City Cast Las Vegas
🍸 Can hummingbirds get drunk?
January 23, 2024
Good morning, reader! The virally popular video of a courtroom defendant leaping after a judge has come to the attention of “Saturday Night Live,” which riffed on it this past weekend.
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💥 If They Bump Into Each Other Will the Universe Implode?
It appears former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will both be in town on Saturday — Trump for a rally ahead of the Feb. 8 Nevada GOP caucus, Harris to support Rep. Steven Horsford. [KVVU]
🍄 Psychedelic Help
A panel created by the 2023 Legislature to study the medical uses of psychedelics recently heard doctors, first responders, and wildfire fighters describe how small doses of these substances can help deal with trauma. The group also heard cops and prosecutors come out against legalization. [Nevada Current]
🚧 Wrong Sense of Closure
Circle Feb. 14 on your calendar in angry red ink: That’s when Tropicana and I-15 will be under construction again, with closures of one or both extending to Feb. 20. At least they gave the project a cutesy nickname: Dropicana 2.0. Makes it all better! [Review-Journal]
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What To Do
Tuesday, Jan. 23
- 🖼️ ‘Illusion and Reality,’ Emil Fu (exhibit opening) | Library hours | Free | Clark County Library
- 📽️ ‘Aloners’ (Korean film) | 4:30 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 🪩 ‘First Ladies of Disco’ | 7 p.m. | $49-$82 | Smith Center
- 🎤 Drunk’n Jokes | 9 p.m. | Free | Arts District
Wednesday, Jan. 24
- 👔 Career Fair | 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Free | Sahara West Library
- 🎭 ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (live show) | 11 a.m. | Free | Whitney Library
Thursday, Jan. 25
- 💬 ‘Sexual Entertainment and Economies’ Launch Event (registration required) | 1-8 p.m. | Free | UNLV
- 🖼️ ‘Celebrating Life! Master Artists’ (exhibit reception) | 5 p.m. | Free | Charleston Heights Arts Center
- 🎶 The Hot Sardines (jazz/swing) | 7 p.m. | $45-$75 | Smith Center
Today on City Cast
🌴 Give Palms a Chance?
Palms are 🌴 everywhere 🌴 in Las Vegas, despite slurping a lot of water, throwing no useful shade, and generally looking like clueless L.A. posers. 🌴 But is there, in fact, a case to be made for these trees? You might be surprised. Podcast co-host Dayvid Figler gets the palm deets 🌴 from Lisa Ortega of Nevada Plants.
Lastly today, who’s looking forward to the rumored Caesars Palace residency by an area band you might’ve heard of, The Killers? Said to be happening in late summer.
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Let’s hear it for Sonja Cho Swanson for today’s edits!
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