🍉 Epic picnic | Ha ha hot dog | Martini fest |✨New!✨Happy hours | Plant art | Free beatings | Chicken + whiskey
THE VEGAS BUFFET ain't what it used to be, but we're channeling its original spirit in this week's List: a high-value, high-calorie trough of steaming events that lean into our city's rep as a food and beverage mecca. Okay, the hot dogs are made of fabric, but technically you can still eat them. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
That Show About the Hot Dog: No mystery meat in this multidisciplinary tube o' theater packed with heart and humor.
➤ Also: Crowd-working comedians shoot from the quip at The Riff Sept. 4 at Audio Bar ✦ There are verse ways to feel the groove at Poetry & Vinyl Sept. 4 at Echo Taste & Sound ✦ Goodman Plaza gets christened with the croons of Jessica Manalo Sept. 4 ✦ Black Sabbath falls on a Thursday at The Celebration of Ozz Sept. 4 at Backtage Bar & Billiards ✦ Bright talents wax rhapsodic at Spotlight Open Mic Night Sept. 4 at Taverna Costera ✦ The superlative Sonia Barcelona Sept. 6 unveils "Nobody Does It Better" at Recycled Propaganda ✦ Forgive comedian Jerry Law for showing No Mercy Sept. 6 at C3 Lounge ✦ Get shock treatment with Doug Stanhope Sept. 6 at The Plaza ✦ Night time is the rhyme time at Poetry After Dark Sept. 7 at Moonlight Karaoke Lounge.▼
P*rnStar Martini Week: Arts District hot spots grind out vivid variations of the prurient passion-fruit cocktail.
➤ Also: Take me to your dauber at Alien Bingo Sept. 3 at Area 15 ✦ The town's top titillaters tease for two nights at The Sin City Burlesque Festival Sept. 5-6 at The Space ✦ The rascally Jesika von Rabbit Sept. 5 gets hopped up on pop at The Usual Place ✦ No rose-colored glasses needed at Pink Party Night Sept. 6 at Millennium Fandom Bar ✦ The big DTLV cocktail bang climaxes at the Final P*rnStar Martini Party Sept. 7 at Petite Boheme ✦ It's a lacy, late-night curtain call at the Sin City Burlesque Festival Afterparty Sept. 6 at Cheapshot ✦ Here's a puff piece for sophisticated smokers: Pipe Club Sept. 9 at Grey Witch.▼
Cafe Free Weekend: Celebrate St. Nicolas with copious explosions, outbursts, and manic method-acting.
➤ Also: Filmmaker Zachary Fried honors Historic Westside heroes in Unsung Sept. 4 at West Las Vegas Library ✦ The USAF Band of the Golden West Clarinet Quartet Sept. 4 soars sonically at Summerlin Library ✦ Night owls wing it at Birding After Hours Sept. 5 at Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve ✦ Take an UnCommons shortcut to local deals at Market in the Alley Sept. 6 ✦ The canny artists of My Style Paint Jam Sept. 6 spray it with feeling at Area 15 ✦ Run for your (healthy) life at Field Day Sept. 6 at Desert Breeze Park ✦ The priests of Piecing It Together pray on The Conjuring: Last Rites Sept. 7 at Downtown Cinemas.▼
Plantasia: This plant-inspired art party will grow on you.
➤ Also: The bread damn well better be artisanal at the Monthly Community Dinner Sept. 3 at Lulu Art House ✦ You can relate to this: intergenerational art show Family Album Sept. 4 at Las Vegas Civic Center Gallery ✦ Beat the First Friday rush with a calm cabernet stroll at Preview Night Art + Wine Walk via Akin Cooperative ✦ Paint the town at First Friday Sept. 5 with featured artist Darien Fernandez ✦ Three exhibits sure to triple your perspective: Living Here, Perception, and Floreo Sept. 5 at Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art ✦ It's a shopper's season finale at the Fall Craft Spectacular Sept. 5-7 at World Market Center ✦ Compassion knows no borders at the Solidaridad Sin Fronteras fundraiser Sept. 6 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Savor the flavor of the season at JoJami Tyler's From Seed to Supper live podcast recording Sept. 6 at Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum ✦ You can't beat this: Korabo Taiko Sept. 7 celebrates 15 years of pounding at Summerlin Library.▼
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🦪 Food and Loathing
Hope your tongue has a passport for the globetrotting MGP Fine Wine Dinner Sept. 4 at Firefly ✦ Aw, shucks, you should hit The Oyster Bar's Seafood Boil & Brews Sept. 4 at Durango Station ✦ Unleash your cravings at Big Dog's Tequila, Tacos & Beer Pairing Sept. 4 ✦ Whiskey-buzzed bird is the word at Echo Taste & Sound's Fried Chicken, Bourbon & Blues Sept. 6 ✦ You'll be breakin' the claw at the Crab Corner Brews & Blues Festival Sept. 6 ✦ This gets a nod: Gina Marinelli and Emily Brubaker team up for Winner Winner, a "Yes Chef!"-Inspired Dinner Sept. 8 at La Strega. – curated by Bob Barnes, who dishes about these and more at FoodandLoathing.Vegas
🍺 The Happiest Hours
It's football season, so hut hut choopow! or, um, whatever it is they say. Here's a huddle of sports-bar happy hours: Get lucky at Rí Rá Irish Pub with $6 well drinks, Guinness pints, and $9 short rib poutine ✦ The George has got weekday game with $5 Modelos and $7 truffle fries ✦ $8 Old Fashioneds and $9-12 appetizers are your side piece at Flanker ✦ There's a cheer in my beer: The Stadium sports $10 barbecue chicken pizzas and half-off specialty cocktails ✦ Now that's the ticket: General Admission's $5 house wines and mimosas plus $8 Tokyo Tots ✦ $5 Little Big Burgers and $3 drafts? You're in the Sticks ✦ Soak to your roots at Blondies with a $20 all-you-can-drink weekday special. – curated by Andrew Morgan, who writes about these and more at Happy Hour Vegas
🪴 Growth Potential
Lift your spirits at these upcoming holistic, health, and wellness events: Show your lungs some love at Illuminate Breathwork Sept. 5 at Yoga Sanctuary ✦ Learn to say "I love hue" at the Rainbow Paint & Picnic Sept. 5 ✦ The Arts District becomes the Heart District at the Mystical Main Street Walking Tour Sept. 10 ✦ Become a botanical bad-ass at Roots to Remedies DIY Herbal Workshop Sept. 13 at Eccentric Glow ✦ Super-charge your immune cells at DIY Herbal Tincture Class Sept. 13 at Herbally Grouned. – curated by Niki Sligar, who posts these and more at Spirit of Vegas
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