🍷 Uncorked laughs | Book fest | Greasy comedy | Leotard Romeo | Jazz picnic | Spaghetti rock | Grunge beer

HIGHBROW, LOWBROW, unibrow – no brow is off-limits at The List. And this week offers a Glissando o' Fun^TM for every taste, from book festivals and soul-stirring ballets to truck-stop diner theater and beer-soaked flannel hangouts. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍

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Las Vegas Book Festival: Pump up the volumes with renowned authors and rad fellow readers.

Oct. 18 ✦ Historic Fifth Street School

➤ Also: Veg out at Green Our Planet's Giant Student Farmers Market Oct. 16 at Clark County Government Center ✦ Get an eyeful of opulent decay at art show The Afterparty Oct. 16 at Historic Fifth Street School ✦ A flood of literary talent unleashes Monsoon Season Oct. 16 at Clark County Library ✦ Curtis Chin cooks up family reflections in Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant Oct. 17 at Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art ✦ Allure Gardens quenches naughty curiosity at The Thirst Market Oct. 17 ✦ Deal with it: Rock Solid Card Show Oct. 17-19 at The Plaza ✦ Las Vegas Pride Festival Oct. 18 paints the park at Desert Breeze ✦ Face-painting and folkloric dance are the kicks at Clark County Government Center's Latino Cultural Festival Oct. 18 ✦ Weird wares are wielded at Nightshade Market Oct. 18 at Cemetery Pulp ✦ The potent portraits of Bik’eh Hózhó Oct. 21 celebrate Diné resilience at Spring Valley Library.▼

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Night Shift: Oddball lives collide at a truck-stop diner in this greasy comedy.

Oct. 16-18 ✦ Vegas Theatre Company

➤ Also: StraightioLab Oct. 15 trains a gay gaze on straight culture at Vegas Theatre Company ✦ A vaudeville volcano erupts at Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Oct. 17 at Double Down ✦ Sink your Jaws into the Beckettian boredom of The Shark Is Broken Oct. 17-19 at Las Vegas Little Theatre ✦ Tassel-twirling vixens shake it at The Jiggle Room Oct. 17 at Cheapshot ✦ Punch-drunk meat clowns duke it out at Fight Circus Oct. 17-18 at Palms ✦ Film podders chop it up at The Last Dragon Oct. 19 at Downtown Cinemas ✦ Tannenbaum forecasts informative laughs at The Nate Show Oct. 19 at West Charleston Library ✦ PrideStyle rallies rib-crushing wrestlers at Heartbreak Season Oct. 19 at Swan Dive (LIST5OCT for $5 off) ✦ Tossed tomatoes keep comics on their toes at Fomato Improv Oct. 19 at The Space ✦ Is that a beanstalk in your pocket or are you just excited to see Once Upon a Happy Ending Oct. 21 at Notoriety?▼

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Romeo & Juliet: Lavish sets and bold dance spice up this star-crossed Shakespeare classic.

Oct. 17-19 ✦ The Smith Center

➤ Also: Last chance for The Underpants and Hedda Gabler Oct. 15-19 at UNLV ✦ Pipe up with UNLV's Choral Ensembles Oct. 16 ✦ Tango classics tickle your hips at A Tribute to Astor Piazzolla Oct. 16 at Sahara West Library ✦ Glitter and glam grace the stage at Drop Dead Diva Oct. 17 at The Composers Room ✦ Mozart marries mischief and merrymaking in Le nozze di Figaro Oct. 17 & 19 at CSN ✦ Multifaceted Mexican dance showcases in Fiesta Folklorico Oct. 18 at West Charleston Library ✦ Las Vegas Sinfonietta caresses you classically in Up Close and Personal Oct. 19 at Clark County Library ✦ Young Artists Orchestra strings stories in Scheherazade Oct. 19 at Windmill Library.▼

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Flannels & Beer: An evening of curated craft suds with a live grunge soundtrack.

Oct. 18 ✦ The Usual Place

➤ Also: Pixelcore pros Decaying Tigers Oct. 16 bleep it out at Windmill Library ✦ Italy's Mystic Majesty Oct. 16 boots up psych-stoner rock at The Griffin ✦ Punk-metal icons Corrosion of Conformity Oct. 17 scour The Usual Place ✦ Messer Chups Oct. 18 serve spaghetti Western spook-rock at Dive Bar ✦ Scratch your itch for turntable history at The DJ Museum Oct. 18 ✦ Punk salad days pop back at When We Were Young Oct. 18-19 at Las Vegas Festival Grounds ✦ Jazz Picnic Oct. 18 spreads al fresco horns at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center.▼

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🍝 Food and Loathing

Couple up your carbs at Azzurra Cucina's new Tuesday Date Night menu ✦ Get lid at the 3 Year Anniversary Oct. 17 at Hard Hat Lounge ✦ Join the dark side at Chocolate Connoisseur Oct. 18 at Wynn Las Vegas ✦ You can go straight to shell at Christ Church Episcopal's Lobster Fair Oct. 18 ✦ Savor the terrifying terroir of these Wicked Wines Oct. 18 at Crush Pad ✦ Meat up with fellow music-lovers at R&B and Ribs Oct. 19 at Fergusons Downtown.– curated by Bob Barnes, who dishes about these and more at FoodandLoathing.Vegas

🍖 The Happiest Hours

You'll have a serious beef with these barbecue spot happy hours: SoulBelly BBQ is in the spirit with $10 beer-and-shot and $7 brisket sliders ✦ Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que knocks $2 off wine and sauces up $9 rib tips ✦ Get a pork addiction at Virgil's Real BBQ with $9 pigs in a blanket and $6 drafts ✦ Rick's Rollin Smoke BBQ wets your appetite with $4 wine and $8 signature cocktails ✦ Go crazy at Fox Smokehouse BBQ with 99-cent wings and $1 PBRs. – curated by Andrew Morgan, who writes about these and more at Happy Hour Vegas

🌱 Growth Potential

Worn down? Get re-souled at these wellness events: Make shroom in your schedule for Psycon Psychedelic Convention Oct. 16-18 at World Market Center ✦ Cold plunges and rooftop yoga are the highs at Discoflow Oct. 18 at We All Scream ✦ Create community immunity at Elderberry Syrup DIY Class Oct. 18 at Herbally Grounded ✦ Hoof it over to Sisk Road for Sound Bath with Horses Oct. 25. – curated by Niki Sligar, who posts about these and more at Spirit of Vegas.

🎸 The Junk Drawer

Can't stop snacking on these clever and psychologically deft MUTE Series microflicks ✦ Just a little light antifa reading to prep for No Kings Oct. 18 ✦ Want to make friends? Skip happy hour and take a ceramics class ✦ Caught the explosively gross and cynical Toxic Avenger reboot recently and enjoyed it. Another reason to like it: It's eliminating medical debt.

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Titane: Fasten your seatbelt for midnight drive into a sensorially supercharged car subculture.

October 21 ✦ The Beverly Theater

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Fur & Thundur: Audience suggestions scare up Halloween inspiration for this improv puppet troupe.

Oct. 19 ✦ The Space

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