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 the desert. Many have grown tired of the same dining experience over and over and are seeking something that is memorable. We have many options but there is only one dining venue in the desert...
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. The only problem for a shameless film addict was the impossibility of seeing everything. This year, we picked random titles, knowing nearly nothing -- we avoided catalog descriptions -- about the films themselves. It’s far...
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. Attending the Palm Springs International Film Festival was screenwriter and novelist Gerald DiPego. His new film, Words and Pictures voted among “Best of Fest” will open in May. At the young age of 72, this...
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. Slim Man in his King of the Springs show. The show is sponsored by Coachella Valley Weekly, Crater Lake Vodka and Gin, Wilson Creek Winery and Kimbals' women's clothing of Palm Springs.
Slim Man is a...
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 the coming months. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino’s Improv Comedy series opened for a 7th season on January 10th with some of the biggest names in comedy.
Top-name comedians such as Fritz Coleman, Dat Phan, Rondell Sheridan,...
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 the winter, the desert seems to become a happier and more crowded place. Despite laws between our countries that make it tough for Canadians to borrow money when buying a house or using local investment...
With the recent lifting of the ban against food trucks in Riverside County, people are beginning to think about mobile food eateries. This emerging business type to the county will present a variety of opportunities for investors, food truck operators, restaurateurs and foodies alike.
On Thursday, January 30th at 6:30pm, ShareKitchen’s Executive Director Angela Janus will be hosting an informational...
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 (725 arrests in 3 weeks over the holidays) and the large volume of questions I have rec’d from those arrested for the holiday DUI’s is staggering and we have not even had the Super Bowl.
There...
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 to help you feel better and get empowered.
Everyone is seeking new ways to solve old problems in the new economy. How do we get the same or better services for less money? The answers are...
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 people felt the shaking for 20 to 30 seconds. The earthquake caused very large ground motions. Areas near recorded over 1 g of vertical acceleration! It’s been twenty years and were all at risk and...
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 new technology, new experiences, unforgettable moments like the Michael Bay meltdown, and hundreds of needless phone accessories.
Playstation Now, which was not a total surprise, definitely had me the most excited. The first ever, stream based...
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 favorite person? Answer honestly, please. Don't be in denial. Next question: Do you derive anything useful from playing this oppositional role? If your answer is yes, that's fine. I won't try to talk you out...
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 must have an appropriate amount of protein in their daily diet. If you exercise and desire to build muscle, eating the proper amount of protein will enhance muscle growth. The word protein is a derivative...
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 sticking to it, losing weight, expanding our business or earning that coveted promotion. Typically somewhere around the middle of March upon reviewing our goal list we discover we are severely off-track. What went wrong? My...
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. Is there a difference?
-Joyce, Palm Desert
Joyce, yes, there is a difference.
Canker sores, also called aphthous ulcers, occur inside the mouth.
Women are more likely to get canker sores and the sores generally can appear on the...
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 its residents make strides towards a healthier lifestyle with its annual Mayor’s Race, Swim and Wellness Festival taking place January 11, 2013 at Ruth Hardy Park, bringing experts and local resources together to help the...
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 Day, Godzilla and Patriot?
For writer and producer Dean Devlin it was the beautifully photographed and expertly told Transit by first-time filmmaker Hannah Espia. “The movie floored me,” said Devlin. “I have not talked to a...
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 Mercedes-Benz at the Parker Palm Springs during the 2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival
Most of the director’s names were new to me as were the movies they made. Following is a brief look at the...
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 Romeo that art – in all its many forms – is not for the masses.
Throughout her entire life art has been in her soul, whether it has been creating her own clothes, jewelry or photos;...
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 the 3rd Annual Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience on Saturday, March 1st, 2014 at the Empire Polo Club. Live music will set the tone as guests enjoy an extraordinary afternoon of wine and beer tasting...
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, how brilliant a screenplay is, or how many golden statues are handed out in adulation.
You can’t touch NFL playoffs. Can’t even get within the shortest yard of it.
While some enjoy the American Hustle of what...
By Flint Wheeler
It wasn’t always my opinion, but, today, in the new world of college athletics, the athletes deserved to be paid.
If you would have asked me a few years ago if college athletes should be paid the answer would have been no, absolutely not. It didn’t seem ethical. It would be paying amateurs for something they choose to...
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 in action, mallet overhead, ready to strike a ball. The real life version of polo conjures tabloid images of British Royal princes. It appears to be a sport that is only accessible to the “one...
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 small packages and that is certainly the case with the Coachella Valley’s Young Fly Billionaires. The Young Fly Billionaires are Young Prince age 10, Lady A age 9, Young Princess age 8 and G-Starr age...
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 Palm Springs area is a veritable treasure trove of amazing musical talent. One example of this is Tribesmen, an instrumental rock band out of Coachella, who have already made a name for themselves playing the...
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 long after taking my seat and sipping on a glass of red wine did the stars of the evening begin tuning their instruments, filling the room with a mysterious haze of random riffs and beats...
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 from San Diego County two and a half years ago since his wife was raised in the Coachella valley and they both agreed it might be easier to find work.
As a young boy, Zephyr would...
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 word (adult) loosely. It's sort of the last thing you feel like when you are in Furst Wurld. We all know musicians and artists are incurable children anyway.....which is probably why we are all so...
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, “Master Of My Craft” on Parquet Courts’ stunning long player, Light Up Gold. Singer/guitarist Andrew Savage spits out the words over slashing guitars and a frenetic cadence. Letting the listener know, despite the hyperbole, this...
By Rebbecca Pikus
Mario Pikus, Painter & Sculptor, won his first art award at 8 years old in his birthplace of Buenos Aires, Argentina. By his teens he was painting commissioned murals. At age 20, Mario traveled to New York to meet one of the only living Paris-of-the-20s artists -- Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. The young Mario knocked unannounced at...
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 from the local public shelter, getting a "home" at Mike Byrnes & Associates Publishing, probably saved his life. He paid his employer back by entertaining their clients and calming frazzled office nerves with his playful...
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, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, and Meryl Streep as well as a flock of other appearing celebs jump into town. And we’re in the mix too, where we vino literati get to dream out loud with...
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, like Minnesota, are experiencing weather colder than parts of Mars, we are blessed with beautiful sunshine and temperatures in the mid 70’s. Regardless of the season, we are fortunate in that we can escape to...
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 passed away at the age of 81 on December 14, 2013, in London. His remains were shipped in a wicker coffin to his place of birth, where he had a lived in the 1970s in...
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 Mirage Writers Festival starts Wednesday, January 15, and runs through Saturday the 18th.
For three days (January 16, 17 and 18), the Rancho Mirage library will close its doors to celebrate writers, readers, books and ideas....
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 Joey English in Dennis Deal’s “mid-century modern” jazz musical Nite Club Confidential. The production will open January 10, 2014 for a six-week run closing on February 16, 2014. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00...
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. When I lived in Los Angeles, I had the opportunity to work in the Milken Institute think tanks and speak on urban development in blighted areas. Based in Santa Monica, The Milken Institute is...
ShareKitchen will be participating in the Humana Healthy Fun Fair and Well Being Walk this weekend. The event will be held at the La Quinta Community Park on Saturday, January 11th from 9am-1pm. Participants in the Well Being Walk will start a 5.75 mile course at 7am at the Park and cross the finish line at the Healthy Fun...
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 a DUI are confusing to the uninitiated and the same questions are asked over and over again even though I write on this topic often and explain these facts to potential and actual clients. Most...
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 and poor city administration now sadly facing a possible bankruptcy. The city has recently disbanded its fire department, and this becomes a liability for builders as one might imagine.
Solar is also making a big impact...
“The Flu season is here and like a wildfire, it seems to be spreading rapidly says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.” Symptoms may include: A 100oF or higher fever or feeling feverish (not everyone with the flu has a fever), a cough and/or sore throat a runny or stuffy nose. Headaches and/or body aches, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea (most common...
By Jennifer Tan AKA Mrs Fett
Now that we have established the next gen consoles, and their issues, 2014 leaves a vast playground for breakthrough technology in gaming. After comparing some of the highly anticipated titles for 2014, I broke down the top ten titles worth pre-ordering, playing, and possibly losing sleep over.
Titan Fall. Supersoldiers and giant mechs go head...
Week of January 9
© Copyright 2013, 2014 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can blame it on the coming full moon. You can blame it on the gorgeous storm or the epic dream or the haunting song or the suffering you're struggling to vanquish. All I ask is that you don't blame it on the alcohol. OK? If you're...
By Bronwyn Ison
Ahhh, if I was cognizant of my overriding passion then all the stars would align and my life will be perfect. Have you often wondered if you followed your childhood dream where you might be today? Finding your passion may extend far deeper than just a thought and this will require action. Your passion...
By Sunny Simon
January is one of my favorite months. The beginning of a brand new year symbolizes a time to implement change and seize exciting new opportunities. This month take time to analyze and decide which contracts to renew and what requires modification or ultimately cancellation. I’m not exactly talking about your contract with a pest control company. This...
By Dr. Maria Lombardo
Through the normal aging process we all lose volume or fullness in our faces. Usually the first noticeable sign is a deepening of the naso-labial folds that start at the corner of the nose and end at the corners of the mouth. Replacing the fullness with a “filler” can soften the look of those lines and...
By Heidi Simmons
It’s that time of year where nearly one hundred and fifty thousand film buffs descend on Palm Springs to stand in the sun and sit in the dark. For a quarter of a century, The Palm Springs International Film Festival has brought the best of world cinema to the Coachella Valley.
“The Festival has come to be known...
The 25th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will launch on Friday, January 3 with the U.S. Premiere of opening night film Belle directed by Amma Assante, and screenings playing throughout the day. The Festival will wrap on Sunday, January 12 with Le Week-End directed by Roger Michell. 187 films from 60 countries, including 77 premieres (8 world,...
By Robin E. Simmons
This great series features ten films selected from international directors who have set the standards for current cinema. The “Modern Masters” section features films from directors Vinko Bresan, François Dupeyron, Agnieszka Holland, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Claude Lanzmann, Hayao Miyazaki, Errol Morris, Avi Nesher, and François Ozon. The films include:
Burning Bush (Czech Republic) – An emotional and epic...
By Heidi Simmons
What’s so amazing about comedienne Kathleen Madigan is she’s a natural. She is intuitive, observant and incredibly funny! Yet Madigan does not consider herself a “funny” person. But at the same time, she does not separate who she is from her work as a stand-up comic.
For the last 25 years, Madigan has been doing what she loves....
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