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Get animated. Those kids today with their anime and their manga—what’s the deal with that? Confused grown-ups can learn all about the popular Japanese animation (that’s anime) and comic books (that’s manga) at the Anime Academy for Adults, a new movie and book discussion group that’ll help you tell a Naruto from an Evangelion (it’ll make sense if you go). June 16, 2 p.m., Clark County Library, free. Call 507-3458 for specific titles to be discussed.
Illustration by Robert Ullman
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See her Vegas debut. Diana Krall has kept a fairly low profile since she and husband Elvis Costello celebrated the birth of twin boys/sure-fire future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees in December, but the jazz vocalist and pianist is trading in her diaper bag for a microphone during a 38-date U.S. tour. Krall plays her first-ever Vegas shows this week at the Las Vegas Hilton Theater, backed by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, which also appeared on Krall’s latest standards collection, last year’s From This Moment On. June 14-17, 8 p.m., $95-$125. Las Vegas Hilton, 732-5755.
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Remember this dude. Some British dude named Roger Waters (résumé mentions a “Pink Floyd” ... maybe they sound like Arctic Monkeys?) stops by this weekend, promising to play a 43-minute-long suite-thing he wrote called The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, and a bunch of other old songs, too. Sounds exhausting. Maybe the MGM lighting crew can project some stars and planets onto the Grand Garden ceiling to, you know, spice it up a little. Or not. June 16, 8 p.m., $47.25-$157.50. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 891-7777.
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Pick up sticks. Although we haven’t seen any miraculous changes to the interior décor of the Miracle Mile from Desert Passage at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino yet, the arrival of ASIA-Nightlife and Dining is enough of a reason to revisit the mall. With the soft opening June 14 of the restaurant, and the nightlife concept June 15, you can sneak in before the grand opening in early July to give you extra time to figure out what Euro Asian cuisine actually means. For reservations, 794-2582.
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Watch cougars fight kittens. Summer entertainment is all about turning off your brain and laughing at morons who are beneath you. Thus the new reality dating series Age of Love is perfect warm-weather TV: 13 women compete for the romantic attention of tennis has-been Mark Philippoussis, but this isn’t just a warmed-over version of The Bachelor. Seven of them are “cougars” (women in their 40s) and six are “kittens” (women in their 20s), and Philippoussis must make a decision that sets the course for gender relations in America. Or, find the woman most likely to sleep with him. NBC, Mondays, 9 p.m., starting June 18.
