🍻 Epic beer | Wild yoga | Elvis attacks | Free Beetlejuice
OH YEAH, I CAN feel the seasons changing – not so much, like, you know, in the air or via deep climactic rhythms or anything, but rather in the shifting proportions of rosé (less) and beer (more) in my diet. Whatever your preferred beverage, we're serving up a generous pour of music, movies, art, and more this week. Your red Solo cup runneth over! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Spoon Benders
This self-described "pneumatic traveling psychic day spa" plies lusty, gutsy, scorching psychedelia.
August 27 ✦ Swan Dive➤ Also: Soft Echo celebrates 20 years of The Killers Aug. 24 at Cheapshot ✦ Very! fast! cover songs by Me First & The Gimme Gimmes Aug. 24 at Brooklyn Bowl ✦ Saxman Bob Sheppard bebops at Vic's Aug. 23-24 ✦ Catchy-as-hell LV electro-rock duo This Is Rogue Two unleashes new tunes Aug. 24 at The Usual Place ▼
American Trilogy
Three concerts celebrating the three distinct eras of Elvis, from heartthrob to Late-Stage Jumpsuit Karate Man.
August 23-24 ✦ The Westgate
Sunflower Yoga
Downward that dog amid the flowers at sunrise and sunset yoga sessions.
Through August 30 ✦ Gilcrease Orchard➤ Also: Bring just ... a mat? for Naked Yoga at the Erotic Heritage Museum on Thursdays ✦ Natural highs abound at NuWu's cannayoga Aug. 24 ▼
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nevada Shakespeare Festival's brisk riff on the Bard classic crams all the potion-fortified fairy mischief in little over an hour.
August 23 ✦ Windmill LibraryOur Supporting Sponsors
Vegas PBS ✦ The Writer's Block ✦ The Firm Public Relations & Marketing ✦ Inside Style ✦ Honey Badger Arsenal ✦ Taboo Podcast Vegas ✦ Pink Pelvis ✦ Piecing It Together Podcast ✦ A Public Fit Theatre Company ✦ Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ Aura Glow Beauty Co.
THE CH33SE 🧀
🏝️ The Dish List
Lots of rummy business going on as Golden Tiki marks nine years with a slate of events Aug. 26-30, including free tastings, bands, and specialty cocktails, culminating in $9 mai tais Aug. 30 ✦ If you think natural wines hafta taste funky, Wineaux wants to change your mind at this Aug. 28 tasting ✦ A master somm picks the pours at this Maggiano's dinner Aug. 23 ✦ Mimosas fortify this Aug. 25 brunch at Vegas Valley Winery ✦ Deadwood is serving up mead slushies (!) and more at their anniversary bash Aug. 24 ✦ Sip your way through wine history at this Crush Pad sampling Aug. 24 ✦ Story of a Muse is a lavishly conceived, Greek myth-inspired dinner series that runs Aug. 30-Sept. 28 at Palms Casino Resort ✦ On Sunday, I ate a Monte Cristo sandwich on syrup-drenched French toast with Lingonberry jam at Winnie & Ethel's and I either saw God or was having the best atrial fibrillation ever.
🚵♂️ Keepin' It Wheel
Even if you're not into the terrors jk I mean pleasures of mountain biking, the Lee Canyon Bike Festival Aug. 24 sounds like a literally and figuratively cool day trip, with an expo, bike demos, chair rides, bands, and films. ✦ Meanwhile, for kids and inner kids, Henderson hosts an actually kinda intense-sounding Hot Wheels race Aug. 24.
🎷 Blowin' Up
The UNLV Wind Orchestra recently announced its upcoming season, which kicks off Oct. 3. I'm particularly intrigued by the presumably surf-inflected Banzai Pipeline concert Nov. 21. Tix for all shows go on sale Aug. 27. ✦ Also, passes for the Las Vegas Sinfonietta's 2024-2025 season, kicking off Sept. 22, are on sale.
👂 Let Eric bend your ear to the best sounds to catch this month
Eric Duran-Valle
☠️ Final Answer
Just in time for Halloween season, spooky pizza spot Sliced is kicking off a horror-themed trivia night Aug. 21. They've got a pretty cool old-school arcade, too. ✦ This also sounds scary fun: a chance for a pair of free tickets to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Sept. 5 at Maya Cinemas, hosted by Piecing It Together Podcast. ✦ Finally, if you've never caught the Real Bodies exhibit at Horseshoe Las Vegas, go out on a limb before August 31 and get $8 off with code 8YEARS.
🤣 Fresh Finds
Get your guffaw on all night when the Laughter After Dark fest returns to town Oct. 6-9 ✦ The Mountain Springs Saloon brings back its popular pig roast Aug. 31 ✦ Singles mix and mingle IRL at The F Bar's Shuffle Dating Aug. 30. ✦ You're sure to have a buzzy story about your time at the Boozy Book Fair at Crafthaus in the Arts District Aug. 25.
