💃 Dance anarchy | Risqué cabaret | Booze + books | Car lust | Razzle dazzle etc. | Hypno rock | Art summit
BEING A JACK of all trades is totally underrated – and this week shows how damn fun it is being well-rounded. If you've ever wanted to branch out and dip a toe into our art scene, catch some homegrown theater, scoop an earful of local music, or watch a striptease queen catch dollars with hypertrophic glutes, this List is the perfect sampler to start. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
🔥 Hot ticket: Vegas carb king Chef James Trees is celebrating his birthday by cooking up a six-course Collaboration Dinner Aug. 11 at Al Solito Posto.
Some Like It Hot: If you're on the run from the mob in Prohibition-era Chicago, might as well get jazz-handsy about it.
➤ Also: The labor unrest is anything but sleepy in The Pajama Game July 25-27 at Las Vegas Little Theatre ✦ Juggalo justice is a dish served cold in Clown Bar July 24-27 at Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ The eclectic and electric Dance in the Desert Festival July 25-26 leaps into its 27th year at the Summerlin Library ✦ Power and protest make for a moving mix in To the Promise Land – We Stand July 25 at West Las Vegas Library ✦ The Listeso Quartet unleashes cinematic strings in Candlelight: The Bests of Hans Zimmer July 25 at The Industrial ✦ Catch a cosmos of classical music in 3D at Vivaldi Constellation July 25 at the Dale Etheridge Planetarium ✦ Rose Kingsley lifts her voice for Celebrating The Women of Broadway July 26 at Charleston Heights Arts Center.▼
The Jiggle Room: The famously chaste and dignified dance talent showcase is back.
➤ Also: You can count on a hell of a good time at Luciefr 7 Deadly Sins July 23 at Planet 13 ✦ Stretch out for a screening of The Fantastic Four: First Steps July 24 followed by a heroic pod chat at Maya Cinemas ✦ Tune in and turn on to seductive darkwave sounds at Erotomanic July 25 at The Usual Place ✦ There's a whoopee cushion in the pit at System of a Clown July 25 at Backstage Bar & Billiards ✦ Funny flight attendant Lisa Renee lands travel-topic laughs at Buckle Your Seat Belts July 26 at The Space ✦ Nothing like tasting blood mist in the summer air at wrasslin' bash Graphouse July 26 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Party 'til the break of daub of Bingo Loco July 26 at Area 15 ✦ Vixens with violins slash through classic rock hits at Femmes of Rock July 26 at Myron's ✦ Comely chaos struts on stage at burlesque bash Beautiful Anarchy July 26 at Jackpot Bar & Grill.▼
Vundabar: Their fuzzy, fizzy, wobbly post-rock screams summer poolside fun.
➤ Also: The buzz is justified about the dreamy, diaphanous shoegaze of Spirit of the Beehive July 24 at Swan Dive ✦ It's a musical high when Funkaholics July 25 raise the volume on Taverna Costera's rooftop ✦ Cool choreography scorches the floor at Kpop Heatwave July 25 at Area 15 ✦ Treaty Oak Revival July 26 bare their West Texas roots at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas ✦ Rock, soul, and blues with retro flair fire up when Mimi & the Rivieras July 26 hit the Sand Dollar Downtown ✦ OC punk legends Agent Orange July 26 bring chugging riffs and cheap thrills to Swan Dive ✦ A solo soulstress show is on tap when Jessica Manalo July 26 strums into Winchester Dondero Cultural Center ✦ Should be a high-volume turnout for the 18b Artist's Noise Parade July 26 ✦ Come clean with the snarling rock of South Africa punkettes The SoapGirls July 26 at Dive Bar ✦ The Taverna Costera rooftop thunders with Boots on the Ground July 26 ✦ LP & The Vinyl July 27 put Bowie, Beatles, and more on a jazz spin cycle at Clark County Library ✦ Horn into the pogo pit when Less Than Jake July 27 hauls their Summer Circus to Brooklyn Bowl.▼
Pink: Local artists slip on rose-colored glasses for a provocative probe of this evocative hue.
➤ Also: Lens on Henderson snaps 80 years of civic history at Henderson City Hall ✦ Eduardo Tavares balances pixels and paint in Convergence at Centennial Hills Library ✦ Digest the art of UNLV talent at The Lunch Room! July 24 at Grant Hall ✦ Blank canvases and Karol G hits make Bichotas & Brushes July 25 at Voodoo Brewing Co. ✦ Set intentions and make reflections at the ritual closing of Mawnuhk July 25 at Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center ✦ Twenty-two artists wet their brushes at Sink or Swim Live Art Auction July 26 at Area 15 ✦ Learn how cultural communities brace against gentrification at Big Fight in Little Chinatown July 26 at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art ✦ Get word-drunk and regular-drunk at Boozy Book Fair July 27 at CraftHaus Brewery ✦ Nature inspires epistolary expression at the Nevada, P.S. I Love You postcard workshop July 27 at the Corn Creek Visitor Center.▼
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🍕 The Dish List
Ten bucks gets you slices and sips at Pizza Wine Pairing Night July 24 at DB Wine & Spirits ✦ It's no illusion: Mezzo Bistro pairs four courses with Decoy wines at Summer of Love July 24 ✦ Double your pleasure (and your vision) with BOGOritas on National Tequila Day July 24 at La Mona Rosa ✦ No passport needed for A Journey Through El Tequileño Tequila July 24 at The Rio ✦ Get an exotic education at The Punk Rock Museum's Tiki Cocktail Workshop July 24 ✦ Dairy desserts get a dose of extra decadence at the Tipsy Ice Cream Social July 24 at Delilah ✦ Sonoma pinots noirs stand tall at the Merry Edwards Wine Dinner July 24 at Ada's Food + Wine ✦ The floral arrangements fizz at Velvet Vine Wine's Bubbles & Blooms July 26 ✦ The pours at Nutcracker in July July 26 support NBT's pirouettes at Crush Pad ✦ Brunch goes ballistic with beats at the Durango food court with Breakfast Club July 27.
🖍️ Freebies
Keep your money and celebrate suh-weet freedom at these no-cost happenings: Teach your anime-crazed kiddos how to draw their own heroes at Anime Your Way July 23-26 at local libraries ✦ Keep your cool at the pool at Splash Bash July 25 at Craig Ranch Park ✦ Load up on free school supplies at the Ward 3 Back-to-School Fair July 26 at the East Las Vegas Community Center ✦ Free backpacks and metal beats lay down the rhythm for Rockin' Back to School July 26 at Windmill Library ✦ Use The Force (and your imagination) to craft cosmic cosplay fits at the Star Wars Costume Design Series July 30-Aug. 6 at Clark County Library ✦ Why don't you go take a hike – for free – on the Great American Outdoors Act Anniversary Aug. 4 at Red Rock National Conservation Area. – Curated by Ginger Meurer
😍 For our premium members: A raucous variety show in Commercial Center, a pixelated video game conference, and how to learn "algospeak" ... ▼
🎙️ Fresh Finds
Poets address limits and lessons in the Visible/Invisible Disabilities Poetry Showcase July 30 at West Charleston Library ✦ Fall under the spell of neon-sparking electro-pop with Frankie and the Witch Fingers July 31 at Swan Dive ✦ Bees, birds, and bats generate edifying buzz at Pollinator Party Aug. 2 at Clark County Wetlands Park ✦ Level up your video game literacy at Pixel Con Aug. 9 at the Tuscany.
🚲 The Junk Drawer
I rarely side-eye web slang, but dunno if I'm ready to yeet myself at algospeak ✦ Clearly Nevada can come up with a better name than "common side-blotched lizard" ✦ On "exercise snacks" and other tools for dealing with a bad night's sleep ✦ Tighten your banana seat and brace your crotch for these '70s ramp-jump snapshots.
'Til Seth Do Us Part: There's never a dead moment at Seth Robichaux's raucously vivacious variety show.
The Damned: This tense, simmering Civil War drama sees Union soldiers charting an unknown West.
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