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THE LAST SHREDS of cardboard firework shrapnel have been swept up, the terrified pets becalmed and accounted for, and now we settle into the long hot stretch of a proper Vegas summer. Fortunately, we've got plenty to take your mind off the triple-digit temps, from massive sneaker parties to laser-lit rock epics to satirical shows skewering matrimonial pandemonium. Trust: all these fireworks blast off indoors. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
🔥 Hot ticket: The Smith Center is offering discounted tickets for the rousing right-to-vote musical Suffs Oct. 7-12 until July 11 with the code SUFFS4TH.
Sneaker Con: If the shoe fits, it's at this sole-ful swap meet for sneakers, sportswear, and other wanted wearables.
➤ Also: Puck yes! First-season Vegas Golden Knights July 11 sign, snap, and chat at Tivoli Village ✦ Cosplay antics and a new card game launch heat up the Summer Nocturnal Market July 11 at The Nerd ✦ You're in for a berry good time at the free Fresa Fest July 11 with vendors, artists, and bands at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Fashion Show Mall is your happy place during the Summer Bliss Experience July 12 ✦ The forecast is haute for Henderson's Upscale Craft & Yard Sale July 12 ✦ Christmas in July July 12-13 on Mount Charleston should yuletide you over 'til December ✦ Bubbles, gift baskets, and budding vendors pop up at Fergusons Downtown for The Holoholo Market and Kid Starter Market July 12 ✦ Get the dirt on green-thumbing in the heat at the Spring Preserve's Summer Garden Class July 12.▼
Brit Floyd: A fiery, laser-lit arena-rock spectacle marking 50 years of Wish You Were Here.
➤ Also: Punk begins at conception when Fusion Babies July 9 nuke Voodoo Brewing Co. ✦ Electro-disco artist Hogtrucker July 10 gets piggy with it at Swan Dive ✦ DustBowlChampion July 10 floats his moody synth-rock at Backstage Bar & Billiards ✦ The German-American Social Club gets dark with goth night Obsidian July 11 ✦ Bass in the Space July 11 hits the low notes with Dack Janiels ✦ Make America grito again at the Vegas Tejano Takeover July 11 at the Westgate ✦ The Shed July 11 funks up the birthday of musical mastermind Anu Sun at Fat Cat ✦ Shock-punk legends The Dwarves July 11 size up Dive Bar ✦ DJs spur country tunes into a techno spin cycle at Boots 'N Beats July 11 at Bel-Aire Backyard ✦ Vegas City Opera gives a sonic salute at Stars, Stripes & Serenades July 11 at Whitney Library ✦ Jonathan Karrant July 12 injects soul into the American Songbook at West Charleston Library ✦ The Blues Society gets saucy at its all-ages Blues Jam July 12 at SoulBelly ✦ Meet the real throat GOATs at the World Karaoke Championship July 12 at The Composers Room.▼
How to Get a Second Husband: A satirical seminar based on the real-life marital misadventures of Jackie Johnson.
➤ Also: RJ Owens breaks out grown-up comedy magic in Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner July 9 at Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ Stuck in a situationship? Comic KBanks helps you Figure It Out July 9 at The Composers Room ✦ You're sure to pillow-talk about stormy, steamy factory musical The Pajama Game July 11-13 at Las Vegas Little Theatre ✦ The laughter is lush at booze-backed improv jam Sip, Zap, Zop July 11 at Mom's Basement Theatre ✦ Steel yourself for this screening of Superman July 11 plus podcast chat at Downtown Cinemas ✦ Pull some strings to attend this puppet-powered version of Neverland July 12 at Charleston Heights Arts Center ✦ The secret is out: Don't Tell Comedy July 12 slips onto the Strip ✦ Your laughter may induce a coffin fit at the Vegas Is Dead comedy show July 13 at Sliced Pizza.▼
PrideStyle: Brawl's well that ends well in this battle royal free-for-all. Use LIST5JULY for $5 off.
➤ Also: The monster moves at MicroMania Midget Wrestling July 9 at The Nerd are no small feat ✦ The burlesque comes with extra kinks at Lujuria July 9 at Dark Sister ✦ Enter the throne bone zone when Klitus Black hosts the "King of Drag" viewing party July 9 at Gipsy ✦ Glamour and old-school striptease glory shine at A Night of Burlesque July 10 at Vegas Theatre Company ✦ Vegas becomes spin city when Wheel of Fortune Live! July 11 hits Paris Las Vegas ✦ This deliciously draggy production of Grease July 12-13 at the Phoenix sounds pretty slick ✦ Can I pull you for a chat? Night in the Villa July 13 hits Circa for a "Love Island" finale watch party.▼
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🔑 The Dish List
Cabaret entertainment and cocktails meet in the drawing room at Keys to Doberman July 9 ✦ Feeling crabby? Feeling crafty? Get your claws on Crab Corner's Seafood Beer Pairing Dinner July 10 ✦ Farmer Boys put on a helping hoedown at their Community Farmstand July 11 ✦ Get vin-lightened on what's in your glass at Winemaking Styles Uncorked July 11 at Garagiste ✦ Stamp your palate's passport at Eataly's Tour of Trentino Alto-Adige July 11 ✦ Delilah jazzes up its menu with Saturday brunch starting July 12 with live music ✦ This is no shell game: Sip & Savor: Champagne & Oysters July 12 at Fontainebleau ✦ Buzzes are in bloom when the Wine Garden toasts two years July 13 ✦ Drink in the rum-soaked life and legend of Don the Beachcomber at this screening of The Donn of Tiki July 13 at The Beverly Theater.
🦖 Party Like It's 10,000 BC
This is going to be a party of historic proportions: The 34th birthday of the Las Vegas Natural History Museum July 12. Situated on the "Cultural Corridor" that seems to be slowly getting eclipsed by the Arts District and Symphony Park, the LVNHM has nonetheless managed to stay relevant with its deceptively expansive, critter-crowded exploratorium. Haul in the kids for celebratory fossil digs and LEGO sessions while you drink in the Wes Anderson vibes of unblinking ibexes staring into your soul.
🧑🚀 Freebies
Zilch, zip, nada, nil, none – these upcoming events won't cost you a thing: Use The Force (and your imagination) to craft cosmic cosplay fits at the Star Wars Costume Design Series July 9-Aug. 6 at Clark County Library ✦ Get connected to free social services from housing assistance to transportation at Clark County CARES July 10 at Whitney Library ✦ It's not too early to branch out for the holidays at Capitol Christmas Tree Ornament Decorating July 11-26 at local libraries ✦ Get in step with a local physician and get your health questions answered at Walk With a Doc July 12 at Angel Park ✦ Whet your kids' appetite for creativity at the Summer Art Workshop July 13 at the Clark County Wetlands Park.
😍 For our premium members: A party for pinball wizards, a counterculture trade show, and how to delete your second brain ... ▼
🚗 Fresh Finds
Don't flip out, but Stern Army is bringing an IFPA Pinball Tournament July 18 to Area 15 ✦ AAPI authors look up to consider Our Dangerous Horizons: A Symposium on Writing Race and Place July 19 at the Marjorie Barrick Museum ✦ Take a brake and consider the curated autos on display at Paddock Auto Oasis July 25 at UnCommons ✦ Say "high" to counterculture expo CHAMPS Trade Shows July 23-26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
🧠 The Junk Drawer
Are your note-taking apps and project-management trackers turning into a mental mausoleum? That's why she deleted her second brain ✦ If you've always got cash on the cortex, maybe you're suffering from money dysmorphia ✦ It's not cats with thumbs we need to worry about – it's the birds that can use drinking fountains ✦ This is as fine an explanation as any, using the reliably infuriating New York Times as a disastrous example, why journalism should give up on the hopelessly flawed notion of "balance."
We Are Guardians: Meet indigenous protectors of the Amazon in this powerful documentary, plus a live Q&A with the director.
Desert Opus: A serene afternoon of Schubert amid stunning art.
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