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Art Is Healing: La Quinta's Old Town Artisan Studios Helps Spread the Healing Power of Art to Anybody and Everybody
Tucked off a small side street in La Quinta Cove is a sparkling oasis of serenity and inclusiveness—dedicated to the healing power of art.
Founders Richard and Victory Grund created Old Town Artisan St...
From Melissa to Margaritaville: The McCallum Theatre Announces a Packed 2019-2020 Schedule
If you’re a data geek like I am, you can have a lot of fun with Pollstar magazine’s annual list of the Top 200 theater venues in the world .
For example: The Coachella Valley’s McCallum Theatre—considered...
Love, Loss, Laundry: Dezart Performs' 'Maytag Virgin' Is a Literally a Perfect Time at the Theater
Dezart Performs Artistic Director Michael Shaw is ending the company’s 11th season on a perfect note with Audrey Cefaly’s Maytag Virgin .
Set in rural Alabama, this charming story follows the burgeoning ...
The White Party Turns 30: Dance-Music Diva Beth Sacks Gets Ready to Perform at the Biggest Dance Party in the Country
The gay circuit party that helped revitalize Palm Springs is celebrating a milestone.
The White Party will be marking its 30th anniversary this year when it returns to the Palm Springs Convention Cente...
Setting a Higher Bar: The Newly Independent Artists Council Christens Its New Home in Palm Desert With 'Metamorphosis'
The Artists Council is now fully independent from the Palm Springs Arts Museum—and its inaugural exhibition as an independent organization, rather appropriately, is based on the theme Metamorphosis.
The...
A Multi-Character Tour de Force: Chuck Yates and Alan Denny Hilariously Reprise Coyote StageWorks' First-Ever Show, 'Greater Tuna'
Q: What is a “tuna?”
A: Well, snort , obviously, a fish.
Q: And what else ?
A: HUH?
OK, here it is, confidentially from me to you: A tuna , my darlings, is a kind of prickly pear cactus found in the desert! And ...
It All Adds Up: Desert Ensemble's 'Proof' Is a Well-Acted Play—and You Don't Need to Like Math to Enjoy It
It’s about math.
Oh no! Math was my worst subject in school, and here we are confronted with Proof , a play about real mathematical geniuses—the kind you see standing in front of an entire blackboard fil...
Checkmate! CVRep Opens Its Stunning New Playhouse With a Fantastic Production of the Musical 'Chess'
There is only one word to express the feeling one gets when entering Coachella Valley Repertory’s new digs: awe.
Artistic director Ron Celona and his board of directors have completely transformed the ...
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- 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'
- A Trip Back in Time: Dezart Performs' 'Perfect Arrangement' Perfectly Captures the Charm and Terror of the 1950s
- Telling the Valley's Story: A Rare Mural Is Coming to Palm Springs, Thanks to St. Paul in the Desert Church
- Books: Two New Works Illustrate How We're Tumbling Through a Kaleidoscope of Realities Without Facts
- Luck Be a Lady: A Chat With the Director of Palm Canyon Theatre's 'Guys and Dolls'
- Western Lit: A New Collection of Stories Focuses on the Quest for Love in the West
- Importing Opera: Movie-Theater Broadcasts of Shows From The Met Fill a Genre Void in the Coachella Valley
- A Campy Christmas Indeed: Desert Rose's 'Crawfords' Is a Silly and Hilarious Drag-Infused Holiday Musical
- Holiday Happenings: There Are a Lot of Festive Things to Do in December; Here's a Quick Primer
- Santa Comes to Cathedral City: Snow Fest Promises Holiday Cheer for All
- Creating Beautiful Things: Local Artist and Filmmaker Tysen Knight Shows the Incredible Talents of Homeless Street Artists
- Magic, Honestly: Penn and Teller Take a Break From TV and Their Vegas Residency to Perform at Agua Caliente
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