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Oh Baseball, Please Get Your Act Together…
By Flint Wheeler
Independent arbitrator Fredric Horowitz ruled Saturday that beleaguered Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez must serve a full, 162-game season suspension — plus the...
Palm Springs International Film Society
By Heidi Simmons
Belgium, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Israel, Japan and Morocco were just a few of the countries around the globe filmgoers were able to...
A Filmmaker Enters A Revolution
By Heidi Simmons
As inexpensive video technology has become readily accessible around the world, cameras are now in the hands of many, changing how we...
Jon Pebsworth of Buck-O-Nine
By Eric The Red
I’ve decided that this week, I’d change up my format a little bit. Most weeks, I write my articles by trying...
JP HOUSTON’S AMERICAN PARLOR SONGBOOK
By Robin Linn
........is a concept born from a wildly diverse background and the merging of two great talents with several creative influences? JP Houston...
JONATHAN WILSON “Fanfare” (Downtown Records)
By Eleni P. Austin
Jonathan Wilson is often referred to as the wunderkind of Laurel Canyon. Having just turned 39, he isn’t really that young....
MAX LIGHTBENDER
By Rebecca Pikus
When meeting Max Lightbender for the first time, you just know you are in the presence of a true Visionary Artist. With...
Baby, from Blindness to Hope
By Janet McAfee
The animals and their owners patiently stood in line awaiting their appointments at the low cost spay and neuter clinic in Indio....
Romantic Evenings of Wine at Miramonte
By Rick Riozza
There is no better way to enjoy your new year’s resolutions of healthy dining, a broadening wine experience, and enhancing romantic scenarios...
PS Underground: Kaos
By Raymond Bill
Now in the peak of the season, I am receiving dozens of requests from friends and readers of where to dine in...
LINGERING IMPRESSIONS FROM PSIFF
By Robin E. Simmons
The just-ended 25th edition of our wonderful winter film fest was for me the best ever selection of eclectic world films....
Words and Pictures
By Heidi Simmons
It’s a wonderful gift to be able to write words that conjure images. In fact, for a screenwriter it is essential magic....
Happy Hour Hotshots! Slim Man “King of the Springs show” at...
By Patte Purcell
The new late night Happy Hour Hotspot, VUE, which features the only place in the desert with entertainment fit for a king....
Mark Your Calendars!
IT’S BACK! FANTASY SPRINGS’ IMPROV COMEDY SERIES MAKES A COMICAL RETURN FOR THE 7th SEASON
You’ll be laughing all the way to the slots in...
Speak Canadian
By Haddon Libby
Coachella Valley loves our friends to the north who visit us from Canada. When these snowbirds migrate to our warmer surroundings for...
Food Trucks in Riverside
With the recent lifting of the ban against food trucks in Riverside County, people are beginning to think about mobile food eateries. This emerging...
725 Arrested in Riverside County Anti-DUI Campaign
By Dale Gribow
I had planned to write this week’s column on Accidents or Trusts or maybe even Business matters but the amount of arrests...
Alternative Fuels in Your Personal Economy
By John Paul Valdez
OK. So you haven’t lost any weight yet, and you have given up on your New Year’s resolution already. Allow me...
Don’t Let Your Guard Down!
January 17, 1994 seconds before 4:31 a.m. There were no immediate foreshocks or warning, out of nowhere a 6.7 Earthquake struck Northridge Ca. Most...
CES 2014: A New Path
By Jennifer Tan AKA Mrs Fett
CES 2014 has finally wrapped up, leaving everyone with a shopping list an arm long. A convention filled with...
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of January 16
© Copyright 2013, 2014 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Whose enemy are you? Are you anyone's adversary or obstructionist or least...
PROTEIN: ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH?
By Bronwyn Ison
Protein is essential for our diets and educating yourself of the importance of this nutrient is vital to a healthy body. One...
One Month, One Goal
By Sunny Simon
Optimism runs high in January. Most of us get pumped up about a number of challenges like creating a fitness routine and...
Canker Sores, Cold Sores, & Thrush
Dear Dr. Kadile, I get painful sores in my mouth several times a year. I’m confused if they are canker sores or cold sores....
Mayor’s Race, Swim and Wellness Festival
By Amy Blaisdell
In the effort to improve community health and well-being, knowledge is the key. The City of Palm Springs is working to help...
Action Filmmaker Dean Devlin Moves Transit in Positive Direction: Palm Springs...
By Heidi Simmons
How does a little story about Filipino immigrants in Israel grab the attention of the man behind the action blockbusters Stargate, Independence...
10 DIRECTORS TO WATCH
By Robin E. Simmons
Sunday (January 5) morning, Variety honored Jonah Hill, John Lee Hancock and "10 Directors to Watch" at a brunch presented by...
Making art more accessible: Using the airwaves to promote beauty to...
By Judith Salkin
“Remember we are all born artists. What we do with that, shapes who we are”
--Angela Valente Romeo
Never say to Angela Valente...
Rhythm, Wine & Brews Experience
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Buddy Guy and Aaron Neville to Headline March 1st, 2014 at Empire Polo Club
Empire Music Ventures is pleased to announce...
Football: The Greatest Entertainment In The History of Mankind
By Julie Buehler
Take that Hollywood.
Thanks for coming to Palm Springs and bringing your film festival, but it doesn’t matter how bright your stars shine,...
Polo Anyone?
By Heidi Simmons
For many, the only contact with polo is a little logo on a shirt: That famous silhouette of a horse and rider...
EXPLODING ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA…THEY ARE THE YOUNG FLY BILLIONAIRES
BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL UNDER AGE 10 WITH THE TALENT TO MAKE IT BIG IN POP, R&B and HIP HOP
By Brian Michaelz
Dynamite comes in...
Sounds of the Tribe(smen)
by Eric The Red
There is an incredibly eclectic mix of music being made in our valley. From rockabilly to metal, EDM to indie, the...
Slim Man at VUE
By Curtis Hendricks
I had the great pleasure of being invited to the King of The Springs show at VUE, Indian Wells Golf Resort. Not...
DJ Zephyr, a San Diego Transplant, Calls the Desert Home
By Craig Michaels
Growing up in Lemon Grove California, DJ Zephyr Brown is no stranger to the Southern California sunshine. He decided to move here...
FURST WURLD THEATER: A STEP BEYOND!
By Robin Linn
What Disneyland was to me as a kid....Furst Wurld is for me now as a music loving adult! And, I use the...
PARQUET COURTS “Light Up Gold” & “Tally All The Things You...
By Eleni P. Austin
“I didn’t come here to dream, or teach the world things/Define paradigms or curate no livin’ days.” That’s the opening salvo,...
MARIO PIKUS
By Rebbecca Pikus
Mario Pikus, Painter & Sculptor, won his first art award at 8 years old in his birthplace of Buenos Aires, Argentina. By...
The Cubicle Cats
By Janet McAfee
A Texas publishing company might not seem like the typical home for a cat. But for Jeffy, a tuxedo male cat rescued...
Wine Cuddling at Palms Springs Film Fest
By Rick Riozza
We are once again enjoying the glam at the 25th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, where the likes of Tom Hanks,...
A Perfect Mini-Vacation Right Up the Hill
The Pampered Palate Visits Idyllwild
By Raymond Bill
The best part about living in the Coachella Valley is our location. While northern sections of our nation,...
REMEMBERING PETER O’TOOLE
LIVING LARGE ON SCREEN AND OFF
By Robin E. Simmons
Peter Seamus O'Toole was born on August 2, 1932, in Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland.
He...
The First Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
By Heidi Simmons
The Coachella Valley is a place with a myriad of interesting events. When one festival ends, another begins. The First Annual Rancho...
January 2014 Is Full Of Entertainment!
THE DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE TO PRESENT “NITE CLUB CONFIDENTIAL”
The Desert Rose Playhouse, the Valley’s live stage company serving the LGBT community, will present Miss...
MAKING LEMONADE
By Haddon Libby
Last month The Milken Institute published a study analyzing the places where jobs are being created and sustained throughout the United States. ...
Humana Healthy Fun Fair
ShareKitchen will be participating in the Humana Healthy Fun Fair and Well Being Walk this weekend. The event will be held at the La...
Did You Get Popped For A DUI Over The Holiday Season????
By Dale Gribow
IF you were cited/arrested for a DUI, then these are some of the important Things you need to know.
The issues presented by...
DHS Is Still The Undiscovered Jewel… Why?
By John Paul Valdez
Homebuilders have returned to Indio, La Quinta, and PS. They avoid places like Desert Hot Springs because of lack of infrastructure...
No Flu For You!
“The Flu season is here and like a wildfire, it seems to be spreading rapidly says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.” Symptoms may include: A...