![]() If you miss it, don’t fret - this popular series blasts off monthly. The next installment of One Helluva Friday is August 12. ![]() It’s a three-phase event that features “What the Hell Happened?,” a TED Talk-style speaker series “Hella Expressions,” an open mic showcase, and the Comet Comedy club, which invites local comics to bring the funny. Its One Helluva Friday series has blown up too, and deservedly so. You haven’t heard of StarBase? What planet are you living on?! The event venue tucked behind Allegiant Stadium is fast becoming a Gen Z hotspot and hangout, with its funkily themed rooms, Insta-friendly visual vibes, and programming that embraces LGBTQ youth. (AK) Myron’s in The Smith Center, 7p, $39-49, August 12 ![]() This concert features saxophonist Tom Luer, acclaimed for his nimble versatility - a welcome virtue in the Jazz Republic’s genre-bending vision of the dynamic jazz art form. ![]() ![]() Their Jazz Republic Concert series, presented locally by KUNV 91.5 FM, showcases talent from across the jazz spectrum to promote this quintessentially American music form, whatever the style. Trumpeter Bijon Watson and singer/songwriter Niles Thomas want to weigh in with their final answer: It’s all jazz - so can’t we all just get along? Questioning the idea of limiting categories and exclusive subgenres in this dynamic art form, the two launched the Jazz Republic Entertainment Group to encourage listeners and artists to ditch the labels and get back to the music. What’s jazz? What’s not jazz? The debate has been raging (well, uh, okay, mildly percolating among a small group of interested parties) since the birth of the celebrated musical form. ![]()
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