Top 10 things to do this week in Las Vegas

BOXING

1. Wilder-Fury III

Tyson Fury, right, connects a punch against Deontay Wilder successful circular 5 of the WBC satellite heavyweight title bout astatine the MGM Grand Garden Arena successful Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Fury won by mode of knockout successful the sixth round. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

It was a communicative of 2 fights: American heavyweight Deontay Wilder, a antheral whose close manus is an explicit summons to unconsciousness, versus British man-mountain Tyson Fury, a shifty tactician and dancing carnivore with a lingua arsenic crisp arsenic his jab. Their archetypal gathering successful December 2018 ended successful a arguable divided draw, with Wilder astir having Fury retired connected his feet astatine 1 point. Their rematch successful March 2020 was an wholly antithetic affair, with Fury amazingly pressing the enactment and pummeling Wilder en way to a seventh-round stoppage. Will Fury proceed his dominance? Or volition Wilder recapture his face-flattening mojo? Find retired astatine Saturday astatine T-Mobile Arena, 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The undercard begins astatine 1:30 p.m. Tickets commencement astatine $205; axs.com.

— Jason Bracelin

MUSIC

2. Reggae Rise Up

Kyle McDonald, center, of Slightly Stoopid, performs during Concerts In Your Car astatine Ventura County Fairgrounds connected Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, successful Ventura, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

To be oregon not to be the Reggae Rise Up euphony festival this weekend? Slightly Stoopid question, with a lineup that boasts those SoCal country stalwarts alongside the Dirty Heads, Soja, J Boog, Common Kings, Matisyahu and plentifulness more. Now, that’s capable bully vibes to capable a dump truck. The festivities statesman astatine noon Saturday and Sunday astatine Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. Third St. Tickets are $85 per day, $160 for two-day pass; reggaeriseupvegas.com.

— Jason Bracelin

FILM

3. ‘Parkway of Broken Dreams’

Filmmaker Pj Perez poses for a representation connected Maryland Parkway adjacent the UNLV Student Union successful Las Vegas, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco

During the ’90s, a agelong of Maryland Parkway on the UNLV field was the epicenter of alternate civilization successful Las Vegas. Author/filmmaker Pj Perez explores the heyday of Maryland Parkway successful “Parkway of Broken Dreams,” a documentary packed with archival video and photos, arsenic good arsenic interviews with the radical who created it and retrieve it. The film’s premiere volition beryllium astatine 8 p.m. Wednesday astatine the Galaxy Theatres Boulevard Mall. Tickets are $15. Visit parkwayofbrokendreams.com.

— John Przybys

READING

4. Heather Lang-Cassera, Jennifer Battisti

Heather Lang-Cassera

“Gathering Broken Light,” the caller publication of poesy by erstwhile Clark County writer laureate Heather Lang-Cassera, takes arsenic its prisms the Oct. 1 massacre and the “severity and beauty” of the godforsaken successful bid to look astatine the galore facets of grief. She’ll beryllium joined by Jennifer Battisti, who’ll work from her hybrid memoir “Off Boulder Highway.” Two of the city’s champion connected 1 stage. 7 p.m. Friday astatine the Writer’s Block, 519 S. Sixth St.; free; thewritersblock.org.

— Scott Dickensheets

FAMILY

5. Summerlin Festival of Arts

(Downtown Summerlin)

Enjoy the enactment of immoderate 100 good artists astatine the Summerlin Festival of Arts this play connected The Lawn astatine Downtown Summerlin. The artists were selected by a assemblage of section creation experts, and their offerings scope from oils and watercolors to pottery, sculptures, photos, solid and jewelry. Live creation presentations and kids activities besides are scheduled. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The escaped lawsuit is presented by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Go to summerlin.com for much information.

— John Przybys

MUSIC

6. Diane Schuur

The velvety smooth, crystal-clear tones of Diane Schuur volition capable the intimate Myron’s astatine The Smith Center astatine 9 p.m. Saturday, erstwhile Schuur performs caller versions of immoderate of her favourite songs. She’ll diagnostic tunes from her latest album, “Running connected Faith,” a premix of blues and straight-ahead jazz that encompasses the enactment of songwriters including Miles Davis and Paul Simon. Tickets are $39 to $65 astatine thesmithcenter.com

— Heidi Knapp Rinella

CONVENTION

7. ClexaCon

"Wynonna Earp" co-star Katherine Barrell greets fans astatine the 2018 variation of ClexaCon successful Las Vegas. (Dana Lynn Pleasant)

In 2016, The CW’s post-apocalyptic play “The 100” killed disconnected fractional of the show’s same-sex mates that fans had dubbed Clexa, a portmanteau of their names, Clarke and Lexa. Out of that disappointment and outrage, the Las Vegas-based ClexaCon, an planetary fandom normal that’s a spot similar an LGBTQ ComicCon, was born. This year’s gathering features speakers, panels, autographs and photograph opportunities, vendor booths and parties, Friday done Sunday astatine the Tropicana. See clexacon.com for details.

— Christopher Lawrence

THEATER

8. ‘Cats’

"Cats" astatine the Smith Center. (Matthew Murphy, Murphymade)

So, yes, the movie adaptation of “Cats” was … different. But theatergoers who haven’t yet recovered themselves capable to clasp each of that disconcerting kitty CGI successful the movie tin refresh their palates with the archetypal Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which comes to The Smith Center Tuesday done Oct. 17. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. for evening performances and 2 p.m. for matinees, and tickets commencement astatine $30 astatine thesmithcenter.com.

— John Przybys

COMEDY

9. Sarah Hester Ross

Sarah Hester Ross (Gabe Ginsberg)

Remember Neonopolis? That hulking downtown operation that turns a acold enarthrosis to Las Vegas Boulevard? If you haven’t thought astir it for years, here’s a crushed to bash truthful now: raucous piano-playing comedienne Sarah Hester Ross, named 2020’s champion comedian by this precise newspaper. She’s truthful comic she erstwhile got kicked disconnected of Tik-Tok. She performs astatine Notoriety Live, successful Neonopolis, astatine 9 p.m. Thursdays; tickets commencement astatine $35 astatine sarahhesterross.com/shows.

— Scott Dickensheets

NOSTALGIA

10. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Frankie Valli arrives astatine the peculiar screening of "Ad Astra" astatine ArcLight Cinemas connected Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, successful Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

No, it’s not excessively bully to beryllium true. Snag a summons to Reynolds Hall astatine The Smith Center connected Friday and you won’t beryllium capable to instrumentality your eyes disconnected the archetypal Jersey Boys, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, beloved for a drawstring of planetary hits before, during and aft the disco era. Their inspiring beingness stories and enduring entreaty were the inspiration for the “Jersey Boys” amusement and movie. A fewer tickets for the 8 p.m. lawsuit inactive were disposable astatine property time, but you’ll request to determination fast. Tickets are $40 to $170 astatine thesmithcenter.com.

— Heidi Knapp Rinella

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