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The Old West Gone Gay: Desert Rose Prioritizes Laughs and Physiques Over Singing Talent and Plot for New Musical 'Those Musclebound Cowboys'
Yee haw, little dogies! If’n you’re hankering for a Western-flavored good time, slap on yer best bib and tucker, and mosey on down to the Desert Rose Playhouse! Those Musclebound Cowboys From Snake Pit...
Love and Marriage: Dezart Performs' 'Daniel's Husband' Is Heart-Wrenching and Flawless
Any professional critic worth his or her salt strives to be fair, tactful, entertaining and, most of all, honest. To regularly gush or fawn over productions would cause us to lose our credibility. But...
Western Lit: 'The Dreamt Land' Looks at California's History to Understand the Current Water Crisis
My mother grew up on a tiny farm on the outskirts of Bakersfield in the 1960s. When I was little, she told me stories about the Basques who sheared their sheep, and a childhood spent wandering among t...
Western Lit: National Book Awards Fiction Finalist 'The Other Americans' Centers on a Racism-Tinted Incident in the High Desert
In her brilliant fourth novel, The Other Americans , Moroccan-American writer Laila Lalami paints an unsparing portrait of the American West, deliberately rejecting the familiar frontier stories of rede...
Art at the Polo Grounds: The Southwest Arts Festival Shows Off the Works of Amazing Artists You've Probably Never Heard Of
January marks the start of the “high season” of activity at the world-famous Empire Polo Club—and before the huge music events arrive in April, the grounds will host the 34th edition of the Southwest ...
Mizell Takes Off: Wes Winter, the Mizell Senior Center's Executive Director, Talks About the Annual Stars Among Us Gala
Wes Winter started his new job as the executive director of the Mizell Senior Center last March—but before he officially began, he got a taste of what he was getting himself into at the 2019 Stars Amo...
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...
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- 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
- 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
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