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ralph lamb Strip, revived and re-envisioned; cityscapes and land- pulls no punches Where the take page 28 scapes through different lenses both literal and figura- your Arts+EntErtAinmEnt c AlEndAr for A uGust tive; people and animals being their true and best selves bad congressman. tusk tusk! in their native habitat. (Totally forgot how cool crows 4 color process night oWls 5 look.) I’ve heard a pro shooter here and there grumble how, woe is me, everyone’s a photographer these days, how Instagram has emboldened the hordes and flooded politics nosh the optical marketplace — online life itself is a photo con- Whether you’re a graveyard worker or a weekend warrior, these test, really — but I’m glad of it: It fueled our contest to the late-night dining spots are an upgrade from your nearest drive-thru tune of more than 1,400 entries. Bad to Place By DeBBie Lee This year we matured the process a bit. We created themed categories to encourage breadth of vision: Ar- tistic/Abstract, People/In the moment, Landscapes/ the bones holders ® Nature, Places and Smartphone. To dose the enterprise The will to do wonders® a Utah congressman’s changes t’s easy to get lost in Las Vegas — well, not get lost, ex- with some experimental community cred, we brought to the Tule Springs fossil-park bill 1 actly, but lose touch with a sense of place. If the Strip on a bevy of judges — designers, photographers, artists, might've unleashed a mammoth The first and most obvious option riotously channels everywhere but here, the cityscape architects, stylists, tastemakers — to judge category fi- problem By Heidi Kyser is to visit the Strip. While I don’t normally that flanks our neon lagoon insists on placelessness: nalists on three criteria: impact, expression of the “Focus endorse chains, a personal guilty pleasure Jo ruSS It can often present itself as, at best, a suspiciously on Nevada” theme, and technique. The results? Totally I is Grand Lux Café (Venetian, 702-414- sin CiTy gaLLery 13 Southwestish melange of strip malls, tract homes, weedy wanna go, “See for yourself!” (p. 41), but I also want to y the time Congressman Rob 3888, grandluxcafe.com, 24 hours). The lots with political billboards. Landmarks, icons? We’ve wax wishful that we had two dozen more pages to share SUPPORTINGBishop’s amendments to the You don’t have to be menu is as encyclopedic as the one found got a few. But considered through the smeared lens of all the rich sense of place. But the good news is that you B Tule Springs Bill came to light, Holly from Miami FLA at its sister restaurant, the Cheesecake edifying hangover, they can often seem like last night’s can get there from here. around noon on Feb. 26, the D.C. rumor to get all het up by the Seven ® Factory, but one particular standout is bad tattoos. (Ahem, let’s hope there’s a removal service mill had given a few days’ heads-up premise of Jo Russ’s OLDER INDIVIDUALSThe will to do wonders® the pasta carbonara. Studded with nug- hoMeleSS to Congressmen Steven Horsford and 17 exhibit Walk on the Wild that can professionally and discreetly scrub off that un- Mark Amodei, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn gets of smoked bacon, its breakfast-like Side: Her exotic, edgy, fortunate Slotzilla on our ankle.) Maybe the reason so nd speaking of eye candy: On May 2, 2 MaMMoThS 4 color process Goodman, North Las Vegas Mayor John quality makes it the perfect pick at 4 sexy collages meet the many would-be Southern Nevadans who end up doing Desert Companion won a much-cov- Caesars Foundation’s primary emphasis is supporting nonprofit advocacy Lee and the bill’s many other proponents. a.m. For polenta past midnight (until 1 “themes of fantasy, the pass-through shuffle feel a lack of connection isn’t Aeted Maggie Award for Best Cover at a.m.), try Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill david g. seduction, illusion and 23 Wander They knew it wouldn’t be good news; because of all that bad, sad stuff on whatever Nevada re - the annual Western Publishing Associa- and service-delivery organizations dedicated to helping older individuals transformation” found they just didn’t know the extent to which (MGM Grand, 702-891-3000, wolfgang- The hold port just came out; maybe it reflects a hunger for iconog- tion banquet in Los Angeles. 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Oct. 16 NOv. 6 Keepin' it rail: Ely's You had me at Because i restored comicallY could not stop railroad oversized for death, he cottages heads kindlY made The illustrationy, pop brio of Wes- this cute ley Anderegg’s clay pieces — fun- ONES to Ely residents Donna Bath and Virgin- ny, enigmatic figures with comically diorama ia Terry. So when Melba took sick, they What’s up with Abigail Goldman’s oversized heads; a dog wearing a rallied a group to purchase the property. Home Sweet Home exhibit? 1. More Cottage cape — shouldn’t obscure their sly To the surprise of some of their doubting miniaturized murder scenes, which social content, “such as pollution, she calls “dieoramas.” 2. Except this neighbors, the group known as the Ely the degradation of the environ- Javier time some will be embedded into Renaissance Society tore into the place, ment, and the role of government industry furniture, to heighten the juxta- doing what they do extremely well — ef- A new angle: The in our everyday lives.” Part of position between the household A rehab passion project in Ely grew into a community showcase fecting a makeover that would have made 6,000 square-foot UNLV’s Visiting Artist Lecture Se- and the horrible. 3. Also, while the Held firmly Light & Water subtly ries. (SD) 7p, free, UNLV’s Barrick of the town’s history, artistry and unlikely diversity By Lynn Davis good reality TV, turning a crumbling people in the dieoramas will still be Sanchez blends outside and Museum, unlv.edu property into a community attraction. small — 1/87th scale, yo — the scenes inside with both its The town’s women enlisted the town in place themselves will be larger: suburban building material This arTisT’s hybrid, aunted. At least three genera- the pride and joy of Bill Geraghty, own- men. (“Strong-armed and cajoled,” says NOv. 5 houses, streets … 4. “Goldman in top and architecture. unorThodox work tions of children in Ely whis- er of a storage and freight company, mine Virginia, winking.) Ely’s roofers, electri- This sleek modern home memorY, form,” says gallerist Marty Walsh. 5. encourages an intimate Goldman has sold every diorama can’T be summed up pered that the Geraghty’s old investor, coal broker and landlord. In 1911, cians, woodworkers — practically anyone adaptation, she’s ever made. (SD) Through Nov. place, a derelict collection of cot- Geraghty moved his wife and two-year-old handy with a hammer, a shovel, paint relationship with the desert reinvention 28 (opening Nov. 6, 6p), free, Trifec- in bulleT poinTs tages, was haunted. On a dimly daughter Melba into a two-room house brush or broom — were recruited. Even The artist: Erik Beehn, a Las Vegan ta Gallery, trifectagallery.com H Ted Baker elecTric lit street on the northern fringes of town, near Ely’s railroad tracks. By 1925 he or- minimum-security inmates from the now getting his MFA at the Art Insti- day “dream” prinT below a steep railroad siding, underneath dered several catalog bungalows, delivered nearby prison were engaged to rip out tute of Chicago. The work: drawings Whoa, kid! Watch your foo … too late. An un- parka, $375 NOv. 7 thick tangles of brambles lived Melba Ger- by train and erected next to his modest brush, and to haul rotting wood out and and collage on paper, small paint- attended boy, maybe 11 or 12, so optically un- Ted Baker London om Kim has an interesting to be nailed down with a ferocious focus. hired local architecture firm assemblag- aghty, a wild-haired spinster in her home, to rent out to the town’s rail new lumber in. ings. The ideas: “The work utilizes sea whiz nerved by all the art on the wall that he didn’t in the Forum Shops relationship with space. On The result: Not much be here now eSTUDIO to design a house that did that. nineties who was said to prowl be- workers. Each house had a tiny liv- memory as a vehicle for reinvention. In her first solo show in four years, see the art on the floor, swung his foot into six-string theory: at Caesars Underneath the prickly overgrowth, the one hand, he’s all over the time. So when he’s at home, he wants The result: His 6,000-square-foot home I am interested in our ability to adapt Blackbird Studios chief Gina Quaran- Javier Sanchez’s piece. Whoooahh! Because Gina Gleason in hind the murky windows of one of Hear ing room, an even tinier bedroom, they unearthed nine 1920s-era mail-or- map — literally. When he’s to decompress and just exist in a single in the Ridges dubbed Light & Water. to a situation, and the layers of expe- to will delve into the mysterious con- the studio with the ramshackle clapboard bunga- a kitchen with a wood stove, and der cottages with peeling paint, rotting T her smith it was a grid of empty bullet shells set on the Tarina TaranTino more rience that either influence, or hinder not working (and odds are, he is), the place in a manner that’s vigorous and It’s much more than a New nection between moon-made tidal bare concrete of VAST Space Projects, a light her band, Fiore “GelaTo” lows. The Geraghty place was, no- Cowboy a modern bath complete with a roofs and sagging front porches. Inside our ability to live in the present.” surges and human behavior. Her blue- earrinGs in globe-tripping Kim might be skiing in affirmative, something that says: I am Agey-sounding name. The sleek lineari- metallic clatter pinged through the gallery Fever Red. toriously, the perfect place in Ely for poets Riders claw-footed tub and flushing toilet. they found tattered wallpaper, curled-up The look: Moody/dreamy, layered, drenched pieces, some wall-mounted candy Floss, $38 Whistler, British Columbia, sightseeing in Las Vegas, I am in Southern Nevada, ty of Kim’s home disguises a thorough- burble. The kid pulled back, bewildered and teenage pranks and dares, feigned in the Sky Years of neglect had turned linoleum and legions of mouse colonies. ghostly, with landscape elements and others “in the round,” will feature tarinatarantino.com read their in Hong Kong or, yes, skiing again in I am home. going ethos of uniting the indoors and scares and squeals in the dark. them into the stuff of spooky sto- and a palpable sense of time. (SD) moons, the sea — totems of change probably wondering: Am I in trouble? Nah, verse on You might have thought they hit the jack- Alta, Utah (Kim likes to ski). On the oth- “I wanted a Strip view, but also some- the outdoors in clever ways that aren’t P Christo hy by Through Dec. 5 (opening reception as a life process. (SD) Through don’t worry, short stuff; as you can see from paul By paul smiTh Of course, it didn’t start out that “KNPR’s ries — and into a shame, an eye- pot. “When life gives you lemons, well?” er hand, the intensity of his work as a lo- thing that embraced the desert landscape,” always readily apparent. Consider the Nov. 5, 6p), free, MCQ Fine Art, November, free, Blackbird Studios, a few other spills in the piece, several adults Floral dress way. The buildings were originally State of sore, and health hazard, according says Donna. cal orthopedic surgeon — 16-hour days Kim explains. “But also something clean dining room, for instance, where the mcqfineart.com blackbirdstudios.com already did the same thing. wiTh BelT, $550 Nevada” Paul Smith at Crystals at desert are not uncommon — often requires him and linear without a lot of clutter.” He burnt ash wall runs along a visual con- P Photogra in CityCenter companion. 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history POLITICS ALL Things style Now tRend AleRt opeN Books CoverageGameworks of local literary theater scene. paper source NARS Libertango ...... Haute nail polish, $19, NARS in the Forum comiNG summer Shops at Caesars sooN pot Liquor coNtemporary life, featuring authorsamericaN who live in nights smokehouse Events in triple-digit temps don’t inspire the most History Lesson apricot fashion-forward looks. Show off your sizzling sense Take a trip to LaNe of style with these breezy summer must-haves. By Christie Moeller Southern Nevada or whose work Ted Baker Maceey color the Las Vegas of yesteryear with blocked heel, $200, Ted Baker in the Forum Shops at Caesars addresses topics relevant to the a short essay on a historic picture CAULDRON OF CHAOS Above: A postcard Ted Baker Taylor One thing we can predict for the 2015 Legislature: unpredictability. And maybe a tax plan? portrays a picturesque Southwest. floral-print dress, Arrowhead Highway. Maybe a deal to fund education? Maybe some bipartisanship? Don’t hold your breath $275, Ted Baker in the nterstate 15 is an umbilical cord to Southern Right: a map of the Kate Spade Astor Row Maisey Forum Shops at Caesars that captures Southern Nevada’s BY JON RALSTON California, bringing countless party-minded historic link between Salt handbag, $298, Kate Spade in the Fashion Show Mall tourists and profit-driven business trips from Lake City and Los Angeles The road Los Angeles to Las Vegas. But long before he 2015 Legislature doesn’t be- vote for slavery if his constituents asked full of ceremonial proclamations and gin until Feb. 2 and already this: — has been found to owe the federal gov- fourth-grade classes introduced. The I-15 became such a lifeline, a decidedly rougher road connecting L.A. to Las tory Burch I tasia heel, Vegas went by another name: the Arrowhead Trail Highway. (Today, its most The Republicans, who control ernment more than $1 million in taxes. middle is a notorious slog, with only the $295, Tory Burch the Assembly for the first time in She was scheduled to chair the — you most skillful lobbyists lining up their var- much recognized vestige is Las Vegas Boulevard.) Indeed, I-15 is just the latest ver- in the Grand Canal Discomfort Zone colorful past. 30 years, designated as speaker a guessed it — Taxation Committee. (She ious items in the trough really aware of sion of a highway that was developed to provide a well-maintained (or at least Shoppes at the shop. dine. unwind. Humorous T Venetian man who once used phrases such as “sim- was briefly taken off in mid-December, what’s happening. And the end is always tolerably drivable) road from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City through Southern ple-minded darkies” in columns and said then reinstated after complaining of a The Rush to Close, with 63 lawmakers Traveled Nevada. It’s interesting to consider that I-15 we know today was born as a rough south strip : las vegas blvd & sunset rd on television, “I haven’t called anyone a “war on women,” then taken off again.) careering toward sine die, the governor The highway we know today as I-15 got its passage that has been a trading route, a desert driving challenge and even an homo for a long time.” That man, Ira Han- All of this may change again before the irresistible draw for horse thieves. trying to grip the tiller and the 120-day start as a rough, raw, dusty — and sometimes Come to town square Las Vegas for shopping, sen, soon had to step down — only to be giv- gavel comes down — yes, as of this writ- deadline rarely or barely met. But before any of that, the Arrowhead Trail was the Old Spanish Trail — 100+ brands and boutiques dangerous — road. (Keep an eye out for horse dining and entertainment – all in an inviting open- en the No. 3 spot in lower-house leadership. ing, we aren’t even sure who will be bran- 2015 promises to be different: The Ses- which, actually, was neither old nor Spanish. It would have been more accurate stories20+ ofdining destinations life-changing events thieves) air destination. Spend an hour for lunch, take in In his place, the Republicans held an dishing said gavel — as a handful of rene- sion of Chaos. By Mark Hall-Patton to call it the Mexican Trader Trail. Attracted by the valley’s springs, in 1829, 18-screen aMC theatre “election” in the office of his presumed gade Republicans have been in talks with When the red wave crashed down on Mexican traders gradually developed a new trail through the harsh Mojave a day of leisurely shopping, or enjoy a romantic Issues evening on the town. The environment. successor, Paul Anderson. But Michele the 17-member Democratic minority to Nov. 4, it washed away Democratic major- Desert. Having found the abundant water available in the Vegas Valley, the 9,000 sq. ft. Children’s Park Fiore, who once played a character create a coalition government that would ities in both houses of the Legislature, in- dogged explorer and merchant Antonio Armijo blazed the original trail to Cali- named Storm Fagan in a movie called Si- remake the leadership team into a bipar- cluding a 10-seat flip in the Assembly. But fornia with his team, braving desert heat, unforgiving terrain, thirst and hunger ren, arrived with proxies from a passel of tisan mélange. This, of course, would be as Gov. Brian Sandoval, whose campaign (sometimes allayed by eating one of their mules) to trade wool goods for horses, newcomers and installed John Hambrick, fraught with peril and is destined to ac- caused the tsunami that made the wave so from your fellow Las Vegans. which he then sold in New Mexico. TOPSHOP Light a low-key, likable fellow who sat stone- quire fissures before long. broad and deep, celebrated in public, be- But horse thieves soon caught wind of the trail, tempted by the California mis- blue lagoon faced as his elevation was announced. I remind you again: The session hasn’t hind the scenes he was concerned about the sions and ranchos that frequently used the Arrowhead. These thieves were known jacquard trousers, $84, Poverty. Education. Immigration. And as the New Year comes, Fiore, even started yet. be-careful-what-you-wish-for result that as Los Chaguanosos, and began their depredations about 1832, when Juan Jesus and lace panel organza top, $76, TOPSHOP in who claimed the majority leader’s posi- Every Nevada Legislature is sui gener- had turned the Assembly into something Villapando led the first band over the trail to California, posing as horse traders the Fashion Show Mall tion for herself and installed as whip one is, but they have a similar rhythm: They not imagined by the Founding Fathers but Jim Wheeler — who once said he would commence with a happy but slow pace, instead conjured by Barnum & Bailey.

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