🧙♀️ Witch please! | Weird expo | Latin fest | Reddit improv | '80s hell | Huuuge circus | Secret book sale
IF THIS WEEK'S List is any indication – as well as my wife buying out the entire Maryland Parkway Marshalls Halloween section on July 18 – spooky season has arrived early. We've got wicked wiccan teen musical satire, hockey-masked killer tribute acts, and a market where you can buy creepy jarred specimens that are assuredly "legal to own." Scary good fun. Cheers! – Andrew Kiraly 🤍
The Craft'd: Mystical mean girls are coven for you in this musical sendup of the 1996 cult flick.
➤ Also: Delirious dipsomaniac Dijon Sept. 10 and 12 spreads spicy tales at Vegas Theatre Company ✦ The forecast calls for fancy footwork at Singin' in the Rain Sept. 11-27 at Spring Mountain Ranch ✦ UNLV's brightest writers turn on some Neon Lit Sept. 12 at The Beverly Theater ✦ Be one with everything at the wise and wistful That Show About the Hot Dog Sept. 13-14 at Vegas Theatre Company ✦ Furtive funnies get dished on the DL at Don't Tell Comedy Sept. 13 in DTLV ✦ LOL 'til you're DOA at Vegas Is Dead comedy Sept. 13 at Sliced Pizza ✦ Cringe Reddit confessionals become cathartic improv at r/AmITheA**hole Sept. 14 at Mom's Basement Theatre.▼
Latin Heritage Parade: Park Centre Drive explodes in vivid color at this pan-Latin street party.
➤ Also: Mariachi youths raise their Voces de Union y Libertad Sept. 12 at West Las Vegas Library ✦ Danzantes del Puerto make moves at Fiesta Folklorico Sept. 12-13 at local libraries ✦ Crafts, community, and cuisine convene at Hidalgo Cultural Event Sept. 13 at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center ✦ Los Tucanes de Tijuana Sept. 13 bring norteño narcocorridos to the Pearl ✦ Headliner Princess Wonda reigns at the Afrobeat Festival Sept. 13 at Lorenzi Park ✦ Asian Cinema in Concert Sept. 13 is a musical film feast from the East at Windmill Library ✦ The El Grito de Dolores kicks off NLV's Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Sept. 14 at Liberty Park ✦ Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Sept. 15 brings old-school fiesta flavor (as in 1897!) to The Smith Center.▼
Totally 80s Symphonic: Get your chung thoroughly wanged at this orchestral blast from the past.
➤ Also: Lots of perking on the dance floor at Caf-Fiend Rave Sept. 11 at Parlour ✦ Rare cut: Tokyo Groove Jyoshi Sept. 11-13 saxes up sushi spot Maxan Jazz ✦ Kickstart your heart for the residency of Mötley Crüe Sept. 12 at Park MGM ✦ Soft rock at a punk bar? Fur sure: Bear Supply Sept. 12 at Double Down Saloon ✦ Fremont Street hosts light entertainment with Major Lazer Sept. 12 ✦ The talent is ripe at community jam A Bloom in the Dark Sept. 12 at Gather House ✦ Silly rabbit, raves are for (inner) kids at Labooboo Wuvs Yew Sept. 12 (Backstage Bar & Billiards), Anime Rave Sept. 13 and Family Rave Sept. 14 (Area 15) ✦ Wanna hear something really scary? A Nightmare on 80s Street Sept. 13 at Swan Dive ✦ Sin City chefs cook up tasty covers at Foie Grock Sept. 13 at SoulBelly BBQ ✦ Vegas gutbucket greats throw a bluesy B.B. King's 100th Birthday Celebration Sept. 16 at Sand Dollar Downtown.▼
Circus Festival of Las Vegas: Global big-top talents converge to spin, fly, flip, and twist.
➤ Also: Get moto-vated at Hola Habibi's Bike Night Sept. 11 ✦ Las Vegas Alien Event Sept. 12-14 at Alexis Park sounds probing ✦ Deals in the dark abound at Night Market Sept. 13 at Tivoli Village ✦ Put the fun back in funeral at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo Sept. 13-14 at World Market Center ✦ The prices aren't high but you are at Planet the 13th Night Market Sept. 13 ✦ Line Dancing Night Sept. 13 at Horse Trailer Hideout sounds like a successful kickstarter ✦ Retro Hex and Holoholo Market Sept. 13 turn Fergusons Downtown into an enchanted island ✦ Mean meat machines clash in PrideStyle: Cruel Intentions Sept. 14 at Swan Dive ✦ Walk this way for artisanal awesome: Sunday Stroll Sept. 14 in Downtown Summerlin.▼
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🍕 Food and Loathing
Tony's Pizzeria is now tossing at Pawn Plaza ✦ Distill the flavors of Mexico's Durango at the IZO Sotol Tasting Sept. 10 at Mission Control ✦ Get piggy with it at A Heritage Toast with WhistlePig Sept. 13 at The Rio ✦ DJs slather on sounds while you sauce up at Bastid's BBQ Sept. 14 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ Kids make a sweet stand-off at Lemonade Wars Sept. 13 at Fergusons Downtown ✦ The scoop: Craft Creamery's One Year Anniversary Sept. 14 features tropical cocktails and island bites ✦ The fiesta never ends with bottomless tacos and margs at Mijo's Mexican Independence Day Sept. 16 ✦ Use your noodle at this Bottiglia Pasta Class Sept. 17. – curated by Bob Barnes, who dishes about these and more at FoodandLoathing.Vegas
🍺 The Happiest Hours
Working for the weekend? Fill your free days with these weekend happy hours: Land $7 yuzu sours and $11.50 wagyu cheeseburgers at Ocean Prime ✦ Arts District mainstay Main St. Provisions offers $8 sliders and filet mignon tartare plus $5 local brews ✦ $9 sushi rolls and $10 wines win the prize at Blue Ribbon ✦ Killer carb deals at Basilico, with $10 spaghetti and meatballs, sausage cavatelli ✦ $4 Fat Tires and $6 goat cheese wonton originate from Todd's Unique Dining ✦ Alebrijes spices up Neonopolis with $7 margs, $10 quesdillas and, yes, try 'em: $10 grasshoppers! ✦ Palate boasts good taste with $10 short rib fried rice, $8 pork buns, and $9 cocktails. – curated by Andrew Morgan, who writes about these and more at Happy Hour Vegas
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