🏚️ Haunted houses | Greek fest | Dog parties | Wild dance | Wurst cars | Zombie music
WANNA SEE SOMETHING really scary? No, not the feral kiddie-ravaged Halloween aisle at Target. The frights are coming from inside the newsletter: Murderous mazes and gothy garage sales are just a few of the goodies in store. Plus something called Skankfest. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Greek Food Festival
This fest for the opa-minded marks 51 years of food, music, and dance.
Sept. 27-29 ✦ St. John The Baptist Church➤ Also: Taste the nation at the Great American Foodie Fest Sept. 27-29 at Galleria at Sunset ✦ Celebrate Pinoy Pride Sept. 27-28 at the Gold Coast with food, music, and headliner Vice Ganda ✦ It's easy being green at the Vegas VegFest Sept. 28 at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheatre ✦ Boulder City becomes a vroom town when the Wurst Dam Car show rolls up Sept. 28 ✦ Wine Walk Wish Sept. 28 at The District is a grape charity idea. ▼
Big Beautiful Block Party
LCD Soundsystem is just one of the post-rock pop heavies at this Life Is Beautiful spinoff.
Sept. 27-28 ✦ The Plaza➤ Also: Feeling snarky, punk? Life Is Shit Sept. 28 (and the Sept. 27 Shitkicker Kickoff) is flush with fellow travelers ✦ Vintage threads and old-school streetwear reign at the Archives market Sept. 27 at Nine Twenty ✦ Swing, sip, and nibble at the Lake Las Vegas Classic charity golf bash Sept. 27-28 ✦ Keep shopping weird at the GOTHrage Sale Sept. 29 at Cemetery Pulp ✦ Or keep it classy at Market in the Alley's inaugural Sunday Stroll Sept. 29 in Downtown Summerlin. ▼
Frozen
Kids are encouraged to break out their coolest cosplay as the Henderson Symphony Orchestra plays along with the film.
Sept. 27 ✦ Water Street Plaza➤ Also: Get an earful of musical history as Las Vegas Classica performs Sept. 27 at Whitney Library ✦ Dr. Pascal Bokar has an Rx for bluegrass at this free Sept. 28 park show ✦ There's a scientific method to the kiddie madness at Nevada State Museum's Worldwide Day of Play Sept. 28 ✦ Get in a good stretch at Yoga 4 a Cause Sept. 28 at Downtown Summerlin ✦ The Beijing Guitar Duo pairs up for elegant classical virtuosity Oct. 1 at UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall. ▼
BODYTRAFFIC
It's one big word for a reason: This L.A. dance troupe makes every move with a mesmerizing sense of unified purpose.
Sept. 28 ✦ UNLV Artemus Ham Hall➤ Also: Hear poet Harry Fagel erupt Sept. 26 at the Double Down ✦ Find out why "Small Things Matter" at Squishy Studio Sept. 26 ✦ You'll take a shine to "Spectacle of the Showgirl" Sept. 26 at City Hall ✦ Stock up on heart emojis for romantic comedy double-header Adaptation and Matched! Sept. 27 at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center ✦ Edgy comedians are a laughing matter at boundary-pushing Skankfest Sept. 27-29 at Notoriety ✦ This tango-tastic tribute to Astor Piazzolla Sept. 28 at Rainbow Library will keep you movin' ✦ Variety is the spice of art at Soirée Eclectic Sept. 29 at Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ Endure undead cult classic Zombie with a very live band Sept. 29 at Sinwave. ✦ Wham! Glam! Thank, you ma'am! Circus Fierce pops a tent Sept. 29 at The Composers Room.▼
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🥂 The Dish List
HUDL Brewing Company huddles with Palate for sudsy four-course dinner Beers & Cheers Sept. 26 ✦ Food Is Art Sept. 27 is a tasteful fundraiser for ALS of Nevada at The Strat ✦ Vile rumors persist that scurrilous musical outlaw The Scoundrel of the Sage may be hiding out in Vegas under an alias; find out the tasty truth at Winnie & Ethel's Old West Supper Club Sept. 27 ✦ Tickle your nose with bella bubbles at Crush Pad's Sparkle Italiano Sept. 28 ✦ It's your last chance to Greek out at the Hellenically delicious Story of Muse, which wraps Sept. 28 ✦ Kick off football season at Mabel's Bar & Q's bottomless (as in mimosas) game day brunch Sept. 29 ✦ Get shaken, stirred, and spooked as The Sand Dollar Lounge unleashes its Nightmare on Spring Mountain cocktail popup Oct. 1. ✦ Make it Suntory time at this Al Solito Posto whiskey dinner Oct. 1. ✦ It's a fermentation celebration as Yukon Pizza pairs Korean cuisine and bevvies Oct. 1.
🐶 Doggies Paddle
Public pools are going to the dogs with splashy pooch parties to close out summer swim season. Centennial Hills YMCA is throwing a Puppy Pawlooza Pool Party Sept. 28 (note that the registration deadline is today). Meanwhile, Hendo dawgs can dive into Doggie Paddle & Play Day Sept. 28 at the Black Mountain Aquatic Complex.
😨 Scared for Life
I'm in the Halloween spirit hella comparatively early this year, forcibly triggered by my fiancée's incurable but still adorable twin penchant for 1) seasonal decor, largely in the form of pillows and 2) Marshalls. Here's a bundle of spooky szn intel! The Beverly Theater opens October with The Wake, a monthlong roster of cinematic scares from telekinetic splatter classics such as Carrie to bonkers cult hits such as House. Get their Slash Pass for one big binge ticket ✦ The Halloween Maze spooks up Spring Valley when it opens Sept. 27 (recommend feasting yr fears away afterward at nearby Milpa) ✦ Get in the season's spirit – and spirits – at Sinwave's Occulture Faire Sept. 28 with mystical vendors and pagan magic lessons ✦ Do the Time Warp al fresco as The Sci Fi Center shows The Rocky Horror Picture Show Sept. 28 at Commercial Center ✦ Go six feet under local history at Tombstone Tales walking tours of Woodlawn Cemetery starting Oct. 5.
🏜️ Desert Gallery
In 1984, Belgian artist Albert Szukalski made an eerie Last Supper ghost sculpture in the middle of a desert Nevada nowhere. Art attracts art, and the lonely site near the ghost town of Rhyolite grew to become an improbable desert sculpture garden and, eventually, a must-visit open-air museum hosting iconic Nevada sculptures. Now all grown up as The Goldwell Open Air Museum, the art center celebrates its 40th anniversary Oct. 18-20 with a parade, poetry readings, and musical performances.
✍️ Novel Idea
Hopelessly stuck on your magisterial magnum opus because you can't find the time and space to write? Retreat to the mountain – Mt. Charleston, that is. The library branch up there hosts Creativity Chalet Sept. 27. This "Cozy Writer's Retreat on the Mountain" invites frustrated scribes and artists to come "DO THE WORK" (urgent all-caps theirs) in a quiet, focused setting. They even have hourglasses, faux candles, and writing prompts.
