The Museum is closed on Wednesdays. Thursdays’ hours are 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

A generous member of the museum’s Legacy Circle, William G. Butler has promised his art collection to the museum, as well as support for its ongoing preservation. Many of these works, which have been included in exhibitions at all three museum locations, have already been gifted. They include seventy-three works of contemporary sculpture, design objects, and photography from the 1960s to the present.

Butler’s gifts augment the museum’s photography collection in several key ways, including a focus on architecture and the built environment, scientific phenomena and conceptual uses of photography, and how photography captures identity through portraits. Artists represented in this diverse range of topics and aesthetics include Eve Fowler, Todd Hido, Didier Massard, Grant Mudford, Peggy Preheim, and Miguel Rio Branco, among many others.

Together, the works exhibit a shared sensitivity to the atmosphere that taps into unconscious experiences and creates a psychological connection between viewer and image.

Contemporary Sublime: The Photographic Collecting of William G. Butler is organized by Daniell Cornell, Artistic Director.

Photo Credit: Didier Massard, Caravan, 1993-97, Cibachrome print, edition 3/10, Collection of William G. Butler

The Museum is closed on Wednesdays and Thursday’s hours are 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Brave New Worlds: Exploration of Space invites you to enter the creative universes of five contemporary artists through sculpturally immersive installations.

Motivated by the legacies of Southern California as a place of artistic experimentation, a site for self-fulfillment, and a geographic zone of light and natural resources, these artists use their distinctive spatial languages to construct worlds that both challenge convention and ignite our senses. Projects include those by Kelly Akashi, Gisela Colon, Victoria Fu, Karen Lofgren, and Adee Roberson, with works that represent each artist’s understanding of our bodily connection to the world that surrounds us.

The museum’s grand galleries are divided into discrete installations, each with a constellation of tactile textures, vivid colors, and soundscapes comprising a creative cosmology. Akashi composes installations from glass, metal, and wood with surprising contrasts that emphasize the visual magic of natural forms. Colon has developed a vocabulary of organic minimalism, breathing life-like and light-filled qualities into reductive forms. Fu uses film and video to create colorfully textured installations that expand the narrowness of contemporary vision into physical space. Lofgren’s sculptures represent human relationships between cultural systems, medicine and wellness, and nature. Roberson weaves archival images, sonic elements, and the aesthetics of Afro-Caribbean diaspora into her sculptural paintings and performances.

Each artist approaches three-dimensional space with a bold anti-monumentality that presses against the modernist and predominantly masculine art histories that have established our understanding of 20th and 21st century abstraction. Rooted in a commitment to exploring contemporary ritual and spirit, these five artists embrace a resolutely phenomenological approach to the making of sculptural objects today.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, to be released fall 2019.

The Museum is closed on Wednesdays and on Thursdays the hours are 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

During the early years of the American studio glass movement, the sharing of techniques and ideas played a significant role in the young genre’s advancement. The pioneers of studio glass became teachers and mentors to a subsequent generation of artists whose independent thinking and contrasting approaches propelled the technical and conceptual potential of the medium forward. Today, contemporary artists continue to explore the creative possibilities of glass’s unique properties.

Kaplan and Ostergaard began collecting glass because of the properties that captivate the eye, especially its play with light and reflection. However, they soon discovered that it was the contrasts among expressive and technical methods employed by glass artists that most inspired their appreciation. As their collection grew to include works from around the world, the wide-ranging diversity of practices emerged as a central theme.

Contrasts brings together works by glass luminaries including Emma Camden, Steve Klein, and Nick Mount, highlighting the myriad of possibilities in making blown, cast, and kiln-formed glass.

Contrasts: Promised Gifts from the Kaplan-Ostergaard Glass Collection is organized by David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard with David Evans Frantz, Associate Curator.

The Desert Screenwriter’s Guild is holding a work session on: ‘Script Outline: Your Life Story or Book Adaptation’ w/ Kristen Johnson; ‘True to Life’ Dialogue w/ Catherine Stanley; ‘Tight action-in three lines or less w/ Don Hofmeister; Keep or Eliminate a scene w/ Glen Wuthrich.

Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, anytime between 11:00AM and 6:00PM, join Wabi Sabi Japan Living for Happy Hour in our very own bar: $4 single-tastings (3oz).

Our Sake profile:

-Always soft, never bold
-Served chilled, never hot
-Fruit, floral notes, never earthy
-Selected for the American palette

The LGBT Community Center of The Desert presents Zumba Gold

PARTY ON! – Zumba Gold with Chany Nunez

New Schedule & Instructor starting June 18, 2019

Come and join other Zumba-fans in this lower impact, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired dance fitness-party that keeps you in the groove of life.

Drop-In | Tuesdays @ 11:00 am | $4.00 per class, 45 minutes long

Where: The LGBT Center – Level 2, Room 4

Everyone is welcome to come out and sample specialty wines and cheeses at our July Mixer held at Bouschet.

Free if you are a Palm Springs Chamber member.
Guest$15

Bouschet is  a Deli, Market, Specialty Store specializing in Foods, Wines, Liquors & Beer not available anywhere else. We believe in personal customer service.

Each Wednesday CCBC offers a $20 pass and BBQ.

Come enjoy of day of fun.

Burgers & Buns & Dogs & Dudes & Pool & Playing

The LGBT Community Center of The Desert presents Knits Purls

Join instructor Douglas Morris as he teaches you how much fun and how easy it can be to learn knitting and make your own knitwear!

The class is designed to teach beginners the basics of knitting, but is also useful to those knitters in need of a refresher course. It will start with the basics of casting on, the knit stitch, the purl stitch, and binding off. The class will progress with one simple pattern combining all of these new skills into one sample swatch and then will culminate with a more complex scarf pattern. During these two projects the students will also be taught how to read their knitting, how to fix mistakes and how to unknit if they find a mistake in their project.

After these two projects, students will be encouraged to select their own patterns to start a more ambitious skill set. Depending on the pattern or garment selected, they will need many different potential skills i.e. how to create cables, how to increase and decrease stitches, creating a garment to size, color work and button holes, for example.

While working on individual projects, the students will also get an ever-expanding education about reading patterns, new stitches, tips and tricks, yarn weights and fiber content, creating garments that fit, and the multitude of online knitting resources for problem solving.

Students will need to bring a No. 8 US circular bamboo needle and a (solid light color) worsted weight yarn to the first class.  Any yarn content is OK but knitting is easier when working with a high wool content yarn.

Approximate cost of materials is around $12 to $15.

Please call The Center @ 760-416-7790 | Registration is required.

LGBTQ Mecca Event:

Come hang out with us and community partners on the third Wednesday of every month from 11 AM – 5 PM @ the Mecca Family & Farmworker Resource Center in Mecca!  Connect with other #LGBTQ folks, and find community support.  If you’re a parent / individual looking for support, this space is also for you!

Creating a safe & affirming space for LGBTQ folks + allies.

For more info please stop by or Call 760-416-7790 Ext 155 (Miguel Navarro).

The Palm Springs Cultural Center is partnering with acclaimed artist  David Fairrington to present an expanded Gallery Exhibition of his Red Kimono Project II. This exhibit is upstairs at the Cultural Center and is open to the public when the theater is open. (Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 8:30 PM.)

Peace Through Understanding – Artist David Fairrington’s THE RED KIMONO II PROJECT

Join the Palm Springs Cultural Center for an exhibition of the Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Community featuring the portraiture artwork of local artist David Fairrington. The exhibition premieres on Saturday, June 29 from 3 – 7 p.m. at the Palm Springs Cultural Center and will run through September 22, 2019. Each artwork is represented by a local LGBTQ+ charity and attendees are encouraged to vote for their favorite portraiture/ charity. Each “vote” equals one dollar. The winning painting will hang at the Palm Springs Cultural Center for one year. In addition, David Fairrington will paint a portrait of the person who donates the most money to his or her favorite charity (minimum $1,000 donation). The artist will be on site during the opening.

About The Red Kimono II Project

Recently, David painted a series called The Red Kimono I Project. A fellow artist was cleaning her studio and offered him an old Japanese Red Kimono to use in his studio. David was inspired to do a series in which the models chose how to reveal themselves, the only requirement being the use of the red kimono. The project was a transformative experience for both the artist and the subjects.

Several of David’s gay art students encouraged him to do a series focusing on the LGBTQ+ community. He felt he could do good by showing that people are people, no matter the sexual orientation- as well as demonstrate how important it is that all members of the desert community are be united. The goal of the project is to raise money for organizations that serve the LGBTQ+ community in the Coachella Valley.

About David Fairrington

David Fairrington, an internationally known artist, grew up in Texas and graduated from Texas Tech University. David’s career took flight in San Francisco and Los Angeles designing and executing movie posters for motion picture studios including; Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures, Universal and MGM. David was named a “Master Artist” by “International Artist” magazine and his portraits of such notables as Arthur Ashe, Police Chief William J. Bratton, Congressman Alan Lowenthal and Congresswoman Janice Hahn are in private and corporate collections. His most recent celebrity portraits are for ABC Television and Disney that include the stars of Lost, Extreme Makeover, Gray’s Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives

Hey fam! Mark your calendars to join us @ Copa Nightclub on the fourth Wednesday of the month, July 24th, from 5:30 PM – 7 PM, for another summer Center Social!

Beat the heat with the cool vibes and even cooler drinks with our community! 😎 Invite your friends and your acquaintances! We’re all family at The Center Social.

A special thanks to media partner LIVE Magazine TV Palm Springs for sponsoring! #thecenterps

Join The Palm Springs Cultural Center and Among Friends for the CHRISTMAS IN JULY EVENT where they will bring the movie to life like never before. Special Props and Shadowcasting by AMONG FRIENDS.

6:00 PM – Cocktail party and Sexy Santa contest complete with our own snowball fight. Dress in your favorite ugly Xmas shirt and join us for cocktails

Doors open at 7:30 PM – A Christmas Story Interactive at 8:00 PM

Join us in the Camelot Theater for a special screening of A CHRISTMAS STORY INTERACTIVE where we bring the movie to life like never before. Special Props and Shadowcasting by AMONG FRIENDS

Don’t miss this COOL event

Wednesday, July 24th – Shows are at 4:30 PM and 6:30 PM

Thursday, July 25th – Shows are at 1:00 PM and 6:30 PM

Friday, July 26th – The performance is at 6:30 PM

Sister Act is the feel-good musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! Featuring original music by Tony- and eight-time Oscar winner, Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), this uplifting musical was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won’t be a found: a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase, only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood. Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and a truly moving story, Sister Act will leave audiences breathless. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act is reason to REJOICE!

Tickets are now on sale at www.greenroomtheatrecompany.org. Tickets are $20 for adults and $13 for students and seniors 63 years and over. In addition, two-for-one matinee tickets are available for July 25 by calling the box office at (760) 696-2546.

GRTC is family friendly but we never admit children under 4 years and under to our main-stage shows. Green Room Theatre Company is an independently operated nonprofit 501(c)3 company.

Mexican Baritone, Gerardo de la Torre, a “Rolls Royce among young baritones,” possesses a powerful voice, secure technique, and comprehensive dramatic abilities. His “robust, vibrant, and warm resonant baritone with range and flexibility,” allows him to fully inhabit a young Verdi baritone and full lyric baritone roles with great ease and depth of scope. He will be accompanied by Maestro Paul Floyd (LA Opera) The Program will consist of Popular arias from Grand Opera in the first half and show tunes from the great American song book in the second half.

Presented in Association with Opera Arts

Join us this summer for the Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Hollywood Signature Classics Film Series featuring the works of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Each film screens weekly, Weds @ 7:00 p.m. at the Camelot Theatres in the Palm Springs Cultural Center. The series begins Wed, July 10 and runs through Wed, Sept 11.

Films/ Dates

JULY 10 – NIAGRA

JULY 17 – GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

JULY 24 – HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE

JULY 31 – SOME LIKE IT HOT

AUGUST 7 – SEVEN YEAR ITCH

AUGUST 14 – BUS STOP

AUGUST 21 – LET’S MAKE LOVE

AUGUST 28 – MONKEY BUSINESS

SEPT 4 – DON’T BOTHER TO KNOCK

SEPT 11 – THE MISFITS

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedian, singer, and model. She became on of the world’s most enduring iconic figures and is remembered both for her winsome embodument of the Hollywood sex symbol and her tragic and professional struggles within the film industry.

WE ARE RELAUNCHING AND REBRANDING THE NEW KICK OFF TO THE WEEKEND with Among Friends.

WEEKLY SPECIALS, Happy Hour 5-7 pm. and more. (must mention Among Friends at ordering)

Come hang out with us.

We will be ramping up each week at Blackbook with new specials, giveaways, more friends, and fun.

CYA THURSDAY

Join the largest chamber networking series in the valley as the Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts its monthly Regional Mixer. This month’s event will be a joint mixer with Desert Business Association, held on Thursday, July 25th, at Palm Springs Lanes, beginning at 5:30 PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring plenty of business cards for networking.

GCVCC Regional Mixers draw Chamber members and potential members from across the Coachella Valley, regularly hosting more than a hundred professionals from a variety of industries. This fun event features local fare from our host venue, a raffle contest and more!

Our Joint Bowling Mixer is located at Palm Springs Lanes, 68051 E. Ramon Road, Cathedral City. Admission is free. Cost to bowl is $10 per person and includes shoe rental. These events generally run 1.5 to 2 hours. For additional information contact the Chamber at 760.347.0676.

Due to lane limits, we are requesting that all attendees RSVP and pay for bowling in advance.

Thank you to our generous sponsors, East Valley Coalition, Desert Care Network, Desert Urgent Care, Greater Palm Springs CVB, Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries, Mary Pickford Theatre is D’place, Alpha Media, Desert Sun Media Group and Desert AdFed.

It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s all about the ’60s. Celebrating 50 years since the end of the ’60s with films reflecting the climate of the time. Presented in collaboration with Palm Springs Art Museum at the Annenberg Theater bi-weekly on Thursday Nights.

Doors open 5:30 pm  / Movie starts at 6:00 pm / First come first serve so get there quick.

Thursday, June 27

Hats Off to Hollywood – (1972) (short) Director: Penelope Spheeris –  A brazen mix of reality and staged episodes about a couple challenging homonormativity.

Word is Out – (1977) Director: Nancy Adair, Andrew Brown, Rob Epstein – The Stonewall riots of 1969 provoked LGBTQ activists to fight for public visibility and civil rights. This landmark documentary, released just eight years later, brings together two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk about their sexuality and identity. Their stories are arranged in loose chronology: early years, fitting in, disclosing their sexuality, establishing adult identities, and reflecting on how things have changed and how things should be.

Thursday, July 11

Putney Swope – (1969) Director: Robert Downey, Sr. – A satire of advertising, race in Hollywood films, the white power structure, and the nature of corporate corruption.

Thursday, July 25

Shampoo – (1975) Director: Hal Ashby – Set in 1968 on Election Day in Los Angeles, a blistering satire of presidential and sexual politics.

Thursday, August 8

Medium Cool – (1969) Director: Haskell Wexler – Incisive drama about a TV news cameraman covering the unrest at Chicago’s 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Thursday, August 22

The Rain People – (1969) Director: Francis Ford Coppola – Pre-“Godfather” drama from Coppola about a dissatisfied housewife taking a cross-country break from her marriage.

Thursday, September 5

Zabriskie Point -(1970) Director: Michelangelo Antonioni – Counterculture celebration of the unrestrained romance between an undergraduate dreamer and a hippie student.

The LGBT Community Center of The Desert presents: Games, Friends & More

Join us on July 11th, 18th, 25th, & 26th for Broadway at The River, a unique dinner-show experience where servers from the MTU – Musical Theatre University sing for YOUR supper! Enjoy a delicious 3-Course Prix Fixe Dinner  ($45.00) during this fully staged Broadway song & dance revue with famous Broadway guest stars at each performance!

July 11- Davis Gaines
July 18- Janene Lovullo
July 25- Alix Korey
July 26- Eric Kunze

#BroadwayatTheRiver #dinnershow #theatre #musicaltheatre #MTU #AcquaRanchoMirage

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a 12 Step fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from sexual compulsion. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop having compulsive sex.

Join CCBC on July 26th and 27th for a Foam and Cockring Party.

Join Wabi Sabi Japan Living for Coffee & Tea tasting.

Every Friday afternoon, anytime between 11:00AM and 6:00PM, Wabi Sabi Japan Living will take you through the different tea and coffee accessories and the different flavors of tea and coffee including Matcha, Sencha, and others, as well as a demonstration of the Syphon coffee-brewing method. This event is free for all!

Drop in @ The Center for

* Movies
* Games
* Discussion Groups
* Food
* Music
* Art

A safe & Affirming Drop-In space for LGBTQ+ young people and allies

Beginning Friday May 18, 2018

What a Lineup! The biggest names in freestyle music including The King of Freestyle, Stevie B., and The Queen of Freestyle, Trinere, will perform their biggest rhythmic dance hits during the “FREESTYLE JAM Concert” on Friday, July 26, 2019, at 8 pm.

The tour also includes Freestyle legends Connie, Debbie Deb and R&B cross over artist Nu Shooz. This lineup influenced the 80’s with their style of music which remains widely popular and in rotation with today’s hits.

Singer, songwriter and producer STEVIE B. who was influential in the Latin freestyle music scene of the late 1980’s, is best known for his No. 1 ballad “Because I Love You” as well as party jams “Spring Love” and “Party Your Body”.  He also is known for his huge Freestyle song “I Wanna Be The One” amongst others.

TRINERE, whose Miami roots made her a huge force in Freestyle genre has been called The Queen of Freestyle!!! And her catalogue of hits has proven her title to be correct. She has as much airplay as any Freestyle artist with such songs as “I’ll Be All You’ll Ever Need”, “They’re Playing Our Song”, “All Night” and many more.

R&B group Nu Shooz fronted by husband-and-wife team of John Smith and Valerie Day scored two major hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in singles “I Can’t Wait” and “Point of No Return”.

Connie whose sound came straight of that Miami dance movement  is considered one of the most popular Freestyle Female solo acts of the 80’s with such songs such as “Rock Me” and her national smash record “Funky Little Beat”

Debbie Deb scored big with her number one hit “Lookout Weekend” which became one of the 80’s most requested radio songs ever along with “When I Hear Music” which today is still an anthem for Freestyle music fans!

The Palm Springs Certified Farmer’s Market is next to the Palm Springs Cultural Center.

The market will feature a variety of California Farmers and Value Added Vendors who will be selling fresh Summer fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, cheeses, honey, organic coffee, flowers, rugelah, prepared foods, soups, herb-infused chocolates, soaps, and more! They will also include music by local musicians, food demonstrations, and a variety of special events each week. Verified customers will be able to use SNAP/EBT cards, and be able to take advantage of a Federal Grant Market Match Incentive up to $10 extra dollars per week (per verified customer who spends $10 on EBT). WIC Mothers, WIC and Senior Farmers Nutrition Market Program coupons will also be honored at the markets, and a match program of up to $10 for verified customers who spend $10 at CFM will be available.

The Certified Farmers’ Market is proud to host a live summer concert series featuring youth performers of the Coachella Valley on the Pavilion Stage during our indoor Farmers’ Market on Saturdays. From singing and dancing to African percussion instruments there’s something for everyone. All performances are free to the public and take place during the Market hours of 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The LGBT Community Center of The Desert presents American Sign Language I & II

This 8-week course is for those who want to learn another language and communicate with members of the Deaf Community. During these classes, students will actively engage with exciting activities so that learning another language becomes fun again. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY, AS THIS COURSE IS FOR BEGINNERS!
Students begin by learning the alphabet and numbers, then move to words and short phrases.  At the end of the course, students will be able to carry on short conversations with members of the Deaf Community, introduce him/herself, introduce family members and friends, and express various emotions and feelings concerning particular topics.

Saturdays, starting July 13, 2019 for 8 weeks!
ASL-I goes from 9:30 to 11:00 AM 

ASL-II goes from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (this is not the same as ASL I – This is for students who have ASL 1 or have a limited knowledge of basic American Sign Language)

DaySwim Palm Springs is a DayClub located inside the Hotel Zoso in the heart of downtown Palm Springs. Provided by Popular Group, bringing you DJs live in the mix & live performances and festival type events. Every Saturday & Sunday during the hot season of April – September, 11am – 5pm

LEARN | EAT | DRINK

Join Wabi Sabi Japan Living Saturday, July 27th, from 4:00PM to 6:00PM
for Sake Pairing with small bites. Sake pairs well with all different types of
foods and tastes. We will explore a variety of flavors, teach the basics about
Sake while you experience our Sake profile which is:

-Always soft, never bold

-Served chilled, never hot

-Fruit, floral notes, never earthy

-Selected for the American palate

Class is limited to 24 individuals.

Ticket $22

21 and older

RSVP/Tickets: https://www.wabisabijapanliving.com/events-1/sake-pairing-sat-7-27-4-6pm

It’s simple. Queen’s Roger Taylor and Brian May handpicked singer Marc Martel to take on the lead vocals for their Queen tribute tour known as the Queen Extravaganza.

Join us in celebrating Peruvian Independence Day! We will have exquisite traditional Peruvian dishes from our new menu, prepared with native ingredients.

A musical extravaganza featuring live music with the talented Julio César Baluarte and his “cajón con fuga de zapateo”, and Sergio Villegas in the guitar.

Join Wabi Sabi Japan Living every Sunday afternoon, anytime between 11:00AM and 5:00PM, to experience our new line of skin care, Mizu Life Water, that features the best of Japanese science and nature. Complimentary event. Experience Life Water Peel Enzyme Exfoliant in store. Come with or without makeup for women. Peel is for men also.

Ni-Chome Ramen Pop Up Restaurant

LEARN | EAT | DRINK

Who: The guys from Wabi Sabi Japan Living bring you “Ni-Chome Ramen”

What: 3 Course Dinner — Ramen and 2 courses with Sake & Japanese Beer Choice of either A) Vegan or B) Tonkotsu pre-fixe (email us at info@wabisabijapanliving.com

When:            Sunday, July 28th — 1st seating at 11:30 AM & 2nd Seating at 1:30 PM

Where:           EVZIN, 411 East Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs

Cost:              $33

Please join us for 3 course pre-fixe ramen noodles Sunday July 28th at 11:30AM or at 1:30PM.  An early afternoon of food, drink and education.

We will be offering two kinds of broths, Vegan and Tonkotsu. Because this is a pop-up restaurant, we will need to know your preference 72 hours prior to the event. Please email us your
preference of either A) Vegan or B) Tonkotsu by the 24th. We will also reach out to you.

A little bit about the Vegan broth… It’s a creamy vegetable broth base with soy milk, miso and sesame. It is truly scrumptious.

Stop in on Sunday, July 28th, from 12-4 p.m. to meet the man, the myth, the legend… local pop artist Trevor Wayne!  See his new Palm Springs catalogue, and get your very own signed image!  While you’re here, make sure to enjoy the rest of his gorgeous artwork, while sipping on some complimentary prosecco!

Born in Chicago and raised on a blueberry farm in Michigan, Trevor Wayne’s desire to become an artist developed from his childhood love of Saturday morning cartoons. The influence of cartoons and comics remains palpable in his work, with its hard-edged clarity and stylized economy of visual means. Wayne’s work is a merging of different references.

After critically acclaimed sold out performances in both Los Angeles and Palm Springs, award winning stage star Kristin Towers-Rowles brings her award winning musical cabaret show to Coachella Valley Repertory Playhouse for one performance only.

Lineage captures the historic Hollywood and Broadway lineage of Kristin Towers-Rowles starting with
her grandmother, the legendary Kathryn Grayson. Kristin celebrates her family’s legacy by performing music from such notable Broadway standards as Kiss Me Kate, Follies, Wicked and She Loves Me to name a few.

Ovation Award winner Cate Caplin directed A Lovely Lineage.

We’re offering up $5 pints from local hop houses: La Quinta Brewing Co., Coachella Valley Brewing Co. and Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse.

Offer valid in King’s Highway, The Amigo Room and Patio every Sunday from 5:30pm ’til close.

Join us as we fall in laughs and love all over again with Mrs. “Midge” Maisel in the multiple Emmy award-winning series from Amazon Prime Video: THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL. Each Sunday starting July 7 and running through Sept 1 we are screening two episodes starting with Season 1. There will be a 30-minute intermission between episodes where you can take advantage of our full bar, concessions stand, and Cafe. Bring a friend, bring a group- the community screening is FREE. Register below!

July 7- Season 1– Episode 1/2

July 14- Season 1- Episode 3/4

July 21- Season 1- Episode 5/6

July 28- Season 1- Episode 7/8

Season One Trailer – https://youtu.be/fOmwkTrW4OQ

August 4- Season 2– Episode 1/2

August 11- Season 2- Episode 3/4

August 18- Season 2- Episode 5/6

August 25- Season 2- Episode 7/8

Sept 1- Season 2- Episode 9/10

Season Two Trailer – https://youtu.be/76bH1b9XreE

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

It’s the late 1950s and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she has ever wanted — the perfect husband, two kids and an elegant apartment on New York’s Upper West Side. Her seemingly idyllic life takes a surprising turn when she discovers a hidden talent she didn’t previously know she had — stand-up comedy. This revelation changes her life forever as she begins a journey that takes her from her comfortable life on the Upper West Side through the cafes and nightclubs of Greenwich Village as she makes her way through the city’s comedy industry on a path that could ultimately lead her to a spot on the “Tonight Show” couch. The series was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (“Gilmore Girls”).

The LGBT Community Center of The Desert presents Knit Together

Instructor Douglas Morris continues to share his passion for knitting with this on-going “come knit together” social gathering.  Whether you are a novice or a lifetime knitting expert, come and share your interest and love for knitting and make some new friends too!

This is a weekly drop-in knitting social.

Prime Timers of the Desert is a social club for mature gay males, providing opportunities for its members to meet, socialize and make new friends. It is strictly social. There are no sexual references or links on this site, and no sexual activity of any kind at our events.

Here are the locations of the upcoming events

7/8/19 mixer at Roost,  5pm to 7pm

7/15/19 mixer at Escena Lounge,  5pm to 7pm

7/22/19 mixer at Studio One 11,  5pm to 7pm

7/29/19 mixer – TBD

8/5/19 mixer at Hunters, 5pm to 7pm – This is a Food Drive for the Center. Please bring cereals, breakfast bars, nutritional or protein shakes, crackers and chips, dry beans, pasta, canned meats and baking products.

8/12/19 mixer at Hilton Palm Springs, 5pm to 7pm

8/19/19 mixer at Escena Lounge, 5pm to 7pm

8/26/19 mixer at Antigua Kitchen and Bar, 5pm to 7pm

All mixers are free of charge, you are responsible for you own drinks.

Every Monday night since time immemorial, a captivated crowd at Ace Hotel & Swim Club have followed the bouncing bingo balls on a fantastic ride — a flamboyant night of sass, song and showbiz razzle-dazzle. We call it Fabulous Bingo, in memory of the night’s longtime host/our PSP patron saint, the legendary Linda “Fabulous” Gerard. The festivities are presented by Palm Spring’s own Bella da Ball.

Reservations taken at 6:30pm, respectively.

Jimmy Branly was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in a rich musical environment of
Cuban flavors. His professional career began at the young age of 15 where he
met Hernan Lopez-Nussa from the Afro-Cuban jazz septet “Afrocuba” who could
hear that Jimmy was someone he wanted to play with. Jimmy started playing with
the original band “Cuarto Espacio” that combined the styles of fusion, rock,
and Cuban music. His album and performance credits are too numerous to list and
include performing with Doc Severinsen and Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars. 

Featuring
Andy Langham, Piano         

Rene Camacho, Bass

Come test your wit at Ace Trivia hosted byBella da Ball, every Monday in the Amigo Room, and join some of the desert’s greatest minds for minutiae. Put on your team shirts and come flex that big sexy brain of yours in pursuit of hot prizes and legendary fame. Sign up and go for the glory.

This event is free and 21+.

Meet the local author and illustrator St Sukie de la Croix & Roy Alton Wald for a meet & greet and book launch of their new book, St Sukie’s Strange Garden of Woodland Creatures. The event will feature:

– Story Time with St Sukie – He’ll read a selection of stories from the book

– Original pen & ink illustrations on display and you will have the opportunity to purchase original artwork from the book!

– Copies of the book signed for you by St Sukie & Roy!

– A discussion of how St Sukie and Roy collaborated to bring the wonderful animals to life!

– Prizes and give-a-ways – T-shirts, books and more!

This very special meet & greet and book launch will take place July 30th at Koffi Central, located at 650 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

St Sukie’s Strange Garden of Woodland Creatures published by Cathedral City’s Rattling Good Yarns Press will be released July 2019. This inspired collection of strange stories take place in a magical garden where St Sukie de la Croix is the janitor of lunacy. St Sukie’s Strange Garden of Woodland Creatures is aimed at adults who never really grew up. The stories sit firmly in the tradition of British children’s books like Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, The Railway Children and Swallows and Amazons; all the books that St Sukie de la Croix read as a child in his native Britain. This book will answer all the questions that adults asked in their childhood, like, “Why do peacocks like marmalade on toast so much?” and “Why do cross-dressing giraffes like shoe-shopping?” and “Why are the woodland creatures throwing broken vacuum cleaners into the bottomless pit?” Join St Sukie de la Croix and Roy Alton Wald in their magical childlike world of tequila bunnies, lemonade birds, and wooden daffodils in St Sukie’s Strange Garden of Woodland Creatures.

St Sukie de la Croix is an acclaimed author and journalist. His history book, Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall, published by the University of Wisconsin Press  has become a mainstay  in LGBTQ history. St Sukie was inducted into the Lesbian and Gay Hall of Fame in 2012.

Roy Alton Wald is a talented emerging local Cathedral City artist. Roy studied illustration and design at the Art Institute of Boston. His prolific output includes painting, lino block prints, and book illustrations

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Pianist Soyeon An, 27, from South Korea, started the piano when she was 7. She came to United States at 22, and actively performs around the states. Recent achievements include winning the USC concerto competition with Brahms Concerto No. 1 under maestro Uriel Segal’s baton, giving recitals in Chautauqua Music Festival in NY, and receiving an Honorable Mention from the 2017 Waring International Piano Competition. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at University of Southern California, majoring in Piano Performance with Stewart Gordon.

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