MUSIC
1. Adam Lambert
Singer Adam Lambert will perform during the 2021 Global Citizen Live event on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Chris Pizzello)
Nobody can follow in the footsteps of Freddie Mercury, but Adam Lambert has slipped them across the stages in the finest fashion over the past nine years as the front man of Queen + Adam Lambert. Now he’s on his own again, without a Queen, but without sacrificing the hip extravagance and jet-powered pipes that have made him an ideal singer for these rock ‘n’ roll greats. See him Friday, Saturday, Wednesday at 8 p.m. October 29th and 30th at the Venetian Theater, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets start at $ 52.95; ticketmaster.com.
– Jason Bracelin
FESTIVAL
2nd Las Vegas Book Festival
Author Fran Lebowitz arrives at a party to celebrate the start of the second annual Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, May 1, 2003 in New York. (AP photo / Tina Fineberg)
The main speakers are Fran Lebowitz (“Pretend It’s a City” on Netflix), Sandra Cisneros (“The House on Mango Street”) and Dr. Oriel Maria Siu (“Rebeldita the Fearless in Ogreland”) and dozens of panel discussions, readings, performances and workshops are planned. The festival is free and takes place Saturdays from 9am to 6pm at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St. lasvegasbookfestival.com
– John Przybys
MOVIE
3. ‘Dune’
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in “Dune”. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking science fiction novel was long considered “unfilmed”. Anyone who has seen the 1984 version of David Lynch knows why: The story of the young noble Paul Atreides is just so extensive. That didn’t deter filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”, “Blade Runner 2049”). He has put together a cast – including Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem – that is almost as remarkable as the source material. See “Dune” in theaters and on HBO Max this Friday – but it really belongs on the big screen.
– Christopher Lawrence
CLASSIC
4. Las Vegas Philharmonic
Music director Donato Cabrera greets the audience prior to a performance by the Las Vegas Philharmonic on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
“Fanfare for the Common Man” + “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman” = Fanfare for the return of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. The orchestra’s first performance of its 2021-22 campaign will present these two works by Aaron Copland and Joan Tower, respectively, in addition to Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s rousing Symphony No. 5. The season kicks off on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Reynolds Hall in the Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave. Tickets from $ 29 on lvphil.org.
– Jason Bracelin
TO USE
5th Biletnikoff Foundation Crab Festival
NFL Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff during an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins and Las Vegas Raiders in Las Vegas on Sunday, September 26, 2021. (AP Photo / Rick Scuteri)
Crab shells and pigskin will mingle in Paris Las Vegas on Friday when the Biletnikoff Foundation hosts its 21st annual Celebrity Crab Fest. The foundation was established by Super Bowl XI MVP, Hall of Famer and former Raiders wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff and his wife Angela after the death of their daughter Tracey, and current and former raiders are expected. The event from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. (with a red carpet from 6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.) offers freshly flown shrimp, live entertainment as well as silent and live auctions. Tickets start at $ 200; visit biletnikoff.org or call 925-556-2525.
– Heidi Knapp Rinella
ICE SCATING
6. Skate America
Skaters will be featured ahead of the ice dance free dance program in the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series Saturday, October 24, 2020 in Las Vegas. Cardboard figures of people lay in the stands. (AP photo / David Becker)
The 2021 Skate America International Ice Skating Championships glide gracefully into the Orleans Arena with a series of events beginning on Friday evening and ending with a “Skating Spectacular” on Sunday at 6:30 pm. Individual session and full session ticket packages are available at orleansarena.com.
– John Przybys
MUSICAL
7. ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’
Wes Williams & Mia Massaro in “An Officer and a Gentelman” (Matthew Murphy)
Love picks them up where they belong. “An Officer and a Gentleman”, the musical update of the 1982 blockbuster film, starts its 50-city tour at the Smith Center. The story of a cheeky Navy officer candidate who – literally – blows a factory worker off his feet, the musical is peppered with hits from the 1980s by the likes of Pat Benatar, Richard Marx, Steve Winwood and Debbie Gibson from Las Vegas. See it at Reynolds Hall Tuesday through October 31st. Tickets range from $ 30 to $ 138 plus fees at thesmithcenter.com/tickets.
– Christopher Lawrence
TO DRINK
8. Seltzerland
The Seltzerfest stops on Saturday on its national tour. (Seltzer Festival)
You’ve heard of wine festivals and beer festivals, but here’s something new: a tough seltzer festival. Seltzerland, currently on a 25-city national tour, will move into Angel Park Golf Course, 100 S. Rampart Blvd., on Saturday. Participants will travel in small groups along the fairways, meet representatives from brands such as White Claw, Mike’s Hard Lemonade Seltzer and Playamar, the Jose Cuervo Seltzer, and sample some of the 100 varieties available. Tickets for the 2½-hour time slot cost 39 USD or 59 USD for VIPs on seltzerland.com.
– Heidi Knapp Rinella
THEATRE
9. ‘The Sandman’
The Majestic Repertory Theater in the Arts District of downtown Las Vegas on Monday April 26, 2021. (Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
“A little nightmare musical,” they call it. In typical Majestic Repertory fashion, “The Sandman” combines threat and whimsy with the story of a watchmaking family that is drawn into an escalating series of “bizarre and unnatural events”. Based on the work of ETA Hoffman, the author of The Nutcracker, this production features original music and lyrics by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor, a Broadway writing team who actually live here. Tickets are $ 35 ($ 25 for under 18s). Thursday through November 28th, Majestic Repertory, 1217 S. Main St., majesticrepertory.com.
– Scott Dickensheets
FAMILY
10th Las Vegas Balloon Festival
Hot air balloons glow while burners fire in preparation for the attached “balloon glow”. (Las Vegas Review-Journal, file)
The reflection of glowing hot air balloons in children’s eyes isn’t every day, but it will be part of the Las Vegas Balloon Festival Thursday through October 31 at Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 W Craig Road in north Las Vegas. The festival, which takes place daily from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. (excluding entry after 7 p.m.), includes the balloon glow at dusk (weather permitting) as well as carnival rides, food and retail vendors, and live music. Admission is free; Connected rides are $ 25 and private couple rides are $ 75. Tickets at theballoonglowtour.com.
– Scott Dickensheets
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