💄 1929 party | 100k book sale | Symphonic love | Horror con | Ninja park | Scary fetus
YOU'LL BE A full-fledged escape artist when you're done with this week's List. Whether it's fanciful flights to 1929 Berlin, bookworming deep into your next great read, or hanging with horror franchise icons, we've got plenty of fantastic ways to check out of reality. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Cabaret
Party like it's 1929 at this decadent, politically pointed musical.
Opens Jan. 16 ✦ Majestic Repertory Theatre➤ Also: Prime your ears and name that tune at Music Bingo Jan. 16 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Go out on a high note at the inspiring Opera Legends in Black Jan. 17 at Whitney Library ✦ The ship hits the fan in nautical comedy Four Old Broads on the High Seas Jan. 17 ✦ Vote for abortion access at the Inaugurate This fundraiser Jan. 20 at Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ Peek behind the curtain of a musical production at Waxing Lyrical Jan. 22 at The Composers Room.▼
➤ Also: Dinner & A Show Jan. 15 at Vic's is a jazzy feast for your ears ✦ Southern rock kicks total brass with Down South Jukers Jan. 15 at Fat Cat ✦ It's a glowy '70s showdown when Queen vs. ABBA hits The Industrial Jan. 16 ✦ Euro synth pop group Molchat Doma brings Belarusian beats to Area 15 Jan. 16 ✦ And the banda played on at the Mariachi Winter Festival Jan. 17 at Clark County Library ✦ You'll have a ball (or two) with Middle East garage-rawkers The Crotches Jan. 17 at Dive Bar ✦ The Jazz Arts Community Ensemble is a saxy thang Jan. 18 at Winchester Theater ✦ There's a HOL! lotta grimy glitchstep happening Jan. 18 at DLVEC ✦ Your favorite video game tunes level up with Arcade Bops Jan. 19 at Maxan Jazz ✦ Strummer Christian Lee Hutson knows what the folk is up Jan. 20 at The Beverly Theater.▼
Warehouse Book Sale
Plot to shop more than 100,000 titles to support children's literacy.
Jan. 18 ✦ Spread the Word Nevada➤ Also: No lie, it's a crime to miss Masters of Deception Jan. 16 at The Mob Museum ✦ Stuck on your novel? Make it an uphill battle at Creativity Chalet Jan. 17 at Mt. Charleston Library ✦ Paging all bibliophiles to check out The Writer's Block's roster of niche book clubs ✦ You're getting warmer, warmer at the Fire & Ice Winter Festival Jan. 17-19 in Ely ✦ You don't have to be a high-roller to enjoy Adult Skate Night Jan. 16 at Crystal Palace Rancho.▼
➤ Also: Start your engines for a display of Cars in the Arts Jan. 16 ✦ Dress to excess at the Liquid Red Naughty Costume Party Jan. 17 at The Nerd ✦ Witness the birth of a new horror flick when The Fetus premieres Jan. 17 at Downtown Cinemas ✦ There's a howl lotta fur flying at this screening + podcast of Wolf Man Jan. 18 at Downtown Cinemas ✦ Sip some brutal brew at this Nightmare on Elm Street Tea Class Jan. 19 at the Haunted Tea Room.▼
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THE CH33SE 🧀
🥦 The Dish List
Veg out at this new farmers market at The Hush Puppy Jan. 15 ✦ Say "cheese" to Dry January at Crush Pad's cheese and NA beverage pairing Jan. 17 ✦ Toast seven years of sipping at Vegas Valley Winery's throwback anniversary bash Jan. 18 ✦ Hop into Scotch at The Rio's Macallan tasting Jan. 18 ✦ Something's fishy at the Sons of Norway 25th Annual Lutefisk Dinner Jan. 18 in Boulder City ✦ Feelin' lucky? Bite into a 48-year-old cheesesteak Jan. 18 at The Dispensary Lounge ✦ Everything's coming up rosy at Pink Brunch Jan. 18 at Park on Fremont ✦ Get Estonia'd out of your mind at Põhjala Baltic Porter Day Jan. 18 at The Silver Stamp ✦ Find out why Lesbians Love Mimosas Jan. 19 at Elevate Lounge.
🥾 GTFO
GTFOutside, that is, at these outdoorsy happenings: Hop, skip, and jump to the opening of Blooming Cactus Park Jan. 16 in Henderson, a 'roided up greenspace boasting a Ninja Warrior-style fitness course for recreational masochists ✦ Catch a glimpse of some literally cool birds at Springs Preserve's Winter Birds "safari" Jan. 18-19 ✦ The buzz at Java Jaunt Birding Jan. 18 at Clark County Wetland Park is all about IDing birds based on feather types and wing shapes ✦ Keep an eye on the sky at Astronomy in the Park Jan. 18 at Lake Mead National Recreational Area. Thanks to math, they've calculated that you'll get a edutaining buffet of heavenly bodies all up in yr opto-orbs, including Mars, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, plus the Great Orion Nebula and the Andromeda Galaxy.
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🎲 Would You Like to Play a Game?
Burnt on Tinder? Swipe right on comedian KBanks' Figure It Out: The Healing Gameshow Jan. 15 at The Composers Room ✦ Tequila your chances for prizes (or just a fat buzz) at Lucky Day's twist on Lotería Jan. 16, with seasonal and topical spins ✦ I've always been low-key fascinated by disc golf – not the game, per se, but the chummy blue-collar hippie contingent it draws (and also the elaborate caddies). Watch or whip some discs yourself at Par 4 Extravaganza Jan. 18 at Sunset Park.
🥀 Personality Loss
I harbor strong suspicions that Evan Blythin wrote his own obituary. Like him, it's wry, witty, and terse. I'd interviewed Blythin, lovingly dubbed "the unofficial mayor of Blue Diamond," many times over the years about the ever-present tension between Las Vegas' heedless sprawl and rural conservation, and I had always admired what I can only describe as his highly principled recalcitrance and derisive suspicion of our stupid modernity. A true cosmic rebel to the end. ✦ RIP as well to Downtown mischief-maker Charles Christians – wisecracking Huntridge Tavern habitué and artistic builder ✦ Style maven and The Hypnotiques singer Kitty Chow is alive and among us, thank heavens, but her Paradise Palms house – creative hub, community hangout – is in peril. Hit her Funraising Variety Show Jan. 19 at Cornish Pasty to keep her midmod spot swingin'.
