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Arts and Culture
Free Yuks: Socially Distanced Comedy and Magic Is Coming Twice a Month to The River in Rancho Mirage
(Editor's note: After one show, this comedy series has been discontinued.)
It may seem like nothing’s funny anymore—but producer/comedian Max Mitchell would beg to disagree.
Max Mitchell’s Comedy and Ma...
The Goals of the Desert AIDS Project’s Star-Studded 'Voices of Hope': Entertain, Raise Money, and Serve as a Test Run for Other Virtual Events
Many local nonprofits depend on large signature events to raise a significant portion of the money they need.
However, large events are currently not safe—and won’t be until the COVID-19 pandemic is ov...
Pandemic Stories: How One Desert Tattoo Shop Owner Is Coping With the Shutdown—and How She Plans to Safely Reopen
Perhaps you’ve thought about getting some work on your arm, or maybe adding some colorful scales to the massive dragon inked on your back. Maybe you have a yen for a nipple-piercing … or something mor...
Pandemic Stories: The Children's Discovery Museum, the CV History Museum and the PS Art Museum Cope With the Closure—and Develop Reopening Plans
The coronavirus has made a lot of people realize they’ve been living life with a gross underappreciation for human connection—including the ability to go to a museum and learn with others.
So … how do ...
Divas, Tony Winners and a Sad Clown Who Sings: The McCallum Theatre—With Fingers Crossed—Announces a Packed 2020-2021 Season
Mitch Gershenfeld has been booking shows at the McCallum Theatre for more than two decades now—and it’s a vast understatement to say he’s never experienced a season like this.
The longtime McCallum pre...
Pandemic Stories: The Only Person I Can Interview In-Person Is My Husband—So He Told Me the Story About How His Clarinet Saved His Life
Ted Pethes is a lifelong musician who is about to turn 92.
In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, many people are pausing to reflect on the twists and turns of their lives—and looking back at his lo...
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...
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