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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It’s high time you dusted off off that cowboy hat and shined those boots—or at least get in the Country & Western spirit! I know Stagecoach California’s Country Music Festival 2016 is more than half-a-year away, but that didn’t stop promoter Goldenvoice from announcing the entire lineup for the weekend of April 29 to May…
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I think we would all agree that I am the one and only Potter of Rancho Mirage. But did you know that there also exists a Potter of La Quinta? His name is Elliott Newton, he is an award-winning ceramicist, and he will be the featured artist at the upcoming Rancho Mirage Art Affaire. To…
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Anyone who’s a fan of that singular sensation known under aliases such as Ol’ Blue Eyes, The Chairman of the Board, and The Voice—yes, I’m singing songbird Frank Sinatra’s praises—knows that the award-winning entertainer had strong ties to the Palm Springs Valley in general, and to Rancho Mirage in particular. What many people may not…
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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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One doesn’t have to have earned his or her golden wings to know that the Palm Springs Valley has had an ongoing love affair with airplanes for years. First of all, my beloved home town of Rancho Mirage is literally mere minutes from the beautiful and über-user-friendly Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), a facility served…
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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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It’s only mildly coincidental that September 1st is my birthday, because that happens to be the precise day tickets to one of the most sought-after home tours in the entire Palm Springs Valley go on sale for its seasonal debut on September 24, 2015—and I’m perennially at the top of the computer queue so that…
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In vino veritas. And the plain truth is that, if you’ve so far missed out on the Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort and Spa’s interactive summer wine dinner series—held once monthly—you’ve cheated yourself out of some fantastic food paired with wonderful wine. The good news? There’s one wine dinner left—and you can still make reservations…
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Did William Shakespeare play tennis? I guess only his trainer knows for sure. But according to Larry Ellison—the billionaire co-founder of Oracle who not only owns sprawling Rancho Mirage estate Porcupine Creek Ranch but the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and its signature annual event, The BNP Paribas Open—the first theatregoers to witness the Bard’s comedy…
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