Jet Tila, who was opening executive chef at Wazuzu at Encore, opens Kuma Snow Cream on Friday at 3735 Spring Mountain Road. A variation of a Taiwanese dessert known as xue hua bing, snow ice or shaved show, snow cream is a sort of hybrid of ice cream and shaved ice and is made by freezing milk bases into blocks and then shaving them into ribbons. With a focus on Asian-influenced flavors such as green tea, taro and honeydew, it’s served with fruit, nuts and other toppings.

Psych pop duo MGMT dives into the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Aug. 26. Tickets are $35 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com and Ticketmaster outlets.