Every year the good news just comes earlier and earlier, doesn’t it? Goldenvoice, the promoter that annually brings audiences throughout the globe two identical weekends of its perennially popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (AKA “Coachella”), has announced its lineup for 2016. That’s music to my ears! You? While the first weekend passes sold…
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Have I got great news for you, dear readers. Dust off those ice skates, lace ’em up, and come on down to the The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage for some frosty frolicking on a pair of blades! That’s right. You read me correctly. The desert and frozen fun don’t…
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My beloved late mother so adored the hilarious “Carol Burnett Show,” which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1978. When I was a kid, she and I would watch it regularly, sharing the laughs. I remember asking Mom if Carol and co-star Vicki Lawrence were real sisters. So striking was their “family” resemblance that I…
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To be held over the weekend of November 7th and 8th, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., rain or shine, Rancho Mirage’s Art Affaire—a mega popular free annual event—will take place, as it always has, at the Rancho Mirage Community Park (formerly Whitewater Park) at 71560 San Jacinto Drive. This year also functions as the…
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Since it’s been around for an impressive almost 47 years, I think it’s safe to say the world-renowned Old Spaghetti Factory has proven itself—and then some. With a warm atmosphere, a caring staff, and a simple but delicious classic Italian menu (including the brand’s famous, über affordable 3-Course Meal), it’s a beloved local hot spot…
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Take just one look at the Desert Theatre League’s (www.deserttheatreleague.org) nominations for its 2015 Desert Star Awards (to be handed out on the evening of Sunday, October 11) and it’s plain to see that the live performance scene is thriving not only throughout the entire Palm Springs Valley but in the City of Rancho Mirage.…
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The Palm Springs Valley will once again be the place to be on Columbus Day weekend 2015 (October 9 – 12), when thousands of happy “modernistas” from coast to coast and around the globe come to celebrate midcentury modern architecture, design, music, and art at Modernism Week’s Fall Preview. Giving attendees a glimpse of what…
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With so much perfect weather available year round in the Palm Springs Valley, I never feel badly about biding some of my time sitting in a darkened theater watching scintillating cinema on a sunny day. And with the desert’s next film festival only a few weeks away, I’ll have that opportunity at Cinema Diverse: The…
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When you’re the most technologically sophisticated performance venue in the entire Palm Springs Valley—not to mention the one preferred by artists on the worldwide road, as is the case with The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage—it’s natural that you attract the best bands on tour. Unveiled in 2009, this awesome,…
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I’m not the most colorful crayon in the box when it comes to artistic talent. Sure, I did my fair share of finger-painting as a tyke, and tried my hand at paint-by-numbers back in the day, but for the most part I leave the creation of “art” to the experts, and prefer to pay for…
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