Joan is a Certified Public Accountant with her own firm in Palm Desert, specializing in working with women. She is the author of “Surviving Beyond Happily Ever After,” a guide for women who are not prepared to handle life on their own, and a public speaker on the relationship between …
Read More »Greater Palm Springs Pride Announces Grand Marshals in Concert with Landmark SCOTUS Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
Greater Palm Springs Pride (pspride.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community enhancement organization founded to promote the public education and awareness of individual rights and civil liberties of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Established in 1986, the organization continues to serve as a catalyst for celebrating the strength, equality, …
Read More »PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with John Weeks, Founder of the Museum of Pinball
Palm Springs-based Internet entrepreneur John Weeks is also the founder and Executive Director of The Museum of Pinball, a 501c3 nonprofit event space dedicated to the preservation of Pinball, Video Arcades, and other playable art forms. The Museum of Pinball is located on 18 acres in Banning, California (20 minutes …
Read More »Palm Springs: A Music Mecca and All That Jazz
Greater Palm Springs is known for many things, among them a world-class resort lifestyle, celebrities, art, and architecture. With the widespread popularity of music festivals such as The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival, Stagecoach Festival, and Palm Springs’ own Splash House, music joins that illustrious list as well. Bruce Fessier, …
Read More »PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with Kelly McLean of Splash House
Kelly McLean is Vice President of McLean Company Rentals, a vacation rental, real estate and property management company based in Palm Springs since 1985. She is a member of the Palm Springs Tourism Advisory committee, Palm Springs Woman’s Club, Desert Aids Project, Ophelia Project, and National Charity League. In 2013, …
Read More »Greater Palm Springs Pride Unveils 2015 Marketing Campaign
Greater Palm Springs Pride recently unveiled artwork [pictured at right] created by renowned, mid-century modern artist, Nat Reed as the cornerstone of the 2015 marketing campaign for Palm Spring Pride Festival and Parade scheduled to take place November 6-8, 2015 in downtown Palm Springs. “We wanted to take our marketing …
Read More »PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with Chef/Restaurateur Chad Gardner
Chad Gardner has over 20 years of fine dining hospitality experience and is the Executive Chef and Owner of Dash and a Handful Catering, a full service Catering, Craft Services and Special Event Company in Palm Springs. Known for his use of exotic, bold spices and surprising flavors, most recently …
Read More »PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with David Rothmiller and LD Thompson of The LGBT Sanctuary Palm Springs
David Rothmiller and LD Thompson are prominent Palm Springs filmmakers at TrickDog Films as well as published authors, and have just launched a new venture, a nonprofit Group/Family home for LGBT Youth based in Palm Springs. The mission of The LGBT Sanctuary Palm Springs is to provide a physical and emotional environment of health, education and kindness for …
Read More »PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with Modernism Week Chairman Chris Mobley
Chris Mobley opened his midcentury modern design store, Just Modern, in 2011 in Palm Springs. He currently serves as the Board Chairman of Modernism Week Palm Springs. Most recently, he collaborated on the book, “The Desert Modernists: The Architects Who Envisioned Midcentury Modern Palm Springs.” Kate Buckley: Chris, what led you …
Read More »Palm Springs Gears Up for Coachella Fest 2015!
Coachella Music Festival 2022: April 15-17 AND April 22-24 Palm Springs gets ready to rock this weekend! The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will take place April 10 – 12 and April 17 – 19 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Along with headliners AC/DC, Jack White, and …
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