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Film: The World's a Little Blurry
The new Apple TV documentary about Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish explores the 19-year-old’s creative process, her massive breakout LP—made with her brother in their California home—and being a newly famous millionaire while also still a teenager. During its deep two-hour dive, TWALB chronicles the ups and downs of Eilish’s life and the visionary power she wields in all aspects of her work. AppleTV. –Leslie Ventura
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Book: Abandoned Nevada by Susan Tatterson
“A century of abandonment under the blazing desert sun [has] created a desolate scene more realistic than could be imagined or replicated in a Hollywood studio.” So Susan Tatterson describes the ghost town of Rhyolite, but that phrase could also speak of the many Nevada towns photographed and described in this book. Through breezily written historical accounts and a wealth of naturally sepia-toned images, Tatterson offers a fun accounting of our state’s love affair with the silver and gold ore, and the broken-down places left in its wake. $25,
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Music: Julien Baker: Little Oblivions
Listening to Julien Baker’s third album, one feels the 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter has experienced three lifetimes of hard living. And in a way she has, chronicling in her intimate songwriting growing up gay, Christian and hardcore in the South, and dealing with drug addiction as a teen. Oblivions mines the murky waters of substance abuse and wrecked relationships, with Baker taking all that messiness and turning it into art (with a little help from her friends and boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus). –Genevie Durano
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Show: Comedy Compound at The Space
Only some of the top comedy clubs in Las Vegas have been able to reopen so far, and the Space is helping to fill that void with its new Comedy Compound stand-up series. Taking the stage for the first installation is America’s Got Talent finalist and Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club resident Vicki Barbolak, along with L.A. Comedy Club (at the Strat) resident Bret Ernst, Laugh Factory (at the Trop) regular Ahmed Ahmed and others. April 7, 8 p.m., $25 in person, $5 livestream, thespacelv.com. –Brock Radke
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Exhibit: Aaron Cowan: (Play)Ground Zero
An archery target made of roses. Baseball mitts that have been repurposed into mini AstroTurf gardens. A tent with cheery rainbow-painted camo. These are just a few of the stereotype-defying sculptures in artist Aaron Cowan’s midway MFA exhibition at UNLV, (Play)Ground Zero. “I’d like viewers to consider … their own experiences with masculinity,” Cowan says. “I’d like to inspire an ethical manhood, not based on violence, strength or domination.” His videos and sculptures offer playful yet thoughtful alternatives to the world as we know it. Through April 2, UNLV’s Grant Hall Gallery, free, RSVP at bit.ly/3ffyltm. –C. Moon Reed
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What to do in Las Vegas this week (August 22-28, 2024 edition)
A bike festival at Lee Canyon, Boy George at Virgin, Hootie and the Blowfish at Fontainebleau and more in this week’s Superguide.
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‘We dreamed about this’: The Killers unfold career-defining Las Vegas residency
Under sprays of confetti and glitzy signage shaped in the image of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, The Killers barreled through the most ...
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Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese moving to Voltaire at Venetian
Beginning September 19, Von Teese will take over the intimate art-deco theater space to delight audiences with glamorous acts and the haute couture costumes she’s ...
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