July 14
Bypassed Byways
Spring Valley LibraryGet your kicks with photographer Wayne Kodey’s decades-in-the-making set of shots from Route 66. Short of renting an old Corvette and driving the route yourself, this is your best chance to experience 66’s fading glories. Through September 18. lvccld.org
July 16
Michito Sanchez
Centennial Hills AmphitheatreA salsa-riffic evening with the seasoned percussionist — known to bring a global sensibility to his salsa groove — and his 10-piece band. 7:30p, free, artslasvegas.org
July 31
Claypool-Lennon Delirium
Brooklyn BowlBassist Les Claypool, formerly of Primus (“Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver”) joins forces with Sean Lennon, formerly of Yoko Ono’s womb (and “one of rock ’n’ roll’s most fearless collaborators” — Rolling Stone) for an exercise in what the Stone calls “raw, proggy psyche-pop.” 7p, $29-$45, brooklynbowl.com
July 6
Idaho!
The Smith CenterA brand-new musical comedy about three couples on the frontier. The show’s press materials emphasize the presence of potatoes in this production — as well as a post- Book of Mormon lack of “political correctness.” 2p and 7:30p, $19-$89, thesmithcenter.com
July 14
A. Brad Schwartz
The Writer’s BlockJust when you thought you knew all you needed to about Orson Welles’ panic-inducing 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds, along comes Mr. Schwartz with a batch of new information, distilled into his book, Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News, which he will read from and sign. 7p, free, the writersblock.org