By Lisa Morgan -
I have been trying to pin Ming Bob down for an interview since he brought the infamous punk band Guttermouth and Guns and Roses’ Duff McKagan and his band Loaded to the Date Shed, expanding and enhancing my life experience in music forever. I think it was easier getting the interview with Duff than it was...
Casa de Frida, Palm Springs’ newest addition to its diverse culinary scene, will host a festive Valentine’s Day with an affordable menu of tempting selections. Chef Victoriano Rodriguez has drawn from his multi-cultural roots in creating a Valentines menu that spans many cultural and culinary influences.
Casa de Frida’s 4-Course Valentine’s Day Menu -- $36 PP , plus tax and...
When it comes to Valentine's Day Weekend, Spotlight 29 Casino has you covered with delicious dining and the smooth, romantic sounds of R&B singer, Keith Sweat on February 14th, plus the rocking sounds of Loverboy on February 16th!
Begin your evening with a romantic, 4-course Valentine’s Day dinner for two at JEM Steakhouse! For just $125 per couple, you and...
Story by Mike Bennett
Road Trippin
I finally did it! I took a sound bath at the Integratron. Only forty minutes from Palm Springs and well worth the drive, even at these gas prices. This U.F.O. looking dome was built in the early 1950s and is one of the most acoustically sound structures in the world, made of wood using no...
Residents Enjoy Spa, Dining, Aphrodisiac Cooking, Cocktails, and Jazz
The most romantic resort in the desert, Miramonte Resort & Spa is celebrating Valentine’s Day the entire month of February with “28 Days of Love.” Love is not only in the air, but in the restaurant, the spa, the lounge, and throughout the intimate Mediterranean resort.
The first event of the month...
by Tracy Dietlin -
Mix 100.5 is hosting a talent competition every Thursday night with Crater Lake Vodka & Gin providing the 100.00 cash prize each week. Sign ups start at 7pm with the show beginning at 8pm. All types of talent are welcome including singers, musicians, dancers, comedians, etc. This is your chance to show the judges what you’ve...
by Tracy Dietlin -
For my first installment I have to give a shout out to the newest “Hot Spot” in the desert called simply, Bar, in Palm Springs (the old J Dees Landing and Encore). If you didn’t get a chance to check them out on our Cover the week of January 17, you can go to our website...
What Would St. Valentine Drink? Well—that incurable romantic, I’m thinking, would put together some kind of love potion that include the likes of roses, kisses, candy, bubbles, passion, and pop! So, voila!! Sparkling rosé wine!
The scene is set: The glowing copper-pink rosé effervescently graces the height of your crystal flutes glimmering from nearby candlelight, flowers sprawled across the table, and...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Drummer, vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Sal Frisaura along with saxophonist Al Lopez and pianist Gil Quesada, are the band members performing with vocalist and very entertaining front man, Johnny Meza with guest appearance by vocalist Lola Rossi every Wednesday from 6 until 10 p.m. at Wally’s Desert Turtle, 71-775 Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage. On Wednesday, February...
ShareKitchen is proud to shine the spotlight on our newest client, Melinda Vida. Melinda is authoring this week’s article on introducing her GardenFresh Cooking Club which has its Launch Party on February 16th at 6pm at ShareKitchen. We are at 68-805 E. Palm Canyon Drive in Cathedral City.
My name is Melinda Vida and I am a passionate Health &...
TANTALIZING BIG SCREEN TEASERS
DARK SKIES
Director Scott Stewart delivers a movie about a menacing force that pursues a young suburban family. When Daniel and Lacey Barret (Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton) realize the disturbing events they have experienced are not meaningless coincidences, they take on the unimaginably terrifying deadly force that has targeted them and go to war to...
"If emergency response personnel and emergency rooms are not saturated enough due to the flu, the winter vomiting bug, or called the "norovirus," is making its rounds says Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna." The Los Angeles City Fire Dept as well as other fire department/emergency medical services across the country are increasing ambulance service to deal with flu related calls.
The...
The rescue coordinator called to say there was another small dog in jeopardy at the county shelter. I drove up to the shelter and met a small white animal sitting quietly in his kennel. He had two interesting looking protruding teeth that resembled elephant husks. The 2-year-old dog was picked up as a badly matted stray by animal control...
While continuing my mission to revisit some of last season’s favorites, I took a special guest to Backstreet Bistro for dinner. We were surprised to see a completely full restaurant on a Monday and were grateful for having made a reservation. I was excited to see that we would be enjoying live entertainment on a Monday as well. My...
By: Bronwyn Ison
Quieting the mind and resting the body may seem elusive for most of us. Our lives are complex and it is likely we are not adjusting our schedules to make personal time a priority. Does this sound familiar? Welcome to how the general population reflects. Have you considered meditation? Does this practice seem out of the ordinary...
There’s a pleasurable stench coming from the Indio area and it’s not the ‘funk’ you’re thinking of. What The Funk (Hip Funk All Stars) is a band that plays funky feeling music with a wide variety of genres including old school and hip-hop. Gabe Perez or Big Boss, as he is called by his band mates, describes their music...
The face of retail is constantly changing. Remember MCI, Blockbuster, Borders, Circuit City and PanAm? With each, they were dominant in their field yet failed. Looking at the current retailing landscape, there are some companies thriving, others failing and others scaling back.
Amazon is one of the clear winners with their success coming at the expense of many businesses that...
Week of February 7
© Copyright 2013 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible," said poet Theodore Roethke. For the foreseeable future, Aries, you could and should be a person like that. I'm not saying that you will forevermore be a connoisseur of amazements and a massager of miracles and a...
Many parents have recently been asking me about tutoring for their child. The most often asked question is: “Does my child need tutoring?” My answer is always: “Yes!” All students can benefit from tutors, not just those students who are low in their grades. In my opinion, students who excel in scholastics need tutors more than students who do...
Born at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, DJ Day grew up in the Coachella Valley and feels a special bond to the Desert, “I love this place, it’s changed a lot over the years but there’s a vibe about this place that’s unlike anywhere else,”remarks Day.
When he heard the scratching on “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock as a kid, DJ...
DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN YOUR LAWYER!
PART 5: ENTERING A PLEA ON A DUI
There’s an old saying in the legal world: “. . .You win your case before the prosecutor, not the judge. . .”
What does this mean to you? The prosecutor in your DUI case must determine whether they feel they have a strong or...
Some musicians spend years in their studios crafting the perfect
albums. Others find their greatest artistic challenges come from live
performances. For most of their careers, Brian Wilson, Arthur Lee &
Love and the Innocence Mission have been creatures of the studio.
While road dogs like Peter Frampton, Phish and the Grateful Dead
all honed their chops through relentless touring. Ani DiFranco is
definitely a...
Book Review
By Heidi Simmons
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief
Lawrence Wright
Non-Fiction
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Scientology is one of those subjects that fascinates and mystifies. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief (Alfred A. Knopf, 430 pages) by Lawrence Wright is a detailed investigation of the Church of Scientology. It contains juicy celebrity revelations and in many places reads like...
By H. Simmons
A Truly Chic Boutique
Our desert is a very stylish place and people here take pride in the way they look. Some people may nurture their style more than others, but we all strive to look our very best and communicate something about who we are as we move about in the world. Clothing is one of the...
Cities of the CV
There are nine incorporated cities that make up the Coachella Valley, each with unique qualities. Over the next several weeks CV Weekly will take a look at their contributions to the CV. To read about the cities already covered, go www.coachellavalleyweekly.com and click on archive.
Rancho Mirage
By Heidi Simmons
Incorporated in August 1973, the City of Rancho Mirage...
“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love that we commit to one another must be equal as well.” –President Barack Obama
If my recent historic walk of the Rainbow flag across America meant anything at all,...
IPAC presents Jimmie Ray’s Black Train, The Johnny Cash Story – a theater and concert show. A Tribute to the Life and Legend of Johnny Cash modeled in part after Johnny & June’s famous 1994 tour, Jimmie Ray & Cyndi’s Tribute Shows incorporate music from all six decades of Johnny and June's career. Act 1 of the show, Jimmie...
The third annual Patrick Warburton Celebrity Golf Tournament is returning to the Classic Club on March 1-3, 2013. Presented by HighTower, the tournament benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®– one of the world’s premier centers for research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly diseases.
Tournament host, actor Patrick Warburton, who currently appears on the CBS show Rules of...
The word “glamour” means a “magic spell,” in the sense of an alluring attraction, and Palm Desert couturier Fe Zandi’s designs are known around the world for their glamor and femininity. On Friday, February 22, she will present her 2013 Spring/Summer collection to an elite audience of fashionistas who appreciate fine fabrics and what this gifted designer does with...
Brothers Jack Ryan Garcia and James Ganyan Garcia have created a series of works celebrating the local wildlife and environment
they grew up with. Born and raised in Palm Springs, they possess an intimate relationship with the
Coachella Valley’s unique landscape. Jack, a woodworker, and James, a painter, collaboratively
produced pieces under the name Cypress as well as individually creating works for this...
Recording artist, concert performer and philanthropist John Legend has won nine Grammy awards and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. He will once again bring his talents to the stage at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on Saturday, April 6th.
Legend launched his career as a session player and vocalist, contributing to best-selling recordings by Lauryn Hill,...
As the saying goes, “so many wines—so little time”. But that’s not stopping us from putting together our “Bucket List” for 2013. In the past two weeks we’ve covered some great and famous wines of France. If you miss an edition, go to coachellavalleyweekly.com/archives.
Of course Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Australia are also home to great and famous wine,...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Pianist, vocalist, composer and arranger, Patrick Tuzzolino, performs every Wednesday through Saturday at Castelli’s Ristorante located at 73-098 Highway 111 in Palm Desert. (760) 773-3365.
Born and raised in New York City, Patrick Tuzzolino was supposed to be a roofer in the family roofing business, who knew he would venture off to become a full time musician? There...
One of the challenges with a weekly column is that there is so much information available on a daily basis that we want to share with you. Our solution to this quandary has been to establish a daily blog that informs and entertains foodies. At 500 hits a day, a worldwide audience is finding the blog.
Recent postings include a...
HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
I’m kind of a sucker for violent fairy tales. If you liked ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (and I actually did), you may enjoy this lowbrow, weirdly entertaining, hodge-podge exploitation extrapolated loosely from the Grimm brothers. Director Tommy Wirkola (DEAD SNOW) whose stock in trade is the gore/joke juxtaposition. One of the producers here is Will...
Rain is with us and more is forecasted. When the road is wet, the film of the water on the asphalt causes tires to lose traction. Less obvious is the fact that rain reduces driver perception — it's harder to see through the rain — and also decreases visibility through its action on headlights, windshields and the road itself...
The headline in the Desert Sun this week proclaimed, "As many as 600 strays to be taken from dilapidated mobile home park." The squalid trailer park called Duroville is a migrant worker camp located on Indian land in Thermal. It was placed under federal receivership several years ago due to the unsanitary living conditions for the people. Many of...
With so many new restaurants opening each season here in our valley, it can be easy to overlook the staples that have been here for many years. This season, I hope to revisit some of my favorites from last year to see what it is that keeps them popular among locals. When I think of a local’s restaurant, I...
By: Bronwyn Ison
By mid-week, mid-day, you realize your mid-section is feeling subpar at best. As you sit in front of your computer day after day you may notice your abdominals are becoming weaker and weaker. If this is a concern for you then you should scrutinize your daily habits. Are you snacking at your desk? If so, what kind...
The blues is the name bestowed upon the music genre that began in the southern United States from combining elements of jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll. The Bone Thumpers are a newly formed Coachella Valley band keeping the old blues sound alive by channeling the Chicago, Delta, Piedmont and Texas methods. Recently completing the recording of...
While many of us are preoccupied with the daily grind of life, elected lawmakers were busy crafting new laws to prevent society from descending into mayhem and chaos.
Lawmakers in Illinois were active tackling some of societies thorniest issues. With the start of the New Year, it is now illegal to ‘pop a wheelie’ on a motorcycle while speeding. ...
Most of my first time clients come to me with a big bag of their supplements, pills, and antioxidant formulas. They spend a lot of money on them, and the more they pay for a bottle, the better they assume it is! In my experience, more than 70% of what many bring in, (unless they are from a whole...
Week of January 31
© Copyright 2013 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Wageni ni baraka is a Swahili proverb that means "guests are a blessing." That's not always true, of course. Sometimes guests can be a boring inconvenience or a messy burden. But for you in the coming weeks, Aries, I'm guessing the proverb will be 98 percent correct. The...
I would like to ask that everyone get to know your town’s local private schools this week. Many private schools exist around our valley, and are only funded by tuition, fundraisers, and the few grants available. Many people do not understand that the school districts do not give much help to our local private schools because they operate separately....
IF YOU ARE ARRESTED:
DO YOURSELF A BIG FAVOR
DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE & CALL A LAWYER!
PART 4
Summary Probation ON A DUI:
RECENT LEGISLATION NOW SAYS , IF YOU ARE ON PROBATION FOR A DUI AND GET A NEW DUI WITH ANY ALCOHOL, THE DMV WILL TAKE YOUR LICENSE FOR A YEAR.
On a 1st offense DUI, there is 3 years of...
Conventional wisdom has it that the Monkees were
a television Pop group cynically manufactured to cash in
on the popularity of the Beatles.
While that may have been the original impetus
for producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, the four
guys cast as the Monkees had other ideas.
Musically talented actors Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones
were paired with musicians Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork
in 1966....
Book Review by Heidi Simmons
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
By Stephen Chbosky
A Novel
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Last week I reviewed the book The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker, which I thought might have been better received if it had been published as Young Adult (YA) literature rather than adult fiction. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (MTV Books,...
By H. Simmons
Indio is the City of Festivals. If you have yet to attend one of the city’s great outdoor venues at the beautiful Empire Polo Club, The Southwest Arts Festival should be your first! It is a family friendly festival and a fun favorite of the CV.
This weekend, starting Friday running through Sunday, January 25, 26 and 27,...
By Lisa Morgan
According to this band, they are a story that’s been told and retold time and time again: four friends in Southern California that drink a lot, love to travel and love to play music come together to...well, drink a lot, to travel and play music. “It would be easy to put Sic Waiting in the same category...
By Heidi Simmons -
Palm Springs has an estimated two million tourists annually. Throughout the year, visitors wax and wane with every weekend. Incorporated in 1938, the City of Palm Springs is a conscientious caretaker of the most famous city in the CV.
“We are aware of the importance of the Palm Springs brand. We have a two-fold approach -- maintaining...
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