👎 Assembly leader demands Jara quit

Hateful Message Investigated

The Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center is investigating antisemitic graffiti — “Death 2 Jews,” it read in part — that appeared yesterday morning on a wall at Fort Apache and Charleston. “This breaks my heart because Las Vegas is my home,” said one Israeli-born local resident. [KTNV]

📋 John Madden Weeps

Josh McDaniels’ career isn’t even cold yet but, naturally, speculation as to his successor has begun in earnest. Names floated include Jim Harbaugh, assistant coaches from the Dolphins, Cowboys, and Packers, and … *sound of brain melting* … Jon Gruden?

• Context: We talked about the Raiders’ resilience during their last round of coaching woes. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🚫 Undesirables

The City of Las Vegas is considering a law that would allow it to ban “chronic offenders” from the area around the Fremont Street Experience. It’s modeled on a similar Clark County law pertaining to the Strip. The ACLU is already fighting that measure, and says it will challenge the city’s too, if enacted. [Nevada Current]

👎 Time to Go?

Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager is demanding that Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara resign, citing poor performance and sagging morale within CCSD. The district responded with a statement saying Jara isn’t going anywhere. [Nevada Current]

🎤 ‘Living Nations, Living Words’ | Today | 5 p.m.

Readings from the anthology of Indigenous poetry compiled by U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo. [Sunrise Library, Sunrise Manor; free]

🚶 UNLV Art Walk | Friday | 5-9 p.m.

Now one of the university’s signature cultural events, this annual campus-wide showcase of UNLV’s various disciplines features art, film, presentations, food, and much more. [UNLV; free]

🌵 Holiday Cactus Garden | Friday-Dec. 31 | 5-10 p.m.

The elaborate, festive lighting of Ethel M’s cactus garden is a longtime local tradition. The hot chocolate is damn good, too. [Ethel M, Henderson; $2]

🎭 ‘Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet’ | Friday-Saturday | 7 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday

Nevada Shakespeare Festival offers its revved-up, high-spirited, all-ages version of the Bard’s great tragedy. [Windmill Library, Rainbow and Windmill; free]

🖋️ Las Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival | Saturday | 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This — BAM! KAPOW! — action-packed day includes comics creators, cosplay, vendors, workshops, food trucks, and more. Schedule at link. [Clark County Library, University District; free]

Your Very Vegas Picnic

There’s more to a good picnic than spreading out a blanket, making sandwiches, and bracing for ants. The podcast team (host Dayvid Figler and producers Sonja Cho Swanson and Layla Muhammad) unpack the elements of a great Vegas outing — starting with how we should define a picnic.