Henderson cracks down on 'public camping'

Add Them to the Visitor Count!

“They’re like 8 foot, 9 feet, 10 foot,” the 911 caller said. “They look like aliens to us. ... They have big eyes.” Wild, perhaps apocryphal, story just emerging of an April incident in which a local family claimed aliens were in their yard — after an object fell from the sky, an incident captured on police video. “I have butterflies, bro," one cop was heard to say. "Saw a shooting star, and now these people say there’s aliens in their backyard.” [KLAS]

Sine Die Hard

Here’s a list of significant bills that died — a couple to be reborn in special sessions — when the Legislature skidded to an official halt Monday night. [Nevada Independent]

Waiting Is the Hardest Part

The private ambulance companies contracted by the county? They missed their on-time benchmarks during the first four months of the year. [Review-Journal]

Not Happy About ‘Campers’

No more homelessness — er, “public camping” — allowed in Henderson, thanks to a new ordinance that prohibits sleeping outdoors, setting up tents, or cooking on personal stoves. The city says it will try to find supportive services for homeless people before sending them away or arresting them. Public comment was divided almost evenly between those for and against. [Review-Journal]

• Context: Listen to City Councilman Brian Knudsen discuss the solutions to homelessness that no one is talking about. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🔥 = City Cast in the house!

🎨 Reception for ‘Luminous Flux’ | Today | 6-9 p.m.

To show that art doesn’t exist independent of the viewer, Dan Brady’s canvases appear blank until viewer interaction triggers backlighting that reveals the image. [Core Contemporary, New Orleans Square, free]

🐭 🪤 ‘Dismayland: Tales from the Park’ | Today-Sunday | Various times

From theater impresario Troy Heard comes a bracing set of 10 playlets and monologues reveling in the dark side of Disney. Leave the kids at home! [Majestic Repertory Theatre, $30]

🎭 Fringe Festival | Today-Sunday | Various times

The Las Vegas Little Theatre brings back its panoply presentation of shortish plays by such authors as Mamet, Labute, Ives, and others. [Las Vegas Little Theatre, near Valley View & Spring Mountain, $20 per play]

🧠 STEAM Saturday | Saturday | 10 a.m.

In this family-centered, hands-on learning experience, participants will learn what a curator does by putting together their own mini-exhibit. [Neon Museum, downtown, $5, under 6 free]

♨️ The Cookout | Saturday | 4-7 p.m.

Celebrating Juneteenth, Black culture, and family with food, music, arts and crafts, vendors, and more. [Cambridge Recreation Center, Cambridge and Flamingo, free admission]

• Context: Recognizing Juneteenth 365 days a year. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🔥 StorySLAM | Saturday | 7 p.m.

Irrepressible City Cast Las Vegas co-host Dayvid Figler emcees this storytelling event. The night’s theme: “Free.” [Charleston Heights Arts Center, $1-$50]

🎸 Rooftop Music | Saturday | 7 p.m.

Local pop-punk outfit Lie for Fun joins other regional performers, including Silent Movie Cinema and Barans, in this 21-and-over evening. [Taverna Costera, Arts District, no cover]

🧶 Mount Charleston Craft Boutique | Saturday-Sunday | Various times

Some 70 vendors, beautiful setting, comfortable temps — and free parking. [Retreat on Charleston Peak, free admission]

💓 West Charleston Wellness Festival | Sunday | Noon-4 p.m.

Screenings, information, sound bowl demonstration, belly dancing, live music, and more. [West Charleston Library, free]

🗞️ The Week That Was

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a baseball team that wants us to help it come to town …? That’s just one of the fun topics in play as Nevada Current reporter April Corbin Girnus joins co-hosts Dayvid Figler and Vogue Robinson for this week’s news roundup. Also discussed: Vegas gets snubbed by the James Beard Awards, and Binion’s brings back its million-dollar display — that’s a full 1/380th of a publicly funded ballfield!