By Bronwyn Ison
What is power? What does “power” mean to you? Is it imperative to feel a sense of power in your life? If so, why is this important? If your world revolves around attaining power in your life you may need to reevaluate your approach. The truth is most of us feel powerless more than we feel powerful.
It...
By Sunny Simon
After months of job searching, Diane was excited to be back in the workforce again. During the first day on her new job she emailed me two JPG files. Opening them I smiled with delight. One was a picture of a cafeteria and the second a bright red piggy bank. Contrary to what you may be thinking,...
Desert Rock Legend Brant Bjork performs at Coachella
By Tracy Dietlin
Homegrown desert rock legend Brant Bjork will take the stage at Coachella Music & Arts Festival on Friday, April 10 & 17. Bjork, who will be promoting his new album, Black Flower Power, assured me that he will also be performing some of his older material from the impressive and...
By Lisa Morgan
Like sands in the hour glass, so fly the days of our lives between music festival seasons, and every April, so do the numbers of transient music fans pouring into the Coachella Valley. This festival that takes place in our own back yard, now in its 15th year, has become one of the largest, most famous, and...
By Rich Henrich
The beast is upon us. There is nowhere to hide. A swarm of festive fans are heading to the Polo Fields for another addition of Awesome Sauce in the desert. The line up is set but as of this article, the bands were waiting for the final schedule of when they will take the stage. This year,...
By Lisa Morgan
While these guys have been labeled a “German Folk Duo”, do not let your predeterminations of what that might sound like fool you and keep you from discovering something kind of - well, amazing. In fact, this band would be considered an Americana Roots Alternative had they been born here. Still, the terms “Americana” and “alternative”, being...
By Lisa Morgan
Jamestown Revival is the musical autobiography of two friends, Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance, who grew up together in Magnolia, TX. While they ventured at solo careers, they never liked music as much as when they played it together, and as talented as they were, neither did their audiences. Ultimately the two had the audacity to pick...
By Rich Henrich Above Photo by Itzel Martinez
Music, like life, comes in cycles. We have movements and waves and of course, there is always a scene in the usual cities that tend to recycle cool like plastic. Then, there are those places that are remembered, if not revered, places that may never be an epicenter of trend...
By Rich Henrich
It might surprise you that this son of a singer/songwriter and self-proclaimed super fan of The Boss, yes, Bruce Springsteen, turned out to be the current Zeus of EDM. He’s seen The Boss over 30+ times, grew up going to Lollapalooza and Warped Tour and claims Elvis Costello as an inspiration. His musical versatility has guided his...
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be held at the Empire Polo Club on April 10, 11 and 12 and April 17, 18 and 19, 2015, at 81-800 Avenue 51.
ON FRIDAY APRIL 10 THROUGH SUNDAY APRIL 12 AND FRIDAY APRIL 17 THROUGH SUNDAY APRIL 19, THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS WILL BE PRIMARY ACCESS ROUTES FOR THE FESTIVALS:
Jefferson Street,...
IN PARTNER WITH PACSUN, “DOPE” THE MOVIE AND TEQUILA DON JULIO ON APRIL 11, 2015
Neon Carnival Returns for its Sixth Year During Music’s Most Celebrated Festival
The Neon Carnival, the famed late-night outdoor dance party created by Brent Bolthouse will return to Indio, CA on Saturday, April 11th for the sixth consecutive year with amusement park rides, games and more. ...
F&B Partner Five Leaves to Operate Pop-Up During Hotel’s Annual Coachella Celebration
Every year during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Ace Hotel & Swim Club catches the spirit of celebrating music, art and getting great people together. Their seventh annual Desert Gold — a kaleidoscopic feast of sight and sound and sun worship in the shadow of the...
Grammy Award Winning Musician, Photographer, Chronicler, and Blogger on Architecture and Design
The Annenberg Theater event, "Intersections: A Conversation with Moby," takes place Sunday, April 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. This engaging discussion with Moby will be moderated by designer Brad Dunning.
Best known for his music as a multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award winner, Moby is also a photographer,...
By Chris Clemens
Coachella Valley Community Trust (CVCT) announced it will hold the second Open Call on Saturday, May 2, for youth interested in participating in the new Academy of Musical Performance (AMP). Youth who will be completing 6th through 11th grades at the end of June 2015 are invited to perform to be considered for acceptance into the summer...
By Dee Jae Cox
Dark cannot begin to define Palm Canyon Theatre’s production of Tracy Letts’, play, “August:Osage County”. I don’t recall ever being so enthralled with a play that inspired such a dichotomy of emotion. I absolutely hated the story, but loved being reminded that good drama does not always come wrapped in a pretty package. This play is...
Week #12 of The Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition was an exciting end to the New Year's edition! The $100 weekly cash prize for 1st place, fantastic prizes for 2nd and 3rd places, and the new 50% judge vote and 50% audience applause vote, kept the audience on the edge of their seat. Once everyone performed and the anonymous...
We are so lucky to have some of the best musicians in southern California living right here in the desert.
By Patte Purcell
One of those is a very talented smooth jazz guitarist by the name of Joe Baldino. This talented artist is just that in every sense of the word. He brings a passion to his artistry with original songs...
By Monica Morones
M.C., songwriter, audio engineer, and entrepreneur Carlos Cruz also known as 2Toxic, is a man of many talents. A predominant presence in the local Hip Hop scene, Cruz has collaborated with more than a dozen local artists and in my opinion is one of the hardest working artist/producers in the Coachella Valley’s local Hip Hop scene right...
By Eleni P. Austin
The band Stiff Little Fingers has been a going concern since they formed in 1977. This is mostly due to the perseverance of vocalist/lead guitarist, Jake Burns.
The original trio of Jake Burns, guitarist Henry Cluney and bassist Ali McMordie started off playing in cover bands until they discovered Punk Rock. They took their name from a...
Saturday, April 18, 2015. This will be an Exciting Event!
By Rebecca Pikus
This year 8 Artists who live in Rancho Mirage will have their homes & studios open to the public. Meet the artists in their own creative environments, see how they create their art, hear their passion. In addition, for one day only, there will be a "Pop-Up"...
By Janet McAfee
You may be familiar with the incredible ability of dogs to detect odors way beyond our human capability. Dogs are used to detect drugs and explosives in airports, they help our military in combat detect land mines, and they valiantly work in search and recovery efforts to find missing people. Service dogs give epilepsy sufferers advance notice...
By Rick Riozza
So what happens when the unstoppable force of a wine steward who heads a thousand labels meets up with the immovable presence of a wine gal who carries the best rock n’ roll array of wines around town?
Well—I guess physics aside, they both exist in a loving wine world. And so it is that the lovely and...
By Raymond Bill
With spring upon us, many of our valley’s best restaurants have modified their menus to allow for seasonally available ingredients. Butternut and Tahitian Squash soups have been replaced with chilled Gazpachos. Prepare to see more pineapple and mango instead of citrus and pomegranate. At the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs, Simon Kitchen and Bar (created by celebrity...
By Tracy Dietlin
Sometimes a restaurant’s name can be deceiving. That would be the case with The Slice Restaurant.
Until last week, when I had the pleasure of dining there I had always thought it was “just” a pizza place. Much to the contrary, it is actually a full menu, Italian restaurant, and a very tasty one I might add.
My husband...
By Robin E. Simmons
Born in Vienna in 1890, Fritz Lang was encouraged to be an architect or engineer by his father, who owned a successful construction company. After a brief stint in a technical school, Fritz ran off to Munich and Paris to study art and be a painter. He traveled throughout Europe, Asia and North Africa and at...
By Heidi Simmons
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The Next Species
By Michael Tennesen
Non-Fiction
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The Earth is a wonderful home. It’s beautiful and filled with amazing creatures. As if perfectly designed for human beings, everything we need for life is here. However, in The Next Species: The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man (Simon & Schuster, 336 pages), author Michael Tennesen shows how the planet’s...
By Bruce Cathcart
I just finished reading an article titled “The Top 30 Cities to Retire in the US” which has obviously inspired the subject of this month’s Real Estate article for CV Weekly. In one of my previous articles I mentioned that I read a lot of “not so good” articles so you don’t have to… well this top...
By Haddon Libby
California uses about 38 BILLION gallons of water a day or nearly 14 TRILLION gallons of water annually. This equates to daily use of 976 gallons for every man, woman and child.
That is a lot of water.
When Governor Brown called for a cut of 25% in residential water usage, he was calling for a cut of 500...
While Desert Sun reported a story on April 7 about IRS scams and fraud, Dale Gribow has been educating CV Weekly readers on this subject for the last several weeks. You heard it first from attorney Dale Gribow’s weekly legal column right here in CV Weekly.
It pays to be educated (aware) of those trying to steal your hard earned...
We’ve all encountered them at one time or another, and never a pleasant experience “snakes!” (and I’m not referring to some of those ‘special’ people in your life). “Though snake season usually doesn’t start until mid-March and really picks up steam between April and May, there have been an alarmingly high increase in snake sightings says Fire Chief Sam...
Learn
The Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center (it’s for men, too) has a full slate of learning opportunities this week. On Tuesday, April 14th at 5:30pm, Carla Ulloa helps you walk through the steps necessary to qualify for a business loan. Her tips and suggestions will save you time and aggravation as you look for loans.
The next night (Wednesday, April...
Friday, May 1 • 10:00 am
84110 Manila Street, Indio
The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission will be hosting a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Grand Opening of its new Joel E. Smilow Annex, which will serve as an emergency shelter. The new building is located directly adjacent to the Rescue Mission at 84110 Manila St. The Annex consists of a 10,000 square...
By Julie Buehler
I’m unapologetically “old school.”
I’d rather be picked up in a Ford F-150 than some Ferrari on a first date.
I can carry on a conversation without the assistance of technology, you know, like with real people.
I still enjoy steak and potatoes and can recite the capitals of all 50 states.
I love a great defensive battle between 2 football...
By Flint Wheeler
In his swan song as MLB commissioner last year, Bud Selig scheduled opening day in Australia. Because, hey, nothing says spring and baseball more than playing the season’s first game at 3 a.m. ET 7,500 miles away from the nearest U.S. ballpark.
In his debut as MLB commissioner this year, Rob Manfred scheduled opening day at Wrigley Field...
Locals Connect to Create a World Free of MS
WHAT: Multiple sclerosis destroys connections. This unpredictable disease disconnects the mind and the body and disconnects people from one another. So it’s only fitting that our connections would be its greatest enemy. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Walk MS events connect people living with MS, people who care about someone with...
Week of April 9
© Copyright 2015 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Uitwaaien is a Dutch word that means to go out for a stroll in windy weather simply because it's exhilarating. I don't know any language that has parallel terms for running in the rain for the dizzy joy of it, or dancing through a meadow in the dark...
By Bronwyn Ison
Journalizing daily explores the thoughts and feelings encompassing the events of one’s life. Expressing your thoughts on paper is expedient in your personal growth as well as it relieves stress. Did you know expressing your thoughts on paper improves your mental and physical health? Studies indicate that if you journal you improve self-esteem.
When we journal we are...
By Sunny Simon
The other day I received a note from my friend Jenny in Florida. She read my column about turning down the noise and had this to say: “I try to remind myself everyday to make quiet time for myself. I’m getting better at it. I remember the time when we lost power for most of the evening...
By Dr. Peter Kadile
Doc, my wife is having trouble sleeping and she is sweating a lot at night. Could she be in menopause? She’s only 46 and I think she still gets her period.
Larry, Desert Hot Springs
Larry, menopause is the permanent end of menstruation and fertility, defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period. It can happen...
A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ARTISTS AND ACTIVITIES BRINGS FLOURISH AND FINESSE TO THE EVENT
By Alison Elsner
Just as an impressionist painting represents an overall image that, up close, reveals a significantly greater number of brushstrokes and juxtapositions of color than first realized, the Indian Wells Arts Festival is more than a showcase of original artists’ compositions.
Oh, rest assured, it definitely...
Transforming lives is the driving force behind the success of the Ophelia Project mentoring program; where every day in 11 desert area schools, 550 girls are learning the importance of education, nutrition, fitness and community involvement. Since its inception in 1998 - thanks to the contributions of individuals and companies - the Ophelia Project of the Coachella Valley has...
CELEBRATING 25 EPIC YEARS OF DINAH
April 1-5, 2015 the legendary Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend is turning twenty-five and taking the event to a new zenith.
A quarter-century ago, Mariah Hanson did more than just kick-start her Dinah. She also and most importantly launched what would become her enduring legacy to both the city of Palm Springs and the LGBT...
By Lydia Kremer
The Unforgettables Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to providing low-income families assistance with a dignified burial for their children, has announced that the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center will join in presenting The Unforgettables’ 2nd Annual “CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS CONFERENCE.
This educational summit will be held on Friday, April 10 in the Indian Wells Theater at California...
Palm Springs Art Museum today dedicated The Joseph Clayes III Exhibition Wing, formerly the McCallum Wing, and opens its inaugural exhibition tomorrow. The renaming of the museum's second largest exhibition wing was made possible by a $1 million donation from the Joseph Clayes III Charitable Trust.
"My uncle was a lifelong lover and patron of the arts and he would...
BY DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
The Vernal equinox sprang (Boing!) with great joy into all its Spring Fever, all its Spring Break, all its Spring Showers bringing May Flowers,(or more transparently Spring Flurries) on last Friday, on the 20th of March . And according to John Ruskin, English art critic and writer 0f the Victorian age, “Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces...
Millennium Palm Desert will include Residential, Retail and Professional Areas
by Michael Felci
Mario J. Gonzales of GHA Companies, one of the most respected developers of residential and commercial properties in the Coachella Valley, today announced the approval of the master plan for Millennium Palm Desert, a new 152-acre mixed-use lifestyle community to be built between Portola Road and Cook Street,...
By Dee Jae Cox
It’s rare that I leave a theater with a sense of neutrality about a show. I usually love it or hate it, but seldom am I on the fence. And that is why Coyote Stageworks production of Jonathan Tolins’ comedy, “Buyer & Cellar” is a unique viewing. I wanted to like it, I almost did, the...
By Craig Michaels
As a young boy, Fitz’s (Jim Fitzgerald) family owned racehorses. He became fascinated with race track announcers and soon began calling the races at home throughout his families’ intercom system. His Dad noticed his son’s natural talent and urged him to go to broadcast school. At the age of 18 he went to the National Academy of...
By Esther Sanchez
With a sound that defies labels, CV Music Awards nominees, The Sweat Act, have officially landed & hit the ground running. This high-energy group of twenty-something’s have created a sound that combines balls to the wall rock riffs with a skillful peppering of funk that could very well compel you to kick off your shoes & dance....
Week #11 of The Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition turned out some fun performances and an excited ending. The $100 weekly cash prize for 1st place, fantastic prizes for 2nd and 3rd places, and the new 50% judge vote and 50% audience applause vote, kept the audience intrigued. Once everyone performed and the anonymous judge vote was tallied and...
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