By Marissa Willman
Triple digit weather might be here to stay but you don’t need to look beyond the Coachella Valley for ways to beat the heat. CV Weekly has rounded up the best local options to stay cool in the desert this summer.
Desert Ice Castle
Grab your skates and head to the rink to cool off this summer. Desert Ice...
Summer Sparklers by Rick Riozza
Last week we featured the racy and elegant German Riesling Kabinett as the one to accompany your Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay wines for the summertime. Although we do a big bash of bubbly discussion and drinking around the winter holidays and New Year’s, it’s also a great time—now in heat haven,...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Manny Lopez goes to Graceland during Elvis Week 2012.
Musician, band leader, RCA recording artist and nightclub owner, Manny Lopez, has been performing since the early 1950s. He was recognized as the “King of the Cha-Cha-Cha” in the early 1960s when the popularity of the dance became a phenomenon. “I worked in so many places, I can’t remember...
Caffeinated coffee improves your health and reduces your risk to a host of diseases and illnesses. Most of the benefits are due to two compounds - antioxidants and caffeine.
Antioxidants help repair cell damage while removing free radicals responsible for health issues such as cancer. By removing free radicals, coffee has anti-aging benefits while reducing your risk to colon, breast...
20% of all ticket sales donated to
Support and Education for Local Music and Arts, Coachella Valley Chapter 1
Edge TV Palm Springs has created a SELMA television and production program associated with the Coachella Valley’s reality dating show RED HOT DATE. It has been announced that 20% of all ticket sales will be donated to Support and Education for Local...
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES eclipses almost everything else on the big screen horizon. I predict it will get Academy nominations for Best Picture as well as Best Director. I was stunned and sadden that shortly after my Friday movie update on Michael Knight’s KNWZ 94.3 morning news show during which I raved about this spectacular film,...
Then Join it at the Spa Resort Casino for the Sizzling Hot New Game Show, Red Hot Date!
Just because temperatures in Palm Springs are at their highest, doesn’t mean valley entertainment is going cold....
There is an army of people rescuing animals from euthanasia in California's public shelters, now armed with the internet and social media. Amber Houck was part of that rescue army. This amazing young woman also served in the United States Army in Kuwait just after the Gulf War, and was involved in the rebuilding process along the...
If you practice Yoga there is a good chance you have heard of Ayurveda. Living an Ayurvedic lifestyle is a healthy one to adopt. It enables a person to encompass optimal physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. In the ancient language, Sanskrit, Ayurveda means, “Knowledge of Life.” The resurgence of this 5,000-year-old system has three fundamental energies....
Imagine your Self. Eyes closed, arms spread, face up to the desert night sky. You breathe in what is offered and exhale yourself into it all. Even if you have yet to hear them, War Drum reflects this moment and manages to echo in your ears. The fairly harmonic, yet rockin’ vintage instruments slowly but surely catch you up...
Temperatures soar and we slink indoors, afraid of sweating and sunburns this time of year. But communing with nature feeds the soul and keeps us healthy. We need to experience the delights of the desert in all it's glory in every season, but finding ways to do it in the summer and still stay cool require a little more...
Cities throughout California are having severe budget problems due to rising pension and health care benefits for city retirees, lower sales and property taxes and the loss of their Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs). RDAs were meant to remove blight while improving city tax revenues. Some cities used RDA monies to buy non-revenue producing properties from themselves in order...
Good Grub at a Great Price
Located in downtown Indio across from Indio Performing Arts Center, at 83-011 Indio Blvd., is a small, quaint Mexican restaurant called Rincon Norteno. The décor might not be fancy but the food and the service are both worth stopping in for. Since 1964 Rincon Norteno Mexican Restaurant in Indio, has been serving up good...
by Mike Livingston; Co-Host, The CaddyShack Radio Show
In one the of the most drama-filled finishes you’ll ever see, we as a golf viewership watched a great and talented young player literally throw-up all over himself last weekend at the world’s oldest and most celebrated sporting event, The Open Championship. I think it was the 141st Open (we call it...
Week of July 26
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In your personal chart, the planet Uranus symbolizes those special talents you have that are especially useful to other people. Which aspects of your soulful beauty are potentially of greatest service to the world? How can you express your uniqueness in ways that activate your most profound...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
Halfway through the joys of summer where “easy does it” seems to be the traditional motto, the mission, and not the translation of the unspoken “scream” from the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch pastel that early May was gaveled down for $120m in a12 minute bidding war. Although non-admirers gargled glass shards at the price, others,...
Although the dry desert scenery is a sharp contrast to the lush tropical Islands of Trinidad and Tobago, where Sherwin John (known as “DR.”) and Kerwin Greenidge (known as “Gov'ner”) grew up, both have made themselves right at home in the Coachella Valley.
Island Rhythms, a D.J. company based in Cathedral City, was founded in 2005 by Sherwin...
by the dB’s Bar/None Records
The term “Power Pop” was coined by Pete Townshend as a way
to describe the style of music The Who played in the mid 60’s. Other purveyors
included the Small Faces, the Kinks and the Beach Boys. But the
sound originated with the Beatles.
Power Pop is characterized by strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies,
economic...
by Heidi Simmons
“Working Backwards From the Worst Moment of my Life”
Stories
Rob Roberge
Short stories are some of the best ways to not only experience great literature but also life itself. Though short stories don’t always hew to literary rules, they absolutely require a creative and intelligent construction of language that resonates in some way with our human condition.
In the...
By Lola Rossi-Meza
Kal David sings the Blues in The Purple Room at Club Trinidad
For the next several weeks, Kal David will perform every Thursday, from 7 to 11 p.m., in the Purple Room at Club Trinidad located at 1900 East Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. (760) 327-1877 ext. 230. He is scheduled to perform on Friday, August 17,...
A Cool Breeze of Riesling by Rick Riozza
Summertime . . . and the living is . . .well—a bit slower. It’s hot out there, so it’s not a bad thing to take some time to try out some new or different light-bodied wines.
In our previous columns—which you can go to on-line at coachellavalleyweekly.com ( click on Vino...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Jam with Greg Veach at the Dillon Roadhouse every Sunday.
Have you ever attended a Jam? GREAT... Then you know, how much fun it is to have an opportunity to play with professional musicians and appreciate a good time, with lots of other talented vocalists, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and those who play other instruments like harmonica, fiddle and...
By Marissa Willman
As the middle of summer approaches, the excitement of being out of school wanes and children start to say every parent’s favorite phrase: “Mom, Dad, I’m bored!”
There’s still more than a month to go before the kids head back to school and the Desert Recreation District has plenty of summer programs and camps that will keep your...
Is milk good for you? Research published in Pediatrics magazine shows that dairy products do not build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis to the degree that we once thought. While calcium is healthful for your bones, exercise is far more helpful in building bone density. Reducing your intake of sodium and animal proteins is also of...
_Peter Mikulak
By Selma Grows
Originally from inner city New Haven, Connecticut, where he had a thriving General Contracting business, Peter Mikulak now joins the Coachella Valley’s community of self sustaining artists.
Three years ago, due to the recent economic challenges, Peter Mikulak was forced to leave his 14 year career and suffered homeless conditions as a result. Times have been...
LOCAL PRODUCER RECALLS WORKING WITH THE SCREEN ICON
When Ernest Borgnine unexpectedly died earlier this month at the age of 95, I immediately thought of Larry Delrose, a local businessman who was a producer -- and had a hand in writing -- NIGHT CLUB, the last film in which Mr. Borgnine was featured as a leading man. The story about...
In the animal kingdom, rats are a species with an image problem. Capable of spastically scurrying in any direction, they are associated with Halloween and may elicit screams when they catch humans by surprise. Contrary to reputation, these rodents are actually very sociable, keenly intelligent and can be trained to interact with people. I recently learned...
There are so many things to be said about Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill. First, this restaurant is way more than just a pizza place. There menu is actually overwhelming, with enticing appetizers and a “gourmet small plate” menu which includes Cajun ahi, 7 oz. NY steak, Asiago mac & cheese, crab cakes, citrus herb Atlantic salmon and grilled...
One of my favorite things to do is SLEEP! When I cannot sleep or have insomnia it drives me crazy. Tossing, turning, wrestling with my sheets and pillows can be maddening. There are many contributing factors as to why one might toss and turn at night. Some aspects may include stress, anxiety, had a late...
Ominously Confident
By Xan Raymond
Although Perishment has been on hiatus since August 2011, the four band members do not appear as though they’ve grown apart at all as they pile into a booth at a diner in Palm Desert, laughing and joking like old friends.
That hiatus is almost over: Perishment is prepping for a massive comeback show, as part...
Psoriasis plagues as many as 7.5 million Americans according to psoriasis.org. The disease stems from genetic traits that send signals to grow skin cells at an increased rate. The cells build up and crust over, ceasing normal healthy growth. The plaques formed by psoriasis are often irritated, painful and ugly, leaving the person bearing the disease to experience not...
Since the creation of the Magna Carta 797 years ago, English speaking people have lived with this freedom: “No free man shall be imprisoned...nor will we proceed with force against him...except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.” Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I consider trial by jury as the only anchor...by...
Week of July 19
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Acro-Yoga is a relatively new physical discipline. According to a description I read on a flyer in Santa Cruz, it "blends the spiritual wisdom of yoga, the loving kindness of massage, and the dynamic power of acrobatics." I'd love to see you work on creating a comparable...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
So much to do, so little time! Dawn to moonrise---and later if we get lucky, we’re on the go, here, there, anywhere and everywhere to all the events, fundraisers, parties and festive folderol hereabouts. We’re going to have to erase “the season” from our lexicon as year-after-year the summer entertainment gets stronger and our...
After being asked several times to join the party in the lounge after bowling, Todd Avery, (A.K.A. T-Bone) decided one night to see what he was missing. Much to his surprise, Todd found many of his bowling buddies singing, dancing and really whooping it up! Todd decided to stay but, had no intention of singing, mostly due to...
12 KEY TIPS TO AVOID SCAMS AND THIEVES
By Dale Gribow
1. SCAMS: Never sign anything on the spot without reviewing it or sleeping on it. Be wary of internet and phone offers that sound to good to be true. SENIORS are often targeted and are the easiest people to SCAM. This is because they are often financially stable as a...
Best Coast “The Only Place” (Mexican Summer Records)
“What a year this day has been/what a day this year has been…”
That is how Beth Cosentino describes the whirlwind surrounding her band, Best Coast.
The song, “Last Year,” is a grunge guitar waltz in ¾ time that encapsulates
the swift journey Best Coast took from pop hopefuls to the...
Book Review by Heidi Simmons
“The Girl in the Flammable Skirt”
Stories
Aimee Bender
I started this summer’s short story series with the notion that what makes short stories appealing to read, besides the length, is that they don’t necessarily follow simple literary requirements such as a beginning, middle and end. In Aimee Bender’s The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Anchor Books,...
By Marissa Willman
Get ready to shake it—the Summer Salsa Mambo Festival and Bacahata Madness Festival is making its way to the desert this month.
From July 26-30, Dance Sport California will present its 16th Salsa Mambo Festival at the Doral Princess Resort in Cathedral City, featuring world-famous dance instructors and activities for all ages and skill levels.
“Whether you’re 60, 36,...
By Marissa Willman
When Mika Moulton’s 10-year-old son didn’t come home from his bike ride in 1995, she feared every mother’s worst nightmare. Eight days later, the police came to her door at 3 a.m. to confirm her fears. Her son, Christopher, had been abducted, brutalized and murdered by a recently released convicted murderer.
“It was very surreal. I was going...
by Rick Riozza
YOU can be forgiven a bit of indecision when ordering suds at LQ Wine and Craft Beer Shop, 46520 Washington, La Quinta Ca. 760.771.8466. The cooler glistens with bottles of the world’s choicest beers, and the place offers an exhaustive selection of bottled craft brews that patrons can sample in-house or take away. “There’s a huge movement...
By Lola Rossi-Meza
Musician and Radio Personality Brad Mercer of The Heat 99.5 FM
Brought to you by The Palm Canyon Roadhouse, Brad Mercer of The Heat 99.5 FM and host of Brad Mercer’s Bands ‘N Fans, has committed to playing a track from an unsigned band at 5:35 p.m. during his radio program that airs from 3 until 7 p.m....
By Marissa Willman
At Palm Desert Volleyball Club, founder and coach Dylan Rosman is known as the “yeller coach,” but her no-nonsense approach to coaching girls’ volleyball has led to a 99% success rate of her girls making it onto volleyball teams.
The PDVC started five years ago when Rosman left another club to start her own. From renting middle...
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Education is the Great Equalizer.
Earth 2012: South Africa
A new school opens and there are a limited amount of seats available. Over 80,000 people are camping outside the gates. Registration opens. Human beings are trampled and killed as the mob pushes forward to register. The people are literally dying to learn.
Long awaited and much needed freedom in education is...
THREE FILMS TACKLE TORRID TOPICS
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN
I wasn’t fully amazed, but I was definitely amused and engaged beyond what I expected. It’s not so strange why a studio (Sony/Columbia) considers a reboot of a movie franchise that’s barely ten years old, and only five years since Spidey’s last outing: when potential money looms on the box office...
An amazing and unique animal shelter is tucked away on a rural palm tree lined road in the city of Coachella. THE PET RESCUE CENTER IS THE ONLY "KENNEL FREE" SHELTER IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, WITH A DESIGN THAT ALLOWS THEIR 24 SMALL DOGS TO ROAM FREE MUCH OF THE DAY. A large brick wall encloses the one acre...
Why is it almost every article I read on how to get glowing summer skin leaves me feeling naked and vulnerable? Don't apply powder, forgo foundation and just brush on a little bronzer, a quick coat of mascara and a nude gloss are all you need, or so they say.
I don't know about you, but if looking fabulous...
It’s a bona fide fact many women will begin to lose bone density and are often diagnosed with Osteoporosis after menopause. Osteoporosis is a thinning of the bone tissue and loss of bone density over time. Osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, osteopenia are among a list of bone disorders and diseases. Without going in depth on each...
In 1972, George Carlin spoke of the seven words that you cannot say on television. Forty years later, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was sued for the release of the 500 words that you should not say on Twitter or Facebook unless you want to risk the DHS monitoring you as a potential threat to our country....
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