👽 Oddities expo | Beer carnival | Japan fest | Psychic fair | Scream'd again | Ha-pocalypse now
LET'S GET WEIRD – but, you know, fun weird, not creepy weird. But, actually, yeah, a little creepy weird, but creepy weird as in spooky creepy weird and not, like, stalker creepy weird. Anyway, this week is, let's see, a sullen goth teen's bedroom stuffed with odd critters, zombies, and slasher masks. But there's also beer and punk rock, so – spoiler alert – this episode has a happy ending. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
Oddities & Curiosities Expo
If it's strange, quirky, morbid, or freaky, it's here. (Yes, those tiny hearts are real.)
September 14-15 ✦ World Market Center➤ Also: Frame your fave fandom at the free Amazing Art Expo Sept. 13-15 at The Plaza ✦ Artist Jessica Oreck's eye for tiny detail makes a big impact Sept. 13 at ASAP ✦ The characters of Shan Michael Evans' world are Saints and Poets Maybe Sept. 11 at Nevada Humanities ✦ Las Vegas Museum of Art's Heather Harmon discusses art, business, and leadership Sept. 12 at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art ✦ Artists destroy, rebuild, repeat at Reassembly Required Sept. 12 at the Clark County Rotunda Gallery ✦ Wander (or stumble) through the Arts Factory warren at Art + Brew Sept. 14 ▼
Zombie Rumble
Punk rock, classic cars, vendor market, hella food. Look out, there's a brain-eater in the pit!
September 15 ✦ Area 15➤ Also: Sake tasting and tuna carving are on the menu at the Japan Fair Sept. 14 in Chinatown Plaza ✦ It's a carnival of craft brews at Henderson Booze District's Food Truck Mania Sept. 14 ✦ These wrestlers grapple with Life After Love Sept. 13 at Swan Dive ✦ Womanopoly marks its first fanny-versary Sept. 14 at Cheapshot ▼
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
September 12-21 ✦ UNLV Judy Bayley Theatre➤ Also: Learn how to make a killing in A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder through Sept. 21 at Spring Mountain Ranch ✦ Play F*ck Marry Kill with standup comics Sept. 14 at Notoriety ✦ Natalie Cuomo and Dan LaMorte go from the altar to the stage Sept. 15 at 24 Oxford ✦ Pine Hollow Winery uncorks theatrics with Sitting Alone in a Diner Sept. 12-28 ▼
Scream'd
The silly, slashy musical sendup of horror flicks and hormonal teens calls back for another run.
September 13 ✦ Majestic Repertory Theatre➤ Also: I see a Psychic Fair & Flea Market in your future, Sept. 14 to be exact ✦ Too much spooky stuff? Reset at the Mellow Vibes Market Sept. 14 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Wild West breasts herd eyeballs at this Country Barlesque Sept. 13 at Notoriety ✦ Missing International Observe the Moon Night Sept. 14 would be sheer lunacy ▼
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🍿 The Dish List
This Sept. 11 Beetlejuice date night package at Downtown Cinemas scares up pinot and popcorn for two ✦ Take a tasteful tour of Northern Italy at this Sept. 13 Monzú wine dinner ✦ Stroll 'n' swirl in bucolic Boulder City as Wine Walks return Sept. 14 ✦ Sip Sicily silly at this Sept. 14 Crush Pad tasting ✦ Culinary queens cook up a Picnic in the Alley Sept. 21 ✦ Wine and waggy tails are on tap at this Sept. 21 Humane Society fundraiser ✦ It's a rodeo of steins, spurs, and sausage as Stoney's kicks off Oktoberfest Sept. 21 ✦ Lasso up grub and cowboy vibes at Winnie & Ethel's Old West Supper Club Sept. 27 ✦ Boo hoo, #sadface, I'm on a pre-nuptials no-drinky stretch; might have to pop into The Dispensary Lounge and sample their new mocktail menu ✦ Eater Vegas recently dropped a listicle on much-hyped restaurants opening this fall ✦ Discount prices for the Oct. 19 Downtown Brew Festival go dry on Sept. 15.
🎉 Make America Grito
Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off Sept. 15 and there are plenty of ways to celebrate. Patria Mexicana Sept. 13 at the West Las Vegas Arts Center will feature several school mariachi ensembles bompin' their stuff ✦ Rumbazo returns to Downtown Sept. 13-14 with a roster of Latin pop biggies ✦ El Grito at the East Las Vegas Community Center Sept. 14 offers refreshments, kids' activities, as well as community resources ✦ The Las Vegas Latino Festival Sept. 14-15 at Container Park boasts live bands, DJs, and folklórico dancers ✦ Catch a little bidi bidi bom at Selena Sept. 14 at The Beverly Theater ✦ The Winchester Dondero Cultural Center throws its annual Hidalgo Festival Sept. 14 ✦ Want to give back? The Springs Preserve opens Latino Conservation Week with a Sept. 14 trail cleanup.
👪 Family Matters
Children will enjoy the beatings dished out at the World Beat Drum Circle Family Drumming Experience Sept. 15 at the Summerlin Library ✦ Confront your mommy issues at the free Sept. 14 Mom's Resource Fair at the Historic Fifth Street School ✦ Budding citizen scientists are invited to document the flora and fauna of Floyd Lamb Park Sept. 14 at Parks for Pollinators.
🎫 Ticket Alerts
Snag tix for these popular events coming up, because they go faaast: Haunted Harvest Oct. 17-20 at Springs Preserve, Nevada Ballet Theatre's Cinderella at The Smith Center Oct. 18-20, and Día de Muertos Nov. 1-3 at Springs Preserve.
🤘 Neat, this kinda lost-to-history Vegas metal band is playing Sept. 13 at the Golden Nugget of all places and I wrote a lightly philosophical essay about it:
Andrew Kiraly
💦 Fresh Finds
Pomade that pomp for new Rockabilly Wednesdays at The Composer Room ✦ I've def gotta check out the chaos energy steaming off Von Boldt at their new Tuesday night Punk Rock Museum residency, which includes ... sea shanties? ✦ The Rio goes full carnival when the 626 Night Market returns Oct. 4-6 ✦ The Oasis Vintage Market curates old-school cool Oct. 5 at Nine Twenty.
