The Desert Rose Playhouse Kicks Off Its New Season with “Anita Bryant”
I pride myself on being someone who does his best to thwart “drama” in real life, but when it comes to the stage, I’m there in spades, be it for…
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The Palm Springs Valley Celebrates Halloween and LGBT Pride on Consecutive Weekends
In a bit of a scheduling shake-up due to Halloween falling on a Friday this year, savvy event planners have opted to spread the fun of everyone’s scariest holiday, and…
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Rancho Mirage Writers Festival: The Sequel, Sold Out!
There are some special events that are so universally appealing, so uniquely worthy, that they sell out in a matter of minutes, hours, or days—months ahead of time. Such is…
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Spa-Tastic at Omni Rancho Las Palmas
I already know where I’ll be on the evening of Thursday, May 22—and that’s at glam hotel Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage at the heart…
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Rancho Mirage Library Offers Late Spring and Summer Events
Just when you think things might be slowing down just a bit out here in the warming desert, you get the realization that there’s plenty more to come! The other…
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Stagecoach Music Festival Wraps for Another Year
I’ve rarely had such a great time as I did the weekend of April 25 – 27 while attending 2014’s Stagecoach, California’s Country Music Festival, with a whole gaggle of…
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Coachella 2014 Wrap-up
The amazing 2014 twin-weekend incarnation of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival may have come and gone, but the music lingers, its plethora of echoes deeply etched into my…
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Stagecoach Music Festival 2014
Divide and conquer! That’s what my pal Potter Palma and I are doing the weekend of April 25-28. While both of us obviously—and rightly—adore living in Rancho Mirage, neither of…
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White Party 25
There’s something so electric in the air throughout the Palm Springs Valley this time of year. As we count down toward Memorial Day during the beautiful months of April and…
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A Fond Farewell to the Fabulous Follies
Let’s face it. One does not just “see” The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. One “experiences” it. For the uninitiated, the legendary institution that is the Follies bills itself as “a…
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