šŸˆ Weekend Mode: Football Food Spots, Aki Matsuri Fall Festival, Makers and Music + More!

don't miss the Festival of Arts in DTS this weekend!

October 11, 2024 ā€¢ Estimated Reading Time: 13 minutes

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Happy Friday Afternoon, Neighbor!

Feeling spooky? Itā€™s another Halloween-themed weekend on the West Side.

But itā€™s also Pride weekend in Downtown Vegas. You know because Juneā€™s too hot here, and they thought it would be cooler this weekend. And I suppose it is, you know, cooler than it was in June. But, well, will this summer EVER END? Like I can still enjoy my pumpkin spice latteā€¦ and I willā€¦ but I would enjoy it a whole lot more with a slight chill in the air. You know what I mean? I guess Iā€™ll have to make do with Halloween-style chills.

In todayā€™s Summerlin City Wind Down:

  • Today's Happy Hours & Eats šŸˆšŸ·

  • Did You Know? šŸŒ‘

  • Around the Valley šŸ“

  • Events & Live Music šŸ‘»

  • Staying In? Check Out These Awesome Things šŸ‘

Let's get to it. See you on the other side.

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TODAYā€™S HAPPY HOURS & EATS šŸˆšŸ·

Looking for some good football specials for Sunday? You can hook yourself up with food + free gameplay (well, itā€™s pretty free when you run the math) at The Cantina by El Dorado in South, South Spring Valley.

  • The Cantina by El Dorado

  • South Spring Valley

  • Sunday Munch Kickoff Packages: $25-65

Then, keeping with the football theme and fast-forwarding to Monday of next week - do you dabble in sports betting? Or even go hardcore? If you are a sports bettor, and youā€™ve got your lunch hour free on Monday, you might want to nab a spot and a lunch special at Dom DeMarcoā€™s. The NFL Handicapping Show with Jim Feist will be live from Dom DeMarcoā€™s patio from noon-1 pm. Or, basically, pay for your eats, get your betting tips free!

  • Dom DeMarcoā€™s

  • West Charleston

  • NFL Handicapping Show Live

  • Monday: Noon-1 pm

  • Every Monday through Super Bowl

Prefer a football-free zone? Find your Happy Hour of choice on our Summerlin Happy Hour lists.

Did You Know? šŸŒ‘

Shadows are darker on the Moon than they are here on Earth.

Thatā€™s right, the Moon takes "shade" to a whole new level. While here on Earth, shadows are pretty tame thanks to our atmosphere, which scatters light around like an over-enthusiastic glitter bomb, the Moon doesn't have that luxury. Without an atmosphere to diffuse the sunlight, shadows on the Moon are like little black holes, swallowing up all the light and making things vanish into absolute darkness.

The process of light-scattering on Earth is called Rayleigh scattering, and what it does is brightens shadows and makes objects within them more visible. Thatā€™s why you can still see details and textures within a shadow.

On the Moon, though, it's like someone cranked the contrast all the way up. There's no air to scatter light, so when something blocks the Sun, that shadow is nearly as black as deep space. Weā€™re not talking ā€œlights out in your bedroom with blackout curtainsā€ dark, weā€™re talking "where'd my legs go?" dark.

In fact, the moonā€™s darkness is so dark, even astronauts were ill-prepared for it. During the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong mentioned how tricky it was to navigate in the shadow of the lunar module because he couldnā€™t see his feet.

But if you think the moon has the darkest darkness, I hate to break it to you, but space gets a whole lot darker. Though it looks like a full-on light void in a moon shadow, it actually isnā€™t. The moonā€™s shadows are illuminated ever so slightly by sunlight reflecting off the lunar surface and Earth. So, it does have some cosmic mood lighting. Just not nearly enough to keep you from feeling like you're walking into an abyss.

So, if you get a little scared in the darkness here on Earth, comfort yourself with the fact that at least it doesnā€™t disappear your feet. Or does it? I mean, how often do you really look down at them?

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AROUND THE VALLEY šŸ“

Here are some things Around the Valley we think might be of interest -

Happy Pride, Yā€™all šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ

Ready to get your Pride on? Today is National Coming Out Day and tonight is the Pride Parade in Downtown Vegas. The Parade Pre-Show kicks off at 6 pm and the Parade takes off at 7 pm. You know, when it may almost be a reasonable temperature.

Thereā€™s also a Block Party tonight and tomorrow, so get your rainbows on and get thee Downtown.

Happy Fall, Yā€™all šŸ‡ÆšŸ‡µ

Honestly, it feels almost silly saying that. Is it fall? Anyway -

Fall or not, tomorrow IS the Aki Matsuri ā€œFall Festivalā€ at Water Street Plaza in Henderson.

Events kick off at 11 am and go all day long. Cool stuff includes:

  • Two stages of live entertainment

  • Martial arts demos

  • A haiku contest

  • Ikebana flower arrangement

Plus, thereā€™s a Sake Pavilion. A SAKE PAVILION. As if the food alone wonā€™t be worth the drive across town.

  • Aki Matsuri

    Water Street Plaza

    240 S Water St (Henderson)

    Saturday: 11 am- 9 pm

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EVENTS & LIVE MUSIC šŸ‘»

Like your Halloween movies more fun than scary? Youā€™ve got a couple of opportunities to get your seasonal film on tonight (and again tomorrow) around Summerlin.

Plus, the Festival of Arts kicks off today in DTS.

TODAYā€™S HIGHLIGHTS

SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS

SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS

LIVE MUSIC šŸŽµ

Hereā€™s just a taste of the live music around the area this weekend -

Nothing here of interest? Check out our full list of Summerlin, Spring Valley & Centennial Weekend Events.

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STAYING IN? CHECK OUT THESE AWESOME THINGS šŸ‘

We like staying home too! If youā€™re looking for an interesting way to fill your weekend, these things might do the trick.

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