Thomas & Mack CenterUpgrade your summer blockbuster experience with a live-action spectacle complete with special effects and aerial stunts. In this adventure all your favorites — Spider-Man, Captain America, and the Hulk, just to name a few — come together to stop Loki’s nefarious plan for world domination. Various times, through July 30, $20-$95, unlvtickets.com
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July 17
Lauren Tans
Winchester Cultural CenterCommunication and cacophony are what this artist — born in Holland of Chinese descent, now splitting his time between Las Vegas and Australia — is about in his exhibit Babalogic II. The Tower of Babel, above, adorned in “Chinese characters and opaque codes born of many different symbols,” is his potent statement on the racket in his peripatetic life. Through September 1, reception 6p, July 21. Free, 702-455-7340
July 28
18th Annual Las Vegas Dance in the Desert master class
Summerlin Library Learn from the best as you get to know dancers from around the country before they perform at night in one of the longest-running dance traditions in Las Vegas.
Sam Boyd StadiumAnd by football we mean soccer, of course — “the beautiful game” in the words of Pelé and many cheesy fútbol announcers. Two teams from Mexico, Club Tijuana and Club Leon, will race around the field for 90 minutes, grateful, one presumes, for the 8p start time. $27-$163, unlv.edu/calendar
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July 20
Erykah Badu
Brooklyn BowlAfter performing at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, genre-bending legend Erykah Badu’s next stop on her world tour will be right here. Already a certified holistic healer and reiki master who’s now studying sound and vibration healing, Badu is sure to heal your ailments with her jazz, R&B, and hip-hop infused magic.
