Archive for April, 2008
Palm Springs 2008 Film Noir Festival Schedule Announced
Monday, April 28th, 2008The Palm Springs Film Noir Festival has now released the 2008 Schedule of Films, and it’s full of promise. Opening Night at the Camelot Theatres is Thursday May 29th, kicking off with The Killers(1964) with special guest star Angie Dickinson attending. An Opening Night Celebration will follow for holders of the All-Access Pass.
A dozen more films will be screened during the Festival, [...]
Palm Springs Film Noir Festival – May 29 to June 1
Sunday, April 27th, 2008The 8th annual Palm Springs Film Noir Festival will come to the valley on Thursday, May 29th. It’s always a fun event. It will have a certain poignancy this year, due to the recent unexpected death of co-founder Arthur Lyons on March 21st of this year. Barbara Lyons, his widow, has stated that the 2008 Festival will be a [...]
Palm Springs “rolls out” New Recycling Program
Thursday, April 24th, 2008During Green Week, it seems appropriate to laud the Palm Springs Disposal Services for improving our recycling program. They are making it ever easier for us to do our part in “greening up” Palm Springs. The PSDS announced recently that beginning June 30th, all recyclables can go unsorted into a new Blue Cart, that comes with wheels to make it easy to move. Blue Carts will [...]
From Palm Springs to the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Tonight you are hearing from a new voice. . . .
I just have to say a few words about L.A. and music. From our house to the Disney Hall, and the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in the next block, it is exactly one hour and forty minutes on a Sunday morning. So attending weekend matinees in L.A. [...]