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Pandemic Stories: As the COVID-19 News Intensified, Local Theaters Struggled With the Decision on Whether or Not to Remain Open. Then the Decision Was Made for Them.
Ron Celona looked weary as patrons entered the CVRep Playhouse in Cathedral City for the Saturday, March 14, matinee performance of The City of Conversation.
This was supposed to be a bustling, packed w...
Let's Hear it for the 'Boys': Palm Canyon Theatre Gets Set to Stage a Classic 1968 Gay-Themed Play
To the characters in The Boys in the Band , someone like Pete Buttigieg would have been inconceivable—a happily out (and married) man who was a serious candidate for the U.S. presidency.
When Boys premiere...
Raw, Real and Relevant: Desert Rose Playhouse's Beautiful Thing' Tells a Story of Young, Forbidden Love
Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing was first performed in London back in 1993, when revealing one’s homosexuality was much scarier, but the play’s themes of forbidden love and the struggle for self-accep...
Western Lit: A Longtime Charles Bowden Reader Remembers the Complicated Author Through Two Newly Released Books
Even now, six years after Charles Bowden died, I still roam around bookstores, hoping I missed an old title of his, or wondering if an editor has unearthed a long-lost manuscript. Ever since I first e...
Legendary Leaps: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to the McCallum
Chalvar Monteiro was 11 years old when he first saw the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. One of his four sisters worked at a performing-arts center in New Jersey, and he came away marveling at “not...
Work, Life, Drama: An Amazing Cast Brings to Life Dezart Performs' Fantastic 'Sweat'
Work: Love it or loathe it, it determines everything about you. It affects where you live, what you drive, how you dress, the hours you keep, how you shop, who shares your life, whether you rent or ow...
Western Lit: In 'Billionaire Wilderness,' Sociologist Justin Farrell Explores the Ways Wealth Shapes Wyoming and the Rest of the Western U.S.
Jutting more than 7,000 feet from the valley floor, the Teton Range offers some of the United States’ most dramatic vistas. But the jagged peaks are mirrored by equally sharp economic divides in the c...
Building Dance in the Desert: The Palm Springs Dance Project Shows Off Its Efforts With a Series of March Performances and Events
The Palm Springs Dance Project has burst onto the scene as a new and exciting dance program that merges professionals with local students—and the public will get to see the fruits of the program durin...
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- Western Lit: A New Book Examines Andy Warhol's Western Art—and How It Failed to Address Racism
- Modern Dance, Midmod Home: A Chat With The Gala House Owner D'Re Stergios About Her Modernism Week Collaboration With Nickerson-Rossi Dance
- The Perils of Marriage: Coyote StageWorks Kicks Off Its New Season in Its New Home With a Masterful Production of 'A Doll’s House, Part 2'
- Art on an International Stage: Art Palm Springs Offers Local Galleries a Chance to Reach a Worldwide Audience—Without Leaving Home
- Sweet but Slow: CVRep's Ambitious 'Ballroom' Has Numerous Lovely Moments—but the Pacing Is Problematic
- Simply Shocking: Desert Ensemble's Well-Acted Production of 'Adoption Roulette' Is One of the Most Suspenseful Plays You'll Ever See
- Midcentury Magnified: Tips and Tricks on Enjoying Modernism Week on a Budget and/or at the Last Minute
- Ambient, Passive and Mostly Pleasant: Zach Fleming-Boyles Heads to the Backstreet Art District to Combine His Music and His Art for the First Time
- The Old West Gone Gay: Desert Rose Prioritizes Laughs and Physiques Over Singing Talent and Plot for New Musical 'Those Musclebound Cowboys'
- Love and Marriage: Dezart Performs' 'Daniel's Husband' Is Heart-Wrenching and Flawless
- Western Lit: 'The Dreamt Land' Looks at California's History to Understand the Current Water Crisis
- Western Lit: National Book Awards Fiction Finalist 'The Other Americans' Centers on a Racism-Tinted Incident in the High Desert
- Art at the Polo Grounds: The Southwest Arts Festival Shows Off the Works of Amazing Artists You've Probably Never Heard Of
- Mizell Takes Off: Wes Winter, the Mizell Senior Center's Executive Director, Talks About the Annual Stars Among Us Gala
- Western Lit: Brandon Shimoda Sifts Through His Family's History—Including the U.S. Internment of Japanese Americans
- A Night of Wintry Bliss: Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services Throws a Big Party to Raise Both Awareness and Much-Needed Funds
- Campy Comedy at Its Best: Desert Rose Again Celebrates 'Christmas With the Crawfords'
- Show Tunes Gone Silly: CVRep Brings Back Its Twisted Broadway Fundraiser
- A Holiday Zoo: The Living Desert Brings the Nighttime Cheer with WildLights
- A Fly on the Wall: CVRep's 'Dinner With Friends' Is a Well-Acted, Quiet Exploration of the Nature of Relationships
- Demonic Possession, Passion and Puppet Sex: Dezart Performs' 'Hand to God' Is a Perfectly Cast, Hilarious Dark Comedy Tour de Force
- Elevated Enjoyment: The Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival Offers a Lot of Fun—Both in the Sky and on the Ground
- Tradition With a Twist: Five Questions With Tizoc De Aztlan, Founder of Run With Los Muertos
- For Barbara and Jerry: The Newly Independent Artists Council's Annual Exhibition Pays Tribute to a Couple Who Means So Much to the Organization
- 'Mormon Boy' Is Back: Steven Fales' One-Man Show Makes a Home at Hotel Zozo Through January
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