😢 Goodbye | Comic fest | Schlocky Rocky | Honk-oween | Horn dude | Skate art | Robot giraffe
I WISH THIS were a Halloween trick, but I'm bummed to announce that this is the last issue of The List.
Oh, it's not you, it's me. My wife has accepted an awesome job in San Antonio and an exciting new chapter beckons in Texas. (Meaning, among other things, I get to wear a bolo tie unironically.)
I've had an utter blast working with fellow curators Eric Duran-Valle, Ginger Meurer, Scott Dickensheets, Poly Schmitt, Lille Allen, Niki Sligar, Mar Smith, and my wife Kim Treviño-Kiraly to bring you a pun-studded wall o' text every week highlighting the coolest things to do in my rad hometown. I hope The List has helped you connect more deeply with Las Vegas' rich cultural and creative currents that are so often eclipsed by the spectacle of the Strip.
Supporting Sponsors and premium members, I'm deeply grateful for your invaluable support. Your subscription payments will be canceled this week. (Or, if you prefer, you can do it yourself here.) If you're on an annual plan and would like a prorated refund, hit me at [email protected] and we'll make it happen. Of course, you can also send rants, raves, and hyperventilating farewell encomia.
Enough housekeeping. What a scary good week of events we've got! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Majestic Repertory Theatre leads this time warp marking the cult phenom's 50th year.
➤ Also: Jell-O wrestling, cake fights, gorelesque go-go? Just another Freak-O-Rama Oct. 29 at Double Down ✦ Kink meets creativity at The Nerd's Sexiest Costume Party Oct. 30 ✦ The Craft'd Oct. 30-Nov. 2 continues its dark magic at Majestic Repertory Theatre ✦ Bloody smart local luminaries discuss classic vamp The Night Stalker Oct. 30 at The Mob Museum ✦ Hit the upper limits of haute horror at Circa's Haunted Heights Oct. 31 ✦ You're bound to love the exotic + erotic Sin City Halloween Ball Oct. 31 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas ✦ Strange Journey Nov. 1 pairs Rocky Horror with a delicious doc at Swan Dive.▼
Honky Tonk Halloween: Boot up with The Rhyolite Sound for a pumpkin-stomping roustabout.
➤ Also: Drink in seasonal shenanigans at Opera on Tap Oct. 29 at The Space ✦ Treat yourself to black-bang bangers at Emoween Oct. 31 at The Usual Place ✦ Noche Halloween y Rock en Español Oct. 31 brings fiesta flair to The Sand Dollar Downtown ✦ Hip hop heroes bring beats and bars to Strong Music Festival Nov. 1 at DLVEC ✦ Hardcore punk horrifies Grey Witch at Terror Fest Nov. 1 ✦ Ax and the Hatchetmen Nov. 2 grind out sharp indie rock at Swan Dive ✦ Want to hear NEXTET's cutting-edge chamber music? Get It! Nov. 3 at UNLV.▼
Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival: What's the draw? Cosplay, crafts, artists, writers, and live-action performances.
➤ Also: Outbox: A Haunted Film Experience Oct. 29 screens for screams at Area 15 ✦ Wicked talent mobs the mic at Heads Will Roll Halloween Poetry Slam Oct. 30 at Taverna Costera ✦ Free entry is worth its weight in silver on Nevada Day Oct. 31 at Nevada State Museum ✦ Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center scares up a Halloween-themed Final Friday Oct. 31 ✦ Now this is just cold: ULLR Fest Winter Kickoff Party Nov. 1 at Lee Canyon ✦ Chew on the question of What Is Queer Food? with John Birdsall Nov. 1 at The Writer's Block ✦ The art of DIY skate culture shreds at Them Nov. 2 at Fergusons Downtown.▼
Steam Powered Giraffe: You've seen performers do the robot. These guys are the robot.
➤ Also: Dream to the beat at shoegaze show No Surprises Oct. 30 at Windmill Library ✦ Hope you're jazzed for the Las Vegas Ragtime Orchestra Oct. 30 at Whitney Library ✦ Tricks & Treats Oct. 31 transforms Area 15 into a kid-friendly candyland ✦ Roll the dice on dire dungeon adventures at Dimension 20 Live Nov. 1 at MGM Grand Garden Arena ✦ Vivacious virtuoso pianist Danae Dörken Nov. 1 and 3 gets keyed up at local libraries.▼
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🌮 Food and Loathing
It's crunch time at Viva Taco Fest Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at Craig Ranch Park ✦ Chef Oscar Amador of Anima by EDO fame opens Amador Cocina Fina Nov. 1 ✦ Ghost sobriety at the Boos Fest Halloween Bar Crawl Nov. 1 starting at Jammyland ✦ Stein up all night at Las Vegas Brewing Company's Bavarian Beer Dinner Nov. 4 ✦ Book this date: The Other Side of the Family: Supporting Culinary Literacy Nov. 5 at The Mob Museum ✦ You'll be seeing red (and white) at Lee's Wine Experience Nov. 8 at Lee's Family Forum. – curated by Bob Barnes, who dishes about these and more at FoodandLoathing.Vegas
🥃 The Happiest Hours
Take a chance on romance at these couples-friendly happy hours: Two-for-$20 Basil Gimlet and Hot Tropics sizzle at Beauty & Essex ✦ Nuzzle up to Nobu's $18 cocktails and $9 Asahis ✦ Petite Boheme proffers small bites from frites to pâté de campagne from $7-$14 ✦ Say yes to Wineaux's $12 hamachi & caviar ✦ Parlour's $5 Sexy Singles Burger and $3 beers means you're never alone. – curated by Andrew Morgan, who writes about these and more at Happy Hour Vegas
🎣 The Junk Drawer
You used to have to worry about getting catfished on dating apps – now you can get chatfished too! ✦ I'm ambivalent about F1 for cars, but I'm definitely a fan of F1 for marbles ✦ It's almost a trope now to call ICE a shadowy, unregulated secret police corps but this pretty much makes it official ✦ Ditch the standard Halloween film fare and peep (between your fingers) these Secret Horrors.
ButtTootKing: These "RuPaul’s Drag Race" personalities promise "to change the face of drag FOREVER," and by gawd I believe them.
Arturo Sandoval: If anyone deserves to toot his own horn, it's this lung-busting trumpet legend.
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