Fall A&E: Your guide to this season's top music, theater, comedy, art and more

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CONCERTS

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Anderson .Paak (September 28, BleauLive Theater) Some cognize him arsenic DJ Pee .Wee, others spot him arsenic the Soul Train reincarnate successful R&B duo Silk Sonic. But earlier each that, Anderson .Paak blasted his mode up the charts arsenic the funky, alternate rapper, shaper and drummer, penning earworms similar “Come Down.” The Free Nationals volition reunite with .Paak for a uncommon show of his 2016 album, Malibu, played successful full. —Amber Sampson

Still Woozy with Gus Dapperton and PawPaw Rod (September 30, Theater astatine Virgin) The solo task of Sven Eric Gamsky, Still Woozy’s heavy prescribed dose of store popular swirls with receptor candy hooks and the euphoric clasp of summertime love. His chill catalog has earned him the close to collaborate with Remi Wolf and Omar Apollo, and besides co-write and co-produce “Too Late” disconnected of SZA’s SOS album. Need we accidental more?—AS

Tems (September 29, Theater astatine Virgin) A darling of the Nigerian R&B scene, Tems captivated listeners with velvety vocals connected Wizkid’s sleekly produced Afrobeat deed “Essence.” We’ve been jonesing for her debut album, Born successful the Wild, ever since. On her archetypal satellite tour, Tems sets retired to marque an adjacent greater impression. —AS

Conan Gray with Maisie Peters (October 11, the Chelsea) Bearing a striking resemblance to a modern-day Disney prince, Conan Gray’s restoring the dependable of expressionistic popular for his generation. The 25-year-old vocalist amassed a instrumentality basal for his stinging accounts of unrequited emotion (“Heather”) and his biting wit toward the occasional ex (“Maniac”). See him successful a mid-sized venue portion you can. He won’t enactment determination long. —AS

Hans Zimmer Live (October 12, T-Mobile Arena) The Oscar-winning composer of the scores to The Lion King, Dune, Inception and much has achieved rockstar-like lasting connected euphony streaming services. Onstage, helium proves that helium deserves it. Zimmer’s large, insanely talented ensemble and winning setlist of straight-up bangers volition melt you successful your seat. —Geoff Carter

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard(November 8, PH Live) They’ve made prog records. They’ve made psychedelic records. They’ve made physics records. Truly, lone 2 things necktie King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s discography together: The Melbourne band’s eagerness to effort thing … and their contagious joyousness successful jamming it each retired connected stage. —GC

Tears For Fears (October 30-November 2, BleauLive Theater) The astonishing happening astir Tears For Fears isn’t the sheer fig of hits they racked up successful the 1980s, including “Shout” and “Mad World.” It’s that Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith don’t behave similar a nostalgia act. Years aft their heyday, they travel connected similar they inactive privation to regularisation the world.—GC

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Dogstar (September 20, the Chelsea); Inner Wave (September 20, Fremont Country Club); The Eagles (September 20-January 25, Sphere); The Smashing Pumpkins with Pvris (September 27, BleauLive Theater); Snow Tha Product (September 27, Brooklyn Bowl); Wu-Tang Clan(September 27-28, Theater astatine Virgin); Experience Hendrix (September 27, Reynolds Hall); Nicki Minaj (September 28, MGM Grand Garden Arena); Tom Jones (September 28-29, Encore Theater); First Ladies of Disco (September 29, Myron’s); Kool & The Gang (October 4-5, Westgate International Theater); Las Vegas Philharmonic: The Beatles 60th Anniversary Concert(October 5, Reynolds Hall); Dropkick Murphys with The Scratch (October 6, Brooklyn Bowl); Earth, Wind & Fire (October 9-19, Venetian Theatre); Death From Above 1979 (October 10, Swan Dive); Modern English (October 12, Swan Dive); The Strike (October 12, the Beverly Theater); French Police with Wisteria, Social Order (October 12, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse successful concert (October 12, Reynolds Hall); Breaking Benjamin and Staind with Daughtry, Lakeview (October 15, PH Live); Cold War Kids (October 16, House of Blues); Kiesza (October 17, Swan Dive); A Day To Remember (October 17, BleauLive Theater); Cobra Starship with 3OH!3, Millionaires (October 17, Brooklyn Bowl); Gwar (October 17, House of Blues); The Used & Taking Back Sunday with LS Dunes, Taylor Acorn (October 18, BleauLive Theater); Simple Plan with Boys Like Girls, Medina Lake (October 18, Brooklyn Bowl); Lenny Kravitz (October 18-26, Dolby Live); Porter Robinson (October 19, BleauLive Theater); Cannons with Glass Spells (October 20, A-Lot astatine Area15); Destroyer (October 20, Swan Dive); Disney & Pixar’s Coco Live-to-Film Concert (October 25, Artemus W. Concert Ham Hall); Kehlani (October 26, Michelob Ultra Arena); Cypress Hill (October 26, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center); I Don’t Know How But They Found Me (October 26, House of Blues); New Edition (October 30-November 2, Encore Theater); Wooli (November 8, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center); Rex Orange County (November 15, BleauLive Theater); Ken Carson(November 16, Brooklyn Bowl); The Drums (November 16, House of Blues); Avatar: The Last Airbender successful concert(November 16, Reynolds Hall); Ludacris, Alesso, OneRepublic, much astatine T-Mobile Zone (November 21-23, Sphere Stage); Talib Kweli (November 30, Swan Dive); Tchami with Malaa (November 30, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center).

FESTIVALS

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Best Friends Forever Festival (October 11-13, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center) From the creators of Salt Lake City’s famed Kilby Block Party, S&S Presents a weekender consecutive outta the ’90s. The Best Friends Forever Festival volition conjure each the emo and indie darlings of our youth, bringing stalwarts similar Bright Eyes, Sunny Day Real Estate, Built to Spill, The Jesus Lizard, Unwound and countless others unneurotic for a much-needed reunion of rock. –AS

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iHeartRadio Music Festival (September 20-21, T-Mobile Arena); Reggae Rise Up (October 4-6, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center); When We Were Young (October 19, Las Vegas Festival Grounds); Dillinger Block Party Halloween Music Festival (October 26, the Dillinger successful Boulder City); SEMA Fest (November 8, Las Vegas Convention Center); Neon City Festival (November 22-24, Downtown Las Vegas).

DIY FESTIVALS FOR LOCALS BY LOCALS

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Life Is Sh*t laid the runny runway for DIY punk stone fests to flourish successful the look of firm conformity. And erstwhile it returns September 28, for its 12th twelvemonth arsenic a free, locals-centric alternate to Life Is Beautiful, it’ll bash truthful with an ally.

Punk Rock Is Beautiful, a one-day festival created by Vegas punk trio Twist Off and Mad Rabbit Media, volition debut astatine the Space connected September 21, a week anterior to Life Is Sh*t, with a stacked undercard of 10 section bands from the hardcore and punk scene.

“The happening that’s truly large astir the hardcore genre is that there’s truly nary separation betwixt the band, the signifier successful general, and the radical who are going to spot it,” says Kaesen Samson, frontman of Twist Off. “They promote radical to get up and they’re ever handing the mic disconnected to a instrumentality who’s conscionable yelling the words. Everybody’s a portion of the band.”

Craving a festival with much practice of that energy, Samson connected with Asteroid M. Records laminitis Cody Leavitt, who brought the Punk Rock Museum successful to besides enactment the festival. Proceeds volition payment the Vegas Pet Rescue Project, likewise to however Life Is Sh*t serves arsenic a fundraiser for the summertime campy programme Girls Rock Vegas.

Where Life Is Sh*t has attracted nationalist legends similar The Vibrators and Hamell connected Trial, Punk Rock Is Beautiful zeros successful connected the Vegas assemblage for an arsenic homegrown acquisition that spotlights acquainted names similar Oscopy, Pure Sport, Run Your Luck, Species and more.

And did we notation this year’s Life Is Sh*t lawsuit is besides … the sh*t? The festival brings backmost its beloved Outhouse poesy signifier and its carnal zines, and debuts its caller Sh*t Kicker Kickoff connected Friday, featuring state and blues acts similar Nashville’s Zach Wilson and Tucson’s Dedd Horsemen. Denver stone trio FaceMan past leads america into our punkified play with Reno’s Pussy Velour, Vegas’ ain Msmr, Same Sex Mary, the Style Cramps, Trash Animals and others.

You can’t spell incorrect with either of these fests. But for the emotion of each that’s good, enactment one, and “have thing that’s built by locals for locals,” Samson says. –Amber Sampson

STAGE

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Scream’d last encore (September 13-November 9, Majestic Repertory Theater) Like the movie franchise, Majestic Rep’s Scream’d has lived galore lives. It debuted successful autumn 2023 and went viral connected TikTok, prompting it to travel backmost successful January. Then successful August, creator manager Troy Heard announced that Majestic is successful the process of moving the accumulation to a caller city. Don’t miss the last encore earlier the large move!

The House connected Watch Hill (September 27-November 3, Vegas Theatre Company) Horror conscionable gets amended erstwhile it goes retro, and that’s precisely what The House connected Watch Hill is doing. This Vegas Theatre Company satellite premiere accumulation follows a horror-obsessed 14-year-old determined to physique the top haunted location Cincinnati has ever seen.

Bodytraffic (September 28, Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall)LA-based creation radical Bodytraffic brings its inspiring amusement to UNLV, presenting a masterclass for UNLV dancers days anterior to their performance. They’re surviving their ngo of educating audiences and inciting affirmative change, and you’re invited to beryllium a portion of it.

Miss Behave’s Mavericks (Ongoing starting October 2, Plaza) The Plaza Showroom gets a caller nonmigratory with Mavericks, past seen successful a bravura 2022 tally astatine Fremont East’s Cheapshot. This unruly, world-class assortment amusement delivers a flirty, filthy and fabulous blend of comedy, circus, burlesque and more.

Back to the Future: The Musical (October 23-November 3, Reynolds Hall) Great Scott! Blast to the past with Back to the Future successful philharmonic format. In this Broadway production, expect songs from the classical 1985 movie including “The Power of Love,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Earth Angel” and “Back successful Time.”

Love for Three Oranges (November 3, 5, 10 & 12, Omega Mart) Always seeking to innovate, Vegas City Opera is partnering with Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart to unveil this whimsical mentation of The Love for Three Oranges by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. Patrons of Omega Mart, wherever the accumulation takes place, tin question done respective storylines done regular interactive presentations.

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The Cher Show (September 17-22, Reynolds Hall); A Public Fit: Staged speechmaking ofNative Garden (September 27-28, Clark County Library); UNLV Dance: Together 8 (October 4-5 astatine Judy Bayley Theatre); Opera Las Vegas: Again and Again and Again (October 11-13, the Space);Vegas City Opera: Intrigue (October 18-19, Charleston Heights Arts Center); Nevada Ballet Theater: Cinderella (October 18-20, Reynolds Hall); The Half-life of Marie Curie (October 18-November 3, Las Vegas Little Theatre); A Public Fit: The Minutes (October 25-November 18, Super Summer Theatre Studios); Nevada Conservatory Theater: A Skeptic and a Bruja(October 30-November 10 astatine UNLV Black Box Theater); UNLV Dance: Geometries (November 1-2, Alta Ham Fine Arts); Confessions of a Showgirl (November 6, Myron’s); UNLV Opera: Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters and How Clear She Shines! (November 14-15, Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center); UNLV Dance: Nexus (November 15-16, Alta Ham Fine Arts); Shrek the Musical (November 26-December 1, Reynolds Hall).

COMEDY

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Wiseguys astatine Westgate When we past spoke to Keith Stubbs, proprietor of the acclaimed Wiseguys Comedy, he’d conscionable hard-launched his 2nd Las Vegas nine astatine Town Square. In that precise venue, helium besides assured america of 2 things: “We’re not going anywhere, and we’re not opening different one.”

A twelvemonth aft that promise, Stubbs is primed to motorboat his 3rd Wiseguys cognition successful Las Vegas astatine Westgate’s Cabaret Theater connected September 20, with comic Greg Hahn headlining 2 nights, followed by Dwayne Perkins and Seth Tippetts successful the weeks to come. At this rate, and with 4 different Wiseguys clubs successful Utah, Stubbs mightiness beryllium gathering a drama empire, adjacent if helium doesn’t judge it.

The nine laminitis says Westgate initially reached retired to him astir bringing Wiseguys to its intimate showroom, anxious to seizure adjacent a sliver of the vigor Stubbs had created astatine his archetypal Arts District club.

“It’s a beauteous space, and it’s going to beryllium large for comedy,” helium says. “It’s smaller than Town Square, but bigger than the Arts District club, truthful it’s benignant of successful betwixt there. It has a bully balcony, tiered seating. It truly is exceptional.” –Amber Sampson

Kill Tony Live (September 25, Resorts World) “The #1 unrecorded podcast successful the world” is coming to Vegas. Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban’s unrecorded drama podcast—where aspiring comedians execute for 1 minute, followed by an interrogation and a roast—is raw, unscripted and unapologetically hilarious. Kill Tony is the drama brawl that Vegas deserves.

Kenan Thompson (Starting September 20, each Friday & Saturday, Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club) Saturday Night Live prima Kenan Thompson brings Your Vote, Their Victory, an interactive drama experience, to the Strip. Audience members ballot and fertile the night’s performers. Established comics and up and comers vie for career-boosting designation and a accidental to be SNL arsenic Thompson’s guest.

Bob the Drag Queen (November 15, The Theater astatine Virgin) Get acceptable for a no-holds-barred nighttime with Bob the Drag Queen, wherever sass meets stand-up. The “This Is Wild” Tour promises bold comedy, euphony and assemblage work—all delivered with that razor crisp wit and charisma lone Bob tin serve. This one’s strictly for adults.

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Carlos Mencia(September 8-November 25, Harrah’s Showroom); Mike Epps (September 20-21, Venetian Theatre); Corey Holcomb(September 21, House of Blues); Girls GottaEat: No Crumbs Tour (September 21, the Chelsea); David Spade & Nikki Glaser (September 27-28, Venetian Theatre); Skankfest 2024: Vegas Attacks! (September 27-28, Notoriety); Bert Kreischer (September 27-28, Resorts World); Sarah Silverman (September 28, Pearl Concert Theater); World Series of Comedy (September 22-28, LA Comedy Club); NateBargatze (October 2, 4-5, Encore Theater); Ron White (October 4, the Chelsea); Cancelled Podcast: Tana Mongeau and Brooke Schofield (October 5, the Chelsea); Laugh After Dark Comedy Fest (October 7-9, Arts District); Ray Romano (October 11-12, Summit Showroom); Rob Schneider(October 12, Pearl Theater); Nick Swardson (October 19, Summit Showroom); Coco Peru (October 19, Myron’s); Jeff Dunham (October 20, PH Live); Bill Maher (November 1-2, David Copperfield Theater); Chelsea Handler (November 2, 30, the Chelsea); Jo Koy (November 8, T-Mobile Arena); Iliza Shlesinger (November 15, the Chelsea); Daniel Tosh (November 16, the Chelsea); Kevin Sullivan (November 17, Wise Guys Town Square); David Lucas (November 29-30, Wise Guys Town Square).

Literature

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John Waters astatine the Las Vegas Vally Book Festival In a 2022 interrogation with NPR, John Waters explained wherefore he’d decided to effort his manus astatine literate fiction. “Same crushed I took LSD erstwhile I was 70,” helium said. “The aforesaid crushed I hitchhiked crossed America erstwhile I was 66. Why not effort to constitute your archetypal caller successful your mid-70s? I privation to support trying caller things. Dare yourself.”

It’s hard to ideate galore dares Waters hasn’t yet taken. The legendary, Baltimore-born writer/director of specified trashy masterworks arsenic Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, Polyester, Serial Mom and Desperate Living has made a wont of stepping confidently into places you’d ne'er expect him—sitcoms, creation museums, the Chucky franchise—without stooping to wide the doorway. Waters doesn’t dabble successful creator disciplines; creator disciplines dabble successful John Waters. And his 2022 “debut” novel, Liarmouth, follows a clump of nonfiction books he’s already written astir his obsessions and real-life adventures.

Meaning: His upcoming quality astatine the Las Vegas Book Festival, hosted by the Historic Fifth Street School connected October 19, isn’t conscionable an accidental to perceive from a novelist whose enactment is astir definite to go a large question picture. It’s a uncommon brushwood with the restlessly originative and astir apt inactive wonderfully soiled caput of 1 of America’s top surviving taste figures. This is the antheral who erstwhile famously said, “If you spell location with idiosyncratic and they don’t person books, don’t f*ck them,” daring you to perceive what's connected his mind.

“I’m present a middle-of-the-road madman,” Waters said successful a November 2023 interrogation with the Weekly. “The satellite we unrecorded successful has much rules than my parents’ satellite did, and there’s a definite wit successful that. … To me, the eventual misdeed is self-righteousness, nary substance what your authorities are. If you privation to win, you don’t marque your enemies consciousness stupid, you marque them consciousness smart. Then you get them to laugh, and past they’ll listen.” Whether you deliberation him a genius oregon a vulgarian, 1 happening is definite to hap if you spell to the publication festival to perceive John Waters speak: You volition beryllium utterly fascinated by him. You whitethorn adjacent envy his fearlessness. –Geoff Carter

Desert Superbloom: Las Vegas Writers connected Scarcity & Abundance (October 17, Clark County Library) The longtime Las Vegas Writes task continues with this caller postulation of archetypal essays and stories by section writers, including Jennifer Battisti, Nicole Damon, Melissa Gill, Shannon Salter, Autumn Widdoes, Staci Layne Wilson and more. They’ll work from their works astatine this motorboat event.

Stephen Bright successful Conversation with Dayvid Figler (October 10, UNLV Rogers Literature & Law Building, Room 101) Former president and elder counsel of the Southern Center for Human Rights and co-author of The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality successful the Criminal Courts, Bright volition speech astir the inequities of our justness strategy with Figler, big of City Cast Las Vegas and an lawyer himself.

André Aciman (October 25, Segue astatine the Beverly Theater) Aciman, the writer of Call Me by Your Name, Out of Egypt, Eight White Nights and different acclaimed works, talks astir his latest publication Roman Year, an autobiographical enactment detailing the play successful his young beingness aft helium and his household were expelled from Egypt, landing successful Rome—a metropolis helium came to love.

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Maryam Ala Amjadi successful Conversation with Doug Unger (September 25, UNLV Rogers Literature & Law Building, Room 101); Charles Bock (October 29, Segue astatine the Beverly Theater); Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (November 2, Clark County Library); Breakout Writers Series: Diana Khoi Nguyen (November 13, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art); An Evening with Teju Cole (November 19, The Beverly Theater).

FOOD & DRINK

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Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse Pop-up This breathtaking nightly pop-up opened connected September 16 and pairs the tone of TV occidental Yellowstone with the luxury of the Las Vegas Strip. The show’s creator, Taylor Sheridan, purchased the legendary 260,000-acre Four Sixes Ranch adjacent Lubbock, Texas, successful 2022, continuing its bequest of beef production, raising ranch horses and maintaining its scenic beauty.

The Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse takes implicit the Tableau edifice abstraction adjacent the lobby of the Wynn Tower Suites (and utilizes the talents of its chef, seasoned Vegas prima David Middleton) to make an acquisition emphasizing Western authenticity, gathering connected ingredients from Texas and premier steaks and cuts from the ranch. Get acceptable for premier beef tartare prepared with grilled shallots and serrano peppers, a afloat breed Wagyu cattle 40-ounce tomahawk steak carved tableside, and a Campfire Old Fashioned cocktail smoked connected a whiskey tube stove (conceived of people by Wynn maestro mixologist Mariena Mercer Boarini).

“The passions successful my beingness are telling stories and nutrient and with each sheet served astatine Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse, Chef David and I get to bash both,” Sheridan said successful a quality release.

Signature Series astatine Fontainebleau (Select dates done March 2025, Fontainebleau) These finely curated foodie features contiguous the cleanable accidental to research the cuisine of the Strip’s newest resort. After the September 21 Perfect Pour lawsuit celebrating National Bourbon Month, the adjacent accidental is Art of the Grill connected October 5 astatine Mediterranean eatery La Côte with 1 of our favorites, cook Patrick Munster of Don’s Prime.

Downtown Brew Festival (October 19, Clark County Amphitheater) One of the Valley’s coziest and astir fashionable beer-centric events is backmost with euphony from San Diego funk-rockers The Routine, DJ Neek and Retrosonic, VIP bites from Tacos & Beer cook John Simmons and STK cook Stephen Hopcraft, and suds from dozens of section and impermanent breweries.

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Oktoberfest astatine Hofbrauhaus(September 13-October 31, Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas); San Gennaro Feast (September 18-22, M Resort); Oktoberfest astatine the Front Yard (September 21, Front Yard astatine Ellis Island Casino); Lake Las Vegas Classic (September 27-28, Reflection Bay Golf Club); Las Vegas Greek Fest (September 27-29, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church); Great American Foodie Fest(September 27-29, Galleria astatine Sunset); Green Our Planet Student Farmers Market (October 16, Clark County Government Center); Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival (October 12, Water Street Plaza); Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke (November 1-2, Paris); Las Vegas Pizza Festival (November 16, Industrial Event Space).

Film

V-U2: An Immersive Concert Film (Through October 31, Sphere) If you missed U2’s historical 40-date tally of shows astatine Sphere, bully news: Filmmaker Morleigh Steinberg and her husband, The Edge, deed the venue’s grounds fastener for you. Shot with a proprietary high-definition camera, V-U2 captures the band’s Sphere accumulation successful spectacular detail—and augments the images with Sphere’s precise dependable premix and haptic-feedback seats. Few performance films person travel person to re-creating the acquisition of watching a set execute live.

The Wake (October 1-31, the Beverly Theater) Uh-oh. The telephone is coming from wrong the cinema. It’s the Beverly Theater’s main acquisition serviceman Kip Kelly, who says that the Bev volition erstwhile again surface a bid of classical scary movies passim October, with the intent of showing a heart-stopping 50 movies implicit 31 days. A constricted fig ofthebeverlytheater.com.$100 “Slash Passes”—so named due to the fact that they connection a steep discount connected each the screenings, and let you to chopped the enactment similar a due maniac—are connected merchantability present at

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The Time Masters (September 21-25, the Beverly Theater); Dazed & Confused:30th Anniversary (September 29, the Beverly Theater); Pride(October 14, Sahara West Library); The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Nell Campbell (October 31, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center).

Visual Art

Laura Esbensen, <em>Soma</em> Laura Esbensen, Soma Photo by Will Howcrowft / Courtesy

Luis Varela-Rico, Paso Neto (Through October 26, Nuwu Art Gallery + Community Center) Known for his nationalist creation works (“Radial Symmetry” successful the Arts District, and “Norte y Sur” astatine Eastern and I-215), Varela-Rico mounts his archetypal solo exhibition, featuring works helium created conscionable to fulfill himself. Drawing connected his Mexican practice and his acquisition for shaping metallic into flowing forms, Nuwu’s Peso Neto promises to beryllium some a summation of his enactment to date—and a peek astatine wherever helium mightiness spell next.

Laura Esbensen, Soma (October 3-December 13, Core Contemporary) Esbensen, a multidisciplinary creator who splits her clip betwixt Las Vegas and San Diego, makes abstract sculpture—using epoxies, plastics and assorted operation materials—that motion to the quality body, specifically the mutilation of it and the process of healing that follows. Soma promises to beryllium a bracing, humorous instauration to her work. It’ll get nether your skin.

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Contemporary Ex-votos: Devotion Beyond Medium (Through November 23, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art); Nevada, P.S. I Love You Postcard Project Exhibition (Through December 2, National Desert Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center); I Need Space to Roam (Through December 7, Left of Center Gallery); Sharon K. Schafer, Circle of Animal (October 3-November 26, Nevada Humanities); From Grain to Pixel: Contemporary Chinese Photography (Through October 6, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art); Chuy Hartman (Punk Rock Museum, October 11-November 10).

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