Week of June 28
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you play solitaire, your luck will be crazy strong in the coming weeks. If you have candid, wide-ranging talks with yourself in the mirror, the revelations are likely to be as interesting as if you had spoken directly with the river god or the angel of...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
Golly, and gee-whiz for good measure. We love summer. The first day of which arrived a week ago as of yesterday. Sorry, we didn’t remind you. We were too afraid it was a ruse to lull us into complacency immediately followed by one of those wicked summer monsoons in India and Arizona that...
If you ask Ceasare Orlando what he likes better, being a dancer or a DJ, his answer would go something like this, “That's a tough question, I love music, and have been playing different instruments since I was five. I also love technology and working as a DJ which allows me to combine those two interests in a...
I previously hosted a weekly radio talk show and legal column entitled "Accidentally Yours" where we talked about how insurance companies have taken a hard line approach to settling accident cases with all lawyers in California. Instead of having 90% of the cases settle and only 10% go into litigation, we now have a larger amount of the...
By Laura Anne Rowell
When doing your weekly pub crawl be sure not to miss out on a little unassuming bar called The Desert Fox.
Known for their stylish, relaxed atmosphere and anything goes attitude, The Desert Fox is quickly becoming the place to go to meet up with old friends and find some new ones.
Located on Palm Canyon Drive,...
Book Review by Heidi Simmons
“CANADA”
A Novel
Richard Ford
Is it at all possible to disregard your past? Can one leave a childhood and a country behind without it influencing the future? And should a child take responsibility for his actions once he becomes an adult? These are a few of the lingering questions generated by Richard Ford’s provocative...
By Laura Anne Rowell
Art can be as simple as putting paper to pen or the act of picking up a camera and seeing beauty in the everyday.
The ladies of OUTSIDE IN HERE are collative talents displaying different genres of art, life and views of the desert. Natalie Aguayo, Kristin Winters, and Rose Winters have collaborated in physically manifesting the...
by Rick Riozza
Although we desert dwellers are well in to the season already, it’s officially summertime, and what so many of the food columns, restaurant & food markets ads, and knowledgeable backyard grillers are alerting us to is the current catch of the season: salmon.
Who doesn’t love tasty grilled salmon, and, pairing it to a wine that will bump...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Bill Baker performs in TV commercial for The Star Hotel and Casino in Australia.
Pianist and vocalist Bill Baker performs every Saturday, from 8 p.m. until 12 a.m., in the Purple Room at Club Trinidad located at 1900 East Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. (760) 327-1161 ext. 230. For anyone going to the mountains to escape the...
By Marissa Willman
Summer’s here and that means one thing: The desert’s Palm Springs Power baseball team is in full swing at Palm Springs Stadium.
Andrew Starke, owner and president of Palm Springs Power and a former Division One baseball player, started the team from the ground up when he first moved to Palm Springs. What started as a club in...
Before you get started, do your research. How is your idea unique relative to the competition? Often forgotten, you need to be passionate about what you are planning on doing. You will be breathing life into this business for a long time so you must have a passion. You also need a core team that...
-Selma Grows
Support and Education for Local Music and Arts, Coachella Valley Chapter (www.selmagrows.org) has recently joined on with a grass roots organization, the Coachella Valley Disk Jockey Association (CVDJA) with support for an exiting event unlike any this valley has witnessed prior. September, 27 2012 we can look forward to CVDJA hosting an ALL HIGH SCHOOL, FREE PROM COMPETION!...
RANDOM PICKS OF NEW FLIX
A terrific foreign film, two familiar local namesakes and a gargantuan dud are now available on the big and little screen. Choose wisely and you will not be disappointed. Life’s too short to waste a minute on a bad movie.
UNTOUCHABLES
One of the more engaging, witty and finally heartwarming films to come along in...
PET PSYCHIC, Cherie Vergini will be at Cosmopawlitan Café and Pet Boutique Saturday, June 30th 10am-3pm.
Cherie is a gifted, skilled Pet Psychic and Clairvoyant. As a Pet Psychic or Animal Communicator, she uses her psychic gifts and healing talents to counsel pet owners on resolving common behavioral problems such as biting, chewing, separation anxiety, barking, anti-social behavior and more....
Do you ever wish Sparkey would stop jumping up on your guests? Would you like your dog to do tricks like the dogs you see perform at competitions? Does your dog become anxious when you leave the house? Meet Sandy Miller, a Coachella Valley dog trainer who once trained dogs of the rich and famous in Hollywood. ...
Being a year-round resident in a seasonal town has its disadvantages. Many of my favorite restaurants have already closed for the summer, leaving few choices for a great dining experience. Fortunately, we live in a resort community where many of our local hotels are not only open all year, they feature some of the finest restaurants our...
Summer has arrived and many will partake in numerous activities to kick-off their summer. The Summer Solstice celebrates the longest day and the shortest night of the year in our northern hemisphere. On June 20, The Joshua Tree Retreat Center at the Metaphysics is celebrating a community drum circle. Performing the midsummer gathering is a well-known...
Hyaluronic Acid, also known as HA, is no joke. Hyaluronic acid is a substance that naturally occurs throughout our bodies and has recently made it's way into every type of health and beauty product on the shelf of your favorite store.
A gel-like substance that is found in the vitreous humor of the eye, the synovial fluid of joints, and...
By Haddon Libby
Was Obama’s statement last week that “the private sector is doing fine” a mistaken statement?
Personally, I don’t think it was a gaffe. From his perspective, the private sector is fine with jobs growing albeit at a painfully slow pace. Over the last three years, 4.3 million of the 8.9 million jobs lost have been replaced...
Week of June 21
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Swans, geese, and ducks molt all their flight feathers at once, which means they may be unable to fly for several weeks afterwards. We humans don't do anything like that in a literal way, but we have a psychological analog: times when we shed outworn self-images. I...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
Is it safe to say that I think we are in the throes of summer? Alternately tantalizing and tortuous? Here’s our check-it-out list. Sun? Check. Fruit smoothies? Check. Heat? Check. Pool temp over 90? Check. Thinking beach break? Check. Near-naked dress code? Check. Sunscreen with moisturizer? Check. Portable mister-fan? ...
Dave Field is probably one of the most well know DJs in the Coachella Valley. When you go to Village Fest in Palm Springs on a Thursday night with Dave or, take a walk through the mall on any given day, people will often call out his name to stop him and ask where he’s DJing?
Dave’s DJ career began...
For the most part, the injuries we are talking about stem from a soft-tissue/ whiplash case. However cases that appear to be soft tissue sometimes turn out to be more serious because of a possible brain or head injury.
Your brain is like jello inside of your skull. When you are rear-ended the brain sloshes forward and backward...
by Eleni P. Austin
Carole King recorded and released “Tapestry” in 1971. The landmark
effort stayed on the charts for over six years, becoming the best-selling album
of that era.
King first established a name for herself as a songwriter in the late fifties.
In partnership with then-husband Gerry Goffin, King began writing for publishers
Don Kirshner and Al Nevins.
Goffin & King set up...
by Laura-Anne Rowell
The main drag in Palm Springs is filled with great bars, good entertainment and tasty restaurants, so how does one stand out from another along Palm Canyon Rd?
Well if you are an awesome sports bar; serve a variety of food and have some of the hottest locals on staff, and you win. Over the Top Sports...
Book Review by Heidi Simmons
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Rain Dragon
Novel
Jon Raymond
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It is refreshing to come across a new author. Although Jon Raymond is new to me, he is not new to the craft of writing. Raymond is an award winning novelist and screenwriter. His first novel The Half-Life was a Publishers Weekly Best Book in 2004, and his short story...
By Laura-Anne Rowell
When you think of metal rarely do you think of dragons, owls or tigers, but that is exactly what artist Christopher James sees. His art has taken junk, fire and imagination to a whole new level.
James’ vivid imagination started early in his life. As a small boy he remembers his invisible friends he found in unusual places,...
By Marissa Willman
The 18th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest is in full swing after kicking off Tuesday, bringing a total of 325 short films from around the world to Camelot Theatres through Monday.
More than 20,000 people attend the festival’s various events, which includes daily film screenings, an awards ceremony and three days of programs and panelists at this weekend’s...
by Lucinda Perez
The American Red Cross will hold its annual Volunteer Recognition Awards ceremony on June 26, at the Moreno Valley Convention Center. Among the recognitions is the Rookie of the Year award; nominated this year for her efforts is Coachella Valley Weekly Sales Manager, Lisa Morgan.
Morgan, who has been working with CV Weekly since its inception earlier this...
By Marissa Willman
Family Health and Support Network, a non-profit foster family agency in the desert, will honor African American culture and heritage this Saturday at its 5th annual Juneteenth event at the La Quinta Resort.
“Juneteenth is an opportunity to honor African American heritage and salute African Americans who have been resilient in their communities,” said FSHN co-founder Sandra Austin.
Juneteenth,...
By Laura Anne Rowell
Voodoo Glow Skulls are a band that hales from Riverside and have been around since 1989 and are still touring in places like Australia, the UK and yes, even here in the good old USA. They are one of the few groups around that still believe in the ethos of D.Y.I (Do It Yourself) which was...
The Pleasures of Food & Wine Pairing by Rick Riozza
Benjamin Franklin said, “Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.”
Clearly, wine’s principle role is to give pleasure, and that role is best played out on the table. Now to gather at the table with family, friends and new acquaintances to enjoy food and...
by Lola Rossi-Meza
Promoter Randy Foulds brings a blend of solo acoustic guitarists from Scotland, the USA and Australia to Schmidy’s Tavern
Thanks to the fine ear and determination of promoter Randy Foulds, Schmidy’s Tavern located at 72-286 Hwy. 111, Suite J-3 in Palm Desert, will feature three acoustic solo guitarists, John Taylor, Suzanne Oliver and Kai Brown, on Sunday, June...
By Marissa Willman
When childhood friends Kevin Andrews, Clinton White and Troy Strange returned to the Coachella Valley in the early 2000s, they knew it was time to turn their dream of owning a business together into a reality.
“We asked ourselves, ‘How can we create something that’s for everybody?’” Andrews, XIK Racing’s CEO, said.
The lifelong friends decided to look into...
by Angela Janus
In order to avoid getting sick from the foods you eat this summer, remember these simple rules as it relates to food handling, preparation and storage.
When handling food, wash your hands before and after.
When preparing food, you must clean and sanitize the surfaces that you are working on before and after in order to reduce germ levels....
by Selma Grows
Support and Education for Local Music and Arts (S.E.L.M.A.) is grateful to report the recent collaboration with All-Desert Wellness Centers (ADWC). This local and available health and wellness headquarters is located on 74200 Hwy 111 across from ONE El Paseo (East). Their mission is to provide mental and behavioral health services to the underserved populations of the...
BRADBURY ‘S WRITING INFLUENCED FUTURE GENRE FILMS
By Robin E. Simmons
Back in the 70s, I got to know Ray Bradbury when I was writing YOUNG HITLER’S SECRET LIFE, a controversial movie intended for NBC from Bob Banner Productions. Our facilities were on Rodeo Drive just off Wilshire. Often during lunch, I’d literally run into Mr. Bradbury, who had an office...
There are many expectations when dining out in a fine restaurant. We all expect quality food as we are paying quality prices. We also anticipate a more professional and pleasant experience from our server and his or her assistant. Some people can forgive one over the other while others expect perfection from both. After a long, arduous day in...
by Bronwyn Ison
Are your shoulders in your ears by the end of the day? Do your neck and shoulders feel tense? Have you been clinching your jaw all day? We’ve all experienced stress. A little bit of stress (eustress or acute) keeps us motivated, creative, stimulated and excited. Episodic Acute Stress is a way of life for some and...
by Cara Pellegrino
Do you know your ABC's? I'm not talking about the kind you learned in kindergarten. I'm talking about the ABC's of skin cancer. Actually, in the case of skin cancer you have to know your ABCDE's. Most people know that skin cancer looks like an ugly lesion or an unhealed wound. But it's often a small little...
In November, Californians will be voting on a fairly simple ballot initiative: Do you have the right to know what is in your food? Should you know if the food you are buying includes a Genetically Engineered Crop (GE) also called a Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)?
Early polling suggests that more than 9 in 10 Californians support the Act. Similar...
by Mike Livingston; Co-Host, The CaddyShack Radio Show
With the allure of The U.S. Open at the famed Olympic Club in San Francisco looming, there were so-called ‘tune-ups” on all three tours this past weekend. Although Olympic promises to be the longest course in Open history, as well as having maniacally hard rough to go with lightning fast greens, there...
Week of June 14
© Copyright 2012 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): It's time for your right hand to find out what your left hand has been doing lately, and vice versa. They've been attending to their separate agendas for a while, and now it would be wise to have them work together more closely. As they get reacquainted, a...
BYLINE: DIANE MARLIN-DIRKX
Good old H₂0! There are times when only a particular liquid---Give it up for WATER!---will quench thirst and drench the fevered body in our desert paradise. Patio misters cast cooling fog. Menus for designer water are as long as for fine wine. Smiling sales personnel tuck bottled water in your bag with the register slip. And summer’s...
If you have been living in the Coachella Valley for the past 25 years, the chances that Bob Scatch has been the DJ at a wedding or nightclub you attended are pretty good.
Bob grew up working in his family restaurant business in the early 1980’s. While this served as a temporary way to pay the bills, Bob admits he...
by Dale Gribow
Medical Treatment:
With respect to treatment it is very important that your doctor is not only a good physician but that the doctor is also good at writing a medical/legal report. For 5 years I had had the pleasure of being a member of the Faculty of the International College of Surgeons. I lectured on “How to Write...
by Eleni P. Austin
Patti Smith, the High Priestess of Punk is back.
“Banga” is her first album of new material since 2004’s “Trampin.”
It’s not as though Smith has been hibernating the last 8 years. She recorded
an album of rock & roll covers, “Twelve” in 2007, participated in Jean Luc Goddard’s film, “Socialism,” and even appeared on and episode of “Law...
by Tracy Dietlin
Whether you’re trying to be cool, stay cool or just wanting to be one of the cool kids….all can be accomplished at Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Maybe you’re interested in staying overnight and taking advantage of Ace’s discounted summer room rates. Sundays through Thursdays, you can get a Standard King for 100.00 or a Standard Double...
Book Review
By Heidi Simmons
It was the seventh-grade when my English class was assigned The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. How cool! We discovered that the Martians used telepathy -- sharing information by just thinking about it. My friends and I wanted to try it. What a great way to communicate during class without the...
By Marissa Willman
When AuBrey Ward Jr. came to Palm Springs two and a half years ago, he had a vision: He was going to turn Palm Springs into a premier fashion mecca, one designer at a time.
“I had decided to come to Palm Springs as a designer,” Ward said. “But once I got here, I realized there was a...
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