🧌 Freak theater | 243 dinners | Goblin metal | Wine + art | Hair stories | Movie tunes | Summer evil
KNOW WHAT'S WEIRD? This entire week! We've got fringe theater festivals, hair-raising stories (literally), and art shows that'll make your crotch cringe. All of which makes the singing goblin seem completely normal. Run that freak flag up the pole – you're in good company. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Restaurant Week: Dig into special prix fixe menus while nourishing a good cause.
➤ Also: Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend June 5-8 shakes up support for a striptease sanctuary at The Orleans ✦ Baller Dream Celebrity Poker Tournament June 7-8 at Circa goes all in on curing cancer ✦ Their Home Too Fest June 7 at Grey Witch serves up sonic treats for your ears and healthy meals for the homeless ✦ The Atomic Museum's Community Resource Fair June 7 illuminates the radiant work of local nonprofits.▼
First Friday: Get in your monthly DTLV art crawl before Las Vegas liquefies.
➤ Also: UNLV talent gets reel at the Heart of Cinema Short Film Showcase June 4 at The Composers Room ✦ Have a brush with urban plein air painting at Canvas & Cocktails June 5 at Container Park ✦ The patriarchy says "Ow! My balls!" when Dickstruction June 6 smashes UNLV ✦ Artfully rouse your sleepwalking spirit at Dream Factory June 6-8 in DTLV ✦ Killer moves strike in the night at Ninja Karaoke when the Freestyle Dance Battle June 6 drops into the dojo ✦ Ethan E. Salmon's mind-blowing miniatures make a big splash at First Friday June 6 ✦ Catch a picture-perfect buzz at the Art & Wine Walk June 6 at Red Rock Country Club ✦ Put your foot down for freedom at the Juneteenth Fun Run & Night Market June 6 at Pearson Community Center.▼
StorySLAM: Hair-itage features live storytellers braiding tales tangled with humor and heart.
➤ Also: Local music is in the air at Taverna Costera's Courtyard Showcase June 4 ✦ Bearded, ballsy, and brash comic "Marteeeeen!" Moreno June 8 laughs it off at Wiseguys Town Square ✦ Forbidden history and banned books come to light at Teach Truth June 7 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ High priests of pod spread the gospel of Dogma June 7 at Downtown Cinemas ✦ The weather forecast is haute at the Novii Avenue World Fashion Show June 8 at Taverna Costera ✦ Roll up with your rainbow crew for Pride Skate Night June 9 at Crystal Palace ✦ Draw up an action plan for fun at the Manga/Anime Summer Social June 10 at East Las Vegas Library.▼
The Henderson Symphony Orchestra screens a night of sonic cinema with the movie hits of John Williams.
➤ Also: Get a serving of rockin' Top 40 al fresco at Summerlin Sounds June 4 ✦ Melt to classical riffs on Coldplay and Imagine Dragons hits at Candlelight June 5 at The Industrial ✦ Catching the retro rhythm and blues of The Volsteads June 6 at The Mob Museum sounds like a criminally good time ✦ Romance makes waves in oceanic opera H.M.S. Pinafore June 6 & 8 at UNLV ✦ Feel the pulse poolside when electro-funkers Chromeo June 7 plug in with a DJ set at Downtown Grand ✦ Butter-smooth Oxnard soul ensemble Los So-Lows June 7 hit the high notes at Swan Dive ✦ Park your lawn chair at Craig Ranch for a night of feasty film fun at Movies Beats & Eats June 7.▼
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🥩 The Dish List
Dinner is served: Winnie & Ethel's Downtown Diner now suppers with steaks, sandwiches, and salads 'til 8p Thu-Mon ✦ This STK Steakhouse dinner June 4 costs ... one million dollars ✦ Perceptive pirates are invited to chew on the maritime mystery of Murder on the High Seas June 5 at Mezzo Bistro ✦ Sun-dappled sipping is on the slate at Palomas on the Patio June 6 at Circa ✦ Slash through a murderously fun meal when Fork n' Film presents Scream June 6 at Area 15 ✦ Get edified with fellow oenophiles at Sip & Learn June 8 at Vegas Valley Winery.
👻 Dark Nights
Do you taste something sinister on the dust-salted, carbonic air of Las Vegas lately? Maybe it's emanations of Summerween; maybe Ministry is ferrying a horde of savvy musical sidekicks in its wake. Whatever the case, there are plenty of somethings-wicked-this-way-comes crawling through the valley this weekend. Devilishly charming dark cabaret troubadour Aurelio Voltaire June 6 strums his spooky surf, ska, and rockabilly tunes at Backstage Bar & Billiards ✦ Casa De Brujas June 7 bring their plangently propulsive, danceable darkwave to The Usual Place ✦ Maximum Doom June 7 at Dive Bar triggers an aural apocalypse with Austin's Slumbering Sun ✦ You can't troll Nekrogoblikon June 8 at Backstage Bar & Billiards – their lead screecher is an actual goblin ✦ Need protective consecration? Mere earplugs won't save your soul, but celestial '70s glam-proggers Angel June 6 at Vamp'd Rock Bar & Grill just might.
💀 Fresh Finds
You just might die laughing at the Vegas Is Dead comedy show June 13 at Sliced Pizza ✦ Shop 'til you goth at Market Macabre June 13 at Grey Witch ✦ Trip on LDS as Pioneer Heritage Day June 14 celebrates Vegas' origins at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort ✦ You'll be frothing with FOMO if you miss Foam Wonderland June 28 at Craig Ranch Park.
⛳ The Junk Drawer
Sure, it's possible to live on $432 a month, but you have to live in Masena, New York ✦ Hopefully at some point, our voraciously greedy AI overlords will groan, "I can't eat another bite!" ✦ Besides golf, here's another reason not to live near a golf course ✦ The Wadsworth Constant certainly doesn't apply to these 28 slightly rude notes on writing.
Booker T. Jones: Savor a night of slinky, simmering Memphis soul.
Seawall Prophet: Them and a bunch of jammy reggae bands play in a cool graffiti beer house.
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