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June 2015

Desert Companion June 2015

June 2015

  • Four words you might not’ve put together before — “Aussie roots jam rock” — come together in superbly listenable fashion. Groove it or lose it, people! 7p, $22-$27.50, Brooklyn Bowl, brooklynbowl.com.
  • For her new book Legends: The Living Art of Risqué, French photographer Marie Baronnet traveled the country to take joyous, revealing portraits of early burlesque performers, many in Las Vegas (such as Bambi Jones, above).
  • When the city gets you down, there’s nothing like a natural spectacle to remind you of what, um, really matters …
  • What’s the biggest fashion mistake most men make? Too many accessories. One bracelet or simple necklace goes a long way. We all love Mr. T, but that was the ’80s.
  • Every day, travelers arrive in Las Vegas from across the globe, but many are here for more than a vacation. They’re refugees seeking a better life.
  • Fourteen summers ago I happened upon a festive gathering in a strip mall parking lot on H Street and Owens Avenue. My first experience with Juneteenth happened to be the city’s first large-scale commemoration of June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom.
  • June 16 is the 111th anniversary of Bloomsday; not bad, considering it marks a day in 1904 that only exists within James Joyce’s legendary modernist classic Ulysses, a novel that nearly all literati bow down before even if many have never finished it.
  • How to break the ice with Brian Porray's work "/'\0SCILL4T0R/'\"
  • Michael Green delivers a Nevada history that finally gives Las Vegas its due — and doesn’t shrink from the state’s dark side.
  • Nevada’s environmental movement is evolving — just not in time to have made an impact in the 2015 Legislature.