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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10th Annual DESERT WOMAN’S SHOW – January 14 & 15 The Desert Woman’s Show is happening this weekend at Agua Caliente Casino, Resort & Spa and promises to be bigger & better than ever. Every attendee will have the opportunity to win a 1.00 ct round diamond from El Paseo Jewelers! Guests must enter to…
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The New Year started out with a big celebrity bang in the Palm Springs Valley. Just a diamond’s throw from Rancho Mirage, the newly branded Palm Springs Film Awards—part of the 28th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival—unspooled in high Hollywood fashion at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Mary Hart was again the “hostess with…
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For more than 10 years, the Rancho Mirage Speaker Series committee has invited provocative presenters to the desert for a one-night-only appearance at the Helen Galen Auditorium of the Annenberg Center (located on the campus of Eisenhower Medical Center at 39-000 Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage). Known for an eclectic mix of guests that…
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Well, the announcements keep coming—and the excitement keeps mounting! So far, we know that such A-lister performers as Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Ruth Negga, Casey Affleck, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, and Amy Adams will be recognized at the 28th Annual Palm Springs Film Festival’s…
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