It’s safe to say Summer is here! Memorial Day is behind us, schools getting out for summer break and Hot Weather is ahead. Many of us will certainly be headed for the pools! Before you take the plunge, read this says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.
• Never leave a child unsupervised near a pool.
• Instruct babysitters about potential hazards to...
By Marissa Willman
The desert’s first indoor kart racing facility is serving up high-speed thrills on electric, emissions-free karts this summer in Cathedral City.
Xceleration Indoor Kart Racing opened its doors in April. Locals have been revved up for the promise of high-speed thrills since XIK’s first billboard hit the I-10 freeway in the summer of 2012 but due to a...
Emerging Artist, Historian, Philosopher ~ Instigator of Cultural Discussion
Showing at AMFM Festival, June 13-16
By Lisa Morgan
Somewhere in Milwaukee, a young girl, with no artistic influences to speak of, made a conscious decision to become an artist. How does a girl, surrounded by everything BUT art do just that? How does she become a devoted, emerging artist? With study, being...
As Genuine as the Vinyl You Grew Up On (Or Wish You Did)
At the AMFM Festival, Friday June 14
By Lisa Morgan
I am fairly confident that my publisher, bless her heart, doesn’t much like it when I quote other publications in my articles. But out of respect for some fantastic writers out there who truly honor worthy music with fabulous...
Ride shotgun with Jason Mewes in an up-close and bloody world too sexy and too violent for even the grittiest graphic novels. A world you can only visit at...
By Lisa Morgan
Before I give you the inside scoop on yet another star studded party happening at the first annual AMFM Festival this month, let me ask you something. With all...
Creating Magical Passageways Through Love and Creativity
By Lisa Morgan
To try and sum up the many parts that make the ever evolving and blooming creative force that is Elizabeth Christopher - woman, daughter, mother, wife, friend, artist, writer, poet, photographer, film maker - with words in one article, is quite literally attempting the impossible. “Well, then, just talk about...
BOBBY NICHOLS JAMMIN' SUMMER SESSIONS AT KOKOPELLI'S KANTINA
At 5 p.m. on one of the hottest days in May 2013 at the 6th Annual Concert for Autism The Bobby Nichols Band took the stage to open the multi-act charity event. Despite the sweltering heat the blues were delivered and the musicianship was apparent.
The Bobby Nichols Band is the culmination of...
By Eleni P. Austin
Hanni El Khatib is only 31 years old, but he seems like an old soul. Half Filipino, half Palestinian, El Khatib grew up in San Francisco, emersed in the Skateboard culture. He began his professional career as the creative director for a Skateboard fashion label and a designer for an ad agency.
But his passion for music...
By Raymond Bill
While I enjoy a full dining experience, some of my best dining experiences have been during happy hour. Having a multi-course meal at a table for two can be memorable but nothing compares to enjoying several small plates and specialty cocktails with a group of friends, paired with live entertainment. There are so many great...
By Lisa Morgan
RFJT announces its next giant step, bringing it all back home to the location which formerly housed Red Arrow Gallery and the world-renown Beatnik Cafe, at 61597 Twentynine Palms Highway in Joshua Tree. Internet-only, 24/7, Radio Free Joshua Tree continues with the incredible momentum of its first 6 months, increasing listenership, sponsorship and community involvement, successfully streaming...
Its Graduation and summer break time once again; its celebration time! This can be expensive, however, cost is a minor concern for most parents when it comes to these events says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna. "Their biggest concern is the risky behavior associated with graduation events and school break parties – drinking and driving, distractions while driving, drugs, unsafe...
By Haddon Libby
The sale of musical recordings began nearly 135 years ago with a wax cylinder encoded with grooves. Nearly forty years later in 1920, the first radio stations came into being. Both are poised for their biggest changes in history.
Those first wax cylinders created by Thomas Edison ruled the market for nearly 30 years until a flat disc...
By Rick Riozza
With the 2013 Palm Springs Restaurant Week upon us, I’m hearing from you readers the usual lament, “so many wines…so little time.” Well we can remedy that—and I know a great place to start.
In her article two weeks ago, Judith Salkin alerted our valley to the extravaganza that gets a kick-start with the May 29th & 30thpre-event“Uncorked!...
By Robin Simmons
FAST & FURIOUS 6
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast in this continuation of the full-throttle franchise that found its stride in FAST FIVE and goes for even greater stakes in this adrenalin fuelled, visceral action adventure. Since the $100 million Rio heist, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But lying low...
by Mike Bennett Photos by Heather Roe
Corona Del Mar State Beach
Corona Del Mar, California
This Memorial Day I was one of the 35 million people that AAA said would take a road trip. Funny, I don't remember them ever asking me. I guess they are psychic.
My mother was a member of the Neptune Society so it was really nice to...
By Bronwyn Ison
What is all the hype about quinoa? What is it? Why is it good for me? After researching quinoa I learned it is either a grain or it is associated with the spinach family. Without antagonizing the experts, does it matter? We know it could possibly be a healthy grain or interrelated to...
By Sunny Simon
Do you find yourself looking at the clock and wishing the big hand was on twelve and the little hand on five? If you feel the days are getting longer, and it has nothing to do with the sun rising earlier and setting later, it may be time to consider changing careers. Battling workplace boredom is clearly...
By Laura Little
THE WELL Spa, Miramonte Resort’s award-winning luxury spa, offers two choice services at an incredible summer value of only $50 for a 50-minute treatment. This special is available beginning June 2, 2013 and will last through September.
“For so much of the year, our valley is focused on hosting snowbirds and guests to festivals, concerts, tennis and conventions,”...
Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week brings countless tasty offerings at a variety of restaurants, but none as unique as ShareKitchen. Guests are invited to make reservations to experience a one-of-a-kind menu at the Valley’s only pop-up restaurant.
ShareKitcken is offering a farm-to-table, organic menu which is also gluten-free friendly. The selection includes three appetizers featuring fresh corn fritters,...
Week of May 30
© Copyright 2013 Rob Brezsny
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Japan it's not rude to slurp while you eat your ramen noodles out of a bowl. That's what the *Lonely Planet* travel guide told me. In fact, some Japanese hosts expect you to make sounds with your mouth; they take it as a sign that you're enjoying...
By Janet McAfee
Communities around our country are revolutionizing their public animal shelters and becoming "No Kill". A public shelter qualifies as No Kill when they reach a euthanasia rate of less than 10%. The city of Cleveland, in spite of its grim economy, recently became "no kill" without spending additional tax money. It began with a coalition of volunteer...
By Bruce Cathcart
In preparation for this series of articles I googled "find a real estate agent". I was amazed when my search turned up over 40,300,000 results! The information on this subject available on the Internet is truly overwhelming and ranges from the theoretical to the practical, from good helpful tips to unrealistic hype. So before I get into...
aka Weeding through the health care maze when your loved one has Dementia or Alzheimer’s!
By Dale Gribow
Most people of a certain age have seen the movie The 10 Commandments. If you are like me you remember Charlton Heston climbing the mountain empty handed, only to descend with the preverbal two tablets containing the 10 divine decrees that are the...
By Lola Rossi-Meza
As we approach June, we find there are still many things to do all over the Coachella Valley.
Saxophonist and vocalist Pat Rizzo along with pianist and vocalist Patrick Tuzzolino will perform their final show this Sunday, June 2, from 7 until 11 p.m. in the Purple Room at Club Trinidad, 1900 East Palm Canyon Drive in...
By Heidi Simmons
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The Paris Wife
By Paula McLain
Fiction
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In last week’s column, American author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda, was the subject and voice of three new novels. She was indeed Scott’s muse, his source of inspiration, and quite possibly the creative force behind his literary talent. These works of creative non-fiction or historical fiction seem to be a...
By Craig Michaels
Back in the 50’s - and still today, the Coachella Valley has been known as the “Playground of the Stars” for those celebrities who want a break from Tinseltown. During the past decade the spotlight has been reignited on Palm Springs and the surrounding desert cities which have become a mecca for music, art and film festivals....
By Eleni P. Austin
If you came of age in the late ‘70s/early 80s, chances are you remember when Punk Rock felt like a secret. Pre-internet, pre-MTV, maybe if you were lucky, Rolling Stone wrote a little blurb about your favorite Punk band.
At the same time, small start-up labels were staking their claim in the Punk...
By Jennifer Tan aka Mrs. Fett
The 10th installment of the Call Of Duty franchise is scheduled to hit this November with Call Of Duty: Ghosts. During the Xbox One press release, Activision and Infinity Ward dropped the Modern Warfare title, and brought us something completely new. The game takes place here in the United States, after a mass devastation...
By Judith Salkin
Get ready to lift your forks for the 2013 edition of Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week that starts tomorrow and runs through June 16.
This is the time of year for visitors and valley locals to discover the joys and hidden gems in Coachella Valley dining, attractions, hotels and spas.
Unlike other restaurant week events around the...
World Renowned Photographer of the Absurd and the Ironic Showing at the AMFM Festival, June 13-16th, in Cathedral City
By Lisa Morgan
The AMFM Festival is truly bringing together a phenomenal group of artists who are not only the cream of their industries, but some of the most fascinating, worldly and likeable people you could possibly have the pleasure of talking...
Native American Warped Tour Rock Twins to Play the AMFM Festival
& Donate Guitars to the Cathedral City Boys and Girls Club
By Lisa Morgan
Traveling as a power trio, Warped Tour veterans the Miracle Dolls, will be rocking the event of the summer – the AMFM Festival in Cathedral City. This indie, alternative rock band, reminiscent of all that is great...
by Judith Salkin
Ginger Jeffries makes her way into most of our homes, in one way or another, just about every day of the week. Whether it’s as the Chief Meteorologist for ABC affiliate KESQ bringing us the forecast for the Coachella Valley or public service announcements for valley events, for most of the past 17 years she’s been...
By Judith Salkin
It’s been a relatively short time-frame since the Christopher Street riots of the late 1970s to the Supreme Court deliberating on the legality of Prop 8 in California and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, and the states that have enacted marriage equality.
It’s just not quite enough. There are chinks in those protections. New York State...
By Raymond Bill
Beginning this weekend, many of my favorite restaurants will be participating in the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week, where guests have the opportunity to enjoy a three-course meal for a set price. Now residents and tourists alike can enjoy eating out at many restaurants from May 31 to June 16. Having eaten at most...
By Curtis Hendricks
Welcome parents and students to finals season. Schools are beginning to start their end of the year procedures, which may include dances, graduation practices and of course the finals. Many students are already beginning to show signs of summeritis, which is a condition that causes students to lose focus on their studies and begin the process of...
By Mike Bennett
Hwy 243 10 miles north of Idyllwind
This week's road trip turned into an unexpected hunt for Bigfoot. Lake Fulmor picnic area is a great spot to fish, hike or like the sign says, have a picnic. They will be stocking this lake with fresh trout this week, so if you're an angler bring your poles and bobbers....
By Robin Simmons
Films that were allegedly made but never distributed for public consumption are part of Hollywood’s enduring lore. With the upcoming Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and the promised AM/FM screenings, my dreams have been filled with ult ra vivid short movies that I’ve heard or and want to see. They may or may not actually exist....
by Heidi Simmons
“Write about what you know” has long been a fundamental directive for authors. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and Damned (1922), The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender is the Night (1934) successfully incorporated his own interests, lifestyle and culture. His stories also included his wife Zelda, not just as a character...
Financial expert John-Paul Valdez of Desert Hot Springs has announced that he will officially announce his Candidacy for Mayor of Desert Hot Springs this Thursday, May 23rd, at 5 pm. The announcement will be made during a reception held in his honor at Two Bunch Palms Resort and Spa, 67425 Two Bunch Palms Trail in Desert Hot Springs. The...
By Dale Gribow
I am often asked if areas of law are cyclical. After thinking about it I realized that potential clients do not file for Divorce around the Holidays for the sake of their kids. The need for Trust and Business work can occur all year long but most of this work comes during our “Season”. Our main holidays...
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of May 23
© Copyright 2013 Rob Brezsny
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman admitted that physicists can't really define "energy," let alone understand it. "We have no knowledge of what energy is," he said. "We do not have a picture that energy comes in little blobs of a definite amount." While it's unlikely that...
By Haddon Libby
With summer upon us and snowbirds flown to cooler climates, most local businesses face lowered sales. Some use the summer as a time to reflect and prepare for next season while others struggle to survive.
Whether you are an employee, manager or owner and whether your business is thriving or barely surviving, Will Mitchell’s, “5 Levels of Entrepreneurship”...
By Lisa Morgan
When I entered the New Age Glamour office, I was struck by the clinical atmosphere immediately. I had assumed it would be set up more like a typical beauty salon. Owner Sheryle Taffolla greeted me in scrubs, further instilling the impression that our topic of conversation was going to be handled with a much higher level of...
By Sunny Simon
This morning I was sitting in my office gazing out the window. As my computer did its initial daily day boot-up, I watched one of the black swans who live on our lake glide out of view. Aesthetically these birds reign; however, they have other characteristics I admire. Swans mate for life. The adult male takes his...
By Bronwyn Ison
Our health experts are notorious for telling us what to eat or not to eat. Proclaiming add this ingredient, you must eat, and don’t forget to include. In our fast paced society many of us are quick to zip through the first drive-thru we see. Clearly this behavior is negating our health all to appease our schedules...
By Janet McAfee
Curtis Sweesy and Vanessa Ruggles are foster parents for Loving All Animals, specializing in caring for German shepherd dogs. Their dining room wall is a shrine, a "wall of love" containing the photos of the shepherds they've loved, trained, and helped place in forever homes.
Curtis goes with Loving All Animals to the public shelters to help select...
By Bruce Cathcart
We are all faced with the decision of whether to rent a home or purchase one at sometime in our lives. Do we pursue the American dream and the pride of homeownership or do we maintain the freedom and flexibility afforded by renting our home? The Internet is full of articles containing advice, mathematical formulas, and opinions...
Next weekend is Memorial Day Weekend. “Let’s all take part by being responsible for our self and others says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.” Here are a few safety tips:
Travel Safety
• Buckle up, slow down, don’t drive impaired.
• Be well rested, alert and patient; give your full attention to the road. Do not text and drive!
• Let someone know your...
ShareKitchen is the Valley’s only Pop-Up Restaurant participating in the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week, being held May 31 – June 16. The one-of-a-kind menu, featuring fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables, honeys and cheeses from the Certified Farmers’ Market, is one of the best values available.
Guests will be treated to a sparkling wine and hors d’oeuvres reception followed by...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Local rock band ONE 11 are headlining the “Kick Off the Summer Party” this Saturday, May 25, from 12 Noon until 2 p.m. at the Westfield Mall Main Court in Palm Desert. The performance in their hometown will feature their newly released single entitled “Sunny Days” with photo opportunities and a “meet and greet“ for all their...
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