Don’t know who you are going to see and when you are going to see them at Stagecoach this year? Make your plan with the set times! Shania Twain will begin her performance as headliner on Saturday at 10:15 p.m. on the Toyota Mane Stage. Headliner Dierks Bentley will perform at 10:15 p.m. on Friday,…
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Weather-wise, March and April are two of the most beautiful months of the year to visit my beloved hometown of Rancho Mirage, where one can luxuriate in one of our four luxurious resorts. Along with opportunities for plein air activities such as hiking, biking, tennis, and golf, this year visitors and locals are being offered…
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April always means good music in the desert. And with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival happening on the consecutive identical weekends of April 14-16 and 21-23 … plus Stagecoach California’s Country Music Festival landing from the 28th to the 30th, there is literally something for everyone’s eyes and ears. The big news at…
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From March 29 to April 2, more than a hundred pro and amateur women golfers will hit the greens at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage for the 2017 ANA Inspiration, the first LPGA major of the year (formerly known as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle, the Colgate-Dinah Shore, the Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational,…
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Let’s face it: Most ladies and quite a few gentlemen in Rancho Mirage—and I’m talking both residents and visitors—are of the well-heeled, well-dressed variety. That’s why so many of us look so forward to the largest fashion show on the West Coast, AKA The El Paseo Jewelers Fashion Week El Paseo presented by Franklin Loan…
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I had such a fantastic time at this past January’s Rancho Mirage Writers Festival (held at our gorgeous Rancho Mirage Public Library) that I’m still talking about it weeks later. If the idea of 1200 readers and some 50 writers gathering for a weekend of illustrious literature (talks, panels, Q&As) is your cup of tea,…
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For more than 15 years, what has become known as Modernism Week has grown annually by leaps and bounds, now bringing more than 75,000 people to our beautiful desert to revel in all things “modern.” Begun as a call to arms to preserve midcentury modern architecture—loosely defined as structures designed and built from the forties…
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Not only is the ANA Inspiration the first LPGA major championship of the year, it’s been played at Rancho Mirage’s Mission Hills Country Club since its 1972 inception. You may know it best by one of its previous monikers. Until 1980, it was the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle, shortened to the Colgate-Dinah Shore in 1981,…
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The annual Hollywood awards season kicks off in high style right here in the Palm Springs Valley with early January’s Palm Springs Film Awards, part of the yearly Palm Springs International Film Festival. The Golden Globes follow before giving way to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Grammys, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and, of…
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On January 28th and 29th, some 70 best-selling authors, moderators, and special guests—not to mention approximately 1,200 readers!—will converge at the Rancho Mirage Public Library to take part in 76 events at the Fourth Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival. I realize that—since passes to this incredibly popular event sold out within hours in March of…
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