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Western Lit: Pam Houston Shares Personal Tales About Rural Living in 'Deep Creek'
When your homestead in the Colorado Rockies is threatened by wildfire, it’s easy to believe you have a front-row seat at the Apocalypse. In her recent memoir, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Count...
Shows for the Community: Encore Wants to Present Affordable Theater With a Message
There’s a new entry in the Coachella Valley theater scene: Meet the Encore Theatre District.
Encore began in February 2017, when artistic director Tiffanie Patscheck and her son, Jeremiah Rhoads, took ...
High Desert Destinations: Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley Have a Lot to Offer Lovers of Visual Arts
Summer looms large on the horizon. Months of triple-digit temperatures take their toll, and we all look for ways to escape the heat—even if only for a brief period.
The high desert cities of Joshua Tre...
Laugh Legend: Jo Anne Worley Returns to Michael Holmes' Purple Room
I asked Jo Anne Worley what the audience can expect from her shows at the Purple Room this Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25.
“A lot of singing—mainly comedy singing,” she replied. “And what I like to...
Western Lit: Historian Gordon Chang's New Book Reminds America of the Chinese Workers Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
At a 1969 celebration of the Transcontinental Railroad, 2,000 miles of track that linked the Central Pacific Railroad to the Eastern rail network, Transportation Secretary John Volpe crowed: “Who else...
Religious Rejection, Then Redemption: Steven Fales' Refreshed 'Confessions of a Mormon Boy' Arrives at Oscar's
Steven Fales has performed his Confessions of a Mormon Boy one-man show all over the world since its debut off-Broadway more than 13 years ago—but the show may never have happened without the support of...
Western Lit: Two New Books Examine What Trees Can Teach Us About the Environment—and Ourselves
A big tree can seem monolithic and solitary—several armspans of girth, a towering crown. Trees, though, are often part of a community. Through a network of roots and fungal threads, they can warn each...
The Power of Environment and Memory: CVRep's 'Good People' Is a Marvelously Acted Look at the Conflict Between Truth and Rationalization
We’ve reached the end of the season at most of the valley’s theater companies—sob! But what a year it’s been, and what a great way to end it: with Good People , at Coachella Valley Repertory.
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- From Melissa to Margaritaville: The McCallum Theatre Announces a Packed 2019-2020 Schedule
- Love, Loss, Laundry: Dezart Performs' 'Maytag Virgin' Is a Literally a Perfect Time at the Theater
- The White Party Turns 30: Dance-Music Diva Beth Sacks Gets Ready to Perform at the Biggest Dance Party in the Country
- Setting a Higher Bar: The Newly Independent Artists Council Christens Its New Home in Palm Desert With 'Metamorphosis'
- A Multi-Character Tour de Force: Chuck Yates and Alan Denny Hilariously Reprise Coyote StageWorks' First-Ever Show, 'Greater Tuna'
- It All Adds Up: Desert Ensemble's 'Proof' Is a Well-Acted Play—and You Don't Need to Like Math to Enjoy It
- Checkmate! CVRep Opens Its Stunning New Playhouse With a Fantastic Production of the Musical 'Chess'
- The Making of a Gay Icon: Charles Busch Brings His Personal Cabaret Show to the Purple Room
- Triumph Before Terror: Desert Rose's Perfectly Cast 'The View UpStairs' Is Inspired by a 1970s Gay Bar Befallen by Tragedy
- Western Lit: 'Because It Is So Beautiful' Features Masterful Essays That Unravel the Mystique of the American West
- Revelations on Race: Dezart Performs' 'White Guy on the Bus' Stuns With Its Unexpected Turns—and Wows With Its Acting
- History Repeating? One-Man Play ‘Wiesenthal (Nazi Hunter)’ Offers Valuable Lessons
- The Return of 'Desert X': The Second Edition of the Coachella Valley's Biennial Features an Amazing Array of Site-Specific Installations
- A True Renaissance Man: Michael Childers Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of 'Midnight Cowboy' While Preparing for His Star-Studded 'One Night Only'
- A Master of Language: Desert Ensemble Probes the Meaning of Relationships With Tony Padilla's 'For a Reason'
- A Hoot of a Good Time: Coyote StageWorks Pays Tribute to Country-Western Music With 'Honky Tonk Laundry'
- Western Lit: A Basque Writer Transplanted to the West Takes a Critical Look at America in 'Nevada Days'
- Making Art Active: The Goal of Art Palm Springs Is to Make Art an Experience—Not Something to Simply Be Viewed
- The Hollywood-Modernism Connection: How Did Our Dusty Little Community Become Such a Hotspot for Modernism? Our Arts Writer Breaks It Down
- Pondering Art and Race: CV Rep's 'White' Sparks the Viewer's Intellect, if Not the Viewer's Emotions
- A Star Turn: Judith Chapman Is Stunning as Tallulah Bankhead in Desert Rose's 'Looped'
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