photography
by
jenna
dosch
(epstein);
Kevin
Mazur/getty
iMages
(grohl)
Culture
51 // Beautiful day(s)
Last year's two-day indie Life Is
Beautiful festival was such a hit, it has
ballooned into three days headlined
by massive stars and jam-packed with
events. Here's how to navigate it.
54 // culture spotlight
Ryan Reid's new play
Henri shines
a light on Alzheimer's, lanterns
RiSE in the west, and something
Wicked this way comes.
PeoPle
57 // laBel Mak er
Drai's Enterprises partner Michael
Gruber is parlaying Victor Drai's
After Hours following into Las
Vegas's frst major record label.
62
It's all in the family for
Katie Epstein at El Cortez.
54
The RiSE Lantern
festival lights up
the desert.
51
Dave Grohl and the
Foo Fighters play Life
Is Beautiful.
60 // Mix Master
Cocktail alchemist Craig Schoettler
decamps from Chicago for Vegas.
Magic happens.
62 // front of the house
For El Cortez scion Katie Epstein, an
enviable lifestyle is part of the job.
64 // fight cluB rules
Former ringside doctors Margaret
Goodman and Flip Homansky
are working tirelessly to keep
combat sports clean.
INVIteD
69 // WelcoMe to vegas!
SLS Las Vegas's opening-night
celebration, plus pages and pages
of Vegas's poshest parties, and the
people who populate them.
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