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Which Wine is Witch?
By Rick Riozza
A Halloween wine tasting party!? Don’t get spooked!—don’t be scared, you can pull it off. Hey! there’s nothing more disturbing and frightful...
AUTISTIC AUDITOR UNCOOKS THE BOOKS
By Robin E. Simmons
NOW PLAYING:
THE ACCOUNTANT
Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a math savant whose skills as an accountant in a small town strip mall...
Observing Motel Sex
By Heidi Simmons
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The Voyeur's Motel
by Gay Talese
Nonfiction
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People are fascinating to observe. Just look at the growing popularity of reality television programs. Perhaps there is...
POWERING THE FUTURE
By Haddon Libby
By now, everyone should have heard about Samsung Note 7 cellphones catching fire. The problem is due to the type of battery...
13 Lucky Insurance Secrets You Need to Know
By Dale Gribow
1. You should not buy insurance coverage for the market value of your home. Instead buy coverage based on a home's cost...
It’s a good time to be singing in the rain!
But make sure you’re driving safe in it while you’re singing… The National Weather Service is calling for a good chance of rain in...
Cubs Wait Is Finally Over…
By Flint Wheeler
Cursed by a Billy Goat, bedeviled by Bartman and crushed by decades of disappointment, the Chicago Cubs are at long last headed...
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of October 27
© Copyright 2016 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I invite you to fantasize about what your four great-grandmothers and four great-grandfathers...
Common Medical Myths That Just Aren’t True
By Dr. Peter Kadile
The stuff that “people say” or “my mother would always tell me”…
Cold weather causes colds.
This is something my mother is still...
How to Ace Happiness
By Sunny Simon
It happened again yesterday. While doing some volunteer work at a conference, I met Coach Valerie Alexander selling her book, “Happiness …as...
BB’s 32nd Annual Halloweekend
By Denise Ortuno Neil
It’s that special creepy time of year when thoughts of witches, vampires and ghosts fill the imagination and ghouls come out...
High Desert and Nashville Music Scenes Collide… in the Low Lands…...
Friday, October 21st at The Hood Bar & Pizza
By Lisa Morgan
The Hood Bar and Pizza is offering plenty of selections this season, and I’m...
An Intimate Night with Paul McCartney and Me (and 300 Lucky...
By Lisa Morgan
It was October 12, Wednesday night. My phone started buzzing with texts and voicemails. Not an unusual occurrence for me; I keep...
DESERT TRIPPED OUT
By Tracy Dietlin
It's been such a "Trip" the last 2 weekends, both attending Weekend 1, and hearing all my friends share their experiences and...
The Vortex Music & Arts Festival
Saturday, October 22nd from 12 to 8pm
By Morgan James
The city of Desert Hot Springs is an artistic mecca comprising of brilliant visual artists and...
Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton Bring Down the House While Passing...
By Noe Gutierrez
The Desert Trip shows seemed like bookends to an amazing Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton show at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort...
The Mighty Delta-Tones
By Morgan James
This week I caught up with Scott E Stone, lead vocalist and harmonica player for the esteemed blues band The Mighty Delta-Tones....
BIG STAR “Complete Third” (Omnivore Records)
By Eleni P. Austin
One of the biggest mysteries of Rock N’ Roll is: why wasn’t Alex Chilton a bigger star? A preternaturally gifted musician,...
Andrew Ford
By Patte Purcell
Who's that chill bass player? That's Andrew Ford who plays with some of the top acts in the world! He toured with...
CV Open Mic Competition 2016: Week 3
By Morgan James
What a crowd! What talent! Each week boasts a slew of patrons fired up and ready to join in on the action...
PALM SPRINGS AERIAL TRAM ROAD CHALLENGE OCTOBER 22
By Craig Michaels
For some, a trip to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway means riding up the mountain to the top Tram station for some...
Help Find Midnight!
By Janet McAfee
Your heart aches when a beloved pet goes missing. You feel the angst of not knowing their fate, wondering if they are...
It’s Always Martini Time—Unveiling the Vermouth
By Rick Riozza
It’s sure been the craze this past decade; flavored vodkas continue to mount the shelves with new and fancy essences from, seemingly,...
A Shared Kitchen for Culinary Entrepreneurs
By ShareKitchen
For many caterers, bakers, and food vendors, the cost of opening a restaurant or catering business can be daunting, if not wholly prohibitive....
Village Pub Celebrates 21 Years
With Mayor Moon and a Palm Springs Chamber Ribbon Cutting.
Event includes New Menu Food Samplings, Entertainment, Raffle Prizes and More!
Village Pub is celebrating 21 years...
SHIELDS DATE GARDEN HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL TASTE OF EAST VALLEY
Event Will Showcase More Than a Dozen Restaurants, Feature Live Music
The City of Indio, in partnership with the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of...
A MOVING EXPERIENCE AT MARY PICKFORD THEATER
By Robin E. Simmons
This week I had an opportunity to check out the new “D-Box” motion activated seats at the newly remodeled Mary Pickford...
NEW RETRO THRILLERS FOR HI-DEF HOME VIEWING
By Robin E. Simmons
Film buffs and collectors everywhere are grateful for the handful of boutique home video distributors (besides Criterion) that have licensed, transferred...
A Life and Death
By Heidi Simmons
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When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
Memoir
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Death is often difficult to talk about and it feels especially strange to consider one's own passing. ...
Dedicated to the Men of Engine Company 57
“I can’t believe it’s been 10 years. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was home in Orange County leaving for work in Los...
RECOGNIZING LGBT HISTORY MONTH
By Maria Miranda
Social Security District Manager in Palm Springs, CA
Social Security is committed to treating all Americans fairly. This commitment extends to Lesbian, Gay,...
OLDCHELLA DUI ARREST?
By Dale Gribow
There are more DUI FATALITIES in the Coachella Valley, per capita, than anywhere else in California. Thus it is logical that DUI...
Week 7 Key Matchups
By Flint Wheeler
Can you believe it’s week 7 already? Almost the halfway point of the NFL season includes a great AFC clash that looked...
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of October 20
© Copyright 2016 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1980s, two performance artists did a project entitled A Year Tied...
LIFE’S TESTS
By Bronwyn Ison
In life we are challenged with tests and passing them is a part of never giving up. Without trials and tribulations we...
HAVE YOU HEARD?
By Doug Morin
Executive Director, Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine
Do you know that your ears never stop hearing, even when you sleep? Your brain just...
Timely Kudos
By Sunny Simon
On a serious mission to purge unwanted files, I filtered through the masses of paper in my office and unearthed an old...
My Desert Trip Experience: EPIC
By Tracy Dietlin
My first festival was in North Carolina when I was 15. Since then I’ve been to numerous festivals including, the US festival...
Captain (Morgan’s) Log, Desert Trip 2016
By Lisa Morgan
Day 1:
The sound was pristine no matter where you wandered at this historic event. Each vocal and each instrument had its special...
DESERT TRIP PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
By Laura Hunt Little/Photographer
The elements that make rock legends even larger-than-life were running full tilt at Desert Trip. A massive stage with state-of-the-art PA,...
The Hellions Celebrate 18 Years Of Rocking The Desert And A...
And You Are Invited: October 28th at The Hood Bar & Pizza
By Esther Sanchez
At what is sure to be one of the parties of...
The Bermuda
By Morgan James
With music success outside of the Coachella Valley, Hip Hop group, The Bermuda is bringing their music home to share with an...
PUBLIC ACCESS T.V. “Never Enough” (Cinematic Music Group)
By Eleni P. Austin
Trying to describe Public Access T.V. using just one or two adjectives is nearly impossible. The band’s sound encompasses Punk, New...
Mia St. John’s Biggest Fight
By Noe Gutierrez
Making headlines on "CBS This Morning" and "Entertainment Tonight" about the highly publicized and controversial suicide of their beloved son Julian, actor...
The LA Women’s Theatre Project Celebrates the 2nd Annual “Women Making History...
Gloria Steinem said, “Women have always been a part of the past. We just haven’t always been a part of history.”
2016 marks the 96th...
“INCREDIBLE HULK’s” FERRIGNO LEGACY FITNESS COMPETITION WEEKEND RETURNS TO PALM SPRINGS
Lou Ferrigno and Lou Ferrigno, Jr. Welcome Pro and Amateur Bodybuilders, Powerlifters and 3,000 Fitness Fans this October 28-30th
The 3rd Annual Ferrigno Legacy™ presented by...
Season Opening Mixer at The ART Place in Palm Desert
By Craig Michaels
The Art Place in the Palm Desert Design District has been a destination for designers and homeowners for over 20 years and...