thu-Sat, Tue, 10p. Thu: DJ Hope. Fri: DJ Casanova, DJ Slip, Joey Mazzola. Sat: DJ Slip, Joey Mazzola, DJ Hope. Tue: “Pure Tuesdays” with DJ CyberKid, DJ Slip and Joey Mazzola. RAIN Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 940-RAIN, www.n9negroup.com. Fri: “Clash” electro/house party. Sat: “Perfecto” trance/house party with Paul Oakenfold and friends. REHAB Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, 693-5555. Dayclub with DJs. Sundays, 11a. Cover varies.

New York-New York, 3790 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 800-689-1797. Thu-Sun, Wed, 10p5a. Thu: ‘80s, new wave, hip-hop with guest DJs. Fri: “Patio Nights with DJ SmashBox; house. Sat: ‘80s, new wave with DJ X.L.T. Sun: “Rok Vegas.” Wed: “The Show,” house, rock, hip-hop. SAVILLE ROW Luxor, 3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 222-1500. Private, public events; open daily. Wed: “The Cut” underground party. SCOUNDRELS 4360 S. Decatur Blvd., 871-4390. Every 2nd and 3rd Sat: “Delirium,” goth and industrial, 10p, free. STONEY’S ROCKIN’ COUNTRY 9151 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Ste. 300, 435-2855. Open daily. STUDIO 54 MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 891-7254, www.studio54lv.com. Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed, 10p. Thu-Fri, Wed: open format with DJs ROK VEGAS

Eric Forbes, Ricco. Sat: “Electric Dreams” with DJ Loczi, mash-up, house, electro. Tue: open format with DJ Scene. SURRENDER Encore, 3130 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 770-7300 or www.surrendernightclub.com. Open Fri-Sat, Wed, 10:30p. Fri: “Aoki’s House” with Steve Aoki. Wed: “Surrender Your Wednesdays” industry night. Every 4th Wed: Lil Jon. $30-$40. TABÚ MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 891-7183. Fri-Mon, 10p. Fri: open format with DJ Eric Forbes. Sat: open format with DJ Jose 2 Hype. Sun: “Confession” industry night. Mon: “X-Level Mondays” industry night with DJ Ania and guests. TAO Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 3888588. Nightclub: Thu-Sat, 10p-5a. Lounge, daily, 5p-close. Thu: “Worship” with DJ Five. Fri: DJ Reach. Sat: DJ Vice. TAO BEACH Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 388-8588. Open daily, 10a-6p. Sun: Beatport Sundays with guest and resident DJs. TRYST Wynn, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 800591-6423. Open Thu-Sun, 10p. Thu-Fri: DJ Big Dee. Sat: DJ Pizzo. VANGUARD LOUNGE 516 Fremont St., 868-7800. Open Thu-Sat, Mon-Wed. Every 1st Thu: “Fixed Thursdays,” indie, disco, electro. Every 2nd Thu: “Ladies Night,” top 40, dance. Every 3rd Thu: “Soulkitchen” house party with Edgar Reyes and guests. Every 4th Thu: “Pushin’ Funk,” hip-hop, soul, funk. Fri: “Matter,” house, techno. VANITY Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, 693-5555. Thu-Sun, 10p. THE VOO Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 777-7600. Dayclub pool with DJs. Thu-Sun. Cover varies. Opens April 15. VOODOO LOUNGE Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 777-6875. Thu: “Voodoo Rising” industry night with DJs Whoman, L1, Michael Toast. Fri: DJs Inferno, L1; hip-hop, house, rock. Sat: “Carnal Carnival” with DJ Jeff G; house, rock, top 40. Sun: “Solid Gold” with DJs Tino, Albert Gruve; ‘70s-’90s mash-up. Mon: DJ Whoman. Tue: “Tuesday Night Live”; alternative. Wed: “Soled Out” old-school hip-hop with DJs Big D and Mr. Levon James. WET REPUBLIC MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 891-3562 or www.wetrepublic.com. Daily, 11a-6p. Opens March 11. XS Encore, 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard. South, 7705350. Fri-Mon, 10p. Fri: DJ Pizzo. Sat, Mon: DJ Create. Sun: “Night Swim” poolside party with DJ Warren Peace.

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900 E. Karen Ave., Suite D-114 (in Commercial Center). 771-7331, www.insurgotheater.org. Every second Thu: No Shame Theater all-original five-minute. performances, 10:30p (9:30p sign-up), $5. 1230 Clownshow, dates vary by month, $10. NEON VENUS ART THEATRE 1404 S. Third St., 787-2481 or www.neonvenus.com. Fri, Improv Playground, 9p-11p. All are welcome, no experience necessary. Contact Leslie at 310-980-8972. $5 (first time free). Last Sat: Feed the Monkey sketch comedy, 11p, $10. NEVADA BALLET THEATRE FACILITY 1651 Inner Circle, (866) 973-9610, www.nevadaballet.org. ONYX THEATRE The Rack, 953 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 16, 732-7225, www.onyxtheatre.com. Improv Vegas S.E.T., Mon, 8p, $10. Karnival variety show, first Wed, 8p, $20. Naked Boys Singing, Fri-Sat, 10p, Sun, 2p, $40-$45. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, every second and fourth Saturday, 11:59p, $10. The Zoo Story, Fri-Sat, through Aug 13. 8p, $10. Theodora: She-Bitch of Byzantium, Fri-Sat, midnight, $10. REGENCY TROPICANA CINEMAS 3330 E. Tropicana Ave., 450-3737; 810-5956. The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Frankie’s Favorite Obsession, every first Sat, 10p, $9. THE SCI-FI CENTER 900 E. Karen Ave., Suite D202, 792-4335, www.thescificenter.com. Every 3rd Fri: Repo: The Genetic Opera! with the Sinfull Sergens, every third Fri, 11:30p, $10. SPRING MOUNTAIN RANCH STATE PARK Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, 10 miles west of I-215 on W. Charleston Blvd., 594-7529. The Fiddler on the Roof, Wed-Sat, through Aug 27, 6p, $12-$15. SUNCOAST SHOWROOM 9090 Alta Drive, 6367111, www.suncoastcasino.com. Hit Parade variety show, Thu, 2p, must be a B Connected Club member. WINCHESTER CULTURAL CENTER THEATRE 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 455-7340. “Question Reality” by performer and magician Dixie Dooley, Sat, 2p, $10 Comedy INSURGO THEATER

COMEDY Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 365-7075. Open mic, Sun, 9p, free. The Queens of Tart, Thu-Sat, 7:30p, Fri-Sat, 9:30p, $39.95-$49.95. BLACK DOOR BAR AND GRILL 4640 Paradise Road, 369-9279. Thu: CUI: Comics Under the Influence, hosted by Gooch, free. BRAD GARRETT’S COMEDY CLUB Tropicana, 3801 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 739-2417. BUNKHOUSE SALOON 124 S. 11th St., 384-4536. Mange Comedy, Thu, 8p-10p. Battle of the Comics, First Sat, 8p-10p, $5. CHOICES PUB 6720 W. Cheyenne Ave., 547-3747. First, Third Fri: The Future Icons of Comedy hosted by Louie Muhammad, 8p, $5. 3rd Thu: The G Spot female comedy show, 8p, $5. CLARION HOTEL 305 Convention Center Drive, 952-8000. Fri, Mon-Tue: Larry G. Jones singing impressionist, 8p, $47.97-$67.97. Thu-Fri, SatBIG AL’S COMEDY CLUB

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ness should not be exposed or revealed prematurely; they should be protected with vigilance.

A R I E S (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)

Symbolically speaking, there is a Holy Grail hidden close to you, and you know it, but you haven’t been able to find it. The Grail is a golden chalice filled with medicine that could open what needs opening in you. Luckily, you will soon come into possession (symbolically speaking) of a big, thick magical wand that can give you a new advantage. Here’s what I conclude: Use your wizard stick to locate the cup of wonder so you can take a big sip.

TA U R U S (APRIL 20-MAY 20)

Much of the work you’re doing right now is invisible to the naked eye, maybe even to your own naked eye. You’re learning a lot while you sleep, drawing sustenance from hidden reservoirs even when you’re awake, and steadily improving yourself through the arts of creative forgetting and undoing. Continue this subtle artistry, Taurus. Be cagey. Be discreet. Don’t underestimate how important silence and even secrecy may be for you right now. The healing transformations unfolding in almost total dark-

G E M I N I (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

Either Way I’m Celebrating. That’s the title of a poetry comic book by Sommer Browning, and I suggest you consider it as a worthy title for your life in the coming days. The adventure you’re in the midst of could evolve in several possible directions, each with a different rhythm and tone, each with a distinct lesson and climax. But regardless of what path you end up taking, I’m almost positive you will have good reasons to throw yourself a party at the end. Having said that, though, I also advise you to decide which version of the story you prefer, then make it your strong intention to materialize it.

C A N C E R (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

During the skunk mating season,two robust members of the species made the crawl space beneath my house their trysting place.The result was spectacular.Siren-like squalls rose from their ecstasy,spiraling up into my kitchen accompanied by plumes of a stench I imagined the Italian poet Dante,in his book The Inferno, might have identified as native to the ninth level of hell.Being as instinctively empathic as I am,I naturally appreciated how much delight the creatures were enjoying.

At the same time,I wished they would take their revelry elsewhere.So I called on the Humane Society,an animal rescue group,to flush them out without harming them.If anything resembling this scenario takes place in your sphere,Cancerian — if someone’s pursuit of happiness cramps your style — I suggest you adopt my gentle but firm approach.

nature of reality. Don’t get me wrong: I still love my ego. Indeed, being on good terms with it is my only hope for keeping it from manipulating me. I bring this up, Scorpio, because it’s prime time for you to come to a riper understanding of your own ego so you can work out a tougher, more nononsense agreement with it.

L E O (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

S A G I T TA R I U S (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

Astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle rejected the prevailing scientific theory that life on this planet emerged by accident from a primordial soup. The chance of that happening was as likely as “a tornado sweeping through a junkyard [and assembling] a Boeing 747 from the materials therein.” I do think something less amazing, but still semi-miraculous, is in the works for you, Leo. What do you imagine it might be? I’m getting a vision of a windy thunderstorm blowing through a junkyard in such a way as to assemble an impressionistic sculpture of you wearing a crown of flowers and X-Ray Specs as you ride confidently on the back of a lion.

Sagittarian author Derrick Jensen wrote the book A Language Older Than Words.He weaves together the tale of his abusive childhood with an angry analysis of the damage human beings have done to the earth and each other.It’s a wrenching text,but in the end it offers redemption.A review by Publisher’s Weekly says“Jensen’s book accomplishes the rare feat of both breaking and mending the reader’s heart.” I invite you to pursue a similar possibility,Sagittarius.Summon the courage to allow your heart to be broken by a blessed catharsis that will ultimately heal your heart so it’s even stronger and smarter than it was before the breaking.

V I R G O (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)

C A P R I C O R N (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the yellow brick road symbolizes a path leading to all of life’s answers, to a place where fantasies can be fulfilled. Dorothy and her companions follow that road in the belief it will take them to the all-powerful Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City. While I don’t mind you playing with the idea you may eventually find your own personal yellow brick road, for the immediate future I urge you to adopt the attitude Elton John articulated in his song, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”: “Oh I’ve finally decided my future lies beyond the yellow brick road.” It’s time to add more nuts-and-bolts pragmatism to your pursuit of happiness.

L I B R A (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)

Some readers get enraged about the “crafty optimism” I advocate in my book Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia. Given what they regard as the miserable state of the world, they feel it’s a sin to look for reasons to be cheerful. One especially dour critic said after reading a few pages of the book, he took it out in his backyard, doused it with gasoline and incinerated it. You may face similar opposition in your attempts to foment redemption, smoke out hope and rally the troops, Libra. I urge you to be extra fierce in your devotion to peace, love and understanding.

S C O R P I O (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

Of all the adversaries I will ever face, my ego is the supreme challenge. It tries to trick me into thinking its interests are exactly the same as my own. It periodically strives to bamboozle me into believing I should be motivated by pride, competitiveness, selfishness or judgmental evaluations of other people. When I’m not vigilant, it lulls me into adopting narrow perspectives and subjective theories that are rife with delusions about the

Right now you may be feeling especially squeezed by one of the apparent contradictions in your life. But I’m here to tell you it’s not as contradictory as you think. Its seemingly paradoxical elements are in righteous harmony with each other at a higher level of understanding. Can you rise to that higher level so as to see what has been hidden from your view? I believe you can. For best results, let go of any temptation you might have to act as if you’re oppressively defined by your past.

A Q U A R I U S (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

Psychologist and priest David Rickey counsels people who are about to be married.“You are perfectly mismatched,” he likes to tell them.“As much as you think you have chosen each other because of beauty or shared interests, the deeper reason is unconsciously you know the other person is going to push your buttons. And the purpose of relationships is for you to discover and work on your buttons.” I share Rickey’s views, and offer them to you just in time to make maximum use of their wisdom. You see, Aquarius, you’re in a phase when you have extraordinary power to learn from and adjust to the challenges that come from having your buttons pushed by those you care about.

P I S C E S (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

In his song “Crazy,” British singer Seal repeats the following line numerous times for emphasis: “We’re never going to survive unless we get a little crazy.” I recommend it as a mantra for you to rely on in the coming days. Your emotional health will depend on your ability to laugh at yourself, play along with absurdity, and cultivate a grateful reverence for cosmic riddles. Being a little crazy will not only keep you robustly sane; it will also allow you to enjoy and capitalize on the divine comedy life presents you with.

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Sales Team

Starpoint Resorts is seeking energetic, enthusiastic and motivated people to join our sales team. * * * *

No sales experience req’d. Paid training. Paid weekly guarantee. Health benefits offered.

Start your new career today by calling Rick at 702-715-8169

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17 ROSE CIRCLE WEST OWENS/ MAIN 2 LRG 2BR-1BA RENOVATED APTS LIKE NEW $575 + $200 SECTION 8 OK NO CREDIT/NO APP FEES. JOHN 702-604-6088

E $499 Mo. 1bd / 1ba $235 Move-In Special OAC Total Cost 1st Month $599 2Bd/1Ba * $849 3Bd/2Ba Ask about W/D in Select Units 2 Pools - Business Center Close to All! Canyon Club Apts 2665 S. Bruce St. off E. Sahara 702-735-0624 Se Habla Espanol SummerPacific.com Want to be seen in over 85,000 publications weekly? Call us NOW to place your ad! 383-0301 City Life Classiﬁeds

GV-NEW/GATED/FREE APP MOVE NOW! 1BD 1BA $625; 2BD 2BA $699; 3BD 2BA $825 UP TO 1 MONTH FREE! 95/RUSSELL Call 463-8053 HEND Most beautiful townhome w/2-car att. gar. Immediate move-in! Awesome Specials! Easy Approval. Call 565-1676 NW Camden Hills fully furn. Quality 1 bdrm & Studios. Flex. lease terms. As low as $545 incl. cable 866-950-2115 - Jones/Lake Mead-Ask About Short Term! NW - Charleston/Torrey Pines Clean lrg. Studio Move-in Special $449; 1 Bd, $499. Lrg. pet ok. Work with Credit 878-5666

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CENT Lg 2bd Apts, $495/mo. Lg 1bd Apts, $425/mo., Lg Studio Apts, $395/mo. Across from Hilton. 400-0789 CENT Near Boulevard Mall, Security Gate & Camera, FREE Internet & Fax. 2R/1B $550, 2R/2B $580, 3R/2B $650, 1088 Sierra Vista, 331-7524, Espanol

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SW We Take Any Breed Large Dogs - Ask About 1 Mo. Free! 1, 2 &3 Bds! Flex. lse. terms. From $695. 254-7777 - 9501 W. Sahara

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NW EXTRAVAGANT TOWNHOME Fully Appl, Granite CT, W/D Incl. 2 Car ATTACHED GARAGE, Spacious 2BD (702) 505-9755 SE 2 BD/2 BA. 1053 sq ft, new tile, fresh paint, gated J $765/mo + $765 dep J More info call Denny 302-3967 SE Sunrise Villa VIII 3BD, 2 BA, completely remodeled, atrium court yard, FP, 2-car, security complex $1195. 702-384-1111 SEVEN HILLS Gated Comm, 1bd, 1ba, Ofc/Guest Rm, Fresh Paint, Clbhse, Pool/Spa, Gym. All Appl, W/D.$850+$850DepNeg.540-6992 SUMMERLIN 1st flr, 1car gar, 3bd, 3ba, quiet comm. All appls, 1700sf, gated. Pool, N/S, N/P .$1300/mo. 800-682-2678. SUMMERLIN 2bd, 2ba, 1000sf, All Appl, Gated, 2nd Floor, Pool, Near Shops, Parks, EZ Freeway Access, $775+Sec. 702-341-7229 SUMMERLIN 2bd, 2ba, 1140sf, gated, garage, 2-tone paint, W/D, ceiling fans, lrg patio w/view. $925/mo. 702-461-1682

Houses for Rent

SE Townhome style $399 Movein! Big 1, 2 & 3 bd from $549 FREE cable! Spencer Street Manor 736-4404 1711 E Rawhide

GREEN VALLEY POOL HOME Pristine 4bd, 4ba, 3car, 2800sf, Gated Comm, Large Yard, Pool Built in Bar, BBQ, Private Rose Garden, Gourmet Kitchen, All Appl. $2250/mo 702-340-0910

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SUMMERLIN Destinations at Pubelo - Active Senior Living! Come Meet New Friends! Floorplans start at $775. 877-875-9876

CENT 2bd/1ba, large backyard, quiet neighborhood, all appliances, $650/mo, 435-439-5349 or 702-523-9147

Las Residencias Apartamentos Laundry, Pool, Near Bus Line $99 Move-In Special 702.386.0277

SW 2bd, 2.5ba, 2car att’d Garage $925, Townhome. Ask about Move-In-Special, Up to 1 Month FREE RENT 702-364-4899

CENTENNIAL HILLS 2000sf 4bd 2ba 1sty, lrge yrd, view of mtns, fplc, cov’d patio, RV prkg, park, sm dog ok $1295 Scott 443-0343

CENTRAL Across from MGM NO DEPOSIT! Lg 1bd Apts, $525/mo. Lg Studios $475/mo. 93 E. Reno Ave. Call 400-0563 CENT

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I WAS 15 and on vacation in Cape Cod. Beaches never did anything for me, so I excused myself to go back to the hotel. On my way, I ran into another teenager, a girl. I struck up a conversation and was surprised to hear her answer in a British accent. Like myself, she was bored as hell. I invited her to my hotel room to get high. I make my move, which she goes along with. We’re both naked when I get an awful idea that would make any sane and sober girl run screaming for the hills. Being young and ripped, I vocalize it without considering the outcome: “What if you pretend to be Hermione Granger?” This was about the time of the fourth movie release, and I had a big crush on Emma Watson. As soon as the words left my lips, I knew I wasn’t getting laid that day. But I got laid that day. The Wander Years

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Houses for Rent

SUMMERLIN for LEASE 2-sty, 2400sf, 5BD 3BA, POOL, 2-car, RV parking, $2100 mo. incl. pool serv. 818-618-1092; 818-849-8962

E 5br 2.5ba 2,000'. w/ 2 car grg., RV's ok, block wall, $1,400/mo., $300 sec. & $300 c-up, 8/1, 4711 E. Boston. Ron - 283-1491

Ranch, Grow Vegetables, Raise Livestock & Poultry! Only $74,900!! Guaranteed Financing w/$900 Down & $397/mo. Call 1-800-621-4563

sw Spanish Trails Custom $4000 mo. 5900sf 5bd 6ba, pool, gated. 525-6844

GV in Guard Gated Fountains Gorgeous Remodel 4bd, 5ba, Pool/Spa. Lrge Casita, Koi Pond, Mature Lscp. $4495 702-274-1077

Take over payments 3 Bed/2 Bath $1150/month!! Call today 805-683-8600!! NO credit requirements, NO section-8.

GV RANCH 1900sf, 3bd, 3ba, 2car, All Appl. large yard, park behind. Best schools in CCSD. $1200/mo. Ray 714-338-9092

City Life Classiﬁeds really work 383-0301

GV Ranch 1-sty, beautiful clean 3bd, 2ba, 2-car. Pvt. grass yard with patio. Non-smoker, small pet. $1350 + dep. Jerry 596 3197

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Ranch for Mobile Home or RV, From $19,500 w/$500 Down, $148/mo. w/ Guaranteed Financing! 35 Min to LV.

Exec. Suites from $400. Monthly or Long Term. NO CAMS. All Inclusive. MD Zone SW. Call 702-650-6261

NW 5026sf Gated, 5bd, 4.5ba. 3car, 2 Dens, Loft, 2 Fplc’s, All Appl. 2 Staircases, Lscpd. 9000sf lot $2200 *702-870-3226

FOR LEASE NEAR CANYON GATE 1800sf to 5000sf AVAILABLE Landlord Motivated to Lease Call Sonny 702-523-7763

NW Beautiful gated comm. w/park. 2500sf 1-sty, 4bd 3ba, 3-car, FP in fam. rm. Jones/Iron Mtn. $1650 mo. Call 498-8980

NW Cheyenne/Buffalo. 3bd, 2ba, single story, 3car, Cov patio, N/S, N/P. $1175/mo. 1 yr lse. 949-855-8664 or 949-683-8664

Rooms to Rent/ Roommates

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NW Decatur/Craig. 2100sf, 4bd, 3ba, 2car, 2-sty, all appl. Cov patio, Tile 1st floor. $1450 mo. Sec. Dep. Lease. 702-339-4362

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NW Decatur/Lake Mead Area. 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, single story, fresh paint, new carpet. $950/Mo. 702-376-8717

Appliance & Appl. Repair

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**HONEY DO LIST** Installations & Repairs, You Name It! Free Est, Work Guar. $35/hr. 691-0798 .

Nevada State law requires contractors to include their Nevada State license number in their advertisements. Always ask to see a copy of the current license of any service providers before contracting work. .

HM CARPET in 3 rooms wallto-wall only $245 Up to 300sq.ft. Linoleum from $0.44 sf Laminate Flrg. $0.88sf 4700 W Russell Rd. LV 597-9020 lc # 59362 “ON THE SPOT” Carpet & Tile Clean/Repair. Senior Discount Family Owned. Comm & Resid’l. FREE EST! 702-375-6693 Lic’d

Air Cond / Heating CALL 309-7768 24 Hour Service, No Overtime Get BRAND NEW AC As low as $1,495 installed! NV Contractor #58958

WE DO A-C & HEATING, all repairs or new units, no jobs to small. Lowest Prices in Town. Lic 76152. Call 438-3264. SALE R22 Air Conditioners* 3Ton-$1695 4Ton-$1895 5Ton$2195-Installed with Warranty 360-6777 -702AC- LIC #73287

Miscellaneous

“Dave’s Electric” Big job small job we do it all. FREE ESTIMATES, Comm/Res, SR. DISC. Lic#31484A 702-469-2515

FURNITURE REPAIR Specializing in wood & antique repair & stain, NO job too big or small. FREE Est. limited area 277-3643 .

Bent panels, all remotes, off track & broken springs, lube & svc, 24hrs 702-415-7904 lic/ins

Moving

NW Why Rent? Own your home! 6bd, 5ba, 4Car, 1/3AC, Gated Comm, NO QUALIFYING! 5% Down! Rod 435-229-5040

PAHRUMP 3bd, 2ba Mobile on 1.25 acre corner lot. New paint, move in ready $875. Call Lisa 775-513-3110, Larry 818-292-3254

SE beautiful 2bd 2ba, gated w/ pool, waterfalls & ponds. New paint, appls & lndscp. Priv court yard $1475, N/S 818-292-3254 SEVEN HILLS 2800sf, 5bd, 3ba, 3car, Private Yard with Pool & Spa, Upgrades, $2250/mo 702-372-2326 FLEX LEASE

Homes for Sale

SEVEN HILLS Rent to own. Prvt/gtd 2300sq ft, new, 2-stry, 3BD/3BA, 2 car, best schools, bad crdt ok. $1575 702-254-0642

Strip View Property, 1 Sty, 4bd, 2ba, 3car Garage, Gated, Pool & Spa, Large Lot Near Seven Hills & Anthem, Putting Green, Unique & Private. $379,000 Call or Text Rick 702 448-0906

SO HIGHLANDS 2003 3bd+ den, 2.5ba on cul-de-sac, new appl & crpt, Granite&SS Kit $1200+1mo N/P. 760-202-8490 /760-218-6947

Plumbing COSTLESS with Plumbing Solutions Of Nevada

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Plumbing repairs/ $49 Drains All work guaranteed & Insured License #71790A 1 HOUR RESPONSE TIME Gas Water Heaters, 40gal $475, 50gal $565, 75gal $895. $199 Leak/ Camera Service. 702-413-8088 Lic/Ins. .

Rooﬁng H Titan Roofing FREE EST. All H

Types Emergency Serv 24/7 Lic# 0070552. Bonded/Ins. No job too small. 597-0878

TLC ROOF SERVICES Lic# 57621 bond/ins, customer satisfaction guar, call for free est, all types of roofing 655-7663 .

Stucco We can do it... NOW! Colored Stucco & Block Walls Lic# 67266,73836. Insured. Performance Builders 547-0089

Swimming Pool Spa Hot Tub HH WEEKLY POOL SERVICE HH Acid Wash, Tile Cleaning, Pumps, Motors, Filters, Lights, Electrical. Call Rick at 449-0810

Real Estate

RE Announcements & Services RE Loans/Mortgages Age Restricted Housing Condos/Townhomes High Rise-Mid Rise Homes for Sale Up to $100K Homes for Sale $101-$150K Homes for Sale $151-$200K Homes for Sale $201-$300K Homes for Sale $301-$400K Homes for Sale $401-$500K Homes for Sale $501-$1M Mfg/Mobile Homes for Sale Mobile Home Lots Sale/Rent RV Lots Sale/Rent Open Houses Homes Wanted Mfg/Mobile Homes Wanted Out of Town Homes Commercial Property Income Property Industrial Property Investment Property Out of Town Property Ranches & Farms Re Wanted/Exchange Recreational Property TimeShare/Vacation Sales Vacant Land & Lots Warehouse Space Water Rights

NW Near Centennial Hospital Like new 2sty 3bd, 3ba, 2car, carpet & tile, appls, pets ok! Xtras!! $1150 H 243-9413 H

DR. PAINT LLC Quality Painting Interior/ Exterior Res/Comm/Ind Lic #69558. Free Est. 702-449-9152

ACTIVE MOVERS H CPCN#3347 Lic.#87381 - Short Notice Moves Ok, Lowest Prices!! Same Day Move!! 806-2188

Bus line H 1502 S. LV Blvd Linen Service, Microwave & TV Single Room $100/wk Shared Room $75/wk H Call 702-385-0809 H

NW Durango/95. GATED, 1 STORY, 3bd, 2ba, 3CAR, 2200sf, X-Model, Huge Yd, Cov Patio. $1450/mo. 702-375-3582

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ARTIFICIAL GRASS Complete install $4.50/sf. Lic. #0068377. 702-897-8873 Turf Depot

Electrical Services

HH Garage Door Svc free est! HH

HH STARVING PAINTERS HH Interior/Exterior Drywall Repair/Texture CL 54812. Call 210-2024

Landscaping/ Fertilization

Need to file Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? Let AFC Bankruptcies help you! We have the exp. & Knowledge to help! H 378-7714

Garage Doors

AMERICAN PAINTING “Serving LV for 25 yrs” Paint, Stucco, Drywall. Visa/MC. Member BBB Lic #23549A & #68208A 259-6006

YARD MASTERS, Custom landscape & concrete. Pkgs to fit your budget, pavers, ponds, turf, etc., One Call Does it all! Lic#51545,59005 * 461-0315

Services

Painting n 20% DISCOUNT thru Aug n

RELIABLE HANDYMAN Small Job Specialist, Same Day Service, Senior/Military Disc Call 416-5891 LIC# 774943

WANT a second car? Classiﬁed is where it’s at!

Carpet / Flooring Services

AWARD WINNING PERFORMERthat’s a Classiﬁed ad! You’ll be amazed at the fast results. Call today!

$29 SPECIAL! l Hair Extensions l Relaxers l Color l Highlights l Jheri Curl l Press-Curl l Perm 1st visit only. 3520 E Trop ste F Best 4 Less Salon 542-3949

Handyman All Types of Jobs and Repairs, 30 Yrs Exp, Cheapest and Best in Town, No Job Too Small! Call for Estimates. 438-3264

APPLIANCES-BUY- SELL-REPAIR Wash/Dry, Stove, Fridge & D.Washer. $15.00 service call. 742-2531. 2103 N. Decatur Blvd

Call 1-800-621-4563

.49/sf Office/Warehouse, 2ksf -10ksf, dock/grade lev, near airport. 739-9258

NLV Sec 8 ok. Beautiful 3bds from $1200-$1500 mo. More available! 702-449-3497

Vacant Land & Lots WHITE HILLS! 1AC Farm &

Ofﬁce/Warehouse Rentals

Office/Commercial- From 100 to 4000sf, Near New Metro Police Hdqtrs, UMC & Valley Hosp. Start @ 50¢ sf. 702-203-4101

MT CHARLESTON $1200/mo. Cstm blt, 2147sf, 3bd, 2ba, 2car, ½ ac. Horses ok. 127 Rudin, Moskal RE/Jenn 702-373-6756

Out of Town Property White Hills: 5 AC Farm &

SW Blue Diamond/El Capitan, 2 sty, 4BD, 2.5BA, den, 2 car, all appls incl W/D, $1325/mo. Available now. 702-525-3179

GV 7Hills 2100sf, 2Fplc, 3car, 2bd Retreat, 2ba Den, Liv. Rm, Fam. Rm, Granite Lge Patio, Oak Trees, Gardener $1650, 497-8489

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Tree Service X SONNY’S MR. TREE Lic # 2000147-511 All phases of tree work Specializing in removal & stump grind. Selective Trim & Pruning since ‘62. 401-6277

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AUGUST 4, 2011 | CITYLIFE

ONTHESCENE

PAINTERS AND POETS JAM BAR + BISTRO, JULY 30 PHOTOS BY JEFERSON APPLEGATE

Erik Amblad (above), cofounder of Born and Raised productions, took the mic; executive chef Beni Velazques (bottom) served owner Wes Myles from the outdoor grill; and patrons enjoyed poetry and live music as artists Joseph Watson (bottom middle) and James Henninger (right) painted.

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