Cultural Events/Festivals
Next Entries »Take a Break – Go to the Tamale Festival!
Friday, December 5th, 2008The Indio International Tamale Festival is taking place this weekend, on December 6th and 7th. Held annually on the first weekend in December, it traditionally kicks off the holiday season - Latino style. I’ve decided this weekend to take time off, not watch the news, particularly CNBC, and to avoid reading the business section of the [...]
Palm Springs Holiday Festival of Lights Parade
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008The annual City of Palm Springs Festival of Lights Parade will roll up Palm Canyon Drive this coming Saturday, beginning at Ramon Road at 5:45pm. The route concludes at Tamarisk. It’s a fun event with something for all of us, including marching bands, big rigs and little rigs, floats, equestrians, and antique fire trucks. It’s a [...]
What’s to do this weekend? Keith McCormick’s Car Auctions!
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Palm Springs Exotic Car Auctions return again this year on Friday and run three days from November 21-23, 2008. Begun by Keith McCormick in 1985, the Auctions have grown over the years to “become a world famous Palm Springs tradition”. The auctions are held in November and February each year on the grounds of Spa Resort Casino [...]
For All Film Lovers – The 20th Palm Springs International Film Festival
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Excitement is building for the 20th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival which will run this year from January 6-19, 2009. We recently received in the mail our “Festival Lover” ticket order form. The Festival last year offered more than 230 films from over 65 countries, and according to their official press release, Palm Springs hosted 122,000 filmgoers for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Inaugural Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance – Successful First Time Event for Palm Springs
Monday, March 3rd, 2008The first ever Palm Springs Desert Classic Concours d’Elegance took place this past weekend (February 29 – March 1, 2008) to the delight of more than 3000 attendees. Other Concours events around the country include the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance, which is one of the best known and was first held in 1950. The term [...]
2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival – the best yet!
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008The 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, running from January 3-14, 2008, closed Monday, having been a stunning success. On the night of the Awards Gala, Barry Manilow was overheard to say that in the beginning (19 years ago), “It was just me, Paul Lynde and seven other people, and now look”. Yes, now [...]
Palm Springs International Film Festival is coming soon
Thursday, December 27th, 2007It’s time to mark your calendars for the 19th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival. The festival is set to begin on January 3, 2008 and will run through January 14. The festival started in 1990 has grown into one of the largest film festivals in North America. The majority of films presented here [...]
Next Entries »