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Western Lit: Brandon Shimoda Sifts Through His Family's History—Including the U.S. Internment of Japanese Americans
In The Grave on the Wall , poet and essayist Brandon Shimoda focuses on what remains after great loss. In this work of lyric nonfiction, he writes about his grandfather, Midori Shimoda, who died after y...
A Night of Wintry Bliss: Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services Throws a Big Party to Raise Both Awareness and Much-Needed Funds
On Dec. 7, the folks with Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services will transform the Pacific Hangar of the Palm Springs Air Museum into a “winter wonderland.” The goals: Raise money for the organizat...
Campy Comedy at Its Best: Desert Rose Again Celebrates 'Christmas With the Crawfords'
Desert Rose Playhouse is kicking off the holiday season in high style with a return of Christmas With the Crawfords , created by Richard Winchester and written by Mark Sargent. Artistic director Robbie ...
Show Tunes Gone Silly: CVRep Brings Back Its Twisted Broadway Fundraiser
If your holiday schedule is not yet completely packed, take note: Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre is bringing back its popular Twisted Broadway fundraiser.
What makes these revues of show tunes twiste...
A Holiday Zoo: The Living Desert Brings the Nighttime Cheer with WildLights
For the 27th year in a row, the unique WildLights holiday extravaganza at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert will be one of Santa’s favorite stops in the Coachella Valley—so much so that...
A Fly on the Wall: CVRep's 'Dinner With Friends' Is a Well-Acted, Quiet Exploration of the Nature of Relationships
The Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre has begun its first full season in the company’s wonderful new playhouse in Cathedral City—and, rather appropriately, this season’s theme is “New Beginnings.”
The...
Demonic Possession, Passion and Puppet Sex: Dezart Performs' 'Hand to God' Is a Perfectly Cast, Hilarious Dark Comedy Tour de Force
Great theater should do more than just entertain us. Ideally, it challenges us, uplifts us—or stuns and outrages us, and perhaps forces us to re-examine some of our core beliefs. Dezart Performs’ prod...
Elevated Enjoyment: The Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon Festival Offers a Lot of Fun—Both in the Sky and on the Ground
Look … up in the sky! It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s a hot-air balloon—and you could be in it!
The Sixth Annual Cathedral City Hot Air Balloon and Food Truck Festival will take place Friday through ...
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- 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
- Western Lit: 'The End of the Myth' Probes the Injustice of Manifest Destiny—and Its Relationship to the 2016 Election
- Consummate Campy Chaos: Desert Rose's 'Die, Mommie Die!' Is a Perfectly Cast, Completely Bonkers Theatrical Experience
- In Praise of Plants: The 14th Annual Desert Garden Community Day Celebrates the Desert's Varied Vegetation
- Oy Vey! The Encore Theatre District Kicks Off the 2019-2020 Show Season With the Enjoyable '25 Questions for a Jewish Mother'
- Behind the Bash: Party Planner Extraordinaire BB Ingle Moves His Halloween Event to The Show at Agua Caliente
- Back to the '60s! Modernism Week's Fall Preview Includes More Than 50 Ways to Celebrate Palm Springs' Midcentury Vibe
- Overcoming Indoctrination: Cathy Schenkelberg's One-Woman Show Explains How Scientology Almost Ruined Her—and How She Escaped
- Western Lit: Joe Wilkins' Debut Novel Tackles Male Relationships, Public Lands and Political Divisions
- High-Flying Show: The Palm Canyon Theatre Kicks Off Its New Season With 'Peter Pan'
- Comedy as Healing: Felipe Esparza Brings His Bilingual, Personal Comedy to Morongo
- For Women, By Women: The First Palm Springs Women's Week Celebrates 'Lesbian Culture and Thought' and Is Open to All
- Western Lit: Kali Fajardo-Anstine's Story Collection Tells the Tales of Women, in Fractured Families, in a Gentrifying City
- The Kids Are the Stars: Green Room Theatre Company Shows Off Its Summer Students' Work in a Huge Production of 'Sister Act'
- Western Lit: This Profound Posthumous Selection of Ellen Meloy's Essays Is a Great Introduction to the Desert Scribe's Works
- Patrons of the Arts: The H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation Has Helped Thousands of People by Supporting Local Creative Nonprofits
- Western Lit: 'Maid' Puts a Face on the Things America's Poor Go Through to Stay Afloat
- Summer in Stitches: Desert Rose's 'Ruthless!' Is a Near-Perfect Musical Romp
- Helping the Community CREATE: After Almost Closing 18 Months Ago, the CREATE Center for the Arts Is Expanding—and Thriving
- Western Lit: Pam Houston Shares Personal Tales About Rural Living in 'Deep Creek'
- Shows for the Community: Encore Wants to Present Affordable Theater With a Message
- High Desert Destinations: Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley Have a Lot to Offer Lovers of Visual Arts
- Laugh Legend: Jo Anne Worley Returns to Michael Holmes' Purple Room
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