UNLV Dance: Synchronicities at ALTA Ham Fine Arts

Catch UNLV students’ fall 2018 works, including Victoria Dale’s presentation for January’s International Association of Blacks in Dance conference. November 15-18, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 p.m.; $10-$18. –Mike Prevatt

Naked Girls Reading at Burlesque Hall of Fame

Former Miss Exotic World Michelle L’amour and local burlesque performers Bettina May and Darby Fox read from Leslie Zemeckis’ book Feuding Fan Dancers in the altogether. November 16, 8 p.m., $30. –Geoff Carter

Markus Schulz at Marquee

Last month’s We Are the Light was the culmination of three years of work and a new creative direction for Markus Schulz, who wrote one of the album’s standout tracks, “Breathe Me to Life,” with his fiancé, singer Adina Butar. He returns to Marquee at the Cosmopolitan Friday night. November 16, 10:30 p.m., $20-$30. –Brock Radke

Las Vegas Soul Festival at Thomas & Mack Center

On the same Saturday night the Soul Train Awards show returns to the Orleans Arena, R&B queens Ashanti and Keyshia Cole headline the Las Vegas Soul Festival at T&M, with support from Goapele, Carl Thomas and Donnell Jones, along with rappers O.T. Genasis and Young Joc. November 17, 8 p.m., $44-$150. –Brock Radke

Scarlet 7th Anniversary with Lol Tolhurst at Artifice

Every light also casts a shadow, and in our desert clubland, that shadow is Scarlet at Artifice, now Las Vegas’ longest-running goth night. “Since we started Scarlet in 2011, there have been about 15 attempts to start similar nights that all disappeared shortly after they started,” says Morpheus Blak, co-founder of Scarlet with fellow goth DJ Style. He attributes Scarlet’s longevity partially to the experience and chemistry he and Style bring to the endeavor, and also to the space: “We found the exact right venue in Artifice.”

Tonight’s event features two guest DJ sets by former Cure drummer Lol Tolhurst, whom the Scarlet duo met when they were asked to DJ the release of his memoir, Cured. (Blak describes Tolhurst as “a legend [and] a super nice guy,” and their first choice to headline Scarlet’s anniversary party.) If you’ve never been to Scarlet, what better way to start than with a once-member of an influential 1980s band spinning the tracks? “Much of the well-known ‘gothic’ music stems from the ’80s,” Blak says. “Wear black, and be ready to dance.” November 17, 10 p.m., free. –Geoff Carter

Ghost at The Joint

Following the June release of epic album Prequelle, the Swedish metal outfit unveiled an even more grandiose undertaking: the 78-date Pale Tour Named Death, which stops in Vegas on Saturday. November 17, 9 p.m., $37-$95. –Leslie Ventura

Yayoi Kusama at Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art

Ready, set, selfie. The BGFA presents Yayoi Kusama’s “Narcissus Garden,” with its 750 mirrored globes floating in a pool of water, and “Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity,” one of her Instagram-friendly “infinity rooms.” November 17-April 28, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., visit bit.ly/2QzdEt3 for reservation options, $15. –Geoff Carter

Walt Disney Play at Majestic Repertory Theatre

In Lucas Hnath’s satire A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, Glenn Heath plays Uncle Walt as a hard-drinking, pill-popping egomaniac. Bring the kids. November 25, Thursday-Sunday, times vary, $15-$25. –Geoff Carter