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Top 10 things to do in Las Vegas this week

MUSIC

Post Malone

Post Malone has almost as much self-awareness as ink on his face. “My name is Austin Richard Post,” he often says at the beginning of his shows, “and I’m here to play (crappy) music and get (messed) up.” With his singsongy, hook-heavy repertoire, open-hearted lyrics that often border on emo and a seemingly endless supply of Bud Lights, Malone’s live gigs are good times fueled by the bad. See him at 8 p.m. Friday at T-Mobile Arena. Resale tickets are available at ticketmaster.com.

Jason Bracelin

Pizza Rock serves at the 2019 Las Vegas Pizza Festival. The outfit is returning to the 2022 fes ...
Pizza Rock serves at the 2019 Las Vegas Pizza Festival. The outfit is returning to the 2022 festival Saturday at The Industrial Event Space. (Las Vegas Pizza Festival)

FOOD

Las Vegas Pizza Festival

The Las Vegas Pizza Festival, set for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at The Industrial Event Space, 2330 S. Industrial Road, brings together a host of Vegas pizza poobahs, headlined by Vincent Rotolo of Good Pie, Tony Gemignani of Pizza Rock and John Arena of Metro Pizza. The festival features unlimited samples of New York, Detroit, Sicilian and other styles of pizza. Tickets start at $75; vegaspizzafest.com.

Johnathan L. Wright

(L-R): Dorothy Steel as Merchant Tribe Elder, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Angela Bassett as Ramond ...
(L-R): Dorothy Steel as Merchant Tribe Elder, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, Danai Gurira as Okoye in Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2022 MARVEL.

MOVIE

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

It’s the sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time, albeit tragically without its leading man. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” finds the characters — much like the cast members — trying to recover from the death of Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa. On screen, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) fight to protect the kingdom from outsiders. It’s only in theaters.

Christopher Lawrence

British singer Billy Idol performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Bra ...
British singer Billy Idol performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

MUSIC

Billy Idol

Every day is a nice day for a white wedding when Billy Idol’s in town. The punk turned pop rocker with the Elvis-worthy curled-lip sneer remains sound of voice and physique four decades into his chameleonic career. With a rebel yell, cry more, more, more at 8:30 p.m. Friday at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Tickets start at $69; ticketmaster.com.

Jason Bracelin

People enjoy some skating on the ice rink at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 2, 2 ...
People enjoy some skating on the ice rink at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

HOLIDAYS

Ice Rink

Ice skating, fire pits, s’mores, holiday movies and plenty of comfort food are on tap when the Ice Rink returns to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Some 4,200 square feet of real ice awaits skaters, as does a screening of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” when the rink opens for the season Tuesday. Movies are shown on the marquee Mondays and Tuesdays during Date Skate nights. Regular hours are 4 to 11 p.m. weekdays and noon to 11 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free; all-day skate rentals start at $20.

Christopher Lawrence

On Nov. 14, 2022, Randy's Donuts is celebrating its 70th birthday with 70-cent Classic Selectio ...
On Nov. 14, 2022, Randy's Donuts is celebrating its 70th birthday with 70-cent Classic Selections doughnuts, including these glazed, at all its stores. (Randy's Donuts)

FOOD

70-cent doughnuts

At Randy’s Donuts, it’s 70 for 70. The famed bakery with the giant doughnut on the roof of its original Southern California shop is turning 70, and to celebrate, Randy’s is offering its Classic Selections doughnuts for 70 cents each (limit 12) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in all stores (no online or delivery orders), including its Las Vegas shop on South Rainbow Boulevard.

Johnathan L. Wright

SPORTS

Las Vegas Days rodeo

The event formerly known as Helldorado returns with two days of rodeo action downtown. As part of the rechristened Las Vegas Days, the CORE Arena next to the Plaza will host bull riding, barrel racing, breakaway, team roping, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding and bareback riding events. The rodeo starts at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is free; RSVP at plazatix.com.

Christopher Lawrence

Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth performs at Rock On The Range Music Festival on Sunday, May 21, 2017, ...
Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth performs at Rock On The Range Music Festival on Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

MUSIC

Amon Amarth

The vikings are coming, for real — Swedish melodic death metallers Amon Amarth’s songbook is almost entirely predicated upon Scandinavian folklore and they’ve been known to have live swordplay on stage. On their current tour, they’re joined by fellow death metal heavyweights Obituary and Cattle Decapitation. Wear a (horned) helmet. See Amon Amarth at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Brooklyn Bowl at The Linq. Tickets start at $42.50; brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas.

Jason Bracelin

FOOD & GIFTS

Scandinavian Holiday Bazaar

The annual Scandinavian Holiday Bazaar returns from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave. The event features lefse (potato flatbread), freshly made Norwegian waffles, home-baked goods, holiday gifts, coffee and more. To order lefse, contact Gwen Knighton at 702-869-5775 or lvknight30@yahoo.com. The bazaar benefits the Sons of Norway Vegas Viking Lodge, a nonprofit that promotes Norwegian heritage and provides programs and scholarships.

Johnathan L. Wright

The Mob Museum is seen, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review ...
The Mob Museum is seen, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

CELEBRATION

Kefauver Day

Unlike Nevada Day, which just moves around on the calendar willy-nilly, the only-in-the-Silver State holiday Kefauver Day sticks to Nov. 15. That’s the day in 1950 when the Kefauver Committee hearings, which attempted to root out organized crime, took place in the courtroom of what is now the Mob Museum. To celebrate, the Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., is offering free admission to locals with ID, and two-for-one admission to everyone else, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Christopher Lawrence

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