By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
Smooth Jazz at the Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort and Spa with Rick Braun & Special Guests Saturday March 25th Come out to the Beautiful Westin Rancho Mirage Golf Resort and Spa for the weekend and enjoy watching March Madness play – offs Saturday and Sunday.
Come out for the weekend and Spring into golf, smooth...
By Michelle Borthwick
Ever wonder why carbs are so addictive? It has to do with chemicals that travel from the stomach to the part of the brain where you produce dopamine, a hormone and neurotransmitter that affects the brain’s pleasure and reward centers. Once these areas of the brain are stimulated, you’ll keep wanting more of the addictive substance, whether...
© Copyright 2023 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If we were to choose one person to illustrate the symbolic power of astrology, it might be Aries financier and investment banker J. P. Morgan (1837–1913). His astrological chart strongly suggested he would be one of the richest people of his era. The sun, Mercury, Pluto, and Venus were in Aries...
By Coach Nadia Popova
Going to the gym isn’t the only way to get in a great workout. Working out at home can be just as effective and so much more convenient. While a gym provides a dedicated space, home workouts offer more flexibility and can be more efficient. It all depends on how you use your time and equipment...
By Ruth Hill R.N.
Professor Raphael Mechoulam is widely recognized as one of the greatest scientists in the field of cannabinoid research and was an active researcher up until his death. Born in Bulgaria together with his Jewish parents, he emigrated to Israel in 1949. He obtained an MSc in biochemistry in 1952 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and...
By Brewmaster Ed Heethuis
If there is one thing that annoys local breweries, it’s Untappd.
Me? I don’t dislike Untappd, despite my general disdain for social media platforms. It’s certainly less nefarious than most when it comes to gathering your personal information and using it to feed you ads. But many of the users can rot in the beer aisle at...
By Crystal Harrell
Offering a celebrated arts and culture scene, Desert X attracts visitors from around the globe. A free biennial outdoor art exhibit comprising site-specific installations, Desert X has become one of the biggest reoccurring events in the Coachella Valley, welcoming art lovers and culture connoisseurs to discover amazing, visual works in unexpected places.
Desert X works by both established and emerging artists...
Featuring Classic Car Parade & Show, local celebrities, community pioneers, music in the park & Guinness Book of World Records on hand!
Palm Springs, Southern California’s most iconic resort destination, is turning 85-years-old – and the entire Coachella Valley is invited to celebrate the City’s legendary past and bright future at a FREE to the community, fun-filled 85th anniversary birthday...
By Eleni P. Austin
Two founding fathers of the desert scene, Mario Lalli and Zach Huskey, along with their bands, Fatso Jetson and Dali’s Llama, have joined forces and recorded a split LP, Desert Legends Volume 3. Although more infamous bands receive the ink and attention, these guys are responsible for creating the sound known throughout the world as Stoner...
BY DEANN LUBELL
Photo Credit: Zyra Raguro
Looking to go on a vicarious adventure? Historical Fiction writer Eliana Tobias will take you on a thrilling historic to modern age saga journey through turbulent Latin American Countries with three unlikely companions seeking the truth and redemption of governmental injustices of the past and present.
I met Eliana last month at the Palm Springs...
By Haddon Libby
How could Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) go from having $18 billion in equity at year-end with $2 billion in net income to a surprise closure by regulators on March 10th? This $200 billion bank is the largest failure since Washington Mutual in 2008.
SVB’s stock was trading at more than $700/share on Halloween 2021 which put the bank’s...
The Importance of Having a Managed IT Support Solution for your Business
By Dennis Shelly
Small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners face a wide range of challenges, such as limited amounts of time, finding good employees, funding, and balancing growth. Moreover, businesses that adapt to these challenges and are willing to change are more likely to succeed. Keeping up with technical...
Perez Art District - Cathedral City CA
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LYNNE TUCKER
Andrée B. Carter was born and raised in New Orleans. She has lived in Seattle and Los Angeles, and now resides in Palm Desert.
Andrée’s love of color and texture is evident in the way she treats the surfaces of her work. Andrée’s process combines two key elements—many, many...
By Dan Paris
When I hear a restaurant has Cuban food on the menu, I know there is only one choice for me, the Cubano Sandwich. Layered with roasted pork, thin-sliced dill pickle, Swiss cheese, and sliced ham on a Cuban bread baguette slathered with mustard and pressed in a hot iron grill. This dish determines the authentic versus the...
By Rick Riozza
The annual BNP Paribas Tennis Tournament continues this week at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. And the weather couldn’t be nicer with the remaining snow still showing on our surrounding mountains which adds to the international vibe of this venerable and most popular international sport. Tennis Everyone?
Of course, this public event, whether you know it or not,...
By Janet McAfee
Valerie Masi, owner and operator of Best Paw Forward, is one of the most outstanding dog trainers in Southern California. She can handle any size dog with any issue, but her passion is helping dogs who have suffered mistreatment. In addition to certification from the program at National K-9 School of Dog training, Valerie earned a degree...
EVENT BENEFITTED AT-RISK YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES IN DESERT COMMUNITIES & INLAND EMPIRE
By Madeline Zuckerman
Child Abuse continues to occur at alarming rates in our community and all across the country. Every 10 seconds in the U.S., a report of child abuse is made. And, nearly 5 children die on a daily basis from abuse related causes.
Olive Crest, known for...
Part Four “Travel”
By Tiar’a Literary & Illustration
Email: tiarapublications@gmail.com
TRAVEL - a word that cultivates a sweet indication that a time of rest has come, and to others - a bloody nightmare in the making.
We’ve all been there. Missed flights, traffic jams, canceled flights, wrong booking information at the hotel front desk, and of course, car rentals that were never processed...
PART 1
Most of us read in school about Julius Caesar, and the Ides of March. It was a day in the Roman calendar that corresponds to 15 March…this week. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. The phrase, “Beware the Ides of March,” is the soothsayer's message...
By Aimee Mosco
We all have a sixth sense and are wired to process intuitive communications. Some are more adept at using this innate ability in a conscious state than others, but the fact remains, we are naturally intuitive. As we evolve and prepare ourselves for a higher vibrational experience in a new world, this innate wiring becomes more apparent...
© Copyright 2023 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I highly recommend the following experiences: 1. ruminating about what you learned in a relationship that ended—and how those lessons might be useful now. 2. ruminating about a beloved place you once regarded as home—and how the lessons you learned while there might be inspiring now. 3. ruminating about a riddle...
By Coach Nadia Popova
As we know, if you want to live a healthier life and reach your goals, exercising less than 1x/week is not going to cut it.
When asked why they weren't able to stay consistent, the top 3 reasons were:
They had no guidance.
They were bored.
They were intimidated.
Before starting working with Send Me A Trainer they...
By M. Wheel-Zot M.A.S.
Post Covid has spun an unprecedented account for depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses that can cause your body to feel pain! It has been estimated by the National Institute of Health (NH) in 2020- 2022; that one in five U.S. adults live with mental illness, roughly 50 million people in the U.S. and at an...
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
The recent storms proved many were not fully prepared for when disaster strikes. Make sure you have an “all hazards” preparedness plan with supplies in place!
Help Spring your home into being safe and organized by following these steps:
Last week, you should have changed your clocks forward and change the smoke detector batteries. We do ask...
After a three-year hiatus due to Covid 19, the unique and popular concert performance known as THREE PIANOS - SIX HANDS TM finally returns to the McCallum Theatre on Monday, March 20th at 5:30 PM. The performance is unique because it features virtuoso pianists performing on three pianos all at the same time. The first rendition was performed in...
By Crystal Harrell
From March 4-5 at the Van Buren Elementary School in Indio, Angel Light Academy (ALA) held its annual Youth Leadership Conference at the Van Buren Elementary School in Indio.
Angel Light Academy is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit corporation dedicated to teaching leadership to youth and adults. According to Erika Baily, Event Chair, “It’s time to rebuild hope and confidence...
By Dee Jae Cox
As President Abraham Lincoln once said, “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” And that’s the promise of the upcoming new Comedy, Aces, a world premier written by Davis Gordon Gilbert. Opening at Oscars on Thursday March 9th and running Thursday’s and Fridays through March 31st.
"Aces," is based...
By Daniel Paris
Cowboy Cantina “Santa Fe Chef” Johnny Vee has a love affair with Hatch chiles. He uses them roasted pickled, diced, and pureed throughout his imaginative menu. You will find the chiles in a hollandaise draped over the Big Tex Cowboy Ribeye, layered in their 1/2 lb. prime burgers in a relish or ample slice. They also show...
By DeAnn Lubell
Profile photo by Marilyn Woo. Art photos submitted by Elisabeth Pollnow.
She has the face of a model; the sweetness of an angel; the talent of a master; and the fortitude of a lioness. She is sculptor Elisabeth Pollnow. Her distinctive art borders between three-dimensional and two-dimensional forms working out themes found in the natural world. This sixth...
BY BREWMASTER ED HEETHUIS
For most beer industry folk, this St. Patrick’s Day will mark the third anniversary of the realization that COVID was going to be a serious affair. The 2020 shamrocks had been hung, corned beef & cabbage simmered peacefully in the kitchen, and all that remained was the arrival of everyday, ordinary people who would make it...
How about your tech devices?
By Dennis Shelly
Following COVID-19, some have called for the world to be better prepared for the next pandemic. These calls are motivated by a belief that the outbreak could have been predicted and avoided, or that the spread could have been more effectively limited, resulting in less social and economic disruption. If we draw the...
By Eleni P. Austin
If you came of age in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, chances are, you discovered new music almost exclusively through MTV (back when the “M” stood for Music). In the early days, the channel played whatever was available, but by the end of the first decade, they created programs dedicated to specific genres of music. Headbanger’s...
Coachella Valley, CA
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY LYNNE TUCKER
Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in California, conceived to produce recurring international contemporary art exhibitions that activate desert locations through site-specific installations by acclaimed international artists.
Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of...
By Rick Riozza
It’s almost maddening! So much wine—and where is the time!? Over a thousand wines have just been released since the new year; a plethora of new bottles are arriving on shelves as we speak, it’s mania—craziness, well—it’s madness!
And do you think we can taste through them all and recommend our favorite ones? Hey—we can try.
And as this...
By Janet McAfee
Los Angeles residents Austin Miller and Margo Bateman were on a recent overnight trip to Joshua Tree. That evening Austin checked online for available dogs at local shelters and rescues. He was amazed to discover an adorable puppy at Loving All Animals that greatly resembled Tony, their Terrier/Schnauzer who passed away in January.
A Good Samaritan found Dobby...
BENJAMIN S. CARSON, SR., M.D., RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS AS THIS YEAR’S KEYNOTE SPEAKER
By Madeline Zuckerman
Mama’s House Ministries celebrated its 10th Anniversary in grand style with a packed house of elegantly-attired guests at its Annual HEARTbeat Of Love Luncheon at the Indian Wells Renaissance Resort & Spa. These supportive and generous guests were there for all the right reasons! Mama’s...
By Haddon Libby
Forbes recently ranked the most valuable sports teams in the world. The top 50 teams have seen values increase by 78% over the last five years to a collective value of $223 billion!
The NFL has the lion’s share of the most highly valued teams with all but two of their teams in the top 50. Broadcast network...
The burden is on the Automobile Insurance CARRIER to find out about your DUI Conviction, and I’m advised they usually SPOT CHECK driving records for the last year. If you are asked directly don’t lie. However, if you receive something in the mail from your insurance carrier, many experts suggest that you ignore it. It may fall through the...
By TIAR’A LITERARY & ILLUSTRATION
Email: tiarapublications@gmail.com
Despite experiencing an unprecedentedly long - and albeit, graciously received winter, the Coachella Valley is on a collision course set to detonate with yet another summer of gorgeous sun-soaked weather.
For the ever-increasing number of natives associated with our beautiful valley, summertime heat is nothing out-of-the-ordinary. After all, the Coachella Valley is nestled just slightly above...
By Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna
As we approach St. Patrick’s Day, we want everyone to celebrate responsibly. Here are some tips to help you safely navigate the festivities this year.
Predetermine a safe way to get home for you and your friends. Whether you’re watching a parade or going to or hosting a party, ensure everyone in your group has a...
BY MICHELLE BORTHWICK
You start with your commitment and then develop a mindset around Keto fitting into your lifestyle. This greatly increases your chances of success. And, when you are successful your commitment increases. Don't fall for the one-size fits all keto that works for everyone. We are all different and Keto requires customization. Mindset, or commitment, is a vital...
© Copyright 2023 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Repressed feelings and dormant passions are rising to the surface. I bet they will soon be rattling your brain and illuminating your heart, unleashing a soothing turbulence of uncanny glee. Will you get crazy and wise enough to coax the Great Mystery into blessing you with an inspirational revelation or two?...
By Coach Nadia Popova
How healthy is your lifestyle right now? Which of these habits are you guilty of and what can you do to live better?
Nowadays, it takes deliberate effort to be active enough each day. Everyone seems to be so busy with other things that we have NEVER enough time to get active.
By the end of a week,...
BY RUTH HILL R.N.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) currently recognizes medicinal C. sativa as an effective treatment for providing relief in a number of symptoms associated with cancer, including pain, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and anxiety. Studies have described cannabidiol (CBD) as a multitarget molecule, acting as an adaptogen. CBD mainly interacts with specific receptor proteins CB1 and CB2. It...
Join us at the La Quinta Art Celebration from March 2-5, named the #1 Fine Art & Fine Craft Event in the Nation by Art Fair Sourcebook. Experience the original artworks of 200 juried, world-class artists showcasing original works at the stunning La Quinta Civic Center Park. This is your opportunity to engage with the artists and learn about...
By Crystal Harrell
Modernism Week’s annual 11-day festival features more than 350 events, including the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale, tours of iconic homes in more than 30 neighborhoods, and the popular Signature Home Tour on both weekends. Also offered are picturesque double-decker bus tours that take travelers through some of the most historic and signature locations that embody...
By DeAnn Lubell
Photo provided by Read With Me Volunteers
Read With Me Volunteer Programs began in 2004 by Roberta and Clay Klein when they found out from the Coachella Valley School District that local schools needed English-speaking role models to help students improve their English language skills.
Its mission evolved to help disadvantaged children who live in poverty and come from...
WITH TOP-RANKED TENNIS PROS VICTORIA AZARENKA, CASPER RUUD, GRIGOR DIMITROV AND FRANCES TIAFOE FOR ON COURT BATTLE FOR CHARITY WITH P!NK, COLTON UNDERWOOD, TIMOTHY OLYPHANT AND OTHER CELEBRITY PLAYERS
The 19th Annual Charity Tennis Event to Benefit Playing For Change Foundation
Desert Smash, the most recognized celebrity tennis event in the world, bringing together the biggest names in pro tennis and...
By Daniel Paris
Chef Tanya has devoted her life to healthy vegetarian cuisine. While in college, she experimented with processes to make seitan and fresh cultured tempeh. Naturally flavored and marinated seitan (say-tan) is made from wheat gluten protein. Seitan easily assumes different flavors and textures and can mimic various types of meat. Chef Tanya artfully incorporates seitan into many...
By DeAnn Lubell
Photo credits: Brian Hoff, Palm Springs Animal Shelter, and Palm Springs Police K-9 Unit
The high and low desert communities proudly showcase a bountiful number of distinguished writers and artists whose various mediums, either with words or art brushes, are rated among the best creative talents in the nation, if not the world. Brian Hoff is no exception. ...
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