🪧 It’s on! Union sets strike deadline

🪧 Heading for the Strike Zone

The Culinary Union has given major Strip resorts until a week from today — 5 a.m., Nov. 10 — to agree to a new contract and avert a strike. A strike could mean work outages at 18 properties, just six days before some 100,000 visitors are expected to hit town for F1. [Review-Journal]

🗳️ A House Divided?

Gov. Joe Lombardo is criticizing his own state party for pursuing a primary caucus in February, when there will also be a state-mandated primary election: “I think it will disenfranchise a number of voters,” he said. [Nevada Independent]

🚫 Gov. Joins Trans Athlete Ban Effort

Gov. Joe Lombardo has joined eight other governors in signing a letter requesting the NCAA to ban transgender athletes from college competition. [KSNV]

📰 Your Weekend Reading!

Fans of the City Cast Las Vegas podcast know regular guest Kim Foster as an incisive, empathetic commenter on matters of food and poverty. This profile, timed to her new book, “The Meth Lunches,” captures much of what makes her a necessary voice. [Las Vegas Weekly]

• A classic Foster episode: Why she won’t eat Pinkbox donuts. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🎭 ‘Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet’ | Today-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]

🩰 ‘Carmina Burana’ and ‘Serenade’ | Today-Sunday | Various times

Nevada Ballet Theatre opens its season with the Balanchine/Tchaikovsky superhero team-up of “Serenade,” and Nicolo Fonte’s choreography of Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” [Smith Center, downtown; $30.95-$159.95]

🎭 ‘Indecent’ | Today-Monday | Various times

A play about a play, Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer-winner looks at the controversial 1923 debut of Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance.” Staged by A Public Fit. [Super Summer Theatre Studio, Valley View and Harmon; $35-$40; $25 on Monday]

🐾 Paws in the Park | Saturday | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Family-friendly celebration of pets, with vendors, food, information, and a puppy kissing booth. [Desert Breeze Park, Spring Valley; free entry]

🖋️ 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]

✂️ Document Shredding and Medicine Collection | Saturday | 10 a.m. to noon

Better shred than read by identity thieves — drop off your old papers and unused medications for safe disposal. [Centennial Hills Community Center; free]

💃🏾 ‘Rooted in Rhythm’ | Saturday | 2-6 p.m.

Poetic Neighbor and The Obodo Collective offer an afternoon of dance to afrobeats, plus vendors and community-building. [Obodo Collective, Historic Westside; free]

• Context: Talking with The Obodo Collective about the power of urban farming. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

💬 StorySLAM | Saturday | 7 p.m.

Our own charismatic podcast host Dayvid Figler hosts this evening of storytelling on the intriguing theme “Imposter Syndrome.” Stop and say hello to him! [Charleston Heights Arts Center; $2-$20]

📚 Poetry by Bruce Isaacson and Charlene Stegman Moskal | Saturday | 7 p.m.

Two of our most noteworthy poets read from their work. [The Writer’s Block, downtown; free]

• Similar vibe: Three questions with poet James Norman about poetry for the people. [Hey Las Vegas 📧]

🎸 ‘The Beatles Uncovered’ | Sunday | 2 p.m.

Departing from the standard Lennon-McCartney narrative, Dulais Rhys presents an illustrated lecture on The Beatles’ covers of other artists’ songs. [Windmill Library, Rainbow and Windmill; free]

A New Downtown Law! Jara Denounced! Water Wasters!

Buckle in for another Friday news roundup as host Dayvid Figler is joined by journalists Michael Lyle of the Nevada Current and Lorraine Longhi of the Review-Journal. Under scrutiny: (a) the city’s proposed “order out” law for Fremont Street; (b) the state Assembly leader’s call for school boss Jesus Jara to resign; and (c) the valley’s biggest residential water hogs. Keep your hands and feet inside the podcast at all times!