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International bestselling author James Frey is upping the ante for readers of his new book Endgame: The Calling, which was just released October 7. He has unveiled a $500,000 gold coin collection and is challenging readers to use the clues inside the book to solve the puzzle and find a hidden key that will unlock the winnings. That’s right, this $500,000 prize is up for grabs for the first real-life adventurer willing to uncover the secrets and determine the location of this key.

hack·a·thon

/ˈhakəˌTHän/

noun

informal

1. an event, typically lasting several days, in which a number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming.

"a series of 48-hour hackathons to build new and awesome apps"

One of the best events in Vegas is coming and this year's New Year's Eve celebration will be off the hook with everyone from Lady Gaga to Snoop Dogg hosting. We've outlined all of the events released so far to help you determine how to have an epic start to the New Year.

Don't roll the credits on our "Vegas Movies In Real Life" series yet, we've got more flicks up our sleeves! Hopefully you've already explored "Bat Country" like in Fear & Loathing from our first edition and spruced up your blackjack skills to be a high-roller like 21 from our last movie article.

This isn't your average 7-year-old's Halloween. We won't be talking princess costumes without mentioning thigh-highs and we won't be covering how to check your kid's candy for razor blades. This is Halloween in Vegas and it's every ghoul for themselves. But where to get your adult tricks and treats? Sure, some of these items below can be attended by a 7-year-old-princess, but let's aim a bit higher and assume it's for the delightfully fun degenerate adults we know and love.

Fetish & Fantasy Ball | October 31, Hard Rock Hotel

The second annual Life Is Beautiful festival is kicking off this weekend on Friday, Oct. 24. This year’s event is all about inspiring people to recognize the beauty in life – wherever they are in their personal lives – it is about embracing life, finding happiness and seeing the world from a different lens. To achieve this, the creator of Life is Beautiful enlisted local Las Vegas chefs to inspire patron’s palettes, a bounty of musicians to inspire the soul and they’ve grouped together world-renowned artists to invoke the heart and mind with unifying artistic themes.

Ronnie Rainwater, Delmonico Chef de Cuisine and Duroc pig exhibitor, softly-stated our journey for the next 90 minutes in one sentence: “We used every part of the pig and just tried to be true to our restaurant and showcase the whole hog, using everything but the squeal.”

Hearing this made me a bit fearful as we anxiously awaited to travel the mapped menu of the hog’s carcass. I’m not a big fan of pork – except for the mainstream cuts of pork belly, bacon, and carnitas – and I was curious to see if this menu tasted roughly the same. Pork is pork, right? ‘The other white meat.’

I’m from a small town in Colorado known as Loveland. I grew up idealizing rock stars and get star struck when I see a celebrity, specifically a rock and roll idol. An embarrassing admonishment, and a slight tangent, as I walked passed Dave Navarro in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in my first year in Vegas, I shouted out, ‘There’s Trent Reznor!’

More often than not, Vegas is considered one of the drinking capitals of the world. Whether you’re into frozen yard drinks and beer in football shaped cups or if you like fine wine or off-the-menu cocktails, we have everything in Vegas. But what does it take to be a bartender or, rather, a mixologist in Sin City? We got to step inside the mind of one of the city’s finest bartenders: Max Solano. Solano is the curator and beverage manager at Delmonico Steakhouse as well the mixologist for all of Chef Emeril Lagasse’s restaurants in Vegas.

After the heat of summer dies down and the pools begin to close, that doesn't mean the party stops in Vegas. In fact, things get even hotter in the winter with a pretty decent list of day parties ready for you to join in all the fun.