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8 SOCRATES IN SODOM An exit interview 9 KNAPPSTER The water bureaucrats will say just

10 THE WEEK 10 Do grafitti-inspired murals have a place in the arts district? Amy Kingsley visits artist Ras One and listens to the critics

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Hitting all the right notes with jazz unit Hot Carl 3

26 BOOKS Dick Cheney, justifyin’ 27 ART A passion for fashion 28 DINING Steelz

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PICKS WEEK OF THE

[HAVE SOME GOOD, UH, CLEAN FUN] THROUGH JAN. 8

The Scoop on Poop

[GIVE A LITTLE RESPECT] FRIDAY, SEPT. 30

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hen it comes to the keyboard pop hierarchy, Erasure is neither the pioneer nor the critics’ darling. It never had the momentum, versatility or label support enjoyed by Depeche Mode. It wasn’t as cool as Kraftwerk or Gary Numan. It did not have the Pet Shop Boys’consistency or cleverness.And it clearly did not woo the girls — or the boys, for

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that matter — like Duran Duran (which, coincidentally, will be playing The Joint at the same exact time).

It is, however, the act people secretly crank on their iPods and have likely seen in concert at some point, largely due to its vast catalog of memorable songs. It is to synth pop what Rush is to prog rock and Stone Temple Pilots are to grunge.

And despite the conversation’s-sake association to those other acts, Erasure — as it famously sung in 1988 — deserves a little respect.

After all, the English duo has roughly 40 hits in its discography. One half of the act, keyboardist Vince Clarke, founded synth-pop king Depeche Mode, and wrote one of its most ubiquitous songs, “Just Can’t Get Enough.” The other half,

singer Andy Bell, was one of the only pop stars to ever come out of the closet while peaking in popularity (much to the chagrin of his label). And it absolutely nailed its mirrorballed cover of Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill.”

Its new album, Tomorrow’s World, may only interest the band’s loyalists and Euro-pop enthusiasts. However, its upbeat energy will complement the rest of the setlist Friday night at The Pearl. And, frankly, at this point, no one’s going to Erasure for the new songs. This band puts on a great, entertaining show, chock full of nostalgiastoking hits that are better than their chart-rankings, and that’s why this Erasure date is already nearly sold out. Mike Prevatt.

With Frankmusik, 9p; The Pearl at Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 944-3200, $45-$80

Yeah, that’s right, poop.

Scat. Crap. Feces. Shit. A whole show of it! Which adds an interesting dimension to the promise of “three-dimensional, hands-on displays,” no?

But there’s more to this exhibit than the chance to make a lot of shitty jokes. Since this is at the Springs Preserve, you know it’s all about learning stuff. Thus, you’ll be able to hear an animal’s digestive tract, see what animals leave behind in their dung, join a dungbeetle race and discover how long it takes an elephant to poop its body weight. Who among us doesn’t wanna be able to drop that knowledge some day? Scott Dickensheets. Origen Museum at Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., www.springspreserve.org, free for members or $10 adults, $5 children

[FEEL THE RUMBLE] THURSDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 29-OCT. 2

Las Vegas BikeFest

We don’t want to offend the general population of bikers in the American Southwest, mostly based on this one Hunter S. Thompson book we read. But the music offerings at this week’sLasVegas BikeFestaresomeofthegreatest cheeseball acts we’ve seen in a minute. Don’t get us wrong, this isn’t us saying “You shouldn’t go.” Because everything else — the 20-something custom and independent motorcycle builders, the associated shows at local bars, the demo bike rides — is going to be awesome. Like, a mini Sturgis, with all the biker culture (Motorcycle clubs! Blues music! Beer!) you can handle. But while we’re making fun of the massive number of cover bands they’re hiring to mob every space with an electrical outlet, they have a saving grace. Check out guitarist Jay Gordon, playing the Vendor Village in Cashman Field on Saturday afternoon. His facial and head hair may look ridiculous, but he’s serious as a high-side fall at 100 mph when it comes to blues chords. Max Plenke. Cashman Field Center, 450-7662, $15

[USE YOUR CHOPSTICKS] SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCT. 1-2

Asian Food Festival Asia is a big continent. The biggest by land mass and population, with a bunch of island countries thrown in for good measure. Sampling its cuisine used to require a twomonth cruise, or a tank of gas and a map of Chinatown.

This weekend, you can get enjoy a Pan-Asian spread of everything from sushi to Filipino adobo, all crammed inside the Orleans Casino. The favorites are all here too: Chinese, Indian, Thai and Japanese. If you can pull yourself away from the steam tables, the festival will also feature carnival rides, entertainment and cultural exhibits. Save the money you would have spent on a trans-Pacific trip. This time the cultural and culinary adventure is coming to you. Amy Kingsley. 11 a.m.to 11 p.m.; Orleans Hotel and Casino,4500 W. Tropicana Ave., www.lvasianfoodfestival.com, $7

[DRINK LIKE A GERMAN] SATURDAY, OCT. 1

Oktoberfest Celebration When’s the last time you drank at school? Never mind, don’t answer that. When’s the last time you pranced around in a lederhosen and clanged Swiss cowbells?

That’s what I thought.

Schwill beer, eat brats and make up for time in leather britches lost at the thirdannual Oktoberfest Celebration at Fifth Street School.

On the entertainment side, the outdoor fest will have Alpine and folk music, traditional dancing, yodeling, accordion and alphorn (like in the cough-drop commercials!), with headliners Salzburger Echo and Herbie Autobahn. On the refreshment side, there will be beer (duh), potato cakes, potato salad, sausages, apple strudel and other Deutschland faves.

The only downside: In Munich, Oktoberfest lasts a couple of weeks. Here, we only get eight hours. Kristy Totten. 2-10 p.m.; Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., www.artslasvegas.org, 229-3515 or 649-8503, free Come Visit Us At Our Headquarters 955 Grier Drive (inside Paradise Poker Bar) www.slidinthru.com a

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FEEDBACK A rich guy and his newspaper

Last week’s column by Hugh Jackson, about hard times at the Las Vegas Sun and its faltering mission to protect the “iron core” of journalism — hard-news reporting — brought out a few responses:

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GREENSPUN SHOULD THANK his lucky stars the Review-Journal ever agreed to a Joint Operating Agreement. Were it not for the JOA, Greenspun would be even more irrelevant than he already is.

Along with his liberal friends the Clintons, Obamas and SEIU membership, he should put daddy’s money he inherited where his mouth is and fund the charity that is the Las Vegas Sun. He might actually save some jobs the vaunted presidential stimulus programs failed to do. Capitalism is a wonderful thing when you’re making money and not so much fun when you’re losing your butt due to bad decisions and a real estate collapse.

Unfortunately, it will take a very cold day in hell when Greenspun actually steps up to the plate and walks the walk he preaches others should do in sharing the wealth and paying a fair share. The day that JOA expires in 2039 cannot come soon enough. In the meantime, Brian will long be retired on what’s left of daddy’s money while those he’s laid off numerous times since the JOA was revised back in 2005 try to put their lives together going forward.

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THUG LIFE

For a recent On the Scene piece,Amy Kingsley attended a vigil marking the 10th anniversary of the murder of Tupak Shakur on Koval Lane: CALIFORNIA THUGS coming to worship another dead thug, great. Hey Knappster, looks like the “assholery” is still alive and well on the LV Strip. — Rob, from the website ROB, TUPAC IS MUCH MORE than a thug and I am so sorry that you are too ignorant to find art and beauty in every corner of this world we call home. Have you ever listened to Tupac’s music or do you just like to to judge a book by its cover? — Juan Renteria, from the website

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Gay pride, clout ... and credit

Amy Kingsley’s Sept. 15 piece on the rise of Stonewall Democrat Chris Miller to the top position in the state Democratic party elicted some praise, and something else: CHRIS MILLER IS a great advocate for LGBT issues, but more importantly, he is a great advocate for ALL minorities and traditionally under-represented constituency groups. He is a strong leader who “don’t take no guff” when it comes to protecting and promoting the civil rights of all Americans.

Marla Turner (FROM THE WEBSITE)

YOUR ARTICLE, “Pride and Politics,” reads like advertising for Stonewall Democrats.

The issue that disturbs me the most is the implication that Stonewall Democrats, especially Chris Miller and Derek Washington,

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were credited in the majority of LGBTQ issue advancements in Nevada. This is not correct.

I am the founder of Equality Days (2009), co-chair of the 2011 event with Chris Miller.

I was, until June of this year, the chair of Stand OUT For Equality (the advocacy arm of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada). I am also the founder of the Nevada LGBTQ Leadership Coalition, which laid the foundation and built the structure for the LGBTQ and its allied straight organizations to work together on the 2011 Legislation. We worked with Assemblyman Aizley and Senator Parks. I was also, at that time, a member of the Stonewall Democrats and a member of many other LGBTQ organizations.

I know of which I write.

I am offended that my work over the years to bring together the LGBTQ organizations (and allies) and our subsequent success was erased by your inaccurate article. The work I was most proud of was the fact that the

organizations, who were known in the past for infighting, were able to work together for over two years and to share in the fact that it was a collective effort.

It pains me to read that one organization has taken or was given credit for the work of others.

This article in one swoop destroys all the work of these past few years in promoting unity.It is an incredible exaggeration to give credit to this organization for the work of others.

I have been reluctant to speak out before because that would be contrary to my mission of providing a platform for unity and respect for all the individuals and organizations, many who worked selflessly, to create positive change. The Nevada LGBTQ Leadership Coalition worked basically in a media silence for the two years leading up to the session as a strategy to enhance our chances for a successful outcome. There was an understanding, that even Stonewall Democrats agreed to, that no organization would take credit without

a statement acknowledging the work of the others. Either you took it upon yourself to ignore the work of others or your contact(s) with Stonewall Democrats defied this agreement.

I would like, without diminishing any organization’s participation, to point out the specific contribution of Stonewall Democrats in preparation for the 2011 Legislative Session, was done by their former Nevada Stonewall Democratic Caucus President, Patrick Patin.

His work was important, but not the only contribution to the LGBTQ’s community’s success. As for the success in the 2009 Legislative session, Stonewall Democrats were minor participants with Chris Miller attending Equality Days (without a leadership or committee role).

Derek Washington did not participate at any level and did not even attend.

The primary organizations that carried the most weight are as follows (not in order of any priority): Stand OUT For Equality, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, the Nevada Women’s Lobby, ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, Equality Nevada, Equality Nevada Community Services, Lambda Business Association, among others (including Stonewall Democrats).

I am deeply disappointed with respect to your article, which appears to me to not have included any fact checking. If you had reached out to other members of the community, many of them very visible, you would have realized the scope of individual and collective effort was significantly broader.

I do want to point out that I am not referencing the DADT issue or any other of their claims of credit.I was not involved in those issues,so I can not speak directly to their claim of responsibility in the repeal of a national issue.

I hope that you would write a more factual and truthful article that embraces true journalistic integrity regarding the collective efforts of the coalition. I fear that now that PRIDE has passed, that your publication will not revisit and clarify the past events because you may consider that you have covered the LGBTQ themed article and issue for the year.

Denise R. Duarte (BY E-MAIL)

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riter James Haug came to Vegas Review-Journal’s editorial staff. For example, three years ago from Florida to R-J assistant editor Lisa Kim Bach wrote a become an education reporter front-page story about education reform for the Review-Journal. A quiet that included Rhee as a source. But Bach and self-effacing man, you would not notice neglected to mention the cheating scandal in him in a crowd of three, which is another the Washington, D.C., schools under Rhee’s way of saying he has been perfect for the job. tenure as school chancellor there. That’s how But beneath this mild-mannered reporter’s education reporting becomes little more passive persona resides an insightful person than propaganda. with a tenacious intellect. Sadly, he recently You did in-depth research on district was terminated in another round of the R-J’s Superintendent Dwight Jones, including corporate budget-cutgoing to Colorado for ting. Even sadder, Clark background infor“FAILED County has lost its best mation. What about education investigative him?

REFORMERS HAVE, journalist of the past 25 Jones likes to live SURPRISINGLY, years. Following is an large. He likes the good NOT LOST ANY interview with Haug as life, eats at the best reshe was leaving Las Vegas taurants. In Colorado, CREDIBILITY WITH to return to Florida: he had been charging THE MEDIA.” Chip Mosher: What the public for his private insight can you offer JAMES HAUG expenses, for which, on the education reafter media exposure, form movement? he paid the money back.

James Haug: The cheating scandals across Here, he has demanded an exorbitant salary America caused by reforms are education’s from a broke school system. And now he is equivalent of the economic meltdown of 2008. demanding his workers take salary cuts. The Less regulation was supposed to pave the way business interests in Vegas wanted him, and to a bright economic future. Instead, we’ve that’s who he is working for. gotten the worst economy since the Great DeWhat is your take on Teach for pression. And no one has been held accountAmerica? able. The same holds true for the education A good way to exploit idealistic 20-somereform movement — where failed reformers things for a couple of years and keep wages have, surprisingly, not lost any credibility low for teachers overall. with the media. But their reforms have proven What do you think of the school nothing except that if you put enormous presdistrict’s recent “partnering” with the sure on schools, frightened educators will cook Las Vegas Sun to report on “turnaround” the books to show the desired results. schools?

What do you think of reformer MiThe media are not supposed to “partner” chelle Rhee, our governor’s education with the government, that’s Journalism 101. advisor?

Such stories will essentially be puff pieces.

She is sexy and says all the right things.

What was it like to be an education She’s effective at vilifying teachers’ writer at the Review-Journal? unions, which is what the business comIt was definitely not the glamour beat. munity wants to hear. Although she has (For more of this interview, visit CityBlog at been exposed as a phony, she still has not www.lvcitylife.com.) lost her credibility — especially with the CHIP MOSHER is a simple classroom teacher.

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estimate, it could happen in as little at 10 years, and all we would have is the bill for the construction.

Opponents think it makes more sense to put those billions of dollars into a permanent solution — a desalination plant. SNWA says this is not a solution, but the fact is, they have never studied it.

Should we put our trust in SNWA, then, trust them to do the right thing, trust their version of the facts? I am reminded of one of the first water stories I ever wrote, back in the mid ’90s, a story in which water officials told me there is no reason to worry about an extended drought and Las Vegas should never have to stop growing because of water.

Water agencies knew full well that drought on the Colorado River was the norm, not the exception, yet they didn’t want to rain on the growth parade, so they ignored the inconvenient facts. And the drought hit. Five years into the drought, they finally — reluctantly — adopted our first drought emergency plan.

They will say anything, do anything, make any argument they think will work, so long as they get their way. Their advice, as always, is that we should all lie back and enjoy the ride.

GEORGE KNAPP is a Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter for KLAS Channel 8. Reach him at gknapp@klastv.com.

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emember the crappy advice cops up one day and suddenly have no water at all. used to give to rape victims? Well, Now they have a new line of attack, one hell, the best way to deal with it is to that seems better suited to the times. In the quit your complaining, lie back and opening salvo in front of a hearing officer enjoy the ride. That pretty much sums up the from the state engineer’s office, Ms. Mulroy position of the Southern Nevada Water Autrotted out her newest bogeyman — the thority as it tries to ram its $15 billion water dreaded investment specter. Without that grab down the throats of our rural neighbors. pipeline, foreigners from Dubai and China After covering water issues for more than will not invest in Nevada, she said, which 20 years, it is almost inconceivable that I means we will have no jobs, and we once would be shocked or surprised by anything again might as well die. I wonder if we will the SNWA or its minions say. They have ever get to hear directly from these mysrelentlessly used their tery investors who are money and political so deeply concerned WITHOUT THE muscle to intimidate, about our water supply. belittle or overwhelm Somehow, I doubt it.

PIPELINE, MULROY anyone who gets in their Water worries did not SAID, DUBAI AND way, and have shown stop the Chinese from CHINA WILL NOT a callous disregard for ponying up a few billion facts or opinions that to build a massive solar INVEST IN NEVADA, differ from their own. project near Laughlin, WHICH MEANS WE But the statements but maybe Ms. Mulroy WILL HAVE NO JOBS. made in the opening knows something we days of the Great Water don’t, and we should Grab Extravaganza in just take her word for it.

Carson City this week are jaw-dropping in The real audacity was pumped out by their audacity.

SNWA attorney Paul Taggart, who said rural SNWA has become adept at invoking Nevadans would be “enriched” by having the whatever bogeyman is scariest at the moment groundwater under their feet siphoned off, in order to win the day. Moaning specters, desince the project would produce tax revemonic eyes at the window — it has no problem nues. Oh, goody. I’m sure that was enough to using the spookiest scenario it can conjure, change all their minds. Seems like a fair trade and then using a whole new one the next for turning vast areas of Nevada into a dead week. Back when it first pitched the pipeline, zone. What next? Will Mr. Taggart offer to SNWA warned that without the purloined give the rural rubes some colored beads? water, Las Vegas could not continue to grow Taggart’s most pointed blasts were aimed like a bat out of hell. It even spent about half at the nincompoops who have dared to a million bucks on a study to prove that if express reservations about the project. He growth stopped, we would all essentially die, spent much of his time not explaining its at least economically. benefits, but rather attacking those who opWhen the public soured on rampant growth, pose it, saying they have “no facts” so “they SNWA switched to a new argument — that just argue.” He added that state and federal without the pipeline, we could all die, literally. laws protect the environment, and surely no I remember seeing Pat Mulroy smack the news one could believe that all these government desk as she told Jon Ralston that it’s her job to entities would allow anything bad to happen. “protect the lives of 2 million people in the valWonder how that argument went over with ley,” as if, without the pipeline, we would wake the Goshute nation, one of the parties that

is protesting against the water grab? Do you think that promises of good behavior by the government were well received? I’m guessing not. The Goshutes have scraped out a modest existence on the Nevada-Utah border by living within their means, something they advise Las Vegas to try. Or how about the LDS church? Do you think it is comforted by promises that once the pipeline is built, Las Vegas will shut off the pumps if anything bad happens to the water table?

Most of the information that will prove the water grab to be an environmental catastrophe comes from SNWA itself. There is no question whatsoever that the water table will drop once those billions of gallons start down the pipeline to Las Vegas. SNWA is probably right that some water could be siphoned off without causing problems, but there is a point of diminishing returns that has not been considered and which SNWA does not want to address. If — as SNWA promises — the pumps would be shut down once deleterious effects are noticed, how much water can we get for our $15 billion investment?

What SNWA has never wanted to address is this inconvenient fact — even with the rosiest projections, the water grab is a temporary solution. It will not meet our water needs forever, maybe not for very long at all. By one

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The writing on the wall Does graffiti art have a place in the arts district?

BY AMY KINGSLEY

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rom his perch on the second floor of the Arts Factory, the artist Ras One can see the tops of almost all the buildings in the arts district.

From Imperial to Charleston, it’s blocks and blocks of roof lines and air-conditioning units. But it’s not the tops he’s interested in. Ras has amassed an international collection of art on the backs and sides of buildings all over this neighborhood, much of it in an alley between Main Street and Casino Center Boulevard.

You can’t see the collection from the dingy window of his POP2 Cultural Arts Center in the Arts Factory. The spartan store has shelves stocked floor-to-ceiling with cans of spray paint, display cases full of DVDs and a finished portrait propped against a wall. The Stratosphere Tower and the unfinished Fontainebleau dominate the view from his window.

“This is my inspiration every day,” he said.

“With all that money out there, we’re still No. 1 for unemployment. We’re not No. 1 for culture, we’re No. 1 for entertainment.”

He slouches a little and lights a cigarette as he walksoutthedoor.He’sgot a utilitarian haircut, salt-and-pepper and close to the scalp, and eyes that jump around like trick yo-yos.

In March, Ras launched a mural project in an effort to bring more culture to the arts district. He recruited graffiti artists from as far away as Mexico and Hamburg, Germany, and went to work on the walls of the arts district.

Not everyone was happy with the result.

A lot of the murals are words and names,

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Ras One is inspired by the views from his studio in the Arts Factory.

written in letter styles you won’t find in a standard font book. The letters crash into each other and pile up in jagged stacks against a backdrop of bright colors. Another artist crammed his handle between the two buns of a hamburger. Another did a portrait of a masked graffiti artist.

Real estate agent Robert Reel said the colorful murals brought unwanted tagging to the neighborhood. Twelve21 Gallery owner Marcus Krewson said the graffiti contained gang symbols. Business owner Floyd Armstrong, who owns Armstrong’s Emporium, originally agreed to have some of his property included in the program, but later took three

walls down because he felt they didn’t reflect his antiques business.

It was a blow to the mural program, which Ras envisioned as a kind of evolving outdoor gallery, with new art on new walls every few months. Although the work has attracted everything from commercial shoots to wedding photographers, it doesn’t get much respect.

Unlike rap music and break dancing, the two other types of expression spawned by hiphop culture in the 1970s, graffiti art is still associated with gangs and violence, even as its gallery-friendly cousin, street art, lurches toward mainstream marketability.

Krewson was concerned about a piece

on the corner of Main Street and Colorado Avenue that he said was gang-related. The piece covers the wall and spills onto the sidewalk, with the word “Lords” in large print and a collection of smaller tags and images spinning off into the edges. It is sharp and balanced, and definitely not the work of an amateur. As it turns out, the piece is by the Lords Production Crew of San Francisco. The writers aren’t affiliated with the Vice Lords or any other street gang. Instead, their name stands for Legends of Rare Design. They are well-respected graffiti artists who have been featured in glossy magazines and alternative weeklies in the Bay Area. They have a mu-

The graffiti art that appears in the arts district is closer to the traditional type than to the street art featured in Exit Through the Gift Shop. Unlike graffiti, street art is usually prepared in advance, with stencils and posters, and placed in a public location. Graffiti artists, on the other hand, do everything on the spot.

The pieces by Lords Production Crew mostly consist of names and text, done up in way that’s difficult to unpack if you’re not fluent in letter styles. Because it looks like gang script, it may keep people from understanding the underlying artistry.

“One of the main things is that people still tie in the rattle can, or the spray can, with gangs and vandalism,” said Joshua Glover, aka

“WHAT THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND IS THAT SOME OF THE SMARTEST KIDS USE CANS.”

An unfinished mural downtown

A piece by TCS crew of New York City. Includes work by members Doc, Cycle, Doves and Phade.

JOSHUA GLOVER

PHOTOS: STEPHANIE GONZALES

ral on the side of Amoeba Music on Haight Street.

Graffiti art does not appeal to everyone.

But the misconceptions that have dogged the graffiti portions of Ras One’s mural program show how misunderstood the art form is in Las Vegas, he says.

“In any other city, they wouldn’t blink twice at this,” Ras said.

Earlier, in his store, a teenager shopped for supplies while his father waited in a chair.

Recently, the two took a trip to San Francisco, where a friend planned a guided tour of Clarion Alley, a mural district that includes artists of all types, including graffiti artists. Fans of

street and graffiti art have turned the byway into a bona fide tourist attraction. Ras wants the same thing to happen to the arts district.

Las Vegas has always had graffiti artists, but they’ve never been as well-known as their counterparts in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, where writers in the late 1970s and early ’80s turned subway cars into rolling canvasses.

“Graffiti, at its purest and truest form, is writing your name over and over again for the sake of fame,” said Roger Gastman, who co-wrote The History of American Graffiti and appeared in Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary about famed street artist Banksy.

Ruckus, a Las Vegas graffiti artist turned tattoo artist and graphic designer. “What they don’t understand is that some of the smartest kids use cans.”

Glover started doing graffiti in 1988 and went straight seven years later, after an arrest and a stint with a city program that encouraged kids like him to put their artistic talents to legal use. He did some of the earliest murals in the arts district, on the side of the Funk House, the Arts Factory and Cornerstone Gallery. He thinks the graffiti art made during the mural project may be a little too traditional for people who are expecting street art like Banksy or Shepard Fairey.

“I’ve seen multiple buildings where they’re like letters with names,” he said. “For someone who is 50 years old, or even 45, they don’t know what that says.”

One of the reasons Ras One decided to launch the mural project was to protect the neighborhood from taggers, he said. The arts district has always attracted its share of tagging, because of its proximity to high crime areas. Most taggers won’t put their name on a piece of art they respect. Over the weekend of March 3-5, he invited artists from all over the world to remake the walls of the arts district.

In the six months leading up to the weekend, Ras had obtained permission from property owners all across the neighborhood.

“It looked like a bunch of artists jamming,” Ras said. “It looked like a fucking invasion.

Some of them even brought out their entire families to watch them paint.”

It was a first for Las Vegas,where graffiti has traditionally been done one piece at a time.

“It was one of the largest gatherings of artists on the West Coast.”

The effort to prevent tagging worked, at least for the most part. Local writers haven’t hit the pieces that were done in March. Ras and his crew routinely patrol the area and remove tags on light posts and dumpsters in the arts district.

Ras walked through the painted alley on an impromptu tour of the mural project. He kept his hands busy with cigarettes while he pointed to pieces or the matte squares where he painted over tags. He passed a dumpster that had been turned into a sign. “Please respect this area, thank you,” it read. For the most part, Ras said, people have.

The police often claim that graffiti art on legal walls — where permission was given by the business owner — attracts illegal tagging from artists who want to associate with the murals. It happens, Gastman said, but it doesn’t matter. That’s like judging Woodstock by the trash left behind. Critics are overlooking beautiful art because of a little graffiti trash left behind by kids.

Not all of the artists who participated in the murals are graffiti artists. One of Ras One’s favorite pieces is a straightforward portrait of a Native American woman, done by an artist from East Los Angeles.

He’d like to get more of that kind of art onto the walls. He’s not the only one. Other people have proposed mural programs in the arts district using local artists. Jerry Misko is also working on a series of downtown murals. In the end, graffiti’s place in the arts district will probably be settled on the streets, just like it always has been. If business owners don’t like aerosol art, they’ll leave their walls blank or go with another artist.

As for Ras, he said he’s tired of responding to controversies about the work.

Most of the artists who contributed to the mural project won’t make any money off their work. And most of the work will disappear in a few months, to be replaced by new ones. In the meantime, Ras is struggling to keep his shop open and bring more artists back to Las Vegas.

“In the end, you’re still a starving artist,” he said.“Respect is what a lot of this is about.” a

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The exact fee increase is yet to be determined and will have to be approved by the Board of Regents, but if the sought-after revenue was simply divided amongst the school’s 22,500 students, it would cost each pupil anywhere from $289 to $378 per year.

Notsurprisingly, the idea hasn’tbeen embraced.

On the Review-Journal website, where the rate hike was reported, a current UNLV student, dre04003, writes, “I think that the article underestimates the out of control fees and book expenses that students pay. I am taking 12 undergraduate credits this semester, my tuition cost is $2,187, the fees they tacked on added up to $595.64 and my books cost me just about $1,000.”

Tuition for a full-time undergrad at UNLV runs about $6,320, according to the bursar’s of-

fice and U.S. News & World Report, which ranks American universities. Compared to other Tier 2 (unranked) national universities with similar-sized student enrollment, UNLV’s tuition still comes in among the lowest, beaten only by a couple of schools. Florida Atlantic University is one of them, with a student population of 23,107 and a tuition of $4,800. Most, however, are higher. Northern Arizona University has about 21,000 students and charges $7,364.

Still more expensive, Central Michigan University has 21,633 students and costs $10,740 — one of the highest tuitions.

So, UNLV, even with a few hundred dollars added on, would remain one of the cheapest Tier 2 schools in the nation.

An alum, theforcemonkey, poses an argument on the R-J website for keeping costs down: “What UNLV doesn’t realize is that people who go to UNLV aren’t doing it for the prestige — they’re doing it for cost, and convenience. Take those away, and the school will close down.” KRISTY TOTTEN

UPON THE RETIREMENT OF PROFESSOR JOHN IRSFELD FROM UNLV

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John Irsfeld, who retired last week after more than 40 years at UNLV — as an English professor, department chairman and highranking administrator under former president Robert Maxson — would be hard-pressed to recall a worse creative-writing student than I was back in the early ’80s, when I took that class from him. I was terrible at writing fiction. I remember a long semester’s worth of wee hours at the old Royal manual, as I slowly manipulated my cardboard characters through their hackneyed plots, feeling more than faintly ridiculous about wasting his time and mine.

The class requirement: 25,000 words of fiction by the end of the semester. If memory serves, I nosed over that line with a final, wretched story about the 13th apostle, Guido — I wish I were making this up — that was really just a string of one-liners held together by the merest suggestion of a premise. There’s no synonym of horrible that’ll do justice to how horrible it was.

Yet, what happened next is the reason — more than his longevity, more than the fine novels he’s written (tip: start with Little Kingdoms), more than the great stories about his intelligence, talent and gun collection that everyone told at his retirement party on Friday — that I want to salute his career here. Another kind of professor,oneinvestedinanideaofhimselfasatalentscoutandliterary gatekeeper, could have, and justifiably so, crushed my writing dreams. Give up, kid. You don’t just have it. I would’ve believed him, too. After all, that was a fragile moment for me — I had no license to think of myself as a writer, or as someone who might become one.

Yet, through Irsfeld’s professorial magic, strategic hinting and generous nature, I somehow emerged from his class rightly dissuaded from writing fiction, but not all dissuaded from writing. Upon that distinction turned a career and a life, and I don’t think I ever properly thanked him for it. Until now. SCOTT DICKENSHEETS

Maybe Metro needs to startconsulting with the dreadlocked staff members o f local hydroponic gardening stores. According to a story in Review-Journal, police did not believe marijuana could be grown on Mount Charleston.

Then they found farms consisting of 1,000 plants, 4,000 plants and, most recently, 9,400 plants. Those numbers may not rival California’s Emerald Triangle, but you could pack a lot of bowls with the weed pulled off Charleston in the last two months. The police and the U.S. Forest Service have found enough marijuana on Charleston to create a poster advising hikers what to do if they stumble on a farm. Tip: Don’t go looking for the owner. It probably isn’t Cheech or Chong. So far, no arrests have been reported. AMY KINGSLEY

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

GET IN THE VAN

The Mammovan brings breast check ups to the women who need them most

BY AMY KINGSLEY

“IT’S THE BEST TOOL WE HAVE TO CATCH BREAST CANCER EARLY.” STEPHANIE KIRBY

PHOTOS: MAUREEN ADAMO

CHECK THIS OUT, GUYS Because breast cancer is not just for women

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ccording to the American Cancer Society, in 2011 there were an estimated 230,480 new cases of female breast cancer, of which 39,520 — about 17 percent — resulted in death. But this number does not include the approximately 2,140 men diagnosed with breast cancer each year, of whom about 450 — or 21 percent — will die.

Studies from the American Cancer Society have suggested that breast cancer is no more fatal in men than it is in women. For men living in the U.S., the lifetime risk of

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getting breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000. For women living in the U.S., the lifetime risk is 1 in 8. The five-year relative survival rate for men with breast cancer is 86 percent.

Still, even if the incidence of male breast cancer is much lower and the prognosis is the same statistically,it can be different situationally because men are usually diagnosed at a later stage and are less likely to report symptoms to their health-care provider early on. “Men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with advanced disease and

thus have poorer survival,” notes ACS. For instance, in the in 2011 Southern Nevada Race for the Cure sponsored by the Southern Nevada affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, about 4,000 of the participants — or 27 percent — were men,but none identified themselves as survivors. In fact, according to Stephanie Kirby, executive director for Komen’s Southern Nevada affiliate, “For the past four years, we have not had any men identify themselves as survivors and, prior to that, we only had one who registered and was willing to discuss his diagnosis.”

“Male patients find the presence of a breast mass to be somewhat embarrassing, especially if they discuss with peers or a spouse,” says Dr. Phillip Manno, interim director of the Nevada Cancer Institute and senior member of breast oncology service.

“This sometimes can delay diagnosis. Most patients by themselves confide in a medical provider for further diagnostic workup.”

This social stigma is why finding a survivor to go on record with CityLife was difficult.

Men simply don’t want to acknowledge their own personal experience with this disease.

And yet, men with breast cancer can be at an increased risk for developing other, more “masculine” cancers like prostate and testicular cancer. Krysten Clark, mission manager for Komen’s Southern Nevada affiliate, notes that according to information published on the Komen website, men who carry a BRCA2 gene mutation are at an increased risk for other types of cancer. Men can inherit a BRCA2 from either parent, and a man who is a BRCA2 carrier can pass the mutation on to male and female children.

A typical doctor’s office doesn’t hitch to the back of a semi-trailer truck. But once you get over that difference between the Mammovan and a normal medical facility, the similarities are striking.

Inside, the Mammovan is done up in fake wood paneling, neutral colors and framed flower prints. It has a long padded bench and a reception desk. Oh, and it’s cold. Really cold. You don’t notice at first, when you walk in from the heat. But after a few minutes, it gets under your clothes, and works down to the muscle and bone.

“If it’s not cold enough, the machines shut down,” said receptionist Maricela Rodriguez.

Unlike a typical doctor’s office, the Mammovan only does one thing. It provides annual mammograms for underserved women — minorities, the uninsured and women in rural communities, where access to mammograms is limited.

Today, it’s parked behind the Arturo Cambiero Senior Center on North 13th Street in downtown Las Vegas. One after another, elderly Spanish-speaking women line up for their mammograms.

The waiting area looks like a hallway that’s been converted to a doctor’s office. But the real magic happens in a small, dark room in the back. That’s where mammographer Debbie Cunningham operates state-of-

the-art equipment that produces digital images without film.

The Mammovan’s goal is to provide mammograms to women who might not otherwise get them, because of language barriers, inability to pay or distance from a health-care facility. It spends 70 percent of its time in Southern Nevada and 30 percent in the north.

In Las Vegas, the van visits women’s shelters, community centers, casinos and grocery stores. It returns to the same spots every year so women can get their annual mammogramonschedule,wroteMammovan Clinic Coordinator Olga Lopez in an e-mail.

The van visits almost all of Nevada’s counties,and serves such far-flung locales as Jackpot, on the border of Idaho. It also visits Indian reservations and mining communities, where it serves many of the miners’ wives.

“You get to meet a huge variety of women,” Cunningham said. “It’s a lot of fun to travel up north. You meet a lot of people who live in the middle of nowhere, and you ask them how they do it.”

While most of the women like the isola-

Up to 40 percent of male breast cancers may be related to BRCA2 mutations, according to research. Manno adds that the BRCA2 gene is seen in one out of every 10 breast cancers.

So men who keep quiet about their disease may be at greater risk for developing other illnesses as well.

This silence also complicates communication with future patients who will need support. The disappointing thing about not having access to survivor stories, Kirby says, is that it would do wonders for outreach in the Las Vegas community. “I feel the most effective strategy would be to have a male survivor who would be willing to share his story. It literally can take one person to change the public’s opinion of something. So often we feel that one person cannot make a difference, but it was one person who started

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and here we are, nearly 30 years later, a global organization with millions of advocates. ... We will continue to advocate for men to be forthcoming with their diagnoses but, until then, we will continue to speak in generalities.”

Other barriers to outreach in Las Vegas are linguistic and cultural. Kirby notes that at Komen for the Cure’s inception in 1982, breast cancer was not discussed in the media. “Today, we have media outlets that will turn completely pink in support of this cause. However, while mainstream American society may be embracing the cause and the movement to combat it, cultures that are perhaps more new to American society are still much quieter about the disease. We live in a large, multicultural city, and disseminating accurate information to everyone

Scans on the Mammovan

tion, they don’t enjoy the lack of medical service. Without the Mammovan, many of them would skip their annual mammogram and save themselves a three or four hour drive into the city.

The Mammovan launched 10 years ago, with $500,000 in federal funding secured by former U.S. Sen. John Ensign. In 2008, Nevada Health Centers, which runs the program, replaced the original van with donations from Caesars Entertainment, Safeway, Food 4 Less, Smith’s and others. Each year, it serves more than 3,200 hundred women.

Last year, the van provided 3,464 mammograms, recommended 51 for biopsies and caught 18 cases of breast cancer.

does prove to be challenging, not just to our organization, but to several.”

Manno notes that in his practice, three or four male patients have been treated for breast cancer and are undergoing followup. “They are certainly much more aware of this condition than many men in general.”

Because of this, he says, “education for early detection should be considered appropriate just as testicular examination is important in young males.”

Kirby agrees. “We would like to be able to say that there is enough education out in communities and in the media so that there would be no social stigmas attached to male breast cancer. However, we know this is not the case. We feel the biggest hurdle that still exists with this diagnosis for men is how many people still do not comprehend

Most health-care providers recommend that all women 40 and older have an annual mammogram.

Last year, a federal panel proposed changing those guidelines to apply only to women 50 and older.

But Stephanie Kirby, executive director of Susan G. Komen For the Cure of Southern Nevada, said her agency still recommends mammograms for women in their forties.

“It’s never perfect, but it’s the best tool we have to catch breast cancer early,” she said.

When breast cancer is caught on a mammogram, it’s usually too small to be felt during a self-exam. So cancers caught by screening are usually in the earlier stages, making them easier to treat.

All of which makes the cold air inside the van a little easier to take. The women waiting for their tests chatted with Rodriguez in Spanish while she made copies of insurance documents and identification cards.

“It’s really convenient,” she said. “You can usually get in and out in 30 minutes.”

That 30 minutes can add several years to your life.

that men can also get breast cancer. But beyond that, most cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women, as we know, and pink is the signature color for this disease.

Pink, being linked to females since birth, is sometimes tough for men to embrace.” Kirby says that one way around this problem is the organization’s “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign, which extends to men who have supported a loved one with breast cancer, raised awareness about the disease in their community, or who have been diagnosed themselves. For every Race for the Cure, female survivors who identify themselves as such are given a pink shirt. Men who identify themselves as survivors are given a gray shirt with pink writing. “There is no shame in this disease, regardless of gender,” she says.

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MUSIC FEAR & LOUNGING From left, Carl Seals, Julian Tanaka and Mycah Krason of Hot Carl 3 play at the Royal Resort.

PHOTO: BILL HUGHES

ter all, they’re concentrating. On their sheet music. On each other. On whether or not the drummer should take a solo here or if they should let the new bass player give it a go. And even though the former Thee Swank Bastards drummer is aching for it, they let the bassist go, a test/initiation as his first time with this ensemble. It goes well. That’s the most compelling part about this group: They’re really, really good.

Never mind the Kodiak stuff or the lobby taint. Even at their most sonically diminutive, the Hot Carl 3 serves up steaming piles of cool jazz music. It’s Dexter Gordon and Ron Carter. It’s straight-swingin’, old-school jazz. At least, that’s how Seals will describe it between sets, while the photographer positions him and the rest of a group that clearly doesn’t spend much time in front of a camera.

“I try not to play the everyday standards, the ‘Fly Me to the Moons,’” he says. “I try to do the lesser-known standards, and The Royal lets us play what we want to play. We can do what pleases us.”

Half an hour after getting its picture taken, the band walks back in. Crickets. The shouters are gone. The photographer has left for another assignment. Besides a writer and a bartender, the room is empty. As they deliberate over the first tune of their last set, sax player Julian Tanaka turns his head to the near-empty room and monotones, “We should pick something people know.” The band laughs. The bartender laughs. They play Hot Carl 3, since May, plays The Royal most a few more songs to the uncomfortable sound Thursday nights. Lately, it trades with anof four hands clapping. other group called Absoludicrous, what Seals To finish the night, they close with Freddie calls a modern contrast to his classic sound.

Hubbard’s “Little Sunflower.” It’s the sexiest He goes through bass players like piano wire song of the night. It has the light, Latin flair through butter, and tonight of the music you’d expect in he’s giving a new guy a test a brothel elevator. At least 10 THAT’S run. He explains that’s why babies have been created to THE MOST he’s mostly playing songs this song. But neither Seals COMPELLING from the Realbook, the only nor his crew show any indicareal textbook jazz majors retion that we’re all about to get PART ABOUT ally read, and not the origia room together. They’re still THIS GROUP: nal songs the band has been hibernating Kodiaks, sitting THEY’RE wood-shopping. Tonight, on the nonstage of the taint of most of the Royal’s few the Royal Resort lobby.

REALLY, REALLY occupants are on laptops, While his band takes GOOD. drinking domestics and bedown, Seals does something ing louder than you’d expect most band leaders can’t. Inwhen there’s an upright bass stead of a breathless diatribe in the vicinity. Part of that is about influences and goals the band’s fault. Without much social media and accusations against local music, against besides a Myspace page (myspace.com/ crappy promoters or the Royal not treating thehotcarl3), the band’s publicity is just a step them with respect, he says two sentences: above a keg party at the Scroll and Key tomb.

“This is always a work in progress. If it’s not a But either way, they don’t look offended. Afwork in progress, it’s not worth doing.”

Read this. Then help displace the crickets next time Hot Carl 3 performs

BY MAX PLENKE

Steaming hot jazz

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itting onstage, Carl Seals looks like a stoic, shy, ginger Santa Claus. Most of his facial expressions are lost in a thick, Paul Bunyan-like beard, swallowing any indication of how he feels about the quick, quiet fingerwork he’s putting in on the guitar balanced on his thigh. Occasionally he’lllifthisheadtosignaladownbeat,orwhen he’s really feeling a buildup, but that emotion passes before the CityLife photographer can focus his lens. It’s a kinetic cocktease; besides those brief lifts, Seals and the rest of the Hot Carl 3 ensemble undertake the same physical exuberance as a hibernating Kodiak.

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Maybe it’s because of the setting. After all, the “sitting onstage” bit was a half-lie: Seals was definitely sitting. But it was in the middle of a walkway at the Royal,a ceramic no-man’s land in front of a weird portrait of a woman, halfway between the pool table and the bar.

If a janitor came by with a floor waxer, he’d call it “the straightaway.” For all crass intents and purposes, it’s the taint of the Royal Resort lobby. “We usually play the area back there,” Seals will say after the band’s first set of the night, pointing to the back lounge where the Sunday Sermon usually takes place.“But now we’re sort of ...” he will trail off, looking at the floor beneath his band’s Tetris-tight setup.

BRING THE

Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes

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PHOTO: STEPHANIE GONZALES

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ven up against the pop heavyweights playing a block away at the mistitled iHeartRadio festival, Conor Oberst ruled the Strip last weekend. He and the five musicians currently comprising his Bright Eyes operation were putting on one of the greatest shows staged in Vegas this year, at the Cosmopolitan’s Boulevard Pool.

Oberst was all showman on Sept. 24.

He juggled vocal, guitar and keyboard duties throughout the night, a performance triumvirate that allows for another point of comparison to Bob Dylan. His voice commanded over the Strip bustle below, whether full-throated (as in his anthemic take on Beethoven’s 9th, “Road To Joy”) or romantically croaky (“First Day of My Life,” dedicated to a couple celebrating its anniversary). And he served as the one constant in a setlist pushed and pulled by various genres and

the 1990s punk/ classic rock hybrid except wrap it around noteworthy songwriting and recreate it with a meticulousness typically missing from that sound’s most obvious practitioners.

TV on the Radio delighted an even bigger crowd at the same venue.

Sharing an entirely different dynamic and depth, the quintet (plus horn player) charged through its 15-song set with rhythmic and emotive zeal.

This was no better displayed than during the final three songs of the set. Crowd reaction to the succession of breakthrough track “Staring at the Sun,” new chestnut-in-the-making “Repetition” and hit single “Wolf Like

styles, each composition executed ably by the five players surrounding him.

Warpaint served as a mesmerizing lead-in for Bright Eyes, its four women entrancing an already swooning audience with their sublime, usually midtempo numbers. That crowd was already smitten with the first band, Kurt Vile andhisViolators,whodon’tdoawholelotwith

Me” tested the Boulevard Pool’s hardtop; a mosh pit churned through the audience during the last song.

Despite being the main draw — all those British concertgoers weren’t there for TVOTR — Arctic Monkeys did not build the same level of energy, thanks to the often plodding nature of its newer, desert blues/stoner rockinspired material. Even its hardcore fans were visibly underwhelmed, shaking their ambivalence predictably during faves like “Flourescent Adolescent.”

Contrast that to the sold-out crowd who packed Hard Rock Hotel’s repurposed Body English club for Northern Ireland’s Two Door Cinema Club on Sept. 26. In fact, the passionate, pogo-ing, unison-singing attendees distracted from the band itself, which plays standard-issue 4/4 indie pop — think Foals lite, or The Futureheads without the herky throb. Nonetheless, their aw-shucks demeanor, musical energy and melodic effortlessness make the lads likable enough. “Thank you for such a perfect ending to our tour,” said a clearly chuffed singer Alex Trimble, and local concertgoers got a near-perfect ending to their somewhat-extended weekend. MIKE PREVATT

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Annie Clark’s one of those auteurs we like so much that we welcome each successive excursion with open arms, patiently awaiting for her to burst from her cocoon a genius.

She just talks such a good game (in this case, about sex and violence) and she’s so anomalous as a daring arty type who can actually rock a little and compose multilayered fantasias that don’t manage to annoy like those of Dirty Projectors. But she’s still on an uphill climb.

Strange Mercy has a scaled-back solidity to match its subtler lyricism.

(Is she saying she does or doesn’t want to be a “Cheerleader”?) The highlights all have a detail or two worth remembering: “Cruel” has a chipper lead guitar bounce that’s totally at odds with its lyric, and “Surgeon” tinkers with a Zapp-style keytar ending. But Clark runs out of gas in the second half like always, and there’s no one singular stunner present like Marry Me’s gorgeous “Now Now” (still her best song) or

The Rapture hasn’t seemed truly important in close to a decade. It’s not that dancepunk fell out of favor; quite the opposite happened. Groups like LCD Soundsystem and Death From Above 1979 pushed the music to such delirious new heights that The Rapture seemed quaint by comparison. Although 2006’s Pieces of the People We Love was deservedly well-reviewed, the record was all but ignored by an audience that had moved on to the painfully hip, more-self-aware-thanthou James Murphy.

Many critics have noted that In the Grace of Your Love scales back on the bawdy, disco-infused rock of older albums like 2003’s watershed Echoes. The reports of said departure are exaggerated. With few exceptions (including the slow-strutting “Roller Coaster”), this is the same groove-oriented band of vintage.

“How Deep Is Your Love?” is a sublime bit of ’80s-style dance-cheese, with frisky house pianos and noir saxophones darting in and out for six near-perfect minutes.“Come Back to Me” rests on a droning accordion — implausibly enough, it bangs.

In contrast to the album’s exultant musicality is frontman Luke Jenner’s sober, tremblyvoiced introspection. His mother, a troubled manic-depressive, committed suicide in 2006. Jenner’s feelings of grief are pertinent to most of In Grace of Your Love’s 11 tracks, including the poetic “Miss You.” M.T. RICHARDS

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riter Will Reiser has as much right as anyone to take a shot at drawing laughs from a cancer diagnosis, having survived the removal of a spinal tumor while working as a producer on Da Ali G Show.

Inspired by Ali G writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Reiser dug deep into his experience and came up with a first draft that allegedly went untouched before the shoot, although Rogen and Goldberg undoubtedly had their share of influence as 50/50’s producers. Rogen was clearly the model as the wisecracking best friend, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt was cast in the lead well after Reiser had created a character based on his own experiences.

The fact Gordon-Levitt plays the role as if it were tailor-made for him testifies to his abilities as an actor. As is often the case with Jeff Bridges, you never quite forget GordonLevitt is playing the role although you fully

identify with the character by the film’s end.

In this case, Adam is a 27-year-old public radio producer whose run down Seattle’s Pine Street with the Space Needle in the background on an overcast day clues us in to the setting. He’s also somewhat reticent, too cautious to follow a female jogger as she breezes through a “Don’t Walk” sign, and is bothered by soreness in his back. A doctor lacking bedside manner gives him the cold, clinical news that he has cancer, and sends him to a therapist, Katherine (Anna Kendrick) fresh out of graduate school.

Katherine comes across as pretty green as she tries to teach him relaxation techniques.

Adam is uptight though, in part a result of his relationship with his high-strung mother (Anjelica Huston). He seems to have a disconnect with his artist girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard), but in contrast to his bromance with Kyle (Rogen), any other relationship pales. Adam stolidly goes through the

process of chemotherapy, his spirit buoyed constantly by Kyle as Rachael withdraws from their relationship and Katherine tries to penetrate Adam’s cynicism. At some point, he’s bound to need emotional release.

Jonathan Levine directs with as much subtlety as Gordon-Levitt brings to his role.

He gets a few chances to create some mesmerizing sequences as he did in his 2008 breakthrough The Wackness, but mostly after scenes of medical marijuana consumption.

The film kind of meanders until Adam, under constant pressure from Kyle to use his condition to his advantage,invites a pair of club girls to Adam’s place to get high. Adam had been somewhat in denial until then, and in denial about his denial, as Katherine correctly diagnosed. An emotional release is the only cure.

That’s also the point where much of the awkwardness is released from the script as well. 50/50 leans more toward comedy than dramedy, and the spirit of Judd Apatow is ever-present. It works, though, largely on the strength of the cast and for not hitting the audience over the head with how precious life is. Adam’s life kind of sucks, and inside he is scared shitless. Gordon-Levitt conveys that in the same understated way Bridges would, and is just as naturally likable. Don’t be surprised if this is the role that turns him into an A-list box-office star.

50/50 Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, directed by Jonathan Levine, rated R, 100 mins

50/50 (R, 99 mins) See review, this issue. Opens wide CIRCUMSTANCE (R, 107 mins) See review, this issue. Village Square COURAGEOUS (PG-13) This religious film follows four police officers who live to protect and serve. When the men are needed by their children, will they be able to take on the challenge of fatherhood while growing as men of God? Opens wide DOOKUDO (NR, 170 mins) Feature from Tollywood (Telugu-language film from India, with subtitles) that finds quasi-thug Ajay (Mahesh Babu) reconsidering his ways once he meets Prashanthi (Samantha). Sam’s Town DREAM HOUSE (PG-13, 92 mins) After moving his family from New York City to a quiet New England town, Will (Daniel Craig) discovers that a brutal murder occurred in their home, and the parallels between him and the man who allegedly killed his wife and two daughters there begin to add up. Opens wide GUN HILL ROAD (R, 88 mins) A father (Esai Morales) returns home from a prison stint to find his son (Harmony Santana) is beginning to identify as a girl. He must accept him or risk losing him. Suncoast WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? (R, 106 mins) Ally (Anna Faris) is concerned that she might not find “the one” so she looks up her old boyfriends — with the help of hunky neighbor (Chris Evans) — to see if anyone from her past might deserve a second chance. Opens wide

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BEST FRIENDS Atefah and Shireen are both 16, beautiful and chafing under Iran’s repressive fundamentalist regime in Circumstance, a visionary and insightful film that garnered first-time feature director Maryam Keshavarz this year’s Sundance Audience Award. Atefah (Nikohl Boosheri) is wealthy, with a musician father and surgeon for a mother, while Shireen (Sarah Kazemy) is the orphaned daughter of two professorswhowerelabeledsubversivesand apparentlykilled.Bothgirlsareexperiencing the thrills of their budding sexuality and immerse themselves in an underground youth culture of sex, drugs and dancing. They also experience chauvinism and sexual exploitation in the name of religion,and fantasize about escape.

The window into the rebellious undercurrent among Iranians both young and adult is fascinating. It seems like everyone wants things to be freer except Atefah’s wayward brother Mehren (Reza Sixo Safai), who just arrived home from drug rehab. Mehren quickly replaces chasing the dragon with an addiction to Allah, and joins the Morality Police. He now beats up men who wear nightclub fashions and spies on his family via video surveillance. He’s also in love with Shireen.

This is a problem, as Shireen increasingly appears to be in love with Atefah.

Life for women in Iran, as portrayed by Keshavarz, is oppressive and intrusive, both mentally and physically. Men pretty much have carte blanche to molest women if they have the chance, independently and institutionally. Circumstance is flat-out stunning in its brave approach to its subject matter and depiction of sensuality between the two main characters, but that is due in part to the perception that it was filmed in Iran. Even with the knowledge that it was made in Beirut,Lebanon,the depiction of Iranian culture is eye-opening,with the soundtrack populated

by Farsi-language versions of family sing-a-longs, heavy metal, hip-hop and new wave. See it in the theater. MATT KELEMEN

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CONT. FROM P19 BELLFLOWER (R, 106 mins) Two friends wait for a global apocalypse while assembling flame throwers and weapons of mass destruction, but when a love interest brings the men into a new group, massive explosions and destruction follows. Suncoast 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.

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(Jason Bateman) and ladies man Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) find the grass isn’t always greener on the other side after swapping bodies and lives. Tropicana COLOMBIANA (PG-13, 107 mins) Cataleya (Zoe Saldana) grows up to be an assassin after witnessing her parents’ murder as a young girl.

CONTAGION (PG-13, 105 mins) Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) fights a nagging cough in an airport bar during the film’s opening scene. Within a weekend, there are several deaths; within a week, tens of thousands are infected. The subtle twist in Steven Soderbergh’s version of a global outbreak is technological: It’s not just the virus that spreads like wildfire. Contagion isn’t exactly entertaining, but it’s masterfully assembled — and a little scary. (CB: 09.08.11)

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CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (PG-13, 170 mins) The perfect 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) Green Valley Ranch, Suncoast THE DEBT (R, 104 mins) In the present, Rachel (Helen Mirren) is celebrated as a heroine. But flash back to the past, she and two other men are on a mission to help capture a Nazi gynecologist. When

a romantic triangle forms, things get complicated for both them and the mission. It’s less of an arthouse star vehicle than a compelling thriller-drama driven by powerful performances. (MK: 09.01.11) DOLPHIN TALE (PG, 113 mins) A true story about a dolphin named Winter who loses her tail in a crab trap. But when rescued, she benefits from care that could also help countless other people.

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (R, 99 mins) Sally (Bailee Madison) quickly finds that the 19th century mansion her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) are restoring is haunted. It’s more shocking than scary, and there’s no real surprise at who becomes a permanent resident at the house.

(MK: 08.25.11) Boulder Station, Texas Station DRIVE (R, 100 mins) An existential, relatively quiet man named Driver (Ryan Gosling)

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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) Colonnade, Suncoast THE HELP (PG-13, 137 mins) Skeeter (Emma Stone), Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minny (Octavia Spencer) form a daring friendship in Mississippi during the 1960s. The Help gives off a scent of Spielbergian sisterhood sappiness from a mile away. But new director Tate Taylor gives it the right touch. And the cast gels as an ensemble brings the film to life without letting its themes overshadow its characters. (MK: 08.11.11) HIGHER GROUND (R, 109 mins) This film — plagued by meandering storylines, flashbacks, decades-old settings and no real point in the end — follows a woman struggling with her religious beliefs and trying to find who she is. (MK: 09.22.11) Village Square 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) I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG-13, 95 mins) And after Sex and the City 2, we don’t know how Sarah Jessica Parker keeps getting work.

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KILLER ELITE (R, 105 mins) Based on a true story, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and his mentor (Robert De Niro) are involved in a worldwide hunt for the leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen).

LAUGH AT MY PAIN (R, 88 mins) Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart had his record-breaking two-night stand at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles filmed for your cineplex-viewing pleasure. Rainbow THE LION KING 3D (G, 87 mins) Simba and the gang return to the big screen, this time in 3D.

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Ryan Dalton, bottom right center, wins.

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Riffs and observations at the World Series of Comedy

BY REBECCA SCHOENKOPF

The long road to the Ha Ha Hut

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here had been six regional competitions, in places like Iowa.

They’d pared the hundreds of contestants down to the 101 comics performing here in the Alexis Park theater all week, going head to head, eliminations winnowing them mercilessly, until only eight were left to advance to Saturday’s back-to-back semifinals and finals.

So — and this is the part that’s really sort of goddamned brilliant — the contestants were competing at the World Series of Comedy not for prize money or a TV shot. They were doing it for a chance to “feature” — that half hour slot between the emcee and the headliner

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you’d actually buy tickets to see. It’s comedy contest as Top Sous Chef, and after successfully brunoising the prettiest onions, the prize is a job being the Top Chef’s enforcer, screaming at the saucier. Which actually makes it Hell’s Kitchen, if anyone ever believed for a second that Gordon Ramsay was going to hire the mentally challenged contestant (they are all mentally challenged) who least often fucked up his precious beef Wellington while Chef Ramsay screams in their face.

Work! Sweet, merciful work! Paying gigs, to put food on your family, so they will not leave you, and you will not die! Joe Lowers, the festival’s producer, had brought together enough club bookers to guarantee a year’s

worth of gigs, a half-hour at a time, for one lucky road dog to put a million miles on his ’98 Camry, traveling through the night from Chuckle Palace to Ha Ha Hut, a year’s worth of rot-gut fast food and bedbugs and loneliness, 12 months of awkwardly hanging out afterwards at the bar, eying the females with a mix of social anxiety disorder and veiled rage, merrily reciting his act at the few girls present until one breaks through to the sad him, the real him, the reason he is a goddamn comedian, and he admits that the jokes he was telling about being invited back to the trailer for a crystal meth party weren’t jokes at all (but the girl knew that already), and the soft, gooey insides of the hardened comic pour out weepy and viscous, and the other comics see it and are filled with contempt.

SOMETIMES THE MEANNESS IS THE EXACT RIGHT AMOUNT OF MEANNESS.

In the theater, the middle-aged crowd takes too long to get drunk, except for a brassy lady behind us who laughs long and lustily at every mention of penis, and the early contestants bear the brunt of sobriety.

Performing order is very much a factor as the night wears on and the vodka kicks in and the audience uncrosses its arms and its legs and gets generous. (The bartenders at Alexis Park have real nice pours.) To a man, the earliest contestants will not move on to the finals. The Alien Comedian starts things off with Trekkie and single-mama jokes; later, he’ll tell me his Vegas day job is as a Klingon. Denise Ramsden, the sole chick to make it through to Saturday night, is from Chicago and hates babies and likes to drink.

The crowd likes Denise Ramsden a lot!

There are so many comics in one place, and the regional differences in style are glaring.

Guess what? Miami’s sort of cocky/Dane Cook-y! Guess what? Atlanta and Charlotte are pretty cosmopolitan/hung up on race!

(I’m not saying they shouldn’t still be hung up on race; we should all still be hung up race; especially when white comics are still imitating black guys and pronouncing “earth” “urf.”) Guess what? Mild-mannered dudes in

From left: Maxim Lardent, Lysander Abadia, Breon Jenay

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Dockers from L.A. are gay sometimes! Guess what? Comics from the Rust Belt are sort of world-weary! Guess what? People from Minnesota are nice!

After the Alien Comedian and the one woman and the three human dudes fail to advance from semi- to finals, finalists Kevin Williamson (Miami), Ryan Dalton (Cleveland) and Landry (Atlanta by way of Canada) take the stage a second time, expanding the truncated bits from their 10-minute sets to fill 30. Crowd favorite Landry discusses being a “negro redneck,” his dimples popping. He happily tells us his Jamaican dad and redneck mama got together through the services of weed and meth. “I know the saying, and you know the saying,” he tells us. “Once you go black ... you’re a single mom!” “It’s OK,” he tells a white man,“the black people are laughing!” Before he closes, he does a tight five on the prescription-strength laxatives that will murder you before your GI exam. The middleaged crowd has felt just this pain.

Kevin Williamson, a young dad, does a long, pleasant bit about baby boners, and mild acts of suburban transgression, and smelling like a rose through his DUIs. It’s Ryan Dalton from Cleveland who wins — he’s aggressive, looks a little like Jeremy Piven, and there’s an edge to him that crosses frequently into meanness. One joke starts promisingly; he’s in an elevator with two girls and two black guys, and when the first girl leaves the elevator, she leans back in and tells the other to call her when she gets to her car, so she’ll know she made it back all right.

Excited, we wait for her rightful comeuppance. But Dalton tells her not to worry, he wouldn’t rape her ... drum roll ... because she’s disgusting. It’s like watching Andrew Dice Clay call someone a fat pig — or like watching Gordon Ramsay, anytime. Then he slides into a black-guy impression — with a basis in the reality that black people are either terrified of dogs or have the meanest dog sons of bitches in the universe. But his punch line here is a black dude saying “urf.” Sometimes the meanness is the exact right amount of meanness, though — when Dalton sees a man with a black eye, he wants to know what happened. When he sees a woman with one ... he doesn’t want to get involved. “Don’t look in her good eye,” he whimpers. “That’s where the tears come from.” And it’s awful, and you laugh and laugh.

Check out World Series of Comedy winner Ryan Dalton at www.theryandalton.com.

Wanna see runner-up Landry? Go to www.comedianlandry.com.

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Scrimshaw has freighted his two main characters with an oversupply of quirks. Loewy hasn’t been able to solve the ensuing riddle: How do you spend an entertaining evening Adventures in Mating with characters who are not only obnoxious works too hard but borderline detestable? The audiencefor the money participation bits provide some respite, and the second act, which streamlines the story

BY DAVID MCKEE and adds more either/or junctures, is the Joseph Scrimshaw’s Adventures in Mating funnier of the two. is an odd duck. The audience is its critical Abadia’sWaiter,whoalsoleadsapre-show component. If the crowd is large and lively, audience warm-up, is the most likable of the it’ll be fun. See it with, say, five lonely souls protagonists,spendingmuchoftheplaysimin the house and woe betide you. mering behind an enviable deadpan. As the You see, Mating is an audience-participaconstantly Star Trek-citing Jeffrey, Lardent tion play, inspired by the Choose Your Own has canny, throwaway timing; his punch Adventure novels popular decades ago. A linessneakuponyou—andhedoesanexpert newly divorced nerd (Maxim Lardent) and pratfall, too. A slovenly, fairly creepy chata cat-fixated bachelorette (Breon Jenay) terbox, Jeffrey has a bad habit of oversharing, are on the blind date from which Lardent punctuates Hell. When their sorely with nervous chortles.

SEE IT WITH put-upon waiter (Lysander Armored in spinster FINE LONELY Abadia) asks them to spectacles, severely SOULS IN THE choose red or white wine, bobbed hair and primthe action freezes and the HOUSE AND WOE librarian manner, Jenay’s question is resolved by Miranda is a human exBETIDE YOU. polling the audience. clamation point, treating There are 16 such forks a date like a job interview. in the road, total, shunting the comedic She’s funnier when silently reacting. Othtrain onto myriad sidetracks. Act II repeats erwise her tightly wound line readings and the initial scenario, showing how the date near-insane intensity level create psychotic would have played out if the other wine had overtones, as though trying to convert Matbeen selected. Spectator votes determine ing into something avant-garde when all it everything from which entrée is ordered to means to do is have fun … and intermitwhich character will seduce the waiter. Autently does. dience members are “volunteered” to play ADVENTURES IN MATING Friday, 7 p.m., bit parts, giving the cast a chance for some Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m., Theatre7, 1406 S. Third St., skillful extemporization.

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“When we looked around the world in those first months after 9/11, there was no place more likely to be a nexus between terrorism and WMD capability than Saddam Hussein’s Iraq,” Cheney writes. Likelihoods aside, the evidence shows it simply wasn’t true.

CHENEY NEVER LEARNED TO NAVIGATE THE TENSION BETWEEN DEFENDING THE COUNTRY AND UPHOLDING ITS CORE PRINCIPLES.

Cheney burns the village to save it

BY STEVE SEBELIUS

No apologies

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n his first, now infamous, interview after the Sept.11 attacks,Vice President Dick Cheney announced to Meet the Press host Tim Russert that, in the new war on terror, the United States would have to work “the dark side, if you will.”

For some, this was a new concept. But for Cheney, whose government service dates to the Nixon administration, it was nothing new. He’d worked the dark side for decades, participating in “continuity of government” exercises, drills on surviving catastrophic enemy attacks. He’d served on the House intelligence committee, developing an insatiable appetite for the raw intelligence about enemies plotting across the globe.

It’s understandable Cheney would develop a paranoia about global threats, and that he’d come to emphasize the practical (staying alive to fight the war) over the philosophical (remembering why we fight).

On Sept. 11, Cheney was perhaps the most

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prepared person in government, even if the suicide hijackings and planes-as-weapons tactic (eerily foreshadowed in a 1994 Tom Clancy novel) caught the rest of America by horrific surprise.

Threats to the country — and fighting those threats — forms the undercurrent of Cheney’s memoir In My Time, just as it forms the basis of Cheney’s groundbreaking vice presidency. But it also was Cheney’s ironic downfall; he never learned to navigate the tension between defending the country and upholding its core principles.

Much has been made about Cheney’s scoresettling. Nowhere is this more true than in regard to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, depicted in nearly every instance as callow, calculating or disloyal. Whether it’s being more concerned about domestic political calculations during the first Gulf War, or Powell’s hesitancy to abrogate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in order to develop missile-de-

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Cheney, far left, with President Ford

fense systems, or allegations that Powell spoke against administration policy to outsiders, undercutting the president, it’s clear Cheney maintains a dim view of his onetime protégé.

But Powell, and, to a lesser extent, thenNational Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, are simply avatars Cheney uses to buttress the notion that he was right all along.When we see Rice “tearfully” admitting in Cheney’s office she was wrong to question the nowinfamous 16 words in Bush’s 2003 State of the Union speech, it’s not so much an attack on her professionalism or gender as much as an affirmation Cheney was right. “The 16 words were true,” he insists.

Cheney may be the last man contending that al-Qaida had a relationship with Iraq, one that posed a post-Sept. 11 danger that justified invasion. (Although the Sept. 11 Commission report documents contacts between the terror group and Saddam Hussein’s regime, it states flatly there was no “collaborative relationship” and that there is no evidence that Iraq was involved in attacks on the United States.)

But for Cheney, that’s simply wrong. The invasion, he believes, stopped Iraq from developing a weapon that could have been given to terrorists for use against the U.S.

If Cheney’s appetite for foreign adventurism was high, his domestic agenda was even more ambitious. As Pulitzer Prize-winning Barton Gellman’s Angler reveals, Cheney’s bureaucratic skill, honed under Presidents Ford in the 1970s and Bush in the late 1980s and early 1990s, taught him to put the right people in the right jobs to get things done.

This was one way in which Cheney’s long-held view of executive supremacy in the conduct of war gained currency in the administration. Cheney and his men believe a wartime president may act almost unilaterally to defend the nation, surveilling, imprisoning and torturing at will, without interference from Congress, the courts or the people.

Thus, when the CIA came calling, asking about what Cheney still calls “enhanced interrogation techniques,” his vetted allies in the Justice Department bureaucracy responded with a series of legal memos that, for a short time, allowed the U.S. to engage in carefully parsed, euphemistically named but unmistakable acts of torture.

As the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer shows in her book The Dark Side, Cheney’s men conscienced — in violation of U.S. law and treaties to which the country is a signatory — the nearly inhuman treatment of detainees in notorious prisons overseas. Those acts had devastating consequences for both victim and victimizer, and precious little to show in the way of results.

In My Time is Cheney’s effort to say he did it all to protect the country,and his way worked.

But he never seems to grasp how his radical views — alien to the Constitution — damaged the nation in ways profound and simple.

Burning the village to save it, Cheney never seems to have learned, leaves only ashes.

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Here in Las Vegas we’re no strangers to extravagance. It’s a routine event on the Strip.

Tourists come to indulge in the rich and famous lifestyle, while residents tend to avoid the expensive luxury boutiques. Very few approach the upper echelons of high fashion, where a single item of clothing can cost as much as a Honda Civic.

Local artist Lolita Develay’s new work in Window Shopping, at the Winchester Cultural Center Gallery, picks up on the divide between the extremely wealthy and average individuals, and enhances it. The gallery walls are lined with glistening artificial humanoids hawking lavish furs and silks, their bald, opalescent heads a riot of colors and distorted reflections. The vacant eyes of a bronzed mannequin in “Let Them Eat Cake” glare at the viewer with an unsettling bright pink reflected from the rosy fabric of the elegant gown it’s displaying. A watercolor titled “Hey Hey” depicts two mannequins inclined in a silent exchange, a low-cut evening dress and turned-up trench coat giving them the appearance of otherworldly spies. A curtain of crystal beads shimmers behind the shiny empty expression in “Black Swallowtail,” inviting uninterrupted scrutiny of a florid animal striped dress.

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For reference, Develay visited Crystals at CityCenter, and was drawn to the window displays of Roberto Cavalli in particular.

“I have a general interest in that end of retail. I like glamour,” Develay said. “I wanted to see people interacting with the windows and with the art, but it’s a virtual ghost town.

People don’t really shop at the CityCenter too much. I got this overwhelming sensation of isolation, and it just reminded me of the big gap between the haves and the have-nots.”

Develay uses a photorealistic style with a dash of abstraction observable when a viewer goes in for a closer look and the painting dissolves into glimmering drops of color. You may content yourself with the “really pretty surface” the artist creates, or look deeper for the social issues of capitalism and haute couture under examination.

“It’s like plastic surgery,” Develay explained.

“Women put silicon in their bodies. How different is that from being these alien stereotypes that we set up as icons of beauty? If we really could get ourselves to be perfect beings, then we would be these shiny mannequins …”

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They’re here, they’re clear Steelz is a gay-friendly, straightwelcoming restaurant where transparency — and its interesting menu — make it worth supporting

BY AL MANCINI

As a middle-aged man who is married to a woman, I’m not an expert on the local gay scene. It’s not that I don’t enjoy hanging out with gay people or in gay establishments. It’s just that I spend more time in restaurants than bars or clubs. And since Hamburger Mary’s closed, I haven’t known of any gay-identifying restaurants in town.

So I was surprised and excited when I heard about the new restaurant Steelz in Green Valley, which has been aggressively marketing itself to the gay community.

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The dining room at Steelz.

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A quick glimpse at the restaurant’s website makes it obvious the place is gay-friendly. That’s excellent. But it also begs the question of whether it’s hetero-friendly. While my wife and I have never publicly identified ourselves as straight (life’s too short STEELZ to make that kind of comWANTS TO mitment), we have heard a BE A PLACE few people in gay establishments mumble “breeder” at WHERE us over the years. So I was a EVERYONE little curious how we’d be FEELS received at Steelz.

The truth is, Steelz WELCOME. doesn’t feel nearly as “gay” as many of my favorite restaurants in New York City’s West Village or the Castro in San Francisco. There are no rainbow flags on the walls, and no gay pride literature on the bar.

It was a little conspicuous that on the night we visited, my wife was the only female customer. But neither the staff nor the other patrons made us feel uncomfortable. When I specifically asked one server whether the restaurant was positioning itself as a gay business, he told me they want to be a place where everyone feels welcome.

plate of cheese, fruit and charcuterie ($16.98). There are four flatbread pizzas ($12.99), eight salads ($7.99 for half, $11.99 for full) and nine burgers and sandwiches ($7.99-$9.99).

And signature entrees include pastas ($14.99-$15.99), salmon with apricothoney glaze, mango salsa, spinach and couscous ($17.99) and grilled pork loin with mustard demi glace ($18.99).

On our server’s recommendation, my wife ordered a half of a chopped salad to start, while I requested pork dumplings ($9.99). My appetizer arrived first. They were fairly generic potstickers accompanied by two equally generic sauces — ginger soy and sweet chili. But they were good, and perfectly pan-fried.

My wife’s salad didn’t arrive until long after we had finished my starter.

But the waiter explained they had trouble forming the corn, tomato, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, shredded carrots, white beans, cucumber and sunflower seeds while leaving the dressing on the side, as she had requested. And they apparently weren’t thrilled with the results — so they brought us one version the way she’d asked for, and a complimentary one the way they preferred to make it.

It was a nice gesture. But they could have saved time and effort by simply telling us the request posed a problem.

For my entrée, I had a delicious preparation of chicken ($17.99). The breast meat was lightly coated in herbs and pan-seared to crispy perfection. It was topped with a wonderful pomegranate vinaigrette, and accompanied by a combination of spinach, roasted peppers, artichoke hearts and dried cherries. My wife had a hamburger with balsamic glaze and blue cheese that was close to perfect, though a little lacking in cheese.

Our service was extremely slow at times. But it was probably the result of the dozen or so people celebrating a birthday at the table next to us. Our servers acknowledged the delays, and were apologetic about them. Other than that, service was excellent.

Steelz has only been open a little more than a month. So it’s not surprising they still need to work out a few kinks. But the interesting menu and super-friendly staff makes it worth supporting them through the process.

At first glance, Steelz looks no more interesting than an upscale video-poker bar. It has a simple industrial décor. The dining room is separated from the bar by a Plexiglas wall.

The menu, however, features much more than typical bar food. The appetizer section includes hummus ($9.99), seared sesame-crusted ahi ($10.99), crab cakes ($12.99 for two) and a

STEELZ 4401 E. Sunset Road, 451-9464. Read more about the Las Vegas dining scene on Al Mancini’s blog, www.almancini.net.

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All dining listings are recommended restaurants based on reviews by current and former CityLife critics.

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JAPANESE

Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, 732-5821. Japanese tabletop cooking at its finest. The chefs deliver great, steaming hot food, as well as an entertaining show.

GINZA SUSHI 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.

MAKINO 3965 S. Decatur Blvd., 889-4477. The reasonably priced Japanese seafood buffet is consistently fresh and delicious all the way from sushi to dessert.

OSAKA 4205W.Sahara Ave.,10920S.Eastern,6163788. Well-trained,award-winning chefsand seafood notavailable elsewhere intown:This Japanese restaurantistheplace to go ifyouwanta civilized meal.

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 MON 9770 S. Maryland Parkway, 617-0241.

Fresh and authentic delicacies. Try the all-you-caneat dinner.

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.

SUSHIWA 790 Coronado Center Drive, 263-5785.

This hip, modern Henderson newcomer has a New York City feel, and offers innovative spins on sushi and sashimi, taking rolls to a new level.

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.

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

CATHAY HOUSE 5300 W. Spring Mountain Road, 876-3838. Better-than-average Chinese food and great service in an elegant setting. The restaurant’s east wall is made up entirely of plate-glass windows, providing a wonderful view of the Strip’s parade of lights.

CHINA MAMA 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.

SAM WOO BARBECUE 4215 Spring Mountain Road, 368-7628. Chinese-style barbecue that ranges from rather odd to wonderful.

TAO Venetian Grand Canal Shops, 3373 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 2025, 388-8338. The nightclub half of this $20-million venture has been getting most of the press. But the beautifully decorated restaurant is worth a visit for the pan-Asian menu that boasts brilliant sauces, large portions and prices that won’t completely break the bank.

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 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).

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VIETNAMESE

3400 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 2A, 418-1931.

Forget the pho. You won’t find it on the menu at this hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese restaurant. They specialize in something different: broken rice platters known as com tam. They come topped with a large variety of meats, sausages and rice patties, all at unbelievably reasonable prices. (Even the most massive feast is less than $9.) If broken rice isn’t your thing, you can also substitute vermicelli.

PHO KIM LONG 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 TI, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 894-7111. Lo-

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cated inside The Coffee Shop, this Vietnamese eatery offers less than two dozen dishes, none priced more than $10.95. It’s open until 11:30 p.m. weekdays, and until 2:30 a.m. on weekends, which makes it great for a late-night snack. Less adventurous diners can always order from the basic coffee shop menu.

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.

MIN SOK CHON 1801 E. TropicanaAvenue,2625592.Thisrestaurant splitsitsmenubetweenKorean cuisineand sushi.Attimestheformercanbeabit unapproachableifyou aren’t ableto communicatewith

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TASTY ISLAND: Owen Sutherland adds a plantain to a curried goat plate.

your server in Korean.Thelatter, ontheotherhand,is exactly thetypeof crazy specialtyrollsAmericanslove – veryoften boasting non-Japanesetoucheslikecream cheeseand deep-frying.Overall, thefoodisgood.But if you’relooking for traditional nigirioraserverfluentin English you’redestined to disappointment.

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.

PANNA THAI 6015 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 100, 823-2345. Great food at reasonable prices, offered as takeout or in a nicely decorated, casually modern dining room. Like most Thai cuisine, the dishes can be a little spicy — even when you ask for them on the mild side. But once you make it through the heat you’ll discover delicious takes on plenty of traditional recipes.

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FILIPINO

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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INDIAN

4080Paradise Road, 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.

NAMASTE 953 E. Sahara Ave., 892-0033.

Melquedes Rodriguez recently purchased the Indian restaurant located directly next door to the legendary Thai restaurant Lotus of Siam, and her desire for an audience was probably part of the reason. The former professional singer will take your order one minute, and then fire up her private karaoke machine to entertain the crowd for a few songs while the kitchen staff prepares your food. That food consists of extremely well-prepared Indian standards.

And the entertainment is kind of charming — in a kitschy sort of way.

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.

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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

1501 W. Sahara Ave., 2144000. The restaurant in this hipster hangout offers primarily Italian choices served in a dining room that’s just as cool as the rest of the building. It may

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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.

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.

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.

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4533 W. Sahara Ave., 364-9686.

Down-home atmosphere makes this breakfast spot a nice alternative to the national chains.

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.

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.

KONA GRILL 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.

LAWRY’S THE PRIME RIB 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, 893-2223. They may have the simplest menu in the world of sit-down restaurants, but they’re good at what they do: prime rib.

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, 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.

MAPLE TREE COUNTRYSIDE KITCHEN 6000 W. Spring Mountain Road, 362-5151. In keeping with New England’s sugarhouse restaurant tradition, the syrup is authentic and fresh. A large, country-style breakfast selection is available all day, with lunchtime choices available as well. Closes at 2 p.m. every day, closed Mondays.

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.

REDWOOD BAR & GRILL California Hotel-Casino, 12 E. Ogden Ave., 385-1222. Traditional American, special-occasion dining in a wonderful room.

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.

SLIDIN’ THRU Various locations, www.slidinthru.com. The urban mobile food truck THE EGG AND I

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.

SHUCK’S OYSTER BAR 9338 W. Flamingo Road, 255-4890; 7155 N. Durango Drive, 651-6227. In addition to the basic raw bar staples, Shuck’s offers a full menu of seafood, sandwiches, pasta, Southwestern dishes and the feel of a beachtown seafood joint.

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.

ZOOZACRACKERS Wynn, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, 770-3365. This deli features massive sandwiches made with only top-quality ingredients.

It’s a bit pricey, but Steve Wynn isn’t known to be a bargain hunter.

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 countless 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.

MESA GRILL Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, 650-5965. Inventive, rich Southwestern food in a lively atmosphere. Good, friendly service.

High-end, but comfortable.

MI CASA GRILL CANTINA Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 263-7777. A modern Mexican cantina dropped in the middle of a backwoods-themed casino. Luckily for you, Mi Casa has 65 tequilas delivered by their resident “tequila temptress” to help you work your way through the culture shock. The menu features tapas, Mexican classics and various house specialties: something for everyone.

MUNDO World Market Center, 495 Grand Central Parkway, 270-4400. Fans who miss the Mexican avant-garde 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 AGAVE COMIDA Y TEQUILA

TINOCO’S KITCHEN: The “1969” N.Y. strip and shrimp with mashed potatoes and vegetable.

3767 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, 862-4100. This stand-alone Strip steakhouse is part of the New York chain. Simple and expensive steaks are served snootily, but it’s a good place to impress certain kinds of people.

SONOMA CELLAR Sunset Station, 1301 W. Sunset Road, 547-7898. Its elegant setting and gourmet steakhouse menu put Station Casinos on the fine dining map.

STACK Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7927800. Sister restaurant to Fix at the Bellagio, offering a similar look and menu. Chef Brian Massie is at his best when putting a grown-up spin on childhood comfort foods with dishes like bacon and brie tater tots and Kobe chili cheese dogs. Dinner even includes a free pass to the Jet nightclub.

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.

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.

TODD’S UNIQUE DINING 4350 E. Sunset Road, 259-8633. As good as any gourmet restaurant on the Strip at notably lower prices, but it’s the service that helps distinguish the place as a great neighborhood restaurant. Unique, casual fine dining.

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off-limits to the general public, Mundo’s doors are open to everyone for both lunch and dinner.

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.

SABOR 594 N. Stephanie St., 473-5377. A new Mexican restaurant with a twist has moved into the space near Sunset Station once occupied by the popular El Jefe’s. San Francisco-trained chef Scott Sousa owned a restaurant in Mexico’s Oaxaca region for several years, where he learned to incorporate local influences into his cooking. The result is something he calls “California cuisine fused with Oaxacan Mexican flavors.” And, for the most part, the two styles blend together beautifully.

SONIO’S CAFE AND ROTISSERIE 3900 W. Charleston Blvd., 307-2177. This simple rotisserie joint offers a surprisingly varied menu, including a large selection of Mexican food. But it’s the basic chicken and delicious side dishes that will keep you coming back. Priced just a few bucks more than most fast food meals, it’s a thousand times better.

VIVA MERCADO’S 3553 S. Rainbow Blvd., 8718826. This popular westside Mexican place recently reopened in a new, much larger location. The menu is a massive tome packed with both familiar and original Mexican delicacies. But before you begin wading through it, spend some time pondering the 10 types of salsas to accompany your chips.

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.

LOLA’S 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 101, 2275652. The food at this Cajun restaurant in the Holsum Lofts can be hit-or-miss at times. (Their jambalaya still needs some work.) But, when chef Lola Pokorny is on her game, her food can’t be beat.

Her grilled oysters, brushed with lemon butter and Parmesan, are the best in town. And her unique crawpuppy appetizers are downright addictive. But it’s the weekly crawfish boil, held Fridays, that’s become a downtown institution.

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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EL SALVADORAN

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

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2066. 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.

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.

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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.

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ARGENTINIAN

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

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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.

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.

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CONT. FROM P31 BATTISTA’S HOLE IN THE WALL 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 reason-

able prices.

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.

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!)

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 CAFÉ CHLOE

good meal in a relaxed atmosphere.

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 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.

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.

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.

GIUSEPPE’S BAR AND GRILL

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 THE FAT GREEK

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rather than burgers and tacos. The menu features gyros, souvlaki and falafel, as well as side dishes 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.

SEAN PATRICK’S 8255 W. Flamingo Road, 2279793. A wonderful mix of Irish pub and family restaurant.

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 ALMAZA

MUSIC CALENDAR

Recommended. Send event information to: Mike Prevatt at listings@lvcitylife.com.

[ S E P T. 2 9 T O O C T. 5 ] SUNSET STATION AMPHITHEATER

ZZ Top (8p, $49-$119)

SWAY POOL @ SILVERTON

Yellowman (7p, $10-$15)

VEIL PAVILION @ SILVERTON

David Allan Coe (7p, $25)

SUNDAY

OCT. 2

CASHMAN FIELD

Las Vegas Bike Fest: Chris Bell (12p, $15) THE COURTYARD AT HOUSE OF BLUES

For the Fight! (9p, free)

DOUBLE DOWN SALOON

DURAN DURAN: Sept. 30 at The Joint 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.

THURSDAY

SEPT. 29

BOOK AND STAGE @ THE COSMOPOLITAN

BOOMERS

Utopian Riot, Far From Fate, Brawl, others (9p, cover) BOULDER STATION

Foghat (8p, $19.95-$34.95) CASHMAN FIELD

Las Vegas Bike Fest: Nurse Ratchet, The Crashers, Left of Centre (12p, $15) CHEYENNE SALOON

Hed P.E., Slaine, Rule of Thumb, others (8p,$15-$20) DOUBLE DOWN SALOON

Number 3 Pencil, Xomby, Allura (10p, free)

ORLEANS SHOWROOM

The Temptations (8p, $38.50-$66) THE PEARL

Erasure, Frankmusik (9p, $35-$65) VEIL PAVILION @ SILVERTON

HARD ROCK CAFE

OCT. 1

ARTEMUS W. HAM CONCERT HALL @ UNLV

UtahSymphony (8p,$35-$75) BEAUTY BAR

Jump Jive and Wail (7p, $10)

CHEYENNE SALOON

HARD ROCK CAFE

BIKINI BAR

HARD ROCK CAFE

HOUSE OF BLUES

THE JOINT @ HARD ROCK HOTEL

Bush, Chevelle (8p, $35.50-$40) LVCS

South of Graceland (8p, free)

FRIDAY

SEPT. 30

BOOK AND STAGE @ THE COSMOPOLITAN

Kings Go Forth (10p, midnight, free)

Queensyche, The Voodoos (9p, $40-$60) THE JOINT @ HARD ROCK HOTEL

Duran Duran, Neon Trees (8p, $85.50-$91) LVCS

Bayou Brothers (8p, $5) MOTOR CITY CAFE

NoPartyNo, The Quitters (10p, free) ORLEANS ARENA

Phineas and Ferb (7p, $18.50$69.50)

Cardiac Kidz, Pharmacy Tinglerz, others (10p, free)

SATURDAY

Fortwentydaze, Slanted Advocates (8p, $10)

We Came As Romans, Miss May I, Of Mice and Men, others (5p, $16-$18)

DOUBLE DOWN SALOON

FREAKIN FROG

GARFIELD’S

Thrice, La Dispute, O’Brother, others (5:30p, $20-$23)

The What Knotts, My Divide, Arising Tide, others (8p, cover)

David Allan Coe (7p, $25)

Kings Go Forth (10p, midnight, free)

Spineshank, Cirka:Sik, Bipolar, others (7p, $10)

CHEYENNE SALOON

Big Sir, others (9p, $8) BOOK AND STAGE @ THE COSMOPOLITAN

Kings Go Forth (10p, midnight, free)

BOOMERS

Jo Elles, Take the Lead (9p, cover) BUNKHOUSE

Sector 7G, Stainless Steel Ride, Addiction Switch, others (10p, cover) CANNERY CASINO

The Guess Who (8:30p, $19.95-$39.95)

Kool Sensations (9p, free) Pinktober Benefit: Elliott Yamin (8p, $15) HOUSE OF BLUES

Andres Calamaro (9p, $45-$49)

CASHMAN FIELD

Las Vegas Bike Fest: Jay Gordon, Voodoo Cowboys, The Curves (12p, $15)

Your Arsenal, Hands Like Bricks, The Bombpops (10p, free) HOUSE OF BLUES

Never Shout Never, Rocket to the Moon, Fake Problems (6p, $20-$24) ORLEANS ARENA

Phineas and Ferb (12:30p, 3:30p, 6:30p, $18.50$69.50) ORLEANS SHOWROOM

The Temptations (8p, $38.50-$66)

VEIL PAVILION @ SILVERTON

David Allan Coe (7p, $25)

MONDAY

OCT. 3

CROWN THEATER

Saxon (10p, free)

LVCS

TUESDAY

MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER

BEAUTY BAR

Blues Company (8p, free)

OCT. 4

David Foster & Friends (8p, $64.55-$147.70)

Dr. Frank, The Mr. T Experience, The Bomb Bassets, others (10p, $5)

ORLEANS ARENA

HOUSE OF BLUES

Phineas and Ferb (1p, 4p, 7p, $18.50-$69.50) ORLEANS SHOWROOM

The Temptations (8p, $38.50-$66)

PLANET HOLLYWOOD THEATER OF PERFORMING ARTS

Justin Timberlake and guests (8p, $49-$177)

Bring Me The Horizon, Architects, others (6p, $22-$25)

WEDNESDAY

OCT. 5

CHEYENNE SALOON

Warbringer, Diamond Plate, Lazarus AD, others (8p, cover)

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.

LIVE MUSIC 3740 S. Nellis Blvd., 436-7600.

Thu: Blues with John Zito Band, 11p, free. Every 3rd Sat: Blues with John Zito Band, 10p 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.

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.

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, 8p, $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.

BRASS LOUNGE 425 Fremont St., 382-3531, www.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.

CANYON CLUB 202 Fremont St., 387-5175, www.fourqueens.com.

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CONT. FROM P33 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.

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.

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.

COUNT’S VAMP’D 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 2208849, www.vampdvegas.com. Thu: Local music, 10p. Fri-Sat: Live music, 10p. Wed: John Zito Band, 9p, free.

DON’T TELL MAMA 517 Fremont St., 207-0788.

Cabaret-style piano bar.

DOUBLE DOWN SALOON 4640 Paradise Road, 7915775.

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.

FREAKIN’ FROG 4700 Maryland Parkway, 5979702, www.freakinmusic.com. Thu: Singers and songwriters, 9:30p. Sat: Live music, 9:30p. Tue: Freakin’ Jazz Jam, 9:30p. Skip Martin and Niles Rivers hosts JamCast, 10:30p. 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: 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:

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’Nuff Said classic rock, 10p.

511 Fremont St., 382-0577. Wed: Live music, 10p.

HARD ROCK CAFE 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 650-8590, www.hardrock.com.

HENNESSEY’S TAVERN 425 Fremont St., Suite 110, 382-4421, www.hennesseyslasvegas.com. Fri: Live music, 9p-2a.

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.

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.

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.

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 Music Jam, 9:30p. Tue: Jazz Under the Stars, 9p.

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: Thu-Fri, Sun: San Fernando Band, 9p. Tue: Crush, 9p. Wed: Sounds of Detroit, with The Nite Kings, 4p. 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: THE GRIFFIN

THRICE: Sept. 30 at Hard Rock Cafe

MUSICVENUES 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., 3681863 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,6454139 Crown Theater Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 733-8229 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

Sat: Sante Fe and the Fat City Horns, 12a. Tue: Jerry Tiffe, 2p.

PALMS LOUNGE 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 9427777, www.palms.com. Sun: Franky Perez, 10p, free. Mon: Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns, 10:30p, $7. Tue: Frankie Moreno with guests, 10p, $7.

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.

Las Vegas Country Saloon 425FremontSt.,382-3531 Las Vegas Hilton 3000 Paradise Road, 7325755 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., 2208849 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

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.

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 Pardey, 9p. Mon: Rocket 8p.

SAXBYS COFFEE 72 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, 558-1838. Wed: Open mic, 6:30p. Sat: Live music, 6:30p.

SILVERTON CASINO Sway Pool & Lounge, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 263-7777, www.silvertoncasino.com. Bands, Bikinis and Burgers Poolside concert series.

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.

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.

YAYO TACO

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 and others. Sat: afterhours with residents DJ Mike Attack, Steller and others, spinning electro, house/ progressive, techno, tech, 2a.

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.

BLUE MARTINI 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.

BOND The Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd.

8 1/2 AND PIRANHA

South, 698-7000. DJs nightly.

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.

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.

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.

ENCORE BEACH CLUB Encore, 3121 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, 770-7300. Fri-Mon, 11a, Thu, 10p. Sun: “Daystar Sundays,” house, opens April 17. Cover varies.

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.

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, CATHOUSE LOUNGERIE

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: “Candy 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 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 262-4LAX. Fri-Sat, Wed. Fri: DJ Hope. Sat: DJ Casanova. Wed: Industry night with DJ Casanova; hip-hop, house.

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.

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.

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.”

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. Opens April 17.

ROK VEGAS 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.

SHOTZ 4601 W.SaharaAve., 221-4266.Fri:DJTheoryspinship-hop, funk,soul, reggaeandhouse,11pm.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

STAGE THEATER

3275 Industrial Road, 369-6442. Third Thu: Afternoon Delight variety show with spoken word, music and shadow play, $10.

INSURGO THEATER The Plaza, 1 Main St., 8835500. Waiting For Godot, Thu-Sat, 8p, $25.

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.

ONYX THEATRE The Rack, 953 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 16, 732-7225, www.onyxtheatre.com. Karnival variety show, first Wed, 8p, $20. Naked Boys Singing, Fri, 10p. $40-$45.

OVATION Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, 617-7777. The Very Best of Cole Porter, Fri, 8p, $10.

ROYAL RESORT, 99 Convention Center Drive, (866) 218-4935. My Secret Diaries, Fri-Sun, 9p, $24.95$29.95 (reservations required).

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.

SONATA PARK 1550 Seven Hills Drive, 267-5840.

Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Sat, 7p SPRING MOUNTAIN RANCH STATE PARK Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, 10 miles west of I-215 on W. Charleston Blvd., 594-7529.

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COMEDY

375 E. Harmon Ave. Just Serendipity Improv, Fridays and Saturdays. 7p, $30 BIG AL’S COMEDY CLUB Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 365-7075. Open mic, Sun, 9p, free.

Dustin Diamond with Anthony Padilla and Joe O’Connell, Thu-Sat, 7:30p, Fri-Sat, 9:30p, through Oct 1, $12.99-$15.99.

BRAD GARRETT’S COMEDY CLUB Tropicana, 3801 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 739-2417. Sun-Sat. 8p. Fri. & Sat. 10p. Scott Henry & Denny Johnston thru Oct. 2. Larry Reeb & Michael Somerville Oct. 3-9.

BUNKHOUSE SALOON 124 S. 11th St., 384-4536.

Mange Comedy, Thu, 8p-10p. Battle of the Comics, First Sat, 8p-10p, $5.

CROWN NIGHTCLUB Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, 252-7777. Sat: Crown Comedy Jam, 9p, $39.50$79.50. Thu, Sun-Wed: Exxtreme Comedy Show, Wheels Parise, 9p, $39.50.

DADDY MAC’S NIGHTCLUB 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, 272-0913. Wed: The LMAO Free Comedy Show, 10p, free.

FOUNDATION ROOM Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd., 632-7600. Laughter Hours Comedy, Sun, 8p, $10.

HARMON THEATER Planet Hollywood Resort, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 836-0836, www.harmontheater.com. The Amazing Johnathan, Thu-Sat, Tue-Wed, 9p, $59.95-$69.95.

Naughty Boys Hypnosis Show, Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed, 9p, $47.97-$67.97. Singing impressionist Larry G. Jones, Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed, 7p, $45-$69. Hypnosis Unleashed, Fri-Wed, 9p, $45.94.

THE IMPROV Harrah’s, 3475 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, 369-5223. Mac King Comedy Magic Show, Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed, 1p, 3p, $29.95. Defending the Caveman, daily, 7p, Sun-Mon, 3p, $39.95$64.95. Improv, Tue-Sun, 8:30p, 10:30p, $29.05$44.95.Nick Griffin, with Daniel Kinno and Alysia Wood through Oct. 2. James Stephens III, with Quinn Dahle and Brett Walkow, Oct. 4-9.

LOUIE ANDERSON THEATER Palace Station, 2411 W. Sahara Ave., 495-4248. Louie LOL, Tue-Sat, 8: 30p, $49.95-$99.95. Bonkerz Comedy All Stars, Fri, 8:30p, $34.95.

MIRAGE 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 792-7777.

Lewis Black, Fri-Sat, 10p, $59.99-$79.99.

ONYX THEATRE The Rack, 953 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 16, 732-7225, www.onyxtheatre.com. Mon: S.E.T. Improv, 8p, $10.

THE PALMS LOUNGE 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 9443200. Thu-Fri: Playboy Comedy, hosted by Cort McCown, Thu, 10p; Fri, 10p; Sat: 8p, 10p, $39.99$59.99.

THEATRE7 1406 S. 3rd St., 568-9663 and www.theatre7lv.com. The Will Edwards Show, every 2nd, 4th Wed, 7p, $10.

TREASURE ISLAND 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 693-7722.

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ART 8379 W. Sunset Road, Suite 115, 257-1520. Thu-Fri, 8a-5p; Mon-Wed, 8a-5p and weekend appointments. “Summer Showcase” featuring artist Mitchell Todd and accessory artist Stella Vittorio, through Sept. Art displayed throughout Building B, DLC Empire in Corporate Center, 8860 Sunset Road, Suite 200.

ART DE VIGNETTES FINE ART GALLERY Fashion Show Mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 7343202. Mon-Fri, 10a-9p; Sat, 10a-7p; Sun, 12a-6p.

Barbara Lee Woolen presents an array of mediums such as paintings, sculptures, glass, jewelry and New Yorker magazine cover prints.

ATOMIC TESTING MUSEUM 755 E. Flamingo Road, 794-5151, www.atomictestingmuseum.org. MonSat, 10a-5p; Sun, 12-5p. Building Atomic Vegas, A.R.T. EVOLUTION

www.springspreserve.org. Daily, 10a-6p.

BLACK MOUNTAIN RECREATION CENTER

son, 599 Greenway Road, 267-4033.

Boulder Dam Hotel, 1305 Arizona St., Boulder City, 2932138, www.bcmha.org. Daily, Mon-Sat, 10a-5p; Sun, 12p-5p. $2, seniors, students and children $1.

CENTENNIAL HILLS LIBRARY 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, 507-6100. Thu, 10a-7p; Fri-Sun, 10a-6p; Mon-Wed, 10a-7p. Free. Near and Far by Clayton Rippey, through Sept 25.

CENTERPIECE GALLERY Crystal Place at CityCenter, 3720 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 739-3314, www.centerpiecelv.com. Thu-Wed, 10a-6p. Locals Only artists’ series with Erik Beehn, through Nov 14.

CHARLESTON HEIGHTS ART CENTER 800 S. Brush St., 229-1012. Thu-Fri, Wed, 12:30p-9p, Sat, 10a-7p. The Pano Project, by Angela Bellamy, through Oct 27.

BOULDER CITY/HOOVER DAM MUSEUM

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 651-

4205, sites.csn.edu/artgallery. MonFri, 9a-4p; Sat, 10a-2p. Free. Mars ain’t the kinda place to raise your kids,

by Christopher Bauder, through Oct. 12. Opening: Sept. 9, 6p.

DINOSAURS & ROSES 6029 W. Charleston Blvd., 277-3752. www.dino saursandroses.org. Mon-Thur and Sat, 10a-6p, Fri and Sun, 10a-4p.

DONNA BEAM FINE ARTS GALLERY UNLV’s Alta Ham Fine Arts

Building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 895-3893, www.donnabeamgallery.u nlv.edu. Mon-Fri, 9a-5p; Sat, 10a-2p.

EAST LAS VEGAS COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER 250 N. Eastern Ave.,

THE VERY BEST OF COLE PORTER : Sept. 30 at Ovation at Green Valley Ranch

ongoing. $12, $9 seniors 65+, locals and students with ID. AVANT SPACE Sunrise Coffee, 3130 E. Sunset Rd. Ste. A, 433-3304. Thu-Fri, 5:30a-8p, Sat, 7a-8p, Sun, 7a-5p. Mon-Fri, 5:30a-8p. Permanent exhibit,

by Mike & Dasha Biggs.

BELLAGIO GALLERY OF FINE ART 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 693-7871. A Sense of Place: Landscapes from Monet to Hockney, through January, 2012. Sun-Tue, Thu, 10a-6p. Wed, Fri-Sat, 10a-7p. $15, discounts for NV residents, seniors, students and military, free for children 12 and younger. Every Wednesday is locals night, $8 discount with I.D. BIG SPRINGS GALLERY Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 822-7700,

3900 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 800-5577428, www.bodiestickets.com. Bodies … The Exhibition. $31, $29 seniors, $23 for children 12 and under, $28 for locals and hotel guests. Daily, 10a-9p. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. Daily, 10a10p. $20-$27.

LUXOR

Hender-

229-6844. Occupied Space, two- and three-dimensional works by local artists and pieces from the commission’s permanent collection. Mon, 9a-6p; Tue-Fri, 9a-9p; Sat, 10a-6p.

EROTIC HERITAGE MUSEUM 3275 Industrial Road, 369-6442, www.eroti cheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. Thu, Sun, Tue-Wed, 11a-4p, Sat-Sun, noon10p. $15, $10 for students, military, seniors and locals.

JENNIFER MAIN GALLERY 5333 S. Arville St., Suite 206, 586-3133, www. jennifermaingallery.com. Figurative expressionist paintings by Jennifer Main. Mon-Fri, 12p-6p, Sat, by appointment. Free.

LIED DISCOVERY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, 382-KIDS. Thu-Fri, 9a4p; Sat, 10a-5p; Sun, 12p-5p; Tue-Wed, 9a-4p. $8.50 adults; $7.50 children. Children under 1 free.

Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home, through Sept. 25.

THE LOST CITY MUSEUM 721 S. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton, 397-2193. Thu-Sun, 8:30a-4:30. $5 adults; $3 seniors, 17 and under, and members enter free. Ancient Inscriptions, paintings by Joyce and Brian Spavin, Oct. 1-30.

MARJORIE BARRICK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 895-

3381, www.barrickmuseum.unlv.edu. Mon-Fri, 8a-4:45p; Sat, 10a-2p. Urbis Octaptych by Lincoln Maynard.

SYMBOLIC GALLERY 4631 S. Dean Martin Drive, Ste. 100, 507-5263, www.symboliccollection.com.

Mon-Sat, 11a-6p, and by appointment. Free. Permanent collections of Johnny Cash memorabilia, Beatles animation cells and R. Crumb cartoons.

TOMMY ROCKER’S 4275 Dean Martin Drive, 261-6688, www.tommyrocker.com. Thu: RAW Vegas showcase, 8:30p, $10. For more info, visit www.rawartists.org/lasvegas/junction.

WEST CHARLESTON LIBRARY 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 507-3940. How I See It by Mark Ross, through Nov 1.

WEST LAS VEGAS ARTS CENTER COMMUNITY GALLERY 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 229-4800.

Tue-Fri, 11a-9p; Sat, 9a-6p. Sat: Artist Series, featuring Vanessa Williams-Jackson, 3p, free. Art Coming to Life/Visual Arts Exhibit, by Nia Onê, Sept 14-Nov 5, WINCHESTER CULTURAL CENTER GALLERY 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 455-7340. Thu-Fri, 10a-8p; Sat, 9a-6p; Tue-Wed, 10a-8p. Window Shopping by Lolita Develay, through Oct 14.

THE DOWNTOWN ARTS SCENE

107 E. Charleston Blvd., 3833133, www.theartsfactory.com.

THE ART LICK 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, Theresa Broten.

BLACKBIRD STUDIOS Commerce Street Studios, 1551 S. Commerce St., 742-6241. Barfing Rainbows, by Brent Holmes. New works by former comic book artist Andy Taylor.

THE ARTS FACTORY

BRETT WESLEY CONTEMPORARY FINE ART GALLERY 1112 Casino Center Blvd., 433-4433, www.b

rettwesleygallery.com. Thu-Sun; Tue-Wed, 11a-6p, and by appointment. Narratives, by photographer Marcos Rivera, through Sept 30. Humanity, by Jylian Gustlin, through Oct 29, reception Thursday, 6p, free.

BRIDGE GALLERY City Hall, 400 Stewart Ave., second floor, 229-1012. Mon-Fri, 8a-5p. The Best Little Pet Show in Vegas, various artists, Sept 1Nov 3.

CITY OF THE WORLD INC. 1229 S. Casino Center Blvd., 523-5306, www.cityoftheworld.org. Fri-Sun, 1p-4p, and appointments.

COB4LT BLU3 STUDIOS AND GALLERY 1400 Third St., www.cob4ltblu3.com, 771.0032. By appointment. Loving Living in Las Vegas, new works by Ed Dominguez.

COMMERCE STREET STUDIOS 1551 S. Commerce St., 678-6278, www.commercestreetstudios.com.

Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, 382-3886, www.lasvegascac.org. Thu-Sat, 12p-5p; Tue-Wed, 12-5p, and by appointment.

EMERGENCY ARTS 520 Fremont St., 686-3164.

Mon-Thu, 7a-7p, Fri, 7a-10p, Sat, 9a-10p, Sun, 9a3p. Several artist nooks, small shops, other creative spaces.

FACE UP GALLERY Arts Factory, 107 Charleston Blvd., Suite 203, 366-9077, www.faceupstudio.com. Tue-Fri, noon-4p; weekends by appointment. “Helpline,” by Dar Freeland GAIA 4 E. Charleston Blvd., 997-0222, www.gaiaflowers.com. New work by Leslie Rowland. Nature in Art, stained glass work by Christine Curtis Wilson.

GAINSBURG STUDIO, INC. 1039 Main St., Ste. 103, behind S2 Art. 384-1388, www.gainsburgstudio.com. Stone sculpture by Sharon Gainsburg.

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.

HISTORIC FIFTH STREET SCHOOL 401 S. Fourth St., 229-4613. By appointment only. Desert Spaces Art Exhibition, by various artists, through Sept. 11.

HOLSUM DESIGN CENTER 241 W. Charleston Blvd., www.holsumlofts.com. Galleries and creative businesses.

JESSE SMIGEL Blackbird Studios, 1551 S. Commerce St., 742-6241. Work by Jesse Smigel.

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ing from a similar disjunction, Cancerian? Do you imagine yourself “Robin” in relationship to some overweening “Batman”? This would be an excellent time to free yourself of that dynamic.

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

I’ve got a challenging assignment for you. In accordance with your current astrological omens, I am inviting you to cultivate a special kind of receptivity — a rigorously innocent openness to experience that will allow you to be penetrated by life’s beauty with sublime intensity. To understand the exact nature of this receptivity, study Abraham Maslow’s definition of real listening: to listen “without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all.”

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

Government officials in Southern Sudan are proposing to build cities in fantastic shapes.

They say that the regional capital of Juba would be recreated to resemble a rhinoceros, as seen from the air. The town of Yambio is destined to look like a pineapple and the city of Wau will be a giraffe. I’m confused by all this, since I know that most of the people in South Sudan live on less than a dollar a day. Is that really how they want their country’s wealth spent? Please consider the possibility, Taurus, that there are also some misplaced priorities in your own sphere right now.

Hopefully they’re nothing on the scale of what’s happening in South Sudan, but still: Allocate your resources with high discernment, please.

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

You have cosmic clearance to fall deeply, madly and frequently in love, Gemini. In fact, it’s OK with the gods of fate and the angels of karma if you swell up with a flood of infatuation and longing big enough to engorge an entire city block.

The only stipulation those gods and angels insist on is you do not make any rash decisions or huge life changes while in the throes of this stupendous vortex. Don’t quit your job, for instance, or sell all your belongings or dump your temporarily out-of-favor friends and loved ones. For the foreseeable future, simply enjoy being enthralled by the lush sexy glory of the liquid blue fire.

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

Among the surprises spilled by WikiLeaks some months back was the revelation U.S. diplomats think Canadians feel “condemned to always play ‘Robin’ to the U.S. ‘Batman.’” If that’s true, it shouldn’t be. While Canada may not be able to rival the war-mongering, plutocrat-coddling, environment-despoiling talents of my home country America, it is a more reliable source of reason, compassion and civility. Are you suffer-

L E O (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

“Enigmatology” is an infrequently-used word that means the study of puzzles and how to solve them. I’m invoking it now to highlight the fact you need to call on some unusual and idiosyncratic and possibly even farfetched resources as you intensify your efforts to solve the puzzles that are spread out before you. The help you’ve called on in the past just won’t be enough for this new round of gamesmanship. The theories and beliefs and strategies that have brought you this far can’t take you to the next stage.

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

This would not be a good time for you to read the book called The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem. In fact, it will never be the right time to read it. While it’s true at this juncture in your life story you can make exceptional progress in boosting your confidence and feeling positive about yourself, you’re not an idiot and you don’t need idiot-level assistance. If there was a book called The Impish Guide to Accessing and Expressing Your Idiosyncratic Genius, I’d definitely recommend it. Likewise a book titled The Wild-Eyed Guide to Activating Your HalfDormant Potential or The Brilliant Life-Lover’s Guide to Becoming a Brilliant Life-Lover.

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

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it’s high time for you to receive a flood of presents, compliments, rewards and blessings.

You got a problem with that? I hope not. I hope you are at peace with the fact you deserve more than your usual share of recognition, appreciation, flirtations and shortcuts. Please, Sagittarius?

Please don’t let your chronic struggles or your cynical views of the state of the world blind you to the sudden, massive influx of luck. Pretty please open your tough heart and skeptical mind to the bounty the universe is aching to send your way.

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

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

“Not being omniscient is a really big drag for me,” says poet Charles Harper Webb. I sympathize with him. My life would be so much easier and my power would be so much more graceful if only I knew everything there is to know. That’s why I’m going to be a little jealous of you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You may not be supremely authoritative about every single subject, but you will have access to far more intuitive wisdom than usual, and you’ll be making extra good use of the analytical understandings you have.

Bonus: You will also be absorbing new lessons at an elevated rate.

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

I like how astrologer Hunter Reynolds encapsulates the Capricornian imperative. If you “can manage your ego’s erratic moods and uneven motivations well enough to offer a service with consistent quality,” he says,“the world confers social recognition and its accompanying material advantages on you.” The members of other signs may appear warmer and fuzzier than you, but only because you express your care for people through a “strictness of focus,” “disciplined work,” and by being a “dependable helpmate.” This describes you at your best, of course; it’s not easy to meet such high standards. But here’s the good news: The omens suggest you now have an excellent opportunity to function at your very best.

John Tyler was President of the United States from 1841 to 1845. Believe it or not, two of his grandsons are still alive today. They’re Lyon Gardiner Tyler and Harrison Ruffin Tyler, born late in the life of their father, who was born late in John Tyler’s life. I invite you to find some equally amazing connection you have to the past, Pisces.

How is your destiny linked to the long ago and faraway? I suspect you might find that distant history will be more vital and important than usual in the coming weeks.

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

“When I was born,” said comedian Gracie Allen, “I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.” I suspect you will soon be experiencing a metaphorical rebirth that has some of the power of the event she was referring to. And so I won’t be shocked if you find it challenging to formulate an articulate response, at least in the short term.

In fact, it may take you a while to even register, let alone express, the full impact of the upgrade you will be blessed with.

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

“During a game of Apocalypse against the Witchhunters,” reports Andrew_88 in an online forum, “I authorized my Chaos Lord to throw his vortex grenade at the oncoming Cannoness and her bodyguard. Safe to say he fluffed it and the vortex grenade scattered back on top of him. Then he proceeded to take out my allies, the Havocs, Land Raider and Baneblade, before disappearing, having done no damage to my opponent.” I suggest you regard this as a helpful lesson to guide your own actions in the coming days, Scorpio.

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Non-Discrimination Act, we can fight to get anti-bullying “At first, I found this theory terribly off-putting,” says programs that address anti-LGBT bullying into the schools, Clark-Flory, “but I would encourage FAP to think about it we can support GLSEN and its efforts to get GSAs into every differently, as I eventually did.” public middle and high school, we can Viewing the female orgasm as an support the Trevor Project and the crucial Dan Savage’s sex-advice column appears in more “evolutionary freebie,” Clark-Flory work it does. than 70 newspapers in continues, “can actually validate the vast Andwe can —we must —confront the the United States, Canada range of women’s orgasmic experiences, as bigots who are making itworse forkidslike and Europe. Write him at Elisabeth Lloyd, author of The Case of the Jamey. mail@savagelove.net Female Orgasm, has argued. This means a ABCNewsreportedtheremaybesome multi-orgasmic woman is just as “normal” accountabilityinJamey’scase:“TheAmherst as an orgasmless one, a lady who comes from a single flick of PoliceDepartment’sSpecialVictimsUnithassaiditwill the finger is just as “healthy” as one who requires 45 minutes determinewhethertochargesomestudentswithharassment, with her Hitachi Magic Wand set on high.” So you’re not cyber-harassment,orhatecrimes.Policesaidthreestudentsin “broken,” FAP, even if you’re not orgasmic. particularmighthavebeeninvolved.”

Clark-Flory doesn’t think you should give up all hopes of Harassment and cyber-harassment don’t become crimes ever experiencing an orgasm — nor do I! — but she thinks you only after the target commits suicide. They’re crimes, period, should stop trying so hard and stressing so much. “When and they should be investigated and prosecuted before a women have a difficult time getting there, it can be helpful grieving family has to bury a child, not after. to take the finish line away,” says Clark-Flory. “At the risk of Jamey’s parents have asked that donations be made in his sounding woo-woo, I would suggest that she slow down and memory to Crisis Services (www.crisisservices.org). Please focus on feeling individual sensations. She’ll be most likely donate. And then find something else you can do and go do it. to come when she forgets her worries about all that she isn’t Then do more. feeling and simply enjoys what she does feel.”

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THE SCENE IS STRAIGHT OUTTA the Twilight Zone — weird and kitschy, but strangely captivating. It’s the grand opening of The Flying Saucer in Boulder City.

The cup-and-saucer logo suggests it’s a coffee shop, but it’s not. Likewise, the cardboard cutouts in the window make it seem like a seasonal Halloween store, but it’s not that, either.

It’s an alien knickknack shop that carries B-movies, flying toys and obligatory Hoover Dam souvenirs.

At the party, a green-skinned Elvis and a graying emcee sway on an outdoor stage, interrogating costumed kids and winking at their mothers. In the background, daredevil young’uns dive off of a construction lift onto a massive blow-up pad, striking pompom poses and sneaking in the occasional backflip.

“Hey,kiddo,how’d you like the space jump?”asks non-Elvis, who inexplicably fades in and out of Bill Clinton impressions.

The kid mumbles.

“Oh, that’s nice,” non-Elvis nods, clearly uncomprehending.

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The kid mumbles again.

“Oh! He said he’s from Boulder City!”

It’s not the first non sequitur of the night, and it won’t be the last. Screams from falling bodies punctuate the strained entertainment.

Three painted-white preteens and a kid with a Scream mask win the alien costume contest, then it’s time for karaoke.

A guy in an astronaut costume gets on stage to sing Sinatra. He’s not really an astronaut, he reveals. He’s a real-estate agent — and he’s really set on singing.

No one takes the mic from him, so NASA man belts out another one from Old Blue Eyes. He stumbles a little, then quips, “Whoa, I’m not used to this gravity.” What he means is that he’s not used to drinking in a space suit.

Half-empty plastic cups of white wine and hefeweizen register in my periphery. Non-Elvis gets up to ask for other singers.

“I’m going to sing a song that makes me look really gay,” he threatens, then quickly corrects himself. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”

No one flinches.

Turns out non-Elvis is former TV actor Tony Dow, the big brother from Leave it to Beaver. This does not explain the Clinton rasp, but a quick Google search reveals he now does sculptures, and comedy gigs like this one.

Next up, it’s the adult contest.

Two middle-aged women wearing white tank tops and shorts, white wigs and alien sunglasses get on stage.

“We are PollyJane, one alien inhabiting two human bodies,” one of them says.

“Well, well,” Dow smirks.“I wish my wife could do that.”

(Wikipedia confirms that he is, in fact, married.)

The next contestant is Elvis’ girlfriend, painted green and “WE ARE dressed in a white and gold go-go POLLYJANE, getup that matches the King’s.

ONE ALIEN “What are your special powers?” Elvis asks.

INHABITING “I can’t say up here,” she says, TWO BODIES.” batting her eyelids. The awkward sexual innuendo is lost on the children, who are tugging at their parents’ sleeves, begging for another round at the space jump.

“Give me a kiss first,” a grandmother says to her grandson.

“Both cheeks.” He does, then looks around to make sure no one saw.

“OK, you can go.”

“Yes!” the boy shrieks, having escaped the bizarre scene.

Yes, indeed.

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