Saturday, February 27, 2010

Morongo Casino Resort Spa
Cabazon, California

Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Catherine Jardine

For more Cathy Jardine photos of David Cook, click here.

When David Cook and his band took the stage at Morongo Casino Resort Spa in Cabazon just outside of Palm Springs, California, the crowd of adoring women were at the verge of hysteria, shrieking and screaming in delight.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Living Desert
Palm Desert, California

Story and photos by Denise Ortuno Neil

The Living Desert Zoo and Botanical Gardens held their first annual “Brew at the Zoo” on Wednesday, Feb, 24 in Palm Desert, near Palm Springs, California.

Don’t Miss WILDE PEOPLE

It is likely that you have heard of Oscar Wilde, but do you really know who Oscar Wilde is and how he has affected your life? No, Oscar Wilde was not the inventor of the hot dog, nor was he the leader of the Wilde Bunch...  Wilde did however, invent or possibly better said, reinvent comedy in the theater.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Indio Performing Arts Center
Indio, California

Story by Denise Ortuno Neil
Photos by Cathy Jardine

To see more Cathy Jardine Photos of “The Big Show Live/Talk Dirty to Me,” click here.

You know a comedy show is good when you’re in your car driving home from it and you start laughing about one of the sketches that just you saw. That was my experience after seeing “The Big Show Live/Talk Dirty to Me,” at the Indio Performing Arts Center, on Saturda

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Embassy Suites
Palm Desert, California

Story by Renee Vargas

On Sunday, Feb. 28, the Well in the Desert presents the “Ultimate Entertainer” Fleet Easton at the Embassy Suites in Palm Desert, near Palm Springs, California.

Frankie Randall and Friends

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
McCallum Theatre
Palm Desert, California

Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence
Photos by Pat Krause

For more Pat Krause photos of ‘Last Call at Jilly’s’, click here.

History was made Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert near Palm Springs California. Musical legend Frankie Randall of recording, television and Big Screen fame masterfully orchestrated an evening that will forever be emblazoned in the hearts and memorie

Friday, February 19,

Palm Springs Stadium
Palm Springs California

Story by Palm Springs Power Baseball

Canada used a great pitching performance to beat Coachella Valley 6-2, while Palm Springs came back from deficits of 4-1 and 5-4 to down Palm Desert 6-5.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
Cabazon, California

Story by Vanessa Likens
Photos by Cathy Jardine

For more Cathy Jardine photos of Christopher Titus, click here.

Backed by Comedy Central, Christopher Titus was the featured comic act at Morongo Casino in Cabazon near Palm Springs, Californa, on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 14.

Have Dinner with Adrienne Barbeau
at Ingleside Inn, Palm Springs, Ca
on March 2, 2010

Story by Lisa Robyn Lawrence

On March 2, 2010 Mel Haber owner of Melvyn's Restaurant in Palm Springs unveils the third celebrity dinner event in his Dinner with a Celebrity Author series, this time hosting Ms. Adrienne Barbeau, star of television, film and Broadway. With the first two Dinner with a Celebrity Author events being tremendous successes, Carol Channing and Tony Curtis, Ms. Ba

Saturday and Sunday, February 13-14, 2010

St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Palm Desert, California

Story and photos by Denise Ortuno Neil

To see a photo slideshow of the Greek Festival by Allen Lawrence, click here.

The 14^th Annual Palm Desert Greek Festival took place at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church, February 13 and 14, in Palm Desert, near Palm Springs California.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Palm Springs Stadium
Palm Springs, California

Story by Palm Springs Power Baseball

Both California Winter League games ended in ties on Friday, Feb. 12, at Palm Springs Stadium.

February 5-7, 2010

Temple Isaiah
Palm Springs, California

Story by Denise Ortuno Neil

A spoof on the famed television show “The Golden Girls,” took the stage at Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs, California, Feb. 5-7, humorously titled “The Golden Gays.”

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Mission Hills Country Club
Rancho Mirage, California

Story and photos by Pat Krause

For more Pat Krause photos of the event, click here.

The Kraft Nabisco LPGA held an ice cream social on Thursday, Feb. 11, to announce its TICKETS Fore CHARITY™ program for the 2010 upcoming LPGA Championship at Mission Hills Country Club. The social was held on the lawn near the 18^th hole. Members of the media, Rancho Mirage City Council, club members, local high school golfers

Broadway Classic Musical Kicks Up Heels in Palm Springs

January 29-February 14, 2010
Palm Canyon Theatre
Palm Springs, California

Story by Palm Springs Guides Theatre & Cinema Critic/Reviewer Jack Lyons

“A Chorus Line,” one of the most-produced musicals in the world, is once again in “revival mode.” This time, the show is being presented at The Palm Canyon Theatre, the flagship theatre of Palm Springs, for the second time in five years.

Fireside Lounge

Palm Springs, California
Monday, February 1, 2010

By "The Palm Springs Local" Denise Ortuno Neil

The dark, ominous exterior of the Fireside Lounge in Palm Springs, California, might look a little creepy at first.

Indio Performing Art Center (IPAC)
February 5, 2010

Story and photos by Allen Lawrence

To see more photos by Allen Lawrence, click here.

Valerie-Jean Hume birthed a new experience last night at Indio Performing Arts Center in Indio, Ca. “VJ” as her loyal fans and friends call her, wrote and directed her own one-woman show “Echoes and Reflections” to the delight of the near capacity audience. Billed as a “New Kind of Cabaret,” “Echoes and Reflections” was in deed unique and engrossi