🥃 500 tequilas | Wild dance | Cosmic rock | Bingo slam | Drunk vampires | Night swim | Lego science
THERE'S SOMETHING IN the air. It could be a bank of EDC molly fog peppering the Vegas air, or it could be spring officially snapping into place. Whatever it is, it's giving a certain je ne sais whatevz backspin to this week's happenings, from unbridled dance shows to loco bingo parties to tequila-fueled charity bashes. Breathe it in. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Spring Dance Concert
Contemporary West leaps into the season with bold new works.
May 16-17 ✦ Charleston Heights Arts Center➤ Also: Bright ideas abound in climate klatch Under the Sun: Stories of Heat and Humanity in a Changing World May 14 at Vegas Theatre Company ✦ Monica Macansantos cooks up reflective essays in Returning to My Father's Kitchen May 15 at Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ Catch choreographers making bold moves in real time at NBT Dance Lab May 15-18 at Troesh Studio Theater ✦ Stroll through a flowery field of dreams during Sunflower Days May 15 and 17 at Gilcrease Orchard ✦ Rave styles hit the cuddly catwalk at EDC-inspired fashion show Dreamsickle May 15 at Area 15 ✦ Brush up on the art of plein air painting at Unbound May 17 at the Wetlands Park ✦ Unearth polished poems and rockin' sounds at Gems May 17 at Analog Dope ✦ Celebrate urban scrawl at the book signing for Street Art Las Vegas May 17 at MAD Gallery with super-sprayer Gear Duran.▼
Lee's Beer & Tequila Experience
200 beers? 500 tequilas? And you with just one mouth?!
May 17 ✦ Lee's Family Forum➤ Also: You know you've always wanted to see Las Vegas' third-best Iron Maiden tribute band May 15 at Red Dwarf ✦ The Golden Nugget tops off The Tank May 16-17 for a free summer pool party series ✦ Cocaine coiffs and technicolor tuxes are mandatory for '80s bash Back to Prom May 16 at The Composers Room ✦ Metalheads with soft spots sling tunes for St. Jude's at Las Vegas Music Scene Has a Heart May 16 at The Usual Place ✦ You'll be Balkan up on Slavic specialties at the Bulgarian Culture Festival May 17 at Lorenzi Park ✦ Hendo tastes the rainbow as the 5th Annual Henderson Pride Festival May 17 hits Water Street Plaza.▼
Hamilton
You say you want a revolution / Well you know / Best I can do is a musical
May 20 - June 1 ✦ The Smith Center➤ Also: Get a bardic belt of Southern discomfort in a countrified version of Hamlet May 14-17 at Cornerstone Park ✦ Nattering neighbors make for murderous mishaps in dark comedy The State of Virginia May 16-18 at Las Vegas Little Theatre ✦ Fledgling funnymakers test fresh comic chops at the inaugural Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic Night May 20 at Mom's Basement Theatre ✦ Chest-bursting chills and thrills pop up at the free Alien: Earth “The Wreckage” experience May 16 and 17 at Area 15. ✦ Doll up in your kitschiest kit for plastic playtime Barbie Rave Party May 16 at Millennium Fandom ✦ PrideStyle: Love Is Blind May 17 puts on mystery wrestling moves at Swan Dive.▼
➤ Also: The Atomic Museum gets an illuminating glow-up at Radioactivity After Dark starting May 15 ✦ The Midnight Madness Golf Tournament May 15 in North Las Vegas sounds like a hole lotta fun ✦ Take a sax-fueled flight to celestial spheres at Jazz Among the Stars May 16 at Dale Etheridge Planetarium ✦ Get your kids tix to Lego-lifted science show Brick Planet starting May 17 at Springs Preserve and make it snappy ✦ Rock urbano giants show their mettle at Leyendas del Rock & Roll May 18 at the Silver Nugget.▼
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🍜 The Dish List
Take flight with a free tasting of Duckhorn wines May 14 at Ada's Food + Wine ✦ They're noodling around with cross-culinary carbs at pastaRAMEN starting May 15 at Bar Zazu in Resorts World ✦ Pasta & Poetry May 15 at Tarantino's will pile your plate with saucy stanzas ✦ Taste Tuscany's famed Il Borro wines and score a signed bottle at this Meet & Sip with Salvatore Ferragamo Jr. May 15 at Eataly ✦ Chef Gio shares slices of kitchen wisdom over wine at Old School Pizzeria Social Hour May 16 ✦ Break bread without borders and learn the global language of yum at How Food Connects People Across Cultures May 16 at Clark County Library ✦ Learn somm strategies for sipping wine with confidence at What Am I Tasting? May 17 at Crush Pad ✦ Fulfill your crêpe expectations with free samples, contests, and prizes at the opening of Le Cafe du Vegas May 18 ✦ Sustainable South American wines shine at Wild Coast Wonders May 20 at Ada's Food + Wine.
🧛 Embrace the suck
With its sodden dialogue, overwrought underacting, and flying-squirrel CGI Edward Cullen, Twilight was a vampire flick in more ways than one: You left the theater lightheaded and short a few IQ points. Now you can shave off a few more at the Twilight Drink-A-Long May 23-24 at The Beverly Theater, where you're encouraged to take a shot at every cringe moment, from the awkwardly intense stares to the overdramatic door-slams to, well, flying-squirrel CGI Edward Cullen taking to the air. Buy now and fang me later; tickets are going fast.
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