✦Weekender✦ Goth tacos | Twee shop party | Smurf yoga | Summer jamz | Wang chungus | Banda noche | Plant wizzes 🌻
FROM SONIC SUMMER showcases to mindful meditation walks to fabulously fluorescent glow parties, here's what made The List this weekend. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
👛 Friday August 8
- Even for a swarthy, grizzled, imposing manly-man such as myself 🫤, Akin Cooperative is a delightful little squeal-inducing kaleidoscope of twee, quirk, and uber-cute indie preciosity. The Arts District boutique is celebrating three years by basically putting on a whole-ass vendor block party inside with pop-ups and activations galore. 11a, Akin Cooperative
- So, word on the Manduka mat is that the recent Heavy Metal Yoga they did here was a full-on skullfark ragër (good thing), so now Windmill is following up strong with old-school-flavored Hip Hop Yoga, where sun salutations becomes smurfin' salu-brations! 630p, Windmill Library
- Vegas Bucket List Item #177: Catching Clint Holmes at Myron's, his natural habitat. Summer Lightning will feature sunny classics from Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, including obscure Vegas-inspired cuts such as "I Wear Oven Mitts to Drive." 7p, Myron's
- How much sensuous, sinuous belly dance can a person stomach? Shimmering Summer Nights features tensile tummies showcasing the art form, complemented by elaborate costumes. 7p, Whitney Library
Also Friday ➤
The joke's on mute at Silent But Deadly Comedy at Area 15 ✦ Brandish your vicious vocal chops at Karate Karaoke at Tuscany ✦ Duct tape + cardboard + kids + squealing Titanic terror = Cardboard Boat Regatta at Desert Breeze ✦ Just fyi here's what a birthday party for an alt-star goth striptease demon looks like.
👉 ICYMI, here's a sack o' cereal in ya face, IKEA stoner rock, and Olympic-scale suds:
Andrew Kiraly
👣 Saturday August 9
- Mazes are for getting lost. Labyrinths are for finding yourself. [Drills into your soul with a deep, unblinking gaze.] Seriously though, if you've never walked a labyrinth, it's eerily relaxing. Better yet, you can meet fellow chillax-seeking clarity pilgrims at this mindful morning Labyrinth Walk. 9a, Center for Spiritual Living Greater Las Vegas
- My favorite shoes are a rando pair of Circle G ankle chukkahs that I scrounged from a clearance rack at Boot Barn years ago. I suspect the Roper Warehouse Sale is a good place for miracle scores like that. (Through Sunday) 10a, Roper Warehouse
- Mark Ruben knows a thing or two about gardening: He runs a big-ass orchard bursting with tomatoes and peaches. He's dropping intel at this Fall Gardening Tips sesh on what to plant this season and how to prepare for winter. 3p, Summerlin Library
- After a seven-year hiatus and more than smidge of drama, Alabama Shakes announced their reunion last year. But this isn't a throwback cash-in – the band also announced they're making new music with a leaner, meaner lineup. Expect rolling, smoky rhythm-and-blues with a refreshed outlook. 8p, Fontainebleau
Also Saturday ➤
Daub in the dark as meteors streak overhead at Cosmic Bingo at Lovell Canyon ✦ Las Vegas becomes a vroom town at the super-sleek CaliCreaming car expo ✦ Your future is bright at The Phoenix's Fluorescent Fantasy glow party ✦ I mean, really, any late night at Huntridge Tavern involves creeps, but this one involves The Creeps and "robotic gogo girls" and "blood wrestling."
🍅 Sunday August 10
- Unpopular opinion: Bloody Marys are salad. Need convincing? Check out this Bloody Mary class where you start with a simple michelada-inspired libations and then venture into a thick, fibrous jungle of fun garnishes and pickled veggies. I didn't say you couldn't get drunk off the salad. 2p, F the Bar
- Quick Gen X Voight-Kampff test: If keywords such as "Jessie's girl," "missing you" or "wang chung" used as an intransitive verb evoke an unnervingly plangent emotional response, this one's for you: the I Want My '80s Tour with Rick Springfield, Wang Chung, and John Waite. 7p, Lee's Family Forum
- It's peak Perseids season, and you know what means – ripe, juicy meteors popping more or less invisibly above our light-blasted valley. But if you venture out to the valley's rim between Aug. 9-13, you just might catch some falling stars. Night, Southern Nevada
Also Sunday ➤
This inclusive wrestling matinee should be a real organ-grinder: PrideStyle's Eat Your Heart Out Aug. 10 at Swan Dive. ✦ Las Vegas Little Theatre raises the curtain with a Season Preview ✦ Soak in sunshine and splashy beats at the poolside Soirée Tempo in the Bel-Aire Backyard.
🙏 Hope you have the raddest weekend. Thanks for your support! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
