By SMAT Golf Pro Grant Bollin.
The fundamentals of Golf Fitness come down to understanding what the Golf Fitness Program is all about and what the benefits are.
In the nutshell Golf Fitness is a Program that is designed to improve movement patterns of certain areas of the body that are utilized in the golf swing. The typical Golf Fitness Program...
BY RUTH HILL R.N.
Creating a Zen atmosphere in the home lends itself to tranquility. In Japanese Zen refers to meditation. In interior design, it reflects balance, harmony, and relaxation. Zen is a slang word for feeling peace and relaxation. What makes a Zen experience? An amalgam of sounds and smells that bring together an awareness of the senses and...
A celebration of music, art, and community in magical Joshua Tree
Let the Joshua Tree Music Festival countdown begin, the festival kicks off next Thursday! This will be Joshua Tree Music Festivals 21st annual spring event, taking place May 18th to May 21st at the Joshua Tree Lake RV & Campground in Joshua Tree, CA.
This May’s lineup features over 30...
By Crystal Harrell
On May 31, at the Mary Pickford is D’Place, a special screening will take place for the horror thriller film “Half Sisters,” followed with a Q&A from the director and filmmaker, Devin Tau.
The film centers on two half-sisters (played by Kristy Dawn Dinsmore and Sydney Winbush) who bitterly hate each other become trapped in a cabin during...
By Eleni P. Austin
Rickie Lee Jones once noted “I lived volumes before I was famous” She was only 24 when she burst on the music scene in the Spring of 1979 with her hooky hit single, “Chuck E.’s In Love.” She was born in Chicago in 1954 to Richard and Bettye Jones. Her paternal grandparents had been vaudevillians and...
By Marissa Willman
The most exciting and dynamic new chef’s dinner series is going on now at Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City. This Spring, Executive Chef Jonathan Wiener has launched a new interactive, prix fixe dinner called The Chef’s Experience. This four-course dinner is enjoyed at the bar at Café One Eleven, led by Chef Jonathan himself as he walks...
By DeAnn Lubell
I discovered singer, songwriter, and recording engineer Pat Kearns at the Roost in Yucca Valley when I went there for dinner a few weeks ago. He was performing with his stylish wife, Susan, a local artist, and hairdresser, who accompanies him playing an upright electric bass while he sings and plays the guitar. The words and music...
Lady A is coming to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino on May 12th, and they are bringing a new interactive approach to their tour. With 17 years and nine albums under their belt, the band is looking to create more connective moments with their audience. "We were playing the hits, but how can we make it more interactive?" Hillary Scott,...
What are they, Ways to Recognize them, and How to Avoid Being Phished?
By Dennis Shelly
Phishing attacks continue to play a significant role in the cyber security landscape. Verizon Enterprise, in its 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), discovered that phishing was one of the most common types of data breach activities. Phishing was found in more than a third (36%) of...
By Daniel Paris
Tucked into a strip mall along Hwy. 111, Oceans restaurant has been featuring fresh seafood on their menu since 1995. This was my second visit. Replete with crisp linens on each table and a large aquarium for your entertainment, the atmosphere is casually elegant. The menu showcases fresh seafood prepared in several styles with a focus on...
By Rick Riozza
For the past twelve years or so that we’ve been doing this Vino Voice column, we attempt to interest not only the general wine enthusiast, but hopefully the entire wine game crowd; and that includes the connoisseur, the newbie, the nerd, the snob, and those who do not think themselves as enthusiasts, but enjoy a nice bottle...
By Janet McAfee
In February, a party at Loving All Animals’ shelter celebrated the joyful adoption of a small Papillon mix dog named Zoomer. The lucky adopters were her foster parents Diane and Travis Medley. The office was cheerfully decorated in balloons and a hand painted adoption sign. There were gifts for Zoomer and a special doggie cake. The humans...
By Madeline Zuckerman
Members of The Springs Woman, a support group of The Springs Country Club in Rancho Mirage, gathered recently for their final luncheon of the season, raising much-needed funds for Volunteers In Medicine. The Springs Woman is very proud of the fact that it has been the single largest outside fundraising group for Coachella Valley Volunteers In Medicine,...
By Haddon Libby
The Federal Reserve appears to have hit its terminal rate for Fed Funds at 5.25%. The ominously sounding ‘terminal rate’ term means that the Fed has achieved what it expects to be the highest interest rate for this economic cycle. Many commercial real estate borrowers are expected to struggle as lower-rate loans mature and are replaced with...
Was the Force With You on May 4, 2023, on the annual Star Wars Day? The punning slogan “May the Force be with you” acquired legitimacy, when the British Conservative Party used it upon Margaret Thatcher’s ascending to the post of prime minister of the United Kingdom. On May 4, 1979 they posted “May the Fourth Be with you, Maggie… Congratulations.” When Disney...
By Tiar’a Literary & Illustration
Email us: tiarapublications@gmail.com
Integrity is a word familiar to most, yet nowadays is hardly if ever implemented. It’s definition: “The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles”.
We live in a world that is now driven by speed and is presently hitting full-throttle spinning us all way out of control.
It’s clear to at least the...
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
May is High Blood Pressure Awareness Month!
Let’s see if you can “get it under pressure” with this https://lnkd.in/g8vrE-kJ
Heart disease is no stranger to firefighters. It ranks right at the top of our number one killer. So what is the first thing you should know about blood pressure?
Know your numbers. High blood pressure affects one in three Americans —...
By Aimee Mosco
“Forgiveness clears the pathways that prohibit the passage of love.” SACRED System Manual, Exercise 32, by Aimee Mosco and Don Ferguson
You are often responsible for revoking the divine power bestowed upon you as your birthright. If you are like most other humans, you are likely your own worst critic. The judgments you have about yourself are far...
© Copyright 2023 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): All of us are always telling ourselves stories—in essence, making movies in our minds. We are the producer, the director, the special effects team, the voice-over narrator, and all the actors in these inner dramas. Are their themes repetitious and negative or creative and life-affirming? The coming weeks will be a...
By Coach Nadia Popova
Your lower back provides support and stability to your body when you’re in an upright position. Each vertebra is separated by a jelly-filled disc that serves as a cushion. These discs can become inflamed when standing for long periods of time. They can also experience wear and tear with age. Standing or walking for extended periods...
Each and every first Thursday of the month, Plan B Live Entertainment & Cocktails has presented the wildly successful acoustic music showcase- Intimate Acoustics hosted by Morgan Alise Carmona & Johnny Carmona. For the last 9 years the showcase has featured incredible local music talent from a variety of genres making it a monthly event not to be missed!...
By Crystal Harrell
Looking for a way to beat the heat this summer? Registration for Youth Summer Art Camp and adult four-week classes from June through mid-August are going to be announced very soon at the Old Town Artisan Studios website. Classes will be grouped by medium and released on specific days, starting at 10 a.m. each day. Please allow a few minutes...
MELISSA ERRICO • ALAN H. GREEN • STEVE ROSS • TERI RALSTON & ALIX KOREY • GLENN ROSENBLUM with SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS • MAXIMO MARCUSO • LISA VROMAN • MARK EVANS and from the cast of ONCE: MOLLY COYNE, EILEEN DOAN & TREVOR LINDLEY CRAFT
Thursdays, May 4 – August 24. Tickets on sale now!
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA – COACHELLA VALLEY...
By Marissa Willman
If you're a food and wine lover looking for a special night out, look no further than Morgan’s in the desert, the signature dining venue at La Quinta Resort & Club. This top-rated restaurant is reintroducing their Wine Dinner Series through June, celebrating different regions of renowned wine country each month.
April kicked off the series with its...
By DeAnn Lubell
Profile photo credit: photos provided by Sally Lavinich
Sally Lavinich is often referred to as the jewelry and clothing designer for the stars and royalty. Her clients have included the author, Anne Rice, along with actress Elizabeth Taylor and country-western singer Tanya Tucker. Sally was commissioned to create approximately 95 pieces specially designed for Rice, who penned gothic...
What is TikTok and What Data Does TikTok Collect about its Users?
By Dennis Shelly
TikTok has grown significantly in popularity and user count from its early days as Musical.ly when it was mainly used for lip-syncing. TikTok may be credited for some of the most popular trends and viral videos you see on other platforms. That's how popular the app...
“Results Not Typical” ianjonesmusic.com
By Eleni P. Austin
Ian Jones grew up listening to The Beatles and Bob Dylan, along with Outlaw Country legends Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe. One of three siblings, he was raised by a single mom in the shadow of Mount Rainier. It was a hardscrabble existence, as he recently recalled, “my babysitter was...
Joshua Tree National Park - Southern California
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LYNNE TUCKER
Cholla Cactus Garden is one of Joshua Tree National Park’s one-of-a-kind features. Located at the merger of the upper Mojave Desert and the lower Colorado Desert, this level quarter-mile loop provides access to an intense concentration of cholla cacti.
Perhaps the cutest cactus on the planet, the cholla has...
By Rick Riozza
Ask anyone in the real estate biz and they’ll repeat the title of this piece (okay—maybe not in the plural so much, but certainly in the singular).
And since vineyards are indeed real estate, location is indeed everything. When the Europeans first came to California—from the early Spaniards to the later Italians, Swiss French, and Germans, they all...
Review by Jeffrey Scott
Award-winning local theatre company, Green Room Theatre Company Coachella Valley (GRTCCV), debuts Gary Soto’s award-winning “Novio Boy” and takes it on the road to the people.
Beginning in La Quinta and continuing onto venues in Thermal and Desert Hot Springs, the touring company brings this comedy of adolescence and ambition told through the lens of its main...
By Janet McAfee
In a nation that treats dogs like family and delights in the joy of lively puppies and kittens, there are still countless litters of these little creatures rendered homeless by a variety of circumstances. Groups of abandoned and neglected animals suffer in our desert heat, laying huddled together for comfort. They are subject to heat stroke, parasites,...
By Haddon Libby
Most of us like lists. The Fortune 400 list ranks the net worth of the richest people in the world. The Standard & Poor’s 500 or Dow Industrials Index are lists of companies that we use when investing.
Given that we live in a resort community with a high percentage of retirees, did you ever wonder which cities are...
Contrary to what most of us think, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day…it is September 16…Diez y Seis de Septiembre! But it matters not. Instead of thinking about Mexican Independence, some Coachella and Stagecoach locals and visitors, are also trying to obtain freedom.
I’m talking about getting out of the Indio Jail or JFK/Eisenhower, or Desert Regional, after...
By Tiar’a Literary & Illustration
Email: tiarapublications@gmail.com
It’s summertime, and the living is anything but easy - Unless you have access to a swimming pool or outdoor water feature. Thanks to Luxury Pool Construction & Design, financing options are available. This means this summer could be the one during which you make your living easy.
The modern swimming pool was, for those...
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
As fire officials, we preach this message every year “this will be our worst fire season ever!” Though we were not completely spared of wildfires, we have dodged the bullet the past two years of significant wildfires in Southern California. The third year won’t be a charm, especially with all the vegetation growing from recent...
BY MICHELLE BORTHWICK
Cravings
I work with a lot of people that are self-proclaimed sugar addicts and they think it’s impossible that they’ll ever be free of it but my approach gets them craving free. There are mixed feelings in the Keto space about using keto friendly sweeteners. Some say no. I say yes. It will help you cope with...
© Copyright 2023 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Before forming the band called The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney performed under various other names: the Quarrymen, Japage 3, and Johnny and the Moondogs. I suspect you are currently at your own equivalent of the Johnny and the Moondogs phase. You’re building momentum. You’re gathering the tools...
Your Physical Training can improve not just your wellbeing but your mental health as well. Did you know that working out regularly has a positive impact on your mental health?
Exercise can support mental health in a multitude of ways, from reducing stress to calming anxiety.
We are always more aware of the benefits of exercise for our physical health. However,...
BY RUTH HILL R.N.
Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue similar to the lining inside the uterus (called “the endometrium”), is found outside the uterus. Left untreated endometriosis induces a chronic inflammatory reaction that may result in scar tissue. It afflicts 11% of women worldwide during their reproductive years of 15 to 49. Previous studies have indicated that the...
Are you ready to own an electric vehicle?
BY DENNIS SHELLY
The electric vehicle (EV) industry has been growing significantly for years, with tech giant Tesla grabbing much of the headlines and the Nissan Leaf a mainstay. However, most other significant automakers have also already committed to building more electric vehicles for a market that will eventually be entirely electric. Under...
By Eleni P. Austin
The first three tracks off her self-titled debut offer a crash course in the many moods of Blondshell. “Veronica Mars,” named for Kristen Bell’s 2004 TV series, opens with tensile electric strumming. The mood feels ominous as deadpan vocals casually reveal “’Veronica Mars, 2000 aughts, Logan’s a dick, I’m learning that’s hot.” Scathing staccato guitar riff-age...
By Marissa Willman
If you're seeking a luxurious and memorable beachfront getaway, look no further than the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa. Located in the heart of Puerto Vallarta, this all-inclusive resort boasts an idyllic beachfront location, fantastic amenities, and exceptional service.
Being a beachfront resort, the beach itself is a true highlight of this property. Whether you're in the...
By Rick Riozza
One of the most exciting beverage news stories to come out of Palm Springs recently is the success of Racquet Club Spirits. For those of you already in the know—this may be old news. But for the rest of us around town & country, we are all delighted to come upon this wonderful story, and, to learn...
By Janet McAfee
If you are a pet owner, you may eventually experience having one go missing. It can happen to anyone. This week a phone call came into Loving All Animals from a distraught woman in town for the Coachella concert when her dog went missing. Chihuahua pup Peanut jumped out of her vehicle at the car charging station in...
Steve Poltz Announces Return of his Bahootenzie SongSchool & FolkFest to Joshua Tree, CA Joshua Tree, CA: Steve Poltz is presenting the 2nd Annual Bahootenzie; a SongSchool (May 2-4) and FolkFest (May 5 & 6). He’s teamed up with the Joshua Tree Music Festival family, and it all takes place at the festival venue at the Joshua Tree Lake...
A LIGHT ON FIVE NONPROFITS AT FASHION WEEK EL PASEO 2023
By Madeline Zuckerman
As the Giving Sponsor of Fashion Week El Paseo 2023 for the second consecutive year, Rancho Mirage resident Bobbi Lampros is shinning a light on five nonprofits within our Valley. These deserving nonprofit organizations celebrated at this year’s Fashion Week El Paseo included Desert Arc, Safehouse Of...
Presented by Joshua Tree Music Festival
By Eleni P. Austin
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Steve Poltz is back in the high desert to present the 2nd annual Bahootenzie; a SongSchool that will happen on May 2-4, leading up to the annual Joshua Tree Folkfest on May 5-6, that takes place at The Joshua Tree Lake Campground.
Although he’s best known for co-writing Jewel’s massive...
By Haddon Libby
With attendance estimated at 75,000, the Stagecoach Music Festival is one of the largest country music festivals each year. On the grassy lawns of the Empire Polo Club, the festival takes its name from an iconic image of the Old West. When most of us think of a stagecoach, the Wells Fargo Wagon typically comes to mind. The stagecoach...
COACHELLA is a breeding ground for Arrests! It is also an Accident waiting to happen? Whenever thousands of people are crammed together, there is always a potential for needing a lawyer. Cars exit at the same time! People are high from drinking and drugs in the sun! Tempers flare from waiting in lines for entrance and exiting… and inside...
By Crystal Harrell
On May 18, multi-platinum musician Aaron Lewis will be performing at the Spotlight Showroom at Spotlight 29 Casino for an 8 p.m. performance. The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians will host this event held at the center of the Coachella Valley’s best entertainment.
The “Aaron Lewis Acoustic” set at Spotlight Showroom is part of Lewis’ 2023 Acoustic...
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