November 28
Chrissie Hynde
The Pearl at the Palms
This isn’t a Pretenders gig — the iconic, hard-rocking frontwoman is touring her critically acclaimed recent album, Stockholm — but expect some cuts from her prodigious back catalogue of hits. 8p, $52-$205, palms.com
November 6
Abigail Goldman
Trifecta Gallery
Goldman’s irony is wicked-sharp. She titles her exhibit Home Sweet Home, but look at this detail from one of her new, extra-murderlicious “dieoramas.” Nothing sweet about it. There’s more: “It’s actually going to be set into a glass-topped dining table for four. So you dine while looking into the nightmare cul-de-sac below.” Diabolical! Brilliant! “I suppose we’ve all eaten our way through grisly, fighting-family meals — this time, the carnage is under the food but on the surface.” Through Nov. 28, trifectagallery.com
Human Trafficking Panel
Barrick Museum, UNLV
The panel’s full title is “Human Trafficking and the Narratives of Modern Slavery” — a narrative that includes some 29 million people enslaved in the world today. It’s a harrowing topic that Loyola University professor Laura T. Murphy will go into eye-opening depth on. 7:30p, UNLV’s Barrick Museum, liberalarts.unlv.edu/forum
Alex Boyé
Ham Hall, UNLV
Click over to the Tube of You for Boyé’s videos: Africanized versions of pop songs you might think have been drained of life by repetition — Lorde’s “ Royals” being a great one to begin with — revived and globalized by this Nigerian-descended former Mormon Tabernacle Choir star. 8p, $25-$75, UNLV’s Ham Hall, unlv.edu
November 23
David Sedaris
The Smith Center
Man tells funny stories. 7:30p, $46 and up, thesmithcenter.com