By Josh Zipperman
The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) in partnership with the Riverside County Department of Public Health are conducting a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the CV Link project and will host two public forums on Thursday, March 19, 2015 to discuss how the CV Link design, construction, and operation can be improved based on research findings....
And often without recognition, for more than 130 years, the devoted women and men of the American Red Cross have responded to challenges at home and abroad with compassion and generosity. In times of conflict and great tragedy, they deliver humanitarian relief, save lives, and offer hope for a brighter tomorrow. Their service has meant so much to so many,...
Coachella Valley History Museum Heritage Festival
Join ShareKitchen at the Coachella Valley History Museum located at 82616 Miles Avenue in Old Town Indio for the Heritage Festival on Saturday, March 28 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. This year’s festival is FREE and is also celebrating the 85th anniversary of the City of Indio with a variety of multicultural foods,...
By Julie Buehler
Monday March 16th, a young man, a good, up-and-coming NFL linebacker, Chris Borland, announced he was retiring from the NFL.
He is 24 years old. Played only his rookie season before deciding he’d had enough.
And while this offseason we saw the likes of 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis retire due to a chronic foot injury and former Tennessee Titan...
By Flint Wheeler
Baseball is America’s favorite pastime, but the National Football League is the American sports fan’s obsession. If you needed any reminder or reinforcement of that notion, it came last week during the start of NFL free agency, when rampant rumors became actual roster renovation.
Former Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis got p-a-i-d by the J-E-T-S. Ndamukong Suh got the...
Spin Classes, Bike Rentals, Valet Service, Glow-in-the-Dark Giveaways
The City of Palm Springs' Office of Sustainability is excited to present the 3rd Cycledelic nighttime bike safety event. This colorful, fluorescent and glow-in-the-dark bike ride and vendor festival will take place Thursday, April 30, 2015 and coincide with the weekly Villagefest in downtown Palm Springs and is part of the non-motorized...
Week of March 19
© Copyright 2015 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You're entering a time and space known as the Adlib Zone. In this territory, fertile chaos and inspirational uncertainty are freely available. Improvised formulas will generate stronger mojo than timeworn maxims. Creativity is de rigueur, and street smarts count for more than book-learning. May I offer some mottoes...
By Bronwyn Ison
Three of the most challenging phrases to communicate to another human being are “I love you, I’m sorry, and I need help.” Each of us has allowed these words to escape our lips and yet they are still difficult to utter repeatedly. When we use these words it positions us in a vulnerable space and thus creates...
By Sunny Simon
Last week I attended a workshop given by a dynamic comedy writer. To kick off the class she asked us to sit with people we did not know. Instructions were given for a three minute exercise. Groups were chartered with creating a list of things we all had in common. By the time the ending bell sounded...
Desert CrossFit is thrilled to host the first annual “Just for the HEALTH of it!” Wellness Fair, set to take place on March 21st from 12-4 p.m. The event will bring together 20+ specialized vendors, in an effort to promote health and wellness to all local residents and their pets. Owner Cheryl Cohen will be present at the event...
“St. Jude Week in the Desert” Raises $1,120,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
By Andrea Carter
The 5th Annual Warburton Celebrity Golf Tournament wrapped up at the Classic Club in Palm Desert today with a check presentation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for $1,120,000 following “St. Jude Week” in the desert – which included a 5k Walk/Run, Songwriter’s Night,...
THE LITTLE CLUB THAT COULD' STRIVES TO BE A POSITIVE PLACE FOR KIDS
By Edward L Prichard III
The Cathedral City Boys & Girls Club's (CCBGC) mission is simple yet impactful:
Our mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
For over thirty-five years now, the...
The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa Features Award-winning, Chart-topping Smooth Jazz Musicians on March 21
By Chris Clemens
The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa brings to the stage "Smooth Jazz All-stars" featuring Gregg Karukas, Jessy J, Brian Simpson and Michael Paulo at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, as the second concert of "The Grooves at the...
Tommy Biddle, the highest-rated arena polo player in the world, will be competing in this tournament.
By Lynn Bremner
For the third time in the history of polo in the desert, there will be a high-goal arena polo game at Empire Polo Club. The United States Polo Association (USPA) has awarded the 23-Goal USPA Townsend International Challenge Cup to Empire Polo...
BY DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
There’s nothing like a little music to bring us around to n full consciousness from our winter stupor and to put us in the right mood for “The Rites of Spring,” a ballet composed by Stravinsky that sent the swells in tails and swellistas in tulle to riot at its Parisian premiere in 1913.—Tra la, Tra-la. (And...
Launches March 16 on KVCR PBS TV
The regional travel series, Southwest Stories with Steve Brown, launches Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. on KVCR PBS Television. Southwest Stories takes viewers on road trips from the California deserts into the Southwest, introducing them to fascinating people and destinations in the region.
Brown is an award-winning journalist and publisher of The Sun...
By Dee Jae Cox
If you can only see one play this year, go and see Coachella Valley Repertory’s production of Carmen Rivera’s, “La Gringa.” This Obie Award winning play, which is in its sixteenth year of an off Broadway production, is now running through March 22nd at the CV Rep.
Rarely does a play make me laugh and cry with...
Week #8 of The Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition New Year’s edition was a great night for newcomers! Between the new $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, the competitors were ready to give it their all. Plus, giveaways from the...
By Monica Marones
Grammy Award Winning Singer Songwriter NE-YO is back in the Coachella Valley on March 14th to perform at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. In January he released his 6th studio album Non-Fiction keeping to his R&B pop style but adding a bit of bad boy flavor with collaborations with T.I., Juicy J, Jeezy, ScHoolboy Q, and Pit Bull.
Born...
By Lisa Morgan
It was March 1, 2013. I was new to writing music articles for CV Weekly, but not new to the music industry. New to the desert was this power trio who had just added a new bass player. The band, The Rebel Noise automatically had my interest with their ballsy chick drummer, who happened to be a...
By Noe Gutierrez
The ocean meets the desert on Saturday March 21, 2015 at 9 p.m. at Schmidy’s Tavern when The Outriders out of Costa Mesa, CA gallivant into the Coachella Valley for the first time to double up with Joshua Tree natives Gene Jr. & The Family for a night of world-class music. Long time Orange County regulars The...
By Eleni P. Austin
Gang Of Four is probably one of the most significant bands of the last 35 years, influencing Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nirvana, Fugazi, Jane’s Addiction, INXS, Bloc party, Interpol, Futureheads, No Knife, Franz Ferdinand and R.E.M. Chances are, you have probably never heard of them.
Guitarist Andy Gill, vocalist Jon King, bassist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo...
By Chris Clemens
Contemporary Art Council Chairman Steven Biller (second left) thanked the event's co-chairs - Sandra Comrie (left), Nancy Allen-Blum and Marlene O'Sullivan
Palm Springs Art Museum's Contemporary Art Council's (CAC) exciting exhibition and fundraiser, ARTrageous, attracted 245 collectors and enthusiasts who helped raise $350,000, largely through the live and silent auctions, as well as through sponsorships and ticket sales.
The...
By Janet McAfee
Adorable Charlie, with an angel face and unique freckled fur coat, was getting overlooked at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus, our Riverside county shelter in Thousand Palms. I spotted the small dog clamoring to be petted in his shelter kennel, and noted it was his third week of adoption availability. I posted his photo on my Facebook...
By Rick Riozza
As we are all experiencing—right in the middle of tourist season here—music and food & wine events are simply blasting their way through our fair valley. And in our haste to heed, eat and drink the best we can, we can kinda miss taking the time to figuratively “smell the roses”, i.e. sitting around the patio quaffing...
By Patte Purcell
On a warm starlit night surrounded by happy people, we listened to great music and ate amazing food at one of the best spots in Palm Springs, Fisherman’s Market, 'the fresh fish joint' in Palm Springs. This local's favorite has been voted the #1 Best Seafood Restaurant for fifteen (15) consecutive years and it doesn't get any...
By Robin E. SImmons
When award-winning documentarian Albert Maysles (pronounced MAY-zuls) died last week in Manhattan at the age of 88, there was a collective sigh of sadness among film lovers all around the world. Albert, with his younger brother David, created amazing, provocative films that were intensely immediate, human, revealing and often more than a little disturbing. Watching their...
By Heidi Simmons
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Ghost Boy
by Martin Pistorius
Memoir
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Take a moment and imagine a life where you could not communicate a word or move a limb. How would it feel if everyone, including your family, only sees you as a vegetable? In Martin Pistorius’ memoir, Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body, the author shares...
By Denise Ortuno-Neil
With the BNP Paribus Tennis Tournament is in full swing, I though it appropriate to look back on a place that started bringing tennis to the Coachella Valley long before the now famous Indian Wells tournament was even on the map. It was Charlie Farrell and Bill Bellamy’s Racquet Club in Palm Springs.
I passed his star every...
By Haddon Libby
Over the last year, the US Dollar strengthened against virtually every currency in the world. If you hold investments in foreign stocks or bonds, you have probably noticed that those offshore investments underperformed relative to domestic investments.
You are not alone. Billionaires around the world felt that same pain - some more than others.
According to Forbes magazine, Aliko...
By Dale Gribow
The recent Rancho Mirage lawsuit arises from a widespread nationwide scheme whereby insurance "veteran advocate agents" fraudulently induce elderly residents of retirement homes and assisted living facilities to reposition their assets. This change ultimately causes the elderly direct financial harm. Typically, these "veteran advocate agents" will set up a free lunch/dinner educational presentation at retirement homes and...
Yes, there actually is a 5 - leaf clover, which is a mutation of the 4 - leaf clover that does appear occasionally. The superstition is the 5 –leaf clover is for extra good luck. On St. Patrick’s Day, you won’t need good luck, but common sense to make it a great St. Paddy’s Day and not a Paddy...
Continuing on ShareKitchen’s mission to help educate our community on “Where Food Comes From” we at ShareKitchen are excited to announce a local competition to create a logo for CV FRESH– a new local branding program funded by the UDSA Local Food Promotion Program grant awarded to ShareKitchen! This fresh, new branding and logo program is designed to help...
By Alison Elsner
The California Date History Museum, housed on the grounds of the Coachella Valley History Museum (CVHM) in Indio, California, has been recognized as one of the 2015 winners of the annual Khalifa International Date Palm Award (KIDPA). The Date Museum won the second place prize in the “Best Developmental / Educational Project” out of five total categories.
The...
By Julie Buehler
“Some things are easy and some things are hard. And just because something isn’t easy doesn’t mean it’s hard.”
Simple, huh?
I learned that some years ago trekking through trials and tribulations that, at the time, seemed hard, but in retrospect were barely a blip on life’s radar, and this wisdom was reaffirmed to me this past week...
By Flint Wheeler
With the average Major League Baseball game soaring past three hours despite decreasing offensive numbers in the game, the league announced Monday that it will test out various experimental rule changes during Arizona Fall League play to improve the sport’s pace.
They include some dramatic changes, like eliminating the need to actually throw four balls to intentionally walk...
The tribute to Scott Hines "CELEBRATION OF LIFE" - at Temple Isaiah, in Palm Springs, Ca on March 5, 2015 was attended by over 600 people. Scott died tragically by suicide at age 45 -- a victim of Bi-Polar Disorder. He will be missed forever by all those who knew & loved him.
Rebecca Pikus & Shana Rose designed 2...
New clinic opens March 16 at Desert AIDS Project Treating sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) while expanding access to HIV testing
A handicapped-access ramp on the south side of the Desert AIDS Project building at 1695 N. Sunrise Way at Vista Chino in Palm Springs will help ensure that everyone will have access to The DOCK, a new sexual health clinic opening Monday,...
Week of March 12
© Copyright 2015 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the old Superman comics, Mister Mxyztplk was a fiendish imp whose home was in the fifth dimension. He sometimes sneaked over into our world to bedevil the Man of Steel with pranks. There was one sure way he could be instantly banished back to his own realm...
By Bronwyn Ison
Do you value YOU? What is the status of your self-esteem and respect for oneself? Do you believe you are deserving of the finer things life has to offer. I’m not speaking of material items. I am talking about valuing yourself enough to realize that you deserve what is best for you in every aspect of your...
By Sunny Simon
My close friends refer to me as a happiness junkie. I adore and collect books and blogs on the subject. My favorite, “The Happiness Project,” is a self-help memoir by Gretchen Rubin, an author who spent twelve months methodically improving her happiness quotient in various areas of her life. This morning I added to my collection by...
Dr. K, I get urinary tract infections all the time, how can I prevent them? -Jane, Indio
Jane, urinary tract infections are very common conditions that are treated by primary care physicians, emergency rooms and urgent cares. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by germs, usually bacteria that enter the urethra (the tube that connects the outside of your body...
By Kathleen Hughes
You wait for it. You anticipate it. THIS is definitely the place to be! La Quinta Arts Festival, ranked #1 Fine Art Festival the Nation for three consecutive years, is slated Thursday through Sunday, March 5 - 8, 2015 from 10 am to 5 pm at La Quinta Civic Center Campus.
You don’t have to be an art...
By Heidi Simmons
One in three girls and one in four boys will be sexually assaulted before the age of 18. In the United States, 800,000 children go missing every year. The majority are run-a-ways and second largest group are throw-a-ways –- kids who are kicked out of their homes, usually by parents.
58,000 children are never found. 115 to 150...
STARTING ON MARCH 10 FEATURING CELEBRITY GUEST CHEF, SPQR’S MATTHEW ACCARRINO
Taking place at the Purple Room Restaurant & Stage and Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the dinners, ranging from $75-$150, offer guests an exclusive sneak peak of the festival taking place March 27-29
WHAT: Starting Tuesday, March 10, Food + Wine Festival Palm Desert presented by Agua Caliente Casino Resort...
By Judith Salkin
City of Palm Desert's First Weekend program brings featured events and a plethora of special activities to the first weekend in March on March 6, 7 and 8. Celebrating the dazzling diversity of the cultural aspects of this city, First Weekend is designed to offer residents and visitors to the area an opportunity to experience a variety...
BY DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
Sorry, this response is so tardy, but I was so impressed by Lady Gaga’s awesome tribute to The Sound of Music at the Oscars (February 22) and the surprise appearance of the also-impressed film’s star, Julie Andrews, that I could hardly type and keep my all-agog well-lined lips closed. The pop icon with the name so long...
By Tom Snyder
Dogs, Dudes, and Designer Menswear hit the catwalk at the Ritz-Carlton this Saturday, March 7 for Animal Samaritans’ 6th annual Men of the Desert charity luncheon and fashion show. The event raises money for the organization’s animal rescue program and to feed, shelter, and provide medical care for the dogs and cats of AnSams’ no-kill animal shelter...
By Dee Jae Cox
A Handful of Nickels and Dimes, Comedy and music from the golden age of Vaudeville, is currently in production at the Indio Performing Arts Center and running through March 22nd.
Between 1880 and 1920, The Gunfight at the OK Corral occurred, The Statue of Liberty was dedicated, eight states entered the union, The Ford Motor Company raises...
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