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IT'S F1 RACE WEEK, and you know what that means: rage-inducing traffic snags and equally rage-inducing #f1brag posts from your suddenly super-annoying friends who scored tickets. But so what? You'll be too busy to notice with everything else that's popping, from Downtown music festivals to uptown seasonal attractions. Start your engines, and cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Neon City Festival
Why let F1 hog all the fun? A free, three-day party in the heart of the city.
Nov. 22-24 ✦ Downtown➤ Also: It doesn't get more geekily indie than The Front Bottoms Nov. 21 at House of Blues ✦ 'Tis the season to be curvy at The Jiggle Room Nov. 22 at Cheapshot ✦ Indigenous tribes vibe with music, dance, and more at the Pahrump Social Powwow Nov. 22-24 ✦ Keep an eye on the sky for cosmic truths at this stargazing meetup Nov. 23 in Blue Diamond ✦ Java Jaunt Birding Nov. 23 at the Wetlands Park sounds super fly ✦ The party goes global at Holidays Around the World Nov. 23 at Nevada State Museum. ✦ Henderson is a vroom town when the F1 Watch Party gets in gear Nov. 23.▼
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Get tix now for immersive screamings of this spirited classic.
Nov. 27-28 ✦ Area 15➤ Also: Reel in a day of amazing short films at the 48 Hour Film Project Festival Nov. 20 at The Beverly Theater ✦ Root for your favorite killer plant in Little Shop of Horrors Nov. 21-23 at Summerlin Library ✦ Feast on holiday mischief at Fork 'n Film's screening of Home Alone Nov. 23-24 ✦ Chill in royal fashion with the Ice Queen at The District's tree lighting Nov. 23. ✦ This Nutcracker mini-show Nov. 24 twirls and whirls at the Summerlin's Rock Rink ✦ Tivoli lights up the night with its grand Christmas tree at the Nutcracker Night Market Nov. 27.▼
Soirée Eclectic
I'm down for any seasonal show that promises "twisted tidings."
Nov. 24 ✦ Majestic Repertory Theatre➤ Also: High fashion and lowbrow laughs clash in The Devil Wears Payless Nov. 21-23 ✦ Get a dose of cleansing laughter at improv bash Bleach: Your Show Nov. 21 at Mom's Basement Theatre ✦ The jokes are blunt at Gabe Lopez's NuWu Comedy Club Nov. 22 ✦ Paint the town at the Las Vegas Artist Guild's Art & Wine Walk Nov. 22 ✦ Drag queens sashay and slay at Diva Royale Nov. 23 at Notoriety ✦ The colorful dances of Mexico come to life with Ballet Folklorico Izel Nov. 23.▼
➤ Also: Swingin' piano man Larry Fuller covers bop to blues to beyond Nov. 21-22 at Vic's Las Vegas ✦ The Dispensary Lounge gets a cozy jazz makeover at Lisa's Living Room Nov. 21 ✦ Catch a classical wave as the UNLV Wind Orchestra performs Banzai Pipeline Nov. 21 ✦ AGT star Putri Ariani shows off her soaring singing talents Nov. 24 at Maxan Jazz ✦ Airy melodies are in the forecast for Sirocco Flutes' "Autumn Amble" Nov. 24 at Green Valley Presbyterian Church ✦ Symphonic strings stir hearts at Gershwin & Baley Nov. 26 at UNLV.▼
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🥒 The Dish List
Wing it with your pickleball bros at the newly opened Chicken N Pickle in Henderson ✦ Ciao down on Euro suds at The Silver Stamp's Italian Beer Showcase Nov. 20 ✦ Sushi courses come fast and furious at Morimoto's F1 Omakase Dinner Nov. 21-22 ✦ Bring on the Beaujolais Nouveau at two events Nov. 21: savor it with burgers at Crush Pad or pair it with pizza at Garagiste ✦ Taste notes of Rat Pack-era Vegas at the bourbon-splashed Sinatra Dinner Nov. 21 at The Flamingo ✦ Rev up fiery flavors at Gordon Ramsay's Trackside Lunch Nov. 22 ✦ Chill out at this Ice Warriors wine-tasting Nov. 23 to benefit youth hockey ✦ Whiskey and wagyu make a winning combo at Stanton Social Prime Nov. 23 ✦ Race through an endless flavor loop at Indulge foodie fest Nov. 23 at Ayu Dayclub ✦ Stuff yourself weird at Cemetery Pulp's Freaksgiving potluck Nov. 23 ✦ Generosity soars at the Miracle Flights Holiday Wine Walk Nov. 23 at Downtown Summerlin ✦ Learn how to bake it 'til you make it with Milk Bar's Christina Tosi Nov. 23 at The Writer's Block.
🎅 Santanic Rituals
Hey ho! Here's a sackful of ways to mainline holly jollies as Xmas season shimmies down yr chimney. (Tip of the elfin tricorn to curator Ginger Meurer for the recs!)
Keepin' it rail: Downtown Summerlin's Holiday Parade kicks off Nov. 22 for a sked of weekend runs through Dec. 21 ✦ The kids will go loco(motive) for the train rides and midway games at Opportunity Village's Magical Forest Nov. 29-Dec. 31 ✦ Or ride the rails for real, night or day, at Boulder City North Pole Express or Santa Trains starting Nov. 29.
Walk this way: Get your kicks among pricks at the Ethel M Holiday Cactus Garden through Dec. 23 ✦ St. Nick goes high-tech at the frenetic laser light show at Sam's Town's Mystic Falls Park Winter Wonderland through Dec. 22 ✦ Go on a hunt for missing bells to help Santa's reindeer take flight at Enchant Christmas through Dec. 29.
Drive snowly: Holiday traffic takes on a whole new meaning at Glittering Lights Las Vegas through Jan. 5.
Group hug: Run with (or from) the elves at the Las Vegas Great Santa Run Dec. 7. ✦ Gangs of red-suited St. Nicks sleigh holiday humbuggers at SantaCon and Santa Rampage Dec. 14.
🎭 RIP Levi Fackrell
The Vegas arts scene is mourning the death of Levi Fackrell, who in 2002 founded what would ultimately become Vegas Theatre Company. Back then, it was called Cockroach Theatre Company – an unusual name, to be sure, but one that reflected the restless, stubbornly insurgent energy of its numerous black-box productions that helped set a tonal template for serious theatre in Las Vegas. A celebration of life is scheduled for Nov. 24 at UNLV's Judy Bayley Theatre.
⏰ Five-Minute Lit Punch
If you enjoy the verbal charge of public literary readings but find your attention span hopelessly flagging at, oh, the six-minute mark, Expo Nov. 23 at The Writer's Block is for you: Readers get five minutes, no more. Which will prove an additional boon given that, woot (I guess?), I'll be one of the readers – an opening act to other formidable talents on the roster such as Black Mountain Institute's Colette LaBouff, Las Vegas Writes series editor Jarret Keene and The Writer's Block's own Drew Cohen. Come out, get a firehose faceful of words, and say hi!
🚨 Freebies, Dealios & Alerts
Early-bird tickets are now on tap for the Great Vegas Festival of Beer April 5 ✦ Gift locally in true Silver State fashion with Travel Nevada's Nevada Pride Shopping Guide ✦ Use code FLASH for 25 percent off tix to select Swan Dive shows, including Mystery Skulls, Nimino, and Flamingosis; sale ends Thursday morning ✦ Veterans and active military get free entry to Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Glittering Lights Nov. 18 ✦ Your last chance to bug out at Springs Preserve's seasonal Butterfly Habitat is Nov. 25 ✦ Tickets to Majestic Repertory Theatre's January production of Cabaret go on sale Nov. 28.
