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28 serveNorthern Trust Bank has been serving their clients since 1889.

32 giveThe Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and their army of pro bono lawyers help those in need.

36 senseJolene Mannina of Relish Seasoned Events talks about her plans for the JCC BBQ Cook-off & Festival.

38 tasteWe review Chef Danny Elmaleh’s new restaurant, Cleo now open at the SLS.

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Lynn Wexlerhas been a feature writer and contributor for magazines and newspapers, locally and nationally, for over 20 years. She writes a monthly online column entitled Manners in the News, which comments on the behavior of politicians, celebrities and others thrust in the public arena. She is the Founder and President of Perfectly Poised, a school of manners that teaches social, personal and business etiquette to young people. She is a former TV Reporter and News Anchor. Of her many accomplishments, she is most proud of her three outstanding teenaged children.

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Marilyn LaRocqueis a Contributing Editor for Gastronomique en Vogue and former Senior F&B Editor for LUXURY Las Vegas. As a world traveller, she has visiting great wine regions and enjoying fantastic food. She’s also Vice Chargée de Presse Nationale des Etats Unis for Chaîne des Rôtisseurs USA.

Marisa Finettiis a local writer, marketing professional and blogger. � e Tokyo-born Finetti has called Las Vegas home since 2005. She has written for such publications as Spirit and Las Vegas and Nevada magazines and has a healthy-living blog at bestbewell.com. When she’s not writing, Finetti enjoys family time with her husband and two boys.

Melanie Kushnir is the Pro Bono Project Director for Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, a nonpro� t organization, providing free legal services to individuals who cannot a� ord a lawyer. Previously, Melanie resided in Chicago where she served as Assistant Sta� Counsel with the American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono and Assistant Public Guardian for the Cook County Public Guardian’s O� ce. She is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Regional Board, Jewish Federation Las Vegas Women’s Philanthropy Council and Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission. She is a graduate of � e Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Miami University.

Brian Sodomahas been writing professionally since 1998. He has called Las Vegas home since 2002, and enjoys covering the city’s business issues, real estate, health, sports ... anything that isn’t fashion. Sodoma currently is working on a feature-length screenplay about Las Vegas real estate meltdown with local � lm director Roger Tinch. When he’s not hunting for new story ideas, Sodoma dabbles in real estate, coaches youth soccer and plays ice hockey.

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Justice is not always “blind,” at least as far as the voting public is concerned. Handsome, smiling faces with multiple foot-tall names confront us as we traverse the highways and byways of this metropolis. �ey intrude in hopes of convincing us that they are upstanding citizen lawyers, steadfast protectors of the public good

and endorsed by every police and legal society this side of the Mississippi. Beyond the optics, however, what do we really know?

I’ve never failed to vote since being naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1991. It’s important to me to recognize the privilege and responsibility involved in casting my ballot. I do my due diligence, spending considerable time researching on my own and pestering others about the candidates. As I said, my vote is my treasure — not surrendered easily —

something bestowed on a worthy individual or in support of or in opposition to a proposed initiative.

In the years since settling in this corner of the planet, I have kind of �gured out what my political leanings are. �e front of the ballot is not particularly challenging. It’s what comes next that often leaves me scratching my head. I confess that when I survey a list of seven candidates for District Court Department H (and all the other races), I’m reminded of my schoolboy years when I failed to study for an exam. You can’t fake it, and no amount of extra credit can make up the di�erence. I’m sure I am not alone.

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Where I previously implied that justice is expected to be blind, in South Africa — in one speci�c case at least — it has one eye. �e arc of Albie Sachs’ life is a narrative infused with inspirational idealism, courage and physical sacri�ce. �at he comes from my neck of the woods only intensi�es my respect for him. His journey from freedom �ghter to architect of the new South Africa constitution makes me proud of both my Jewish and South African roots. �e Jewish regard for Tikkun Olam, literally the healing of the world, and most important at this time of year (the High Holy Days), is graphically exempli�ed by Mr. Sachs’ extraordinary life.

�e William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV and the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada are remarkable institutions. �e law school trains and prepares our upcoming generation of suits as guardians of civil society, and the Legal Aid Center encourages them to donate their services through its Pro Bono initiative.

Now, if I could just �nd someone to help me with this ticket …

Max Friedland [email protected]


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CONGREGATION SHAAREI TEFILLA1331 S. Maryland ParkwayLas Vegas, NV 89014Union of Orthodox JewishCongregations of AmericaRabbi Yakov Wasser702-384-3565

EastCONGREGATION OR-BAMIDBAR-CHABAD EAST

2991 Emerson Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89121Sephardic Orthodox Rabbi Yossi Shuchat702-369-1175

CHABAD UNLVOrthodox/ChabadRabbi Tzvi Bronchtin702-635-1656

Green Valley/HendersonAHAVAS TORAH CENTER

55 S. Valle Verde Drive, Suite 430Henderson, NV 89021TraditionalRabbi Yehoshua Fromowitz702-487-3133 ext. 1

BETH EL CONGREGATION2756 N. Green Valley Pkwy, Suite 195Henderson, NV 89014Traditional ReformRabbi Simon Bergman702-389-8090

CHABAD OF GREEN VALLEY10870 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 104Henderson, NV 89052Orthodox/ChabadRabbi Mendy Harlig702-617-0770

CONGREGATION NER TAMID55 N. Valle Verde DriveHenderson, NV 89074Union for Reform Judaism A� liate

Sr. Rabbi Sanford D. AkselradCantor Jessica Hutchings702-733-6292

MIDBAR KODESH TEMPLE1940 Paseo Verde ParkwayHenderson, NV 89012United Synagogue of Conservative JudaismRabbi Bradley TecktielCantor Daniel Gale702-454-4848

CONGREGATION SHIRAT SHALOM3037 East Warm Springs Road, Suite 300Las Vegas, NV 89120Cantor Philip Golstein702802-4700

SouthwestCONGREGATION P’NAI TIKVAH

Services: 3975 S. Durango Drive, Ste. 104, Las Vegas, NV 89147O� ce: 2045 Grouse St., Las Vegas, NV 89134ReconstructionistRabbi Yocheved MintzCantor Marla Goldberg702-436-4900

SummerlinBET KNESSET BAMIDBAR

Desert Vista Community Center10360 Sun City Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89134Traditional ReformRabbi Steven RosenbergCantor Jonathan Friedman702-391-2750

CHABAD OF SUMMERLIN/ DESERT SHORES2640 Regatta DriveLas Vegas, NV 89128Orthodox/ChabadRabbi Yisroel Schanowitz702-855-0770

CHABAD HEBREW CENTER8502 W. Lake Mead Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89128Sephardic Orthodox/ChabadRabbi Samuel Attal702-271-8025

SUMMERLIN KOLLEL CENTER

1755 Village Center CircleLas Vegas, NV 89134TraditionalRabbi Dovid Y. Kitainik702-487-3133 ext. 3

TEMPLE BET EMETMountain ShadowsCommunity Center9107 Del Webb Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89134ReformRabbi Craig RosensteinCantor Lola Rivera702-240-3719

TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM10700 Havenwood LaneLas Vegas, NV 89135United Synagogue of Conservative JudaismRabbi Felipe GoodmanCantor Robert Menes702-804-1333

TEMPLE SINAI9100 Hillpointe RoadLas Vegas, NV 89134Union for Reform Judaism A� liateRabbi Malcolm CohenCator Mariana Gindlin702-254-5110

YOUNG ISRAEL AISH LAS VEGAS9590 W. Sahara Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89117Modern Orthodox OutreachRabbi Yitzchak Wyne702-360-8909

WestCHABAD CENTRAL

1261 S. Arville St.Las Vegas, NV 89102Orthodox/ChabadRabbi Shea Harlig702-259-0770

CandlelightingTishrei 5774/Cheshvan 5775

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SAT., SEPT. 6, ELUL 11Fast ends at 6:58 p.m.Yom Kippur

WED., SEPT. 8, TISHREI 14Light candles at 5:56 p.m.Eve of Sukkot

THUR., SEPT. 9, TISHREI 15Light candles after 6:51 p.m.First Day of Sukkot

FRI., SEPT. 10, TISHREI 16Light candles at 5:53 p.m.Second Day of Sukkot

SAT., SEPT. 11, TISHREI 17Shabbat ends at 6:48 p.m.

WED., SEPT. 15, TISHREI 21Light candles at 5:47 p.m.Hoshana Rabba

THUR., SEPT. 16, TISHREI 22Light candles at 6:42 p.m.Shemini Atzeret

FRI., SEPT. 17, TISHREI 23Light candles at 5:44 p.m.Simchat Torah

SAT., SEPT. 18, TISHREI 24Shabbat ends at 6:39 p.m.Blessing of New Month

FRI., SEPT. 24, TISHREI 30Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan

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SAT., SEPT. 25, CHESHVAN 1Rosh Chodesh CheshvanShabbat ends at 6:31 p.m.

FRI., SEPT. 31, CHESHVAN 7Light candles at 5:27 p.m.

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RITA RUDNER: Varying dates through Oct. 29, times vary, $59.99-$99. Harrah's Las Vegas, 3475 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-369-5000. harrahslasvegas.com

GEORGIA ON MY MIND - CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF RAY CHARLES: �rough Oct. 29, times vary, costs vary. Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. venetian.com

#BASICSTRONG BENEFIT CONCERT: 8 p.m., $25-$100. Sunset Station, 1301 W. Sunset Road, Henderson. 702-547-7777. sunsetstation.sclv.com

JUSTIN FAVELA - PIŇATAPOCALYPSE: �rough Oct. 5, times vary, free. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

BELLAGIO EXECUTIVE CHEF'S CULINARY CLASSROOM - COOKING WITH CHOCOLATE: 7 p.m., $125. Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. bellagio.com

2KEVIN CHUPIK - CLARITY OF YOUTH: �rough Oct. 31, Weds.-Fri. 12-8 p.m. and Sat. 12-4 p.m., free. Brett Wesley Gallery, 1025 S. First Street, Las Vegas. 702-433-4433. brettwesleygallery.com

SASHA STEENSEN: 7 p.m., free. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas. 702-895-3011. blackmountaininstitute.org

HAERTS: 8 p.m., $15. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

ROD STEWART: Encore: Oct. 4-5, 7:30 p.m., $49-$250. Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-731-7110. caesarspalace.com

3ILLUSTRATORS 56: �rough Oct. 31, times vary, free. Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-507-3631. lvccld.org

9TH ANNUAL PURE ALOHA FESTIVAL: �rough Oct. 5, times vary, $8-$50. Rio Hotel, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. riolasvegas.com

BROTHER ALI: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Beauty Bar, 517 Fremont Street, Las Vegas. 702-598-3757. thebeautybar.com

SONDRE LERCHE: 8 p.m., $10-$12. Backstage Bar and Billiards, 601 E. Fremont Street, Las Vegas. 702-382-2227. backstagebarandbilliards.com

REEL BIG FISH: 8 p.m., $17-$21. Fremont Country Club, 601 Fremont Street, Las Vegas. 702-382-6601. fremontcountryclublasvegas.com

LAS VEGAS CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER PRESENTS ALICE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: 7:30 p.m., $24. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

ROUTE 91 HARVEST FESTIVAL: �rough Oct. 5, times vary, $169/three day pass. For more information, visit rt91harvest.com. hardrock.com

DISNEY LIVE! MICKEY'S MUSIC FESTIVAL: �rough Oct. 5, $20. Orleans Arena, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-284-7777. orleansarena.com

LIPSHTICK COMEDY SERIES PRESENTS LISA LAMPANELLI: �rough Oct. 4, times vary, $44. Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. venetian.com

FIRST FRIDAY: 6 p.m., free. Various downtown locations. �rstfridaylasvegas.com

2ND ANNUAL HALLOVEEN: �rough Oct. 31, times vary, costs vary. Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-259-3700. opportunityvillage.org

WANDA SYKES: 9 p.m., $59.95. Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111. treasureisland.com


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TOWER OF POWER: �rough Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., $45. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com

FREAKLING BROTHERS HAUNTED HOUSE: �rough Oct. 5, Oct. 9-12 and Oct. 16-31, times vary, $12-$15. Grand Canyon Shopping Center, 4245 S. Grand Canyon Drive, Las Vegas. 702-362-FEAR. freaklingbros.com

4THE DESERT WINDS - COLORATIONS: INDIGO:7:30 p.m., $15. CSN Cheyenne Horn �eater, 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 702-354-3563. thedesertwinds.org

LEWIS BLACK: 10 p.m., $49.99-$69.99. �e Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com

ART IN THE PARK: �rough Oct. 5, times vary, free. Wilbur Park, 401 California Avenue, Boulder City. http://bchcares.org/foundation/art-in-the-park/

TRUTV IMPRACTICAL JOKERS: 7 p.m., $49.50. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

AZIZ ANSARI: 9 p.m., $35-$75. Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 877-632-7800. mandalaybay.com

THE OSMONDS: �rough Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., $29.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-284-7777. suncoast.com

JIM BELUSHI AND THE SACRED HEARTS: �rough Oct. 5, 8 p.m., $39.95. Orleans, 4500

W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. orleanscasino.com

ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT: 8 p.m., $24. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

OKTOBERFEST: 2 p.m., free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-229-3515. artslasvegas.org

5RICARDO GRIEGO - SPANISH GUITAR FUSION: 2 p.m., free. Windmill Library, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, Las Vegas. 702-507-6030. lvccld.org

PAWN STARS POKER RUN: To bene�t Epilepsy Foundation. Time TBA, $15-$30. World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn, 713 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. epilepsy.com/pawn-stars-poker-run

PHILIP FORTENBERRY - THE MAN AT THE PIANO: 2:30 p.m., $26. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

7CSN MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT: 7:30 p.m., $5-$8. CSN Cheyenne Campus, 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-5483. csn.edu/pac

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART - THE ART AND SCIENCE OF NATURAL DYES: 11 a.m., free. Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-483-6055. hardrock.com

8WEDNESDAYS DOWNTOWN: Weds. through Oct. 29, 6 p.m., free. Fremont East Entertainment District. fremonteast.com

WICKED: �rough Nov. 9, times vary, $45. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

SHANIA TWAIN: Varying dates through Oct. 25, times vary, $55-$250. Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-731-7110. caesarspalace.com

PAULA WILSON - BAZAAR: �rough Nov. 2, times vary, free. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

ART & WINE - A PERFECT PAIRING: 5 p.m., $30-$38. Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. bellagio.com

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9DUM DUM GIRLS: 8 p.m., $15. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

THE USED: 8 p.m., $27.50-$38.50. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. vegas.brooklynbowl.com

THE AQUABATS: 5 p.m., $21-$23. Hard Rock Live, 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-733-7625. hardrock.com

10VIVA EL MARIACHI: 7 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. lvccld.org

AGE OF CHIVALRY RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: �rough Oct. 12, times vary, costs vary. Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-455-8200. lvrenfair.com

18TH ANNUAL DESERT THUNDER MOTORCYCLE RALLY & CLASSIC CAR SHOW: Through Oct. 11, times vary, $20. Palace Station, 2411 W. Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. For more information, contact Doug Hubbard at 760-963-9620. palacestation.sclv.com

CHEYENNE JACKSON: �rough Oct. 11, times vary, $39. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

JUANES: 8 p.m., $25-$40. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION BY ANNIE BAKER: �rough Oct. 19, times vary, $10-$12. CSN Cheyenne, 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-5483. csn.edu/pac

ROCK 'N' ROLL WINE AMPLIFIED: �rough Oct. 11, times vary, $69-$299. For more information, visit wineampli�ed.com hardrock.com

DANIEL TOSH: �rough Oct. 11, times vary, $65.99-$95.99. Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com

BILL MAHER: �rough Oct. 11, time TBA, $50. Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-942-6831. palms.com

LIPSHTICK COMEDY SERIES PRESENTS LONI LOVE: �rough Oct. 11, times vary, $44. Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. venetian.com

PABLO FRANCISCO: �rough Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., $15. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com

11SUMMERLIN LIBRARY COLLEGE FAIR: 10 a.m., free. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, Las Vegas. 702-507-3863. lvccld.org

NIGHT GOLF AT GOLF SUMMERLIN: To bene�t �ree Square. 4:30 p.m., $45. Eagle Crest Golf Course, 2203 �omas W. Ryan Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-240-1320. golfsummerlin.com

SETH MEYERS: 7 p.m., $45-$75. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

PROJECT DINNER TABLE: To bene�t Safe Nest. 6 p.m., cost TBD. Marjorie Barrick Art Museum, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas. For more information, visit http://www.projectdinnertable.com/events/october-2014/. hardrock.com

LAS VEGAS BUSINESS ACADEMY FUNDRAISER: 2 p.m., cost TBA. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. lvbanv.com

DON RICKLES: �rough Oct. 12, 8 p.m., $79.95. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-365-7075. orleanscasino.com

NEW VISTA COMMUNITY WINE WALK: 7 p.m., $25-$30. Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-269-5000. mytownsquarelasvegas.com

VICKI LAWRENCE AND MAMA: Through Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoast.com

DON RICKLES: �rough Oct. 12, 8 p.m., $79.95. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-365-7075. orleanscasino.com

12MAXWELL DRAKE WRITING WORKSHOPS: �rough Oct. 13, times vary, free. Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Bu�alo Drive, Las Vegas. 702-507-6107. lvccld.org

MARCH OF DIMES’ SIGNATURE CHEFS AUCTION OF LAS VEGAS: 4:30 p.m., costs vary. Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Avenue, Las Vegas. marchofdimes.org

LAS VEGAS LEGENDS SOCCER: 3 p.m., $9. Orleans Arena, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-365-7111. orleansarena.com

16VEGAS VALLEY BOOK FESTIVAL - B.J. NOVAK: 7 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. vegasvalleybookfestival.org

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHERN NEVADA - BOYS NIGHT OUT: 6 p.m., $50. Lied Memorial Clubhouse, 2850 Lindell Road, Las Vegas. 702-253-2803. bgcsnv.org

17FRANK CALIENDO: �rough Oct. 18, 8 p.m., $34.95. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-365-7075. orleanscasino.com

CARLOS MENCIA: 9 p.m., $49.95. Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111. treasureisland.com

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For tickets visit TheSmithCenter.com 702.749.2000 | TTY: 800.326.6868 or dial 711

361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89106

OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 2 | TICKETS STARTING AT $35

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHERN NEVADA - GIRLS DAY: 11 a.m., $50. Lied Memorial Clubhouse, 2850 Lindell Road, Las Vegas. 702-253-2803. bgcsnv.org

DARIUS RUCKER: 8 p.m., $45. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

SYLVIA DAY IN CONVERSATION WITH TRACY WOLFF: 9 a.m., free. Historic 5th Street School Auditorium, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-229-6993. vegasvalleybookfestival.org

AIMEE BENDER: 4 p.m., free. Historic 5th Street School Auditorium, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-229-3515.

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NEVADA’S WADDIE MITCHELL: 3 p.m., free. Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-229-3515. vegasvalleybookfestival.org

LARGEST FREE GATHERING OF YOUNG-ADULT AUTHORS IN THE COUNTRY!: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-229-3515. vegasvalleybookfestival.org

A LITERARY FUSION - FROM ESSAYS TO HORROR: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas. 702-229-3515.vegasvalleybookfestival.org

FREEDOM FESTIVAL 2014: 2 p.m., free. West Las Vegas Arts Center Outdoor Amphitheatre, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-229-4800. artslasvegas.org

19NF HOPE CONCERT: To bene�t Neuro�bromatosis Foundation. 1 p.m., $45. Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. venetian.com

LAURA PAUSINI: 8 p.m., $43. �e Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-944-3200. palms.com

JCC BBQ COOK-OFF & FESTIVAL: 12-4p.m., $15. Temple Beth Sholom Parking Lot, 10700 Havenwood Ln. Las Vegas. 702-794-0090 . jccbbq.com

21CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART - EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: 11 a.m., free. Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-483-6055. hardrock.com

NAS - ILLMATIC 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: 9 p.m., $32. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF SONG - THE MUSIC OF OZ COMPOSER HAROLD ARLEN: �rough Oct. 19, times vary, $39. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

CINEMA IN THE CIRCLE - THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: Sundown, free. Huntridge Circle Park, 1251 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas. 702-229-6718. hardrock.com

SAFE NEST'S 31ST ANNUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH LUNCHEON: 11:30 a.m., cost TBD. Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. For more information, call 702-877-0133. safenest.org

RAY ROMANO AND DAVID SPADE: �rough Oct. 18, times vary, $79.99-$99.99. Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com

JOHN FOGERTY: 8 p.m., $63. Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. palms.com

THE AQUABATS: 5 p.m., $21-$23. Hard Rock Live, 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-733-7625. hardrock.com

WINTER DANCE PARTY: �rough Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., $20. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com

18MARTIN NIEVERA: �rough Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoast.com

MOURNING HOPE OF LAS VEGAS MEMORY WALK: 4 p.m., $25. Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-570-7400. tivolivillagelv.com

THE CENTER LAS VEGAS' 20TH ANNUAL HONORARIUM: 5 p.m., $250-$10,000. Drai's Las Vegas, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. For more information, call Arlene Cooper at 702-802-5411. http://www.thecenterlv.org/news/honorarium

4TH ANNUAL BLOW OUT BREAST CANCER: To bene�t Smiles for Survivors. 2 p.m., $50-$75. Square Colour Salon and Spa, 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas. 702-255-7050. smilesforsurvivors.org

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22GUS' BEER AND BITES - DESCHUTES BREWERY COMPANY: 6:30 p.m., $64.05. �e Pub at Monte Carlo, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-730-7421. montecarlo.com

HALL AND OATES: 7:30 p.m., $55-$125. Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-731-7110. caesarspalace.com

CHAI LIGHTS - JEWISH ARTISTS OF LAS VEGAS: Ongoing, times vary, costs vary. Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, 450 Fremont Street, Las Vegas. 702-382-2926. snmfa.com

23CHARLIE PALMER AUEROLE AND CHAMPAGNE TAITTINGER WINE PAIRING DINNER: 6:30 p.m., $225. Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-632-7777. mandalaybay.com

24LAS VEGAS MAYOR’S CUP INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT: �rough Oct. 26, times vary, free. Locations vary. artslasvegas.org

DANA CARVEY: �rough Oct. 25, 8 p.m., $54.95. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-365-7075. orleanscasino.com

SOUL MEN AND LADY SOUL STARRING SPECTRUM AND RADIANCE: �rough Oct. 26, times vary, $37. �e Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: 7 p.m., $49.50.

Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

LA LAKERS VS. SACRAMENTO KINGS: 7 p.m., $25-$500. MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-891-1111. mgmgrand.com

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL: �rough Oct. 26, times vary, costs vary. For more information, visit lifeisbeautifulfestival.com hardrock.com

CHERUB: Midnight, $16.50. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. vegas.brooklynbowl.com

TONY SURACI AS THE HIGHWAYMAN: �rough Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m., $20. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com

25HOTEL CALIFORNIA - AN EAGLES' TRIBUTE: �rough Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoast.com

MUSTANG & FORD CLUB OF LAS VEGAS HALLOWEEN CAR SHOW AND MOVIES IN THE PARK: Movie: E.T. 5 p.m., free. Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-570-7400. tivolivillagelv.com

26COX TREAT STREETS: 3 p.m., free. Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-570-7400. tivolivillagelv.com

GRAMATIK: 11:30 p.m., $20-$25. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. vegas.brooklynbowl.com

KOL ISHA CONCERT: To bene�t Susan G. Komen of Southern Nevada. 3 p.m., $18-$252. King David Memorial Chapel, 2697 E. Eldorado Lane, Las Vegas. 702-464-8570. hardrock.com

28CSN INFORMAL DANCE CONCERT: 1 p.m., free. CSN Cheyenne, 3200 E. Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-5483. csn.edu/pac

29STEVE SOLOMON’S MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY FATHER’S JEWISH & I’M IN THERAPY: Through Nov. 2, times vary, $35. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. thesmithcenter.com

31LAS VEGAS NEVADA DAY PARADE: 10 a.m., free. Downtown Fourth Street Parade Route from Gass Avenue to Ogden Avenue. artslasvegas.org

FORTUNATE YOUTH: 9 p.m., $15. Backstage Bar and Billiards, 601 E. Fremont Street, Las Vegas. 702-382-2227. backstagebarandbilliards.com

NEW FOUND GLORY: 6 p.m., $24.50-$28. Hard Rock Live, 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-733-7625. hardrock.com

LIPSHTICK COMEDY SERIES PRESENTS WENDY WILLIAMS: �rough Nov. 1, time TBA, $57.50-$97.50. Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. venetian.com

ERASURE: 8 p.m., $39. Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. palms.com

FETISH AND FANTASY HALLOWEEN BALL: 10 p.m., $55. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

THE LETTERMEN: Through Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m., $25. South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-7111. southpointcasino.com

To submit your event information, email [email protected] by the 15th of the month prior to the month in which the event is being held.

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Etrog & Rye CocktailWarning! � is citrusy libation can kick like a mule. Enjoy it all year round but especially come Sukkah season, when you’re shaking it with the mishpocha (family). � is cocktail blends the freshness of Sukkah Hill’s Etrog Liqueur and the earthy notes of your favorite Rye (we suggest Templeton). An etrog is a yellow citron used as one of the Four Species for religious ritual during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Tabernacles). Let’s raise our glasses and celebrate this autumnal feast, giving thanks for the ample bounty of the summer harvest.

• 1oz Sukkah Hill Etrog Liqueur

• 1oz Templeton Rye

• Serve in a whis-key glass over ice. Doughnut is the TRICK

� e chef at the new O Face Doughnuts says they take their con-fections and co� ee seriously, but not themselves. For Halloween, they’re o� ering up some treats that will do the trick for candy lovers. � e Butter� nger doughnut has a chocolate peanut butter ganache � lling, with a crunchy candy bar crumble topping. � e Twix o� ers a milk chocolate caramel � lling, with crushed Twix bar topping. For “bar none” options, there’s a Skittles and Candy Corn doughnut. Crystal Whitform isn’t sure which one will be your favor-ite. “I suppose that depends on which candy you like best,” the chef says. “But my personal recommendation is the Twix. It’s delicious!” O Face Doughnuts, 124 S. Sixth St., Las Vegas. 702-476-3223.

Fast PizzaJust select the pizza of your choice and pay and the chances are good that your bubbling delight will be done before you leave the counter. Pizzas at 800˚ (inside the SLS) are cooked in true Neapolitan fash-ion: � ey spend about a minute in a wood-burning oven that’s at least 800 degrees F. Choose from classics like Margherita or mix it up by adding rock shrimp, meatballs, Peppadews and butternut squash toppings.

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Blue Is � e New Black

Men’s slim-� t navy ‘Shifted Floral’ print shirt, from the PS by Paul Smith collection, is great with his favorite blue jeans. $245. Paul Smith, � e Shops at Crystals, 3720 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-796-2640.

Print long-sleeve, stretch-jersey dress in a faux wrap silhouette that loves curves for a star-quality look. $129.00. Bebe, Town Square, 6569 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Las Vegas. 702-260-6274.

Oversized sunglasses by Oliver Peoples in faded sea acetate with Paci� c gradient lenses capture the serenity of the ocean. $275. ILORI, � e Shops at Crystals, 3720 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-597-3937.

� e brilliant and street-smart blue “Marcie” satchel, accented by golden hardware, is perfect for long days that take you from o� ce to hors d’oeuvres. $1,950. Chloe, Shoppes at � e Palazzo, 3327 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-266-8122.

In high demand, the chic navy blue over-the-knee boots by Stuart Weitzman are a little more contemporary than “kinky.” $635. Saks Fifth Avenue, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-733-8300.


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Spine Institute of Nevada offers the most advanced techniques regarding problems and injuries of the spine. We specialize in the full spectrum of spinal ailments from disc herniation and pinched nerves to complex spinal deformities and failed prior back surgery. With a full range of comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic treatment options, we utilize cutting edge non-operative and operative techniques.

• Adult and pediatric spinal problems • Work injuries & car accidents

Specializing in:• Minimally Invasive techniques • Outpatient surgery• Cervical discectomy & fusion • Minimally invasive lumbar fusion• Lumbar microdisectomy/laminectomy • Scoliosis/kyphosis• Cervical & lumbar disc replacement • Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty

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• Adult and pediatric spinal problems • Work injuries & car accidents

Specializing in:• Minimally Invasive techniques • Outpatient surgery• Cervical discectomy & fusion • Minimally invasive lumbar fusion• Lumbar microdisectomy/laminectomy • Scoliosis/kyphosis• Cervical & lumbar disc replacement • Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty

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Day Of � e DeadOn the days following Hallow-een, a 3,000-year-old Hispanic celebration honoring loved ones is full of joy and tradi-tion. Día de los Muertos, at the Springs Preserve, will blend rich customs with exciting ac-tivities, such as live theater and dance performances, mariachis, face-painting, sugar skull deco-rating and an art exhibition. Nov. 1-2, 4-9 p.m. Springs Pre-serve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas.702-822-7700.

JCC BBQ Cook-o� & FestivalTwenty teams will get their chuck wagon on by preparing brisket, ribs and beans at the 3rd annual JCC BBQ Cook-o� & Festival. � ey will compete for a $1,600 prize in Temple Beth Sholom’s parking lot, Sunday, October 19, from noon to 4 p.m. Eighteen celebri-ty chefs will judge the teams’ succulent submissions along with their team names and booth designs. Visitors can sample the fare and cast their votes for the People’s Choice Award. Local bands, kids’ attractions, great BBQ, beer and wine will keep the show rolling. Las Vegas Kollel will provide kosher supervision for the event. Early purchase tickets and event details are available at www.JCCBBQ.com Temple Beth Sholom, 10700 Havenwood Lane, Las Vegas.

Make Strides� e Las Vegas Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event is a chance to honor breast cancer survivors, remember those who’ve been lost, and to raise awareness and support vital fundraising. Walk, volunteer or donate to join in the celebration of survivorship and determination to � ght breast cancer. � e walk will be Sunday, Oct. 24, starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa.Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, 702-891-9012, making-strides.acsevents.org


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By Brian Sodoma • Photo R. Marsh Starks / UNLV Photo Services

Hamilton: Frank, creative dean navigates era of declining law school applications

Dan Hamilton, dean of the Boyd School of Law, often cites this little factoid: �e U.S. has as many law students today as it did in 1977, but 40 more law schools.

It may be difficult to find a law school dean who speaks more candidly about the current state of legal education. A juris doctor degree just doesn’t carry the cachet it once did. And the thought of taking on a po-tential six-figure debt load, amid declining chances for employment in your chosen field, clearly has worn on some prospective students.

Like other schools, Boyd is feeling the pinch of this paper chase parsimony. About 400 students are enrolled at Boyd at any given time, down from about 450. And the number of applicants for admission has been slashed by a third to roughly 800 a year, Hamilton says. What’s more, the school faces a $3 million a year budget shortfall in the coming biennium, and a self-imposed hiring freeze.

�is summer marked Hamilton’s one-year anniversary at Boyd. And he’s busier than ever navigating legal education’s “new normal.”

“Law schools have to think hard about where they want to be five years from now,” he says. “�ey have to think strategically about what kind of law school they need to be. You can’t just coast or take any-thing for granted. … But I wouldn’t have taken this job if I didn’t think the law school had a path to come out of this crisis even stronger.”

GAMING LAWSome working legal professionals are seeking a master of laws de-

gree, or LLM. �ese are programs, often about a year long, that allow for specialization and expertise in a particular area of law. �e Board of Regents recently approved a gaming law LLM at Boyd, and its first classes will be held in 2015.

“�is is a unique advantage we have in a dynamic and sophisticated area of law,” Hamilton says.

He envisions professionals from the state and nation, and even in-ternational students, applying to the program. �e first class likely will have 12-15 students, Hamilton says. A smaller, more intimate setting – and tapping local gaming law expertise – is part of the design.

LLMs are new revenue generators for law schools. Many institutions leverage what they already do well when creating them. Gaming law is a natural fit for Boyd. Hamilton sees more LLMs on the horizon too. Intellectual property and health care law are two legal segments of the local economy that are growing, he says. And there is faculty and local legal expertise to leverage there as well, Hamilton says, adding: “�ese

areas are a strength in our city and state.”

THE STATE’S LAW SCHOOLOnly 16 years old, Boyd has earned its share of accolades through

the years. Its Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution, for instance, is among the top 10 in the country in its category. And Boyd’s lawyer process and legal writing programs rank high as well. Overall, Boyd ranked 68th among 194 accredited law schools in 2014, according to U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Under a “community service” requirement, many students guided by a legal professional are teaching classes to the public. Topics include divorce law, bankruptcy, small claims and others. To date, the program has helped more than 50,000 Nevadans. A new record sealing educa-tion program and legal clinic to help business start-ups are generating high interest too.

�ese are some of Hamilton’s talking points with legislators and po-tential program donors. Boyd is the state’s only law school and there’s a lot to be proud of when examining its short history.

Some leaders appear to be listening. �e Board of Regents will ask the Legislature for an additional $1.5 million a year in funding for the next biennium. A 4 percent tuition increase (Boyd’s tuition is com-paratively low at $23,900 per year) is on the horizon, and Hamilton is reaching out to new and old donors to help fill the funding gap.

“We need to make the case for Boyd and that investing in Boyd is in-vesting in Nevada,” he says. “Fifteen years ago every lawyer in Nevada came from out of state.”

FIRST YEAR REFLECTIONS�e busy dean remembers a few fond moments from his first year on

the job. �e biggest was in finding how accessible local and state officials were after he arrived here from the University of Illinois School of Law.

“Within two weeks on the job, I had met state Supreme Court jus-tices, members of Congress, members of the Legislature. … It’s just not possible in other places,” he says.

Although he has been drinking from the proverbial firehose since arriv-ing, Hamilton embraces the often frenzied pace he maintains as Boyd dean.

“�e challenge is you need to be out in the community, meeting with law firms, alumni, potential employers, friends,” he says. “And you need to be working inside the building to help think about curriculum and things like enrollment management. Every day I try to do both.”


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Trusted Stewards

By Brian Sodoma

Wealth management leader’s early years shape business practice 125 years later

Northern Trust’s modest four-story building at LaSalle and Monroe streets in Chicago is dwarfed by nearby high-rises. But those who built the larger buildings that came later

looked to the stout forerunner as a longstanding model for enduring Chicago’s sometimes brutal weather.

Built in 1905, and considered sag-proof by area engineers, the build-ing has shrugged off fl oods and plenty of other harsh weather that at times has put the brakes on Chicago’s bustling fi nancial district. But the squat mid-rise also can be seen as a symbol of how Northern Trust

carries itself in the banking and investment worlds today.Banker Byron Lafl in Smith, who also founded Illinois Tool Works,

started Northern Trust in 1889, the same year the Eiff el Tower was completed in Paris. Northern Trust initially off ered banking and trust services to the affl uent, and has added a variety of investment and other services through the years. Northern Trust was never short on sophistication. It was an early entrant in the electronic check process-ing arena in the 1960s, and its employee life insurance and pension plans were the nation’s fi rst in the early 1900s.

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But its investment strategies always have been conservative, leaning toward low-risk wealth creation instead of short-lived meteoric gains, the kind that led to the most recent cataclysmic real estate bust and the Great Recession.

“I think … a lot of the analysts were asking our executives why didn’t Northern Trust get involved in derivatives, collateralized debt obligations and things like that,” says Reed Radosevich, Northern Trust’s Nevada president. “And our response was: ‘If we truly don’t understand the ramifications of some of this stuff, how can we in good conscience sell it to our clients?’ So we didn’t get involved in that.”

�e recessionary years of 2008 and 2009 actually brought solid gains for Northern Trust. It wasn’t the first time its conservative ways have paid off. During the Great Depression, deposits climbed too, as nervous investors looked for safer investment vehicles.

Northern Trust’s local offices launched in 2000, offering trust ad-visory services, then full banking and investment services in 2002. Northern Trust, which celebrated its 125th anniversary last month, never has merged with or been acquired by another company, enabling it to stick more easily to its traditional business approaches.

When first meeting with clients, Radosevich says, it’s less about making an impression than listening. Prospective clients meet with a trust adviser, investment adviser and banker on their first visit. Some clients may be more concerned with passing wealth on to future gen-erations, funding college for grandchildren or simply creating enough income to maintain a particular lifestyle.

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Others may want to know if their trusts are structured to provide tax advantages. Northern Trust teams lean toward a holistic approach, asking about insurance needs, vesting and titling of estates, and li-quidity matters in the case of an estate settlement, too. Often times, clients are surprised by the depth and detail Northern Trust advisers seek to understand a client’s needs.

“We have a lot of tools in the tool chest,” Radosevich says. “We can come into meetings with clients with no pre-designed ideas. We’re not trying to sell them a product, but rather sit down to learn about what’s keeping them up at night … and try to deliver a solution for that.

“Success to us is in absolute terms, which is being able to fund a client’s goals versus relative terms. … Some might say ‘Gee, I outper-formed the S&P 500 benchmark. But the S&P 500 benchmark might not have been the appropriate benchmark for the client.”

Northern Trust brings a high-touch private banking element as well. At its Summerlin offi ce, clients meet privately with a banker to discuss their needs, not a teller they may not know.

“� ere aren’t any teller lines here,” says Richard Justiana, vice presi-dent of private banking for Northern Trust in Nevada. “� at’s our pro-fi le of customer. � at’s their expectation.”

LITERARY SOCIETYBeyond the fi nancial world, Northern Trust is dedicated to furthering

the interest and awareness of contemporary literature in the commu-nities it serves. � e Literary Society – Las Vegas, a 501(c)3 nonprofi t, was established in 2001 and is sponsored by Northern Trust. Northern Trust began establishing literary societies in Florida in the 1990s.

“We’ve found that most of our clients are interested in the arts, mu-sic, culture,” Justiana says. “Literature is important to them, and this

is a great way to give back.” Cheri Wingerter is Northern Trust’s local marketing offi cer and or-

ganizer for the local literary society. She works with agents and other literary society contacts to help organize luncheons and speaking en-gagements with established (and even Pulitzer Prize-winning) authors like Robert Massie, Geraldine Brooks and Robert Caro.

Authors brought in at lunch give a short speech and answer audi-ence questions. About 120 people usually attend each luncheon, with the expenses covered by an annual membership fee the society’s roughly 140 members pay.

Membership is open to the public. Single memberships run $300 and couples pay $550. � e funds go toward an author’s travel ex-penses and the luncheon costs. In its 13th season, this year’s round of luncheons will start in November, skip December and January, then continue monthly through May.

“We try to mix it up with a lot of diff erent types of authors,” Wing-erter says, “so we can make it appealing to all.”

� e society also opens the luncheons to students from two area high schools. Campus offi cials look for young people interested in writing, possibly as a career. Students spend 90 minutes with the author be-fore the luncheon, including a Q&A session.

“It inspires the students who would otherwise probably not meet a Pulitzer Prize-winning author,” Justiana says.

Beyond the literary society, Northern Trust also supports other non-profi ts. Local leaders are on the boards of Nathan Adelson Hospice, Op-portunity Village, � ree Square and other charities. Northern Trust also manages the endowments of some of the city’s largest nonprofi ts.

“� at’s where our fi duciary and fi nancial planning DNA makes us diff erent,” Radosevich says.



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Jacqueline was spunky, assertive and smart. She was 7 when a judge appointed a pro bono lawyer — someone who works for “the public good” and without charging a fee — for her.

She told her attorney, Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, that she wanted to be a psychiatrist, a lawyer or both some day. Jacqueline, who has cere-bral palsy and is fragile medically, had never known her father, was abandoned by her mother and spent much of her young life being shuttled between foster parents.

Dylan, a recent immigrant, spoke limited English. He bought his �rst home in Las Vegas after signing a single-page document. It ob-ligated him to pay $1,000 a month to the “Seller.” He did that for a few months before wondering if he was being scammed. By then, the “Seller” had disappeared. With no savings to help him pay for a new place for his family to live, Dylan turned to the Legal Aid Center.

Emily was 14 when her baby was born. Her parents persuaded her to sign over guardianship rights so the infant would have health

insurance. Emily didn’t know that she’d also handed her parental rights over to her daughter’s grandparents.

For seven years Emily was her daugh-ter’s primary caregiver. But, at 21, when Emily decided to move in with her �ancé, her parents informed her that her daugh-ter wasn’t going with her – that Emily had surrendered her parental rights. Em-ily went to the Legal Aid Center for help.

Kelly, a full-time college student, got into a contract dispute with her es-tranged father. He sued her for several

hundred thousand dollars. With less than three months to go before trial, and having exhausted her resources and feeling her life was being destroyed, she turned to Legal Aid Center for help.

Every day, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada gets calls from clients like these. And each day, it �nds a way to help those in need in the community. In most cases, the people at Legal Aid Center accept that the playing �eld isn’t level: Either the client faces an unbelievable hardship, or will be lost trying to navigate the legal system alone.

Legal Aid Center’s mission is to preserve access to justice, and to o�er quality legal representation to those unable to protect their rights because they can’t a�ord an attorney. �e organization serves thousands of individuals and families each year, thanks to the gen-erous support of donors, grants and philanthropy.

In 2013, Legal Aid Center opened its new headquarters. It now has a sta� of 83, making it one of the city’s biggest law �rms. Its 35 sta� attorneys represent clients through the Family Justice Project, and the Consumer Rights and Children’s Attorneys projects. �e Center also operates and provides legal assistance to litigants (many representing themselves) at the Civil Law and Family Law Self-Help Centers at the Regional Justice Center and Family Court.

�e Pro Bono Project supplements these programs. More than 1,000 volunteer attorneys are available to take on the vast number of cases sta� attorneys can’t handle. In 2013, the Pro Bono Proj-ect’s volunteer attorneys provided more than 20,000 hours of free legal services for low-income Nevadans in Clark County.

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she turned to her pro bono attorney and said, “We did it!” When attorney Eunice Beattie accepted Dylan’s pro bono case, she

immediately realized he’d been scammed. With Beattie’s help, Dylan got a fresh start. He moved his family into a similar-sized, legiti-mate rental property, and his security deposit and moving expenses were covered. His overwhelming gratitude for the legal help he got made Beattie proud. It’s also the reason she continues to help clients who turn to Legal Aid Center for assistance.

Pro bono attorney Doreen Spears Hartwell knew nothing about adoptions when she took on Emily’s case. But with guidance from Legal Aid Center’s sta�, and free court reporting services from gener-ous vendors, Spears Hartwell developed the evidence needed to get Emily’s parental rights reinstated and the adoption reversed. Hartwell won’t soon forget the happiness and gratitude Emily expressed when the court found for her after a contested evidentiary hearing.

Attorney Cynthia Alexander agreed to represent Kelly, the college student sued by her father, at trial and won on all causes of action. Kelly is now in dental school and moving ahead with her life. Alex-ander continues to accept complex pro bono cases and is an inspira-tion to people at her �rm and beyond.

Pro bono attorneys provide inspiration every day to those at the Legal Aid Center. If you’re an attorney and would like to get involved, visit the Pro Bono Project website at www.lacsnprobono.org. �e Pro Bono Project o�ers volunteers free continuing legal education training, primary mal-practice coverage, mentors and a number of other supportive services.

Short on time? Plenty of pro bono opportunities don’t require full-blown case representation. �rough Legal Aid Center’s seven “Ask-A-Lawyer” programs, pro bono attorneys provide brief counsel and advice to individuals in a range of practice areas, including family, landlord- A pro bono “Ask-A-Lawyer” event.



tenant, small claims, foreclosure and federal law, and via programs serving small-business owners, homeless individuals and veterans.

Oct. 19-25 marks the American Bar Association’s annual Pro Bono Celebration Week. In honor of this event, volunteer attor-neys in Southern Nevada will provide free legal assistance at a Pro Bono Week Ask-A-Lawyer event on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the East Las Vegas Community Senior Center, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. (See www.

lacsn.org for details.) To volunteer your legal assistance, contact the Pro Bono Project at [email protected].

On Friday, Dec. 5, the public is invited to recognize the Center’s attorneys at its 15th annual Pro Bono Awards Luncheon at the Rio AllSuite Hotel & Casino from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Ticket and table information are available at www.lacsn.org/events. More than 700 people are expected for this major legal event.

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By Susan Stapleton

Jolene Mannina navigates kosher rules to bring new look to JCC Barbeque Cookoff & Festival

Think barbecue and pork should immediately come to mind. After all, that great Southern tradition started when the Spanish introduced American Indians to pigs, and the Na-

tives in turn showed Spaniards how to slow cook food with smoke. Obviously, pork won’t work at the upcom-ing Jewish Community Center Barbeque Cooko� & Festival. Instead, you’ll �nd all kosher beef grilled up by teams, super-vised by the Kollel of Las Vegas.

But keeping pork o� the menu was the least of event producer Jolene Mannina’s concerns. Her company Relish was hired to make sure the food at the Oct. 19 is kosher, and to entice a wider audience to attend the annual fundraising event.

“�e main reason I came on board was because I thought this was a challenging event,” says Mannina, who last year took charge of the culinary portion of Life Is Beautiful, the downtown music and food festival that featured 50 chefs from 35 restaurants. “I knew nothing about ko-sher. A majority of Jewish people aren’t kosher. Maybe 5 percent eat kosher.”

Boy, did she learn fast. “�ere’s a huge population that doesn’t

understand kosher and all the regula-tions about how the food is prepared and how the grill and the utensils are handled,” she says. “I thought it was how the truck was blessed.”

She’s bringing her own food truck as a kitchen for chef John Courtney, formerly of DB Brasserie and before that Pinot Brasserie. First, Mannina had to bring the grills and oven up to a high temperature to burn o� any impurities. A rabbi made sure the utensils were untouched by non-kosher products and are either new or cleansed properly. A rabbi also must approve the recipes and ingredients submitted in advance.

“It’s been frustrating,” Mannina says. “Every time I thought I was making a step toward making something happen, something else would walk in the way. �ere are so many layers and rules for the religion that every time I thought I was gaining the education I needed, I realized there were more layers to it. Equipment that I thought we could use for the chefs is not usable. �is may be the only kosher barbeque event in Nevada.”

Courtney will be cooking up pastrami beef sliders — a play on the Reuben — beef sliders, chicken and beef skewers, hummus, cucum-ber salad and grilled artichokes. Southern Wine & Spirits is bring-ing in kosher wines and beers for the event, she says, but even that

has proved challenging. Although a wine might be labeled kosher, Mannina says, “�e rabbi has to see the wine label and approve that bottle before it comes.”

Between 20 and 24 teams, each following kosher rules, will cook in a barbecue competition. Each contin-gent will receive the same ingredients — brisket, beef ribs and beans. A mash-giach (supervisor) oversees the teams’ cooking and must approve whatever has been purchased. Once the ingredients pass muster, the meat must be marinat-ed for �ve days. Everyone starts cook-ing at the same time, with the same access to equipment. Serious cash is on the line for the best team name, the best dishes and more. �ose who attend can enjoy bites of the contestants’ foods for $1 per sample.

Mannina got her event producer start by creating the Back of the House Brawl three years ago. Chefs compete on food trucks late at night, using ingredients revealed just minutes be-forehand. �e idea became so popular that A&E’s new FYI channel is �lming eight episodes of Late Night Chef Fight in Vegas right before the JCC barbecue event. “�at got me introduced to the chefs,” Mannina says. “�ey knew I had the connections and the relationships with these guys.”

She had little trouble rounding up some Vegas celebrity chef judges, in-

cluding Carlos Guia of the Country Club at Wynn Las Vegas; Rick Moonen of RM Seafood and Rx Boiler Room at Mandalay Place; Brian Howard of Comme Ça; and Sam Marvin of Echo & Rig. Rabbi Felipe Goodman of Temple Beth Sholom will be on hand, as well as connoisseurs Tim Hanson of Rollin Smoke Barbeque and Irving Harrell of TC Rib Crib.

But these new aspects to the competition were implemented with one goal in mind — more exposure in Las Vegas.

“For the past two years, the barbecue has been done within the community,” Mannina says. “�ey wanted to get more people in-volved to raise more money for the organization. �ey’d like to see the event grow.”

�e JCC Barbeque Cooko� & Festival takes place on Sunday, Oct. 19, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Temple Beth Sholom parking lot at 10700 Havenwood Lane. Proceeds support the JCCSN’s programs and camp scholarships. For more information, visit www.jccbbq.com.


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Before Cleopatra grasped the asp, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony succumbed to her charms. Afterward, Shakespeare and Zanuck immortalized her on stage and � lm,

respectively. Now Egypt’s exotic “Queen of the Nile” is conquering the culinary world, � rst in Los Angeles, then in Las Vegas, at Cleo, chef Danny Elmaleh’s dining outposts. Since the restaurant opened in Vegas at SLS on Aug. 23, legions of dining adventurers have surrendered to the vibrant ingredients and � avors of his fusion fare.

Cleo dazzled Los Angeles four years ago. “We knew we wanted to align Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean and Japanese cuisine,” chef Danny says, “and wanted a name that was short, catchy and tied into the whole Hollywood scene. ‘Cleo’ was perfect, and we hung photos of actresses who played Cleopatra on the

walls. It worked.”In Sin City, Cleo has

one-upped Tinseltown. A shimmering, 30-foot black-and-white “mural” of Vivien Leigh as the storied seductress lures guests into the restaurant. Design impresario Philippe Starck (consulting through Gensler Architects) immerses them in contemporary Middle Eastern mode.

Lavish green and clear crystal Lebanese chandeliers hang from steeply pitched ceilings. A towering, conical brick “chimney” vents the oven, where many dishes are prepared in an open kitchen. Old

books, Middle Eastern photographs and eclectic bric-a-brac jam a shelf encircling the space high above diners’ heads. Egyptian wall coverings, mottled mirror walls, green Moroccan-tiled � oors and secluded alcoves with green draw drapes that can be closed for privacy set the stage for chef Danny and his Oscar-worthy cuisine.

Multiethnic, multicultural cooking represents chef Danny’s heritage. His father, also a chef, is Moroccan; his mother, Japanese. � ey were living in Haifa when he was born and remained there until he was 9. � en the family moved to Japan, where his mother’s relatives lived, to open a restaurant. � ey stayed until their son was 18, then relocated to Los Angeles.

“Although my dad was certainly in� uential in my choice of career,” chef Danny says, “to be honest, I didn’t want to be a chef until I was 16 or 17. At 15, I was more interested in hotel management. However, I was always cooking, and it made more sense to become a chef. I enrolled in the CIA (Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park, N.Y.) when I was 18 (1993) and graduated in 1995. � ere were not a lot of younger kids. TV had not yet promoted cooking as a career. Everybody was much older, professionals who wanted to revisit their craft. So I was lucky to work with some very seasoned chefs.”

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grandmother, who was Moroccan, lived in the area,” he says. “She cooked a lot of Moroccan foods. My mom cooked Japanese food. So it was an everyday thing to have di� erent � avors on the table. When cooking Eastern Mediterranean food, we’re not afraid to use di� erent seasonings, even though they may not be authentic. We do it because we like it. I get ideas from traveling and trying new things and new � avors. I also draw on Spanish techniques, French techniques. At Cleo, it’s a connected Mediterranean experience.”

Chef Danny’s multinational background segues into his lifestyle. He speaks English, Japanese and Hebrew. “In school, I spoke English,” he says. “Outside of school, I spoke Japanese. At home, my parents always speak Hebrew. When we moved from Israel to Japan, they made a conscious decision to speak only Hebrew at home so we wouldn’t forget the language. � ey still expect me to come home (to Los Angeles) for the holidays.”

How do all these in� uences translate onto the table?“Every recipe starts with an idea, an inspiration,” he says.

“Sometimes you’re recreating something you’ve experienced that you want to put your own twist on and put on your menu. Some ideas come from ingredients, especially seasonal o� erings: for example, in summer corn, heirloom tomatoes. However, we always have eggplant. It’s very Mediterranean.

“After you have the idea, you try to decide what options to explore, then test it. Once we like the � avors and presentation, we convert the recipe into a high-volume restaurant environment and determine how it will � t in the menu.”

Cleo’s menu leads o� with “mezzes” (“small plate” tapas/hors d’oeuvre). You could feast solely on more than 30 choices — dips, wood-burning oven, delicacies, kebabs and sausage. But you’d miss a lot of excitement. “Our goal with Cleo is to create a very natural, festive dining experience,” chef Danny says, “to create a people-friendly menu and bring people together for a social experience. Small plates are perfect. All the mezzes are reasonably priced at $7. So people can order a few more dishes and enjoy a broad dining experience.”

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Even the most jaded taste buds would snap to attention with this tingly, spicy dish served with hot, traditional Middle-eastern la�a, a luscious, moist, plump bread that can be stu�ed with a variety of �llings.

Carrot harissa is one of many vegan choices on the menu. “We have a lot of vegetarian and vegan-friendly items on the Cleo menu,” Danny says. “Although the food is not kosher, growing up in that environment, I also do little things here and there; and we’re aware of what ingredients we combine.”

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We took a break with salad of sweet, crisp watermelon, tart frisée, tangy feta, rich avocado, crunchy spiced nuts and refreshing cucumber. From among flatbreads, we chose artichoke with its typical smoky tang, potato, wilted arugula and voluptuous Mozzarella.

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By Jaq Greenspon

In 1988 in Mozambique, Albie Sachs still found himself 1,200 miles from his home of Cape Town, South Africa, the place from which he had gone into exile 22 years earlier.

On April 7, the daytime temperature in the capital city of Maputo was comfortable, even as the cooler months south of the equator approached. It was a nice clear day – short sleeves and light trousers weather. � e 53-year-old civil rights leader walked to his car and stuck his key into the door lock.

His world quite literally exploded. A bomb planted by South African security

services detonated, killing a nearby civilian and seriously wounding Sachs, who lost his right arm and the sight in one eye.

“To wake up without an arm but to feel joyously alive,” he told � e Guardian in 2011, recalling the aftermath. “To learn to do everything – to sit up, to stand, to walk, to run, to write again. Every little detail became a moment of discovery and breakthrough. I had an absolute conviction that as I got better, my country got better.”

What could have marked the end of his life reinvigorated the man examined in a new documentary by award-winning � lmmaker Abby Ginzberg. � e � lm takes its title, Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the new South Africa, from its subject’s own words:

While recovering, Sachs received a note from a well-meaning fellow freedom � ghter. Don’t worry Comrade Albie, we will avenge you, it read. “Avenge?” he recalls thinking. “Are we going to chop o� their arms? Are we going to blind people? Where’s that going to get us?”

For Albie Sachs, hard vengeance wasn’t in the cards. It’s not how he plays the game. He looks to smooth the angles. “If we get democracy in South Africa, and freedom,” he thought all those years ago, “that will be my soft vengeance.”

� e � lm takes an interesting approach to the material, ostensibly a biography of Sachs from his teen years in the 1950s up through the present day. It is a biopic, but it’s also much more. Albie’s story is quite literally the evolution of the � ght against apartheid, the formerly institutionalized system of racial segregation and disfavor in South Africa. For Ginzberg, who has known Sachs going on 30 years, knowledge gaps had to be closed.

“� ere were things I didn’t know about South Africa; there were things I didn’t know about South Africans,” she explains. “� ere’s a way in which they see themselves … as part of a movement: that whatever they did as individuals has to be seen in the context of the greater whole. … � ere’s a way in which an American would not necessarily be sensitive to this. I needed to be sensitized by my interview subjects, who saw Albie very much as a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, but not some extraordinary human being. To some extent they all saw themselves as ordinary human beings who lived through extraordinary times

and sacri� ced. It helped ground me as I was making the � lm.” Sachs was born in January 1935 in Johannesburg, the son of two

Lithuanian Jews who had emigrated with their families as children to get away from the tsar’s anti-Semitic rule. Albie’s parents, Emil

Albie Sachs’Soft VengeanceFrom Freedom Fighter to Justice of the

South African Constitutional Court

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Sachs studies a wall of plaques commemorating the names of those who gave their lives

during the struggle against apartheid.



Solomon “Solly” Sachs and Ray Ginsberg, were both passionate about civil rights. Having come from a country where Jews were victims of state-sanctioned discrimination, it didn’t seem right to either that they were enjoying freedoms as European immigrants denied native Africans.

When Solly and Ray separated, mother and son moved south to Cape Town. It was there that Albie �rst began to form the ideals he would carry with him throughout his life. His mother took a job as secretary to Moses Katani, the Communist Party of South Africa chief who was well placed within the ANC, the African National Congress. He was also black.

For Albie, this meant “the �rst contact that I had as a child with an African personality was not somebody coming as a servant, but, if you like, she [Ray] was the servant, but in a very digni�ed and very a�ectionate way.” �e result, of course, is that Albie Sachs grew up seeing equality played out in his home in a non-obtrusive way. �e idea of men and women, black and white, being treated as equals was not only presented as the way it should be, but the way it was.

At 15, Albie graduated secondary school and enrolled in the University of Cape Town, where he studied law. University provided him with one other thing – an introduction to others his age who felt as he did, through the Modern Youth Society, which was dedicated to “free thought, progressive politics and an egalitarian, multiracial society.” With this kind of association, it wasn’t long before the 17-year-old Sachs was arrested for the �rst time in his life –for sitting in a nonwhite area of the General Post O�ce. “�e magistrate looks at the charge sheet. He says ‘I see we have a 17-year-old here. He’s a juvenile,’” Albie recalls. “And I was the leader of the group, wanting to be a kind of revolutionary leader, and I’m sent home to my mother.”

�is didn’t deter the young Sachs, who continued his education, graduated and, at age 21, took up his own law practice. His primary clients were marginalized minorities losing rights under the new regime’s disintegration of the British parliamentary laws established with the colony itself. “In my own case,” he says, “most of the work I did was defending people charged under racist statutes. It was ful�lling work, but in many ways terrible work because the laws were totally unjust. Everything was weighted against people struggling for their rights.”

In the �lm, Albie revisits the Langa courthouse where he spent a good deal of his working day – a “place of terrible misery.” More

people would pass through the Langa courthouse than all the other courts put together. It was, in Albie’s words, like a sausage machine: “‘Next, next, next!’ then it would be a �ne and two months imprisonment. But people had no money. So it was ‘O� to jail, o� to jail, o� to jail!’”

When you �ght on the right side of history, but the wrong side of the law, people –especially those in power – are bound to take notice. By 1960, when the country had completely severed its ties with Britain and become a republic, Albie Sachs was already well known. His o�ce was often ransacked. And in his court cases, even when the law was on his side, he found he had to deal with the racism and prejudice of various court members. He made an impression.

In 1963, Albie was arrested under a new law allowing the government to detain political prisoners for up to 90 days without

actually �ling charges. �ose �rst three months were spent in solitary con�nement. Upon regaining his freedom and stepping outside, Albie immediately was re-arrested and returned to solitary, where he remained for another 75 days.

�is time, the conditions of his release were that he could no longer publish, speak publicly or even meet with more than one person at a time. But at least he was free.

Two years later, Sachs was re-arrested. �is time, however, the law had been

changed to allow for 180-day holds, and they decided to keep him the full six months. While in con�nement, Albie was handed to an interrogator determined to �nd out what Albie knew – and to break him. It almost worked.

“I never got over that,” he says. “I found, when I was blown up afterwards, years later, the attack on my body was far less lasting than the attack on my mind. And I function more comfortably and easier without an arm than I was able to function after the sleep deprivation and solitary con�nement.” Once out, Albie applied for and was granted the right to leave the country. �e only stipulation was that he never return. �e country he loved, the land he had fought for, had succeeded in exiling him. He found his way to London where he continued his education, wrote books about his time in captivity, and did what he could from afar to continue the �ght. He enjoyed the “sheer absence of the apprehension that we’d lived with.” But being away from home took its own toll.

“Exile is a horrible condition to be in,” professor Prexy Nesbitt says in the movie. “People lived very much in their past. Everything else was so uncertain.”

Sachs at the ANC cemetary in Maputo, Mozambique



“When you’re in exile, you’re always keenly aware that you don’t belong here,” adds Pallo Jordan, an ANC member also in exile.

For Albie, this held true. When his marriage to Stephanie Kemp, a fellow South African activist, dissolved in 1977, the ANC urged Albie to go to Mozambique, where a revolution two years earlier had integrated the government. So he relocated to Maputo, a stone’s throw, relatively speaking, from South Africa and someplace where he knew he belonged more than he ever did in London. Upon arrival, he was excited to see armed guards defending freedom, not �ghting against it.

It was another 11 years before the near fatal car bombing that took his arm and left him blind in one eye. By then, the writing was on the wall in his homeland. In 1990, the National Party that had held sway in South Africa for 42 years �nally bowed to international pressure and recognized the ANC (as well as other opposition groups) and released Nelson Mandela, who had always been a supporter of, and an activist for, the ANC.

After 24 years, Albie Sachs decided it was time to go home.

In 1994, newly elected President Mandela appointed Albie to the 11-member panel charged with writing the country’s new constitution. What he and his colleagues drafted has become one of the most progressive governmental documents in history. �ey imagined something that encompassed everyone, took all people into consideration and treated every person with dignity and respect.

“�e constitution doesn’t build houses,” Sachs told CNN in 2013. “�e constitution doesn’t provide food, electricity, water, school textbooks. But it provides a framework in which people can claim these things, resolve their disputes, and that’s what we lacked before in South Africa.”

Sachs was also the literal architect of the plan for the new Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. He wanted the building to represent the new country, while paying homage to historic figures within the context of South Africa’s past. It was decided to place the new court next to the prison that housed not only Mandela, but also Mahatma Gandhi. Spotlighting a single prison that held two of the 20th century’s most prominent humanity and peace advocates is not something many countries would do. Albie explained his site choice to CNN: “We wanted to show the transformation from negativity to positivity, why we have a constitution. Moving forward without forgetting the past – and taking the terrible energy of hatred, division, pain …

and using that force of energy to create something positive and hopeful for the future.”

Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the new South Africa does a remarkable job of explaining this tumultuous period in a concise, easy-to-digest way. But it’s what the �lm doesn’t say that is just as striking.

“All the white people in the film are Jewish,” Ginzberg explained in a recent conversation. “A number of them were second-generation from Lithuanian immigrants.” The difference, she adds, is that these “were not religious Jews. These were cultural Jews and Jews who were committed to freeing themselves from the oppression in Lithuania, and also (people who were) not about to collaborate with slavery and oppression in South Africa. Almost every white person in South Africa who participated in the anti-apartheid movement in one way or

another was Jewish. Not all Jews were anti-apartheid activists, but most of the white activists were Jewish.” This is because they grew up with what Ginzberg calls “a really strong sense of social justice.” It’s a resistance to oppression, which explains why so many of the white people fighting for human rights in South Africa turned out to be Jewish. “Not because they were in schul on Saturday, but because they were part of a movement that seemed

consistent with their history and their values.”In the �lm, Ginzberg asks Albie how much of the �ght had to do

with being Jewish. “The answer is it was in their bones, in their blood,” he

replies. “It was in the air that they breathed. They were Jewish but they also knew they had a job to do here. They had to stand in some kind of opposition to what was going on.”

It’s different being Jewish in South Africa, different than in the United States. “It lacks, in most cases, the religious connection,” says Ginzberg. There’s a “very strong cultural base, but religiosity not so much. Their religion was in their politics.”

And that’s what makes this film so successful. Albie Sachs personifies that struggle, Ginzberg says,

because he has greater access to his own emotions. “He’s also been through more trial by fire than some of my other subjects. The level of humanity shines through in this film in a very profound way. My job was to make sure it did. But I had a lot of good material to work with.”

Sachs with The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu



Knit One and Purl OneYour Way to Winter Chic

By Marisa Finetti

Unraveling Knits

F rom its humble beginnings as undergarments and stockings, knitwear has evolved to its esteemed status in fashion today. Functional applications drove the early development.

Together with societal changes, the need for such a material changed over the decades. Machine knits, namely delicate silk stockings, emerged as early as 1700. � is marked the beginning of knitwear’s integration, and eventual replacement, of woven fabrics for things such as stockings and lingerie. Cotton jersey camisoles and other types of lingerie were familiar pieces by 1870. But all that changed when World War I broke out. Wool, used heavily in the production of Army uniforms, was one of the � rst textiles to become a luxury for civilians. � e woolen slumber suit, or pajamas, as we know them today, came about in the 1930s. � is meant knits became the go-to material for active wear as well, including for golf and skiing.

Coinciding with the pursuit of knitwear suitable for sports play, designers like Coco Chanel saw creative potential in the active-wear material and how it re� ected the emerging zeitgeist of women. Knitwear’s comfort and versatility meshed perfectly with the new sense of freedom and independence women were enjoying. It was a culture shock to move from the black and white, 1920s � apper style to an explosion of pattern and color. � e late ‘40s and early ‘50s saw the cocktail sweater reign supreme in wardrobes around the world, thanks to Hollywood stars who wore theirs nipped at the waist and embellished with embroidery and beading.

Later, the crocheted cocktail dress became popular, with hems

shortening exponentially as the 1960s approached, and throughout the decade. An explosion of patterns, appliqués, a-line shapes, color and form emerged in the 1960s. Remember Twiggy?

� e novelty knit � rst seen during the war years re-emerged in the ‘70s, this time with bright colors and motifs. But it wasn’t until the 1980s that knitwear in its current incarnation really took o� . Beginning in the 1990s to now, knitwear became an established part of fashion. From Alexander McQueen to Marc Jacobs and Stella McCartney, the jumper (or sweater) continues to inspire fashion’s hottest names.

As society keeps changing, so does fashion in knitwear. Today, knitwear has taken center stage as one of fall’s must-haves. Dazzling the fashion industry on the catwalks of New York, the cozy knit teases the wearer to wrap up in oversized cover-ups, from head-to-toe ensembles, to nubby separates. All the warm-fuzzies one has ever wanted to wear … the time has come.

� ere are even dressed-up knits, too, including Calvin Klein’s elegant mohair skirts and tops and handspun details on fancy dresses. Layered looks went a level above, with sweaters of multiple lengths and varied silhouettes piled on, topped with an extra long scarf. All these techniques show us that the imminent cool temperatures o� er plenty of warming-up options this fall. And just for kicks, try some matching mismatched knit socks with a pair of low boots. � e trend to buy socks uniquely designed to mismatch is fun and playful. Sold in threes, never twos, wearing them is fun and super convenient — especially if one gets misplaced.


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By Brian Sodoma

A judge’s job: What does it take to do it well – despite the political pressures?

I f you’ve lived in Nevada for two years, are 25 years old and have practiced law for 10 years (two of them in Nevada), you can be-come a district court judge.

For the Supreme Court justice position, 15 years of legal practice is required. You also must have lived in Nevada for 30 days leading up to the �ling deadline and have never been removed from judicial

o�ce. Oh, and did we mention, no trial experience necessary?Nevada isn’t the only state light on prerequisites for becoming a

judge. Look to Indiana for the youngest judge world record. Marc Gri�n became justice of the peace there after convincing county commissioners in 1974 that he was the “man” for the job – at 17 years of age.



More recently, in 2013, Ohio appointed 32-year-old Colleen O’Donnell to the Franklin County Common Pleas Court. O’Donnell graduated from law school in 2006. After seven years of practice, she’s now the state’s youngest judge. Skeptics argue that it doesn’t hurt that her father is a Supreme Court justice in the state.

�ere are plenty of media accounts that show the transition from legal practice to the bench isn’t always a smooth one.

“In many other countries, judging is a profession,” says �omas Main, associate dean for faculty development and research at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. “It’s a track you choose in law school. … Judging here is more capstone. After being a good lawyer, you then become judge, which is very peculiar. … �e two jobs have very little in common.”

So what makes a candidate for judge a quali�ed one? And how do we arm ourselves with the necessary information to make the best decision when electing a judge? Former judges, scholars and legal experts weighed in on these questions and more.

A LOOK AT THE JOB�ere’s some logic for states

not creating more prerequisites for a judge position, Main says. Even the most experienced at-torney coming to the bench for the �rst time constantly faces new facts and situations challenging existing laws. Ev-ery judge relies on his or her temperament, logic and ability to separate personal opinions from important facts. Some past experience and knowledge may shape that ability, but it’s largely something learned case by case.

“With the scope of the job and what it requires, it’s incredibly broad,” Main says. “And no amount of prerequisites would ever be enough to cover the canvas. No matter how rigorous the prereq-uisite, whatever you take to the bench, there’s no way you would have already seen [every] scenario.”

Russell Carparelli, executive director of the American Judicature Society, was formerly a judge in the Colorado Court of Appeals. He says it’s often di�cult for the public to understand that the judge’s job is to analyze existing laws and how the facts in a case apply to them. �e decisions often have very little, if anything, to do with a moral or ethical right or wrong.

Judges are “not accountable so much for the outcome as they are the process,” Carparelli explains. “But the public is more concerned about the outcome. Often you’re looking at this arcane law written 40 years ago, where we never anticipated these facts. And the way the law is phrased may or may not apply to the situation.”

A judge also must carefully navigate his or her beliefs and views and be as transparent as possible about potential con�icts of inter-est. �at’s easier said than done for some.

“When I �rst came to the bench, I came from a law �rm, so I wouldn’t take cases from that �rm,” Carparelli says. “Also, if I knew there was a hot button issue for me, emotionally, I wouldn’t take it.

�en there are times when you feel you need to disclose things. … I had a case where I performed a wedding for one of the lawyers years ago. I disclosed it and told them I’m not regularly in contact with the attorney … and everyone was OK with it.”

When he started on the appellate court bench, Carparelli brought an attorney’s mindset to the job. He felt “judges should be seen and not heard.” But with experience, he learned that his role was more and more about making sure the information getting to the jury is accurate and relevant. �at required more assertiveness at times.

“I began to see that in a way I was an agent to the jury. … A lawyer can take a case into the woods, and you realize you should’ve never let them do that,” he says.

ELECTIONS, APPOINTMENTSIn Nevada, all judges are elected. Currently, 38 states elect judges

and 24 use a merit selection process, according to the National In-stitute on Money in State Politics. �rough its website,

www.followthemoney.org, NIM-SP analyzes candidate funding for state supreme and appellate court election campaigns. Some states use both methods, an election, for example, for district court races and appointments for higher courts.

Laurie Kinney is with Justice At Stake, a group that monitors potential partisan in�uence on judges. She says taking campaign contributions puts judges in a position of potentially question-able jurisprudence, especially if a donor appears in the recipient’s court after an election.

“I think it’s di�cult often times to connect those,” she says. “But we’re certainly aware that courts are becoming greater targets of partisan interests and partisan spending. I suppose it could stand to reason we will see more situations where questions might be raised.”

Denise Roth Barber, NIMSP’s managing director, points to the New Politics of Judicial Elections report, produced by Justice at Stake, which analyzed supreme court fundraising activity in all states between 2000 and 2009. Nevada ranked eighth, with more than $10 million raised.

“Open races accounted for most of the money,” Barber says.�is year, in Nevada, all the Supreme and Appellate Court seat

candidates are running unopposed. But there are four open races on the district court level.

“For supreme court races a lot of donations to justice campaigns come from lawyers, from �rms and entities such as those. We have been concerned that there is some �lter down to these [district court] races,” Kinney adds.

Her group supports a merit selection system, which Nevada vot-ers rejected in 2010. Under merit systems, a nonpartisan group is appointed to bring a suggested list of candidates to a governor.

“For supreme court races a lot of donations to justice campaigns come from lawyers, from firms and entities such as those. We have been concerned that there is some filter down to these [district court] races,” — Laurie Kinney



Colorado uses a merit selection process, and Arizona has both elec-tions for some seats and merit selection for others.

“Merit selection has helped to prevent some of the more egregious examples of politics and money entering the equation,” Kinney says.

Chad Schmucker, president of the National Judicial College, is a former judge and Michigan state court administrator. He also ac-knowledges criticisms of merit selection. He sees how favoritism and partisanship concerns can arise when a selection group is created.

“�e problem is: how do we design a system that gives the public dem-ocratic control … and not have a bad system of favoritism?” he says.

CANDIDATE INFORMATIONJudicial elections are often low on the public radar. Main says

elections force judge candidates to get out into the public and an-swer questions about their views on issues.

“I think transparency is better than hiding it,” Main adds. “If a judge has a world view that the law doesn’t solve problems, the mar-ket does, I want to know that. … But then it becomes a question of how much does it in�uence their jurisprudence.”

But getting information about judge candidates from reliable sources isn’t easy either. �e Las Vegas Review Journal’s “Judging the Judges” is a poll of local lawyers. Critics say a lawyer’s opinion could be based on a judge’s rulings – whether favorable or not for the par-ticular lawyer polled – not the judge’s character and temperament itself. And who’s to say some of the lawyers polled haven’t contrib-uted to a judge’s campaign?

Kinney recommends looking for voter’s guides from groups like the League of Women Voters and the National Association of Wom-en Judges. Otherwise, attending public comment sessions may be necessary to learn more about a candidate.

CALL FOR EDUCATIONWhen judges are newly elected, they attend an introductory edu-

cational program the state o�ers. In Nevada, the Administrative O�ce of the Courts o�ers the course, Schmucker says. Beyond that, judges are not required to attend classes at the National Judicial College in Reno, but a fair number of them do. Schmucker says his group runs educational programs for nearly 10,000 judges a year, about half online and half in classes at its Reno campus.

�e president says more and more judges new to the bench attend classes that o�er basic trial management skills training, judicial writing, evidence analysis and other basics.

“After the elections, we do see a boost in our enrollment,” he says.Schmucker said more and more judges also are asking for insights

into elements that are beyond the law. Topics like self-representa-tion, substance abuse, mental health, veterans issues, the dynamics of domestic violence, working with those who are limited English-pro�cient, are popular today, he says.

�e college also studies feedback from the courts on how trial par-ticipants were treated, and uses it in courses.

“�e courts ask in their surveys if you feel you had the chance to be heard,” Schmucker says. “Some think that it’s all in if the person won the case or not. But that’s not true. Some say ‘the judge made the wrong decision but I feel he listened.’ We’re letting judges know what they can do to increase public satisfaction.”

Main favors more education e�orts to force judges to evaluate and re�ect on their own biases and personal opinions, and how and whether they can make their way into the courtroom.

“We’re talking about emotional intelligence, subtle biases and the meta-values of the judicial process,” he says. “We should probably be learning from psychologists, learning theorists … and other experts.”

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Sam Lieberman

Sam Lieberman is running for the District 5 seat on the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education. � e 53-year-old former state Democratic Party chief chairs the College of Liberal Arts Community Advisory Board and is a member of the annual giving council for the UNLV Foundation. As a 1996 graduate in social work, he has served on the board of the UNLV Alumni Association. He is a past president of the Sigma Chi Alumni Association, and has served on numerous professional search committees within the Nevada System of Higher Education. Lieberman believes Nevada’s campuses should be accessible community resources to everyone in the state.

DAVID: You believe that education is the means by which people can achieve their mission as individuals and responsible citizens. How so?

LIEBERMAN: Practically speaking, I want students to have the support they need to get to where they want to go, and education is the vehicle. Morally speaking, in Nevada it means building strong partnerships with primary and secondary schools to better prepare students for success in higher education. It’s enhancing and sustaining higher education for students, faculty, sta� and alumni. It’s supporting initiatives to bring students to campuses earlier in their lifetime. And it’s educating Nevadans so they will stay in state … invest themselves as valuable assets to our workforce, schools and community … and ultimately give back to the higher education system.

DAVID: Nevada’s System of Higher Education faces numerous challenges, including a lack of support from the state. Describe how you’d address and improve this endemic problem?

SAM: I have a wealth of experience balancing opposing forces. As the Nevada Democratic Party Chair from 2008 to ‘11, I found myself steering the party in one of the toughest political environments for Democrats in decades. It’s an advantage to know how the gears of state politics work.

DAVID: So you know where some of the land mines are buried?

SAM: Well, yes, but not just politically. I’ve worked a lot in a nonpartisan fashion in the nonpro� t sector. I’ll bring that experience, and my reputation to build consensus, to the Regent board. I have a list of over 100 endorsements from Republicans and Democrats alike. With

that, one of my initiatives is to build support for a much-needed medical school in Southern Nevada. � e challenge will then be to identify the appropriate method of funding it.

DAVID: How will you go about doing that?

SAM: I bleed Rebel Red and Southern Nevada, to be sure. But I have demonstrated a unique ability to successfully reach across the aisle, or up north if you will, to work hand in hand with the political Legislature, which is where the money comes from.

DAVID: What drives you?

SAM: I was taught early on that with blessing comes obligation. Giving of one’s time, talent and treasure is paramount.

DAVID: What else are you involved with now?

SAM: I chair the Board of Directors for Nevada Parents Encouraging Parents, which is a statewide parent training information center for parents of children with disabilities. I’m the chair of the Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter Regional Leadership Council. And I assisted in starting the Independent Transportation Network Las Vegas Valley. It’s the Nevada a� liate of a national transportation network that serves people and seniors with visual disabilities.

DAVID: What do you want voters to know most about you?

SAM: � at what I do is my reason for getting up in the morning. � at I work as I do to make the community a better place, not just for today but also for the many tomorrows. � at I love to unify people to work together to address and improve the issues that concern us all. And that my life is an open book. People can contact me anytime at 702-286-0739. And they can learn more about me by visiting my website at www.samliebermanforregent.com.

DAVID: Are you feeling con� dent as Election Day approaches?

SAM: Con� dent … yes! But people have to vote! And I don’t just mean going to the polls to cast their ballots. � at’s important, of course. But people tend to go to the polls to vote for a speci� c race, which is generally at the top of the ballot. � ere is considerable voter drop-o� toward the end of the ballot. I urge people to complete the ballot, please! - LW

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A Man for All Reasons


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