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Arts and Culture
A Virtual Laugh Riot: The Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Returns—Virtually, of Course—in October
Anyone need a good laugh? A chuckle? A giggle?
If you answered “no,” we want whatever mind-altering substances you’ve been taking. But if you’re like the rest of us, subsisting on a daily diet of COVID...
Drive-In Musical: The Brand-New North Star Theatre Company Plans to Launch in October With an Outdoor Performance of 'West Side Story'
Thespians everywhere have been aching for the day they can re-enter the world of theater, which was shut down suddenly—along with almost everything else—in March.
The brand-new North Star Theatre Compa...
Culture Outdoors: The Palm Springs Cultural Center Has Big Plans for the Fall—Starting With the Return of LGBTQ Film Fest Cinema Diverse
In September, the Palm Springs Cultural Center will reach the six-month anniversary of being shut down—along with all other venues across the state—by COVID-19.
While the doors of the Cultural Center b...
A Mystery in Orvieto: An Excerpt From David Eugene Perry's New Novel 'Upon This Rock'
An American couple in Italy investigates the suicide of a cleric in the picturesque city of Orvieto—and finds themselves plunged into a conspiracy that may destroy the Catholic Church in the new thril...
Sittable Art: Artists Beautify Another Round of Benches Along Palm Canyon Drive
If you’ve been in downtown Palm Springs recently, you may have seen—or even sat on—one of the 10 newly painted public benches now adorning the downtown sidewalks on Palm Canyon Drive between Amado and...
Can the Show Go On? Theater Companies Don't Know When They'll Be Able to Take the Stage Again—but a New Alliance Is Helping Them Support Each Other Until That Time Comes
Before everything went to hell, the Coachella Valley theater community was enjoying, by far, its most successful season ever.
CVRep was reveling in its first full season in its gorgeous new home, the C...
Moving Open Call From the Stage to the Screen: The McCallum Theatre's Annual Local-Talent Showcase Moves to Video and Will Air on KESQ
Every year, the McCallum Theatre showcases local performers via its Open Call Talent Project—but the series of April shows, like so many other events, was a casualty of the coronavirus epidemic.
Howeve...
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...
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- 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
- Pandemic Stories: How One Desert Tattoo Shop Owner Is Coping With the Shutdown—and How She Plans to Safely Reopen
- Pandemic Stories: The Children's Discovery Museum, the CV History Museum and the PS Art Museum Cope With the Closure—and Develop Reopening Plans
- Divas, Tony Winners and a Sad Clown Who Sings: The McCallum Theatre—With Fingers Crossed—Announces a Packed 2020-2021 Season
- 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
- 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.
- Let's Hear it for the 'Boys': Palm Canyon Theatre Gets Set to Stage a Classic 1968 Gay-Themed Play
- Raw, Real and Relevant: Desert Rose Playhouse's Beautiful Thing' Tells a Story of Young, Forbidden Love
- Western Lit: A Longtime Charles Bowden Reader Remembers the Complicated Author Through Two Newly Released Books
- Legendary Leaps: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to the McCallum
- Work, Life, Drama: An Amazing Cast Brings to Life Dezart Performs' Fantastic 'Sweat'
- Western Lit: In 'Billionaire Wilderness,' Sociologist Justin Farrell Explores the Ways Wealth Shapes Wyoming and the Rest of the Western U.S.
- Building Dance in the Desert: The Palm Springs Dance Project Shows Off Its Efforts With a Series of March Performances and Events
- 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
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