The Art of Food
The Art of Food By Chris Astrala Remember when you were growing up, your parents always told you not to play with your food? Well you can be sure that the following artists were told that too, but after you take a look at their work you will be glad that they did not...
The Art Of Film
Ava’s Impossible Things By Chris Astrala Since creating her Soul Kiss Films in 2009, writer, director, producer Marina Rice Bader has been on an unstoppable roll. From Elena Undone, Anatomy of A Love Seen to Raven’s Touch and now “Ava’s Impossible Things”, Bader has been (on average) releasing a film a year. Continuously breaking...
Rainbow Fashion Week
Rainbow Fashion Week One Designer’s Vision Rainbow Fashion Week returns to New York City – one of the four fashion capitals in the world – for the third consecutive year kicking off Manhattan’s pre-Pride events with eight days of queer fashion shows, June 17-24, 2016. When it comes to Fair-a-Porter … green is the...
March To Equality
March To Equality: An Online Movement On It’s Way To Making History By Chris Astrala Back in fall 2014 Stephan Anspichler of Berlin, Germany began an extraordinary journey in the U.S. by making the first step to develop a never before seen campaign for the LGBT movement. “At this time we only knew where...
Photographer Magnus Hastings Poses The Question: “Why Drag?”
Photographer Magnus Hastings Poses The Question: “Why Drag?” Magnus Hastings’ new coffee-table book, Why Drag? offers readers a rare glimpse at a generation in drag. Inspired by the photographer’s renowned New York art exhibition, Why Drag? began in the summer of 2014, when Hastings set out to travel through North America to shoot some...
Where Do I Go?
Where Do I Go? By Chris Astrala Robert Louis Stevenson once said “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Whether your reason to move is to experience something new, re-experience something you have loved or to just get...
Take Five with Travel Guru
Take Five with Travel Guru, Casey Zilionis Casey Zilionis is owner of CruiseC2C, Palm Spring’s newest travel agency. With over thirty years in the travel industry, Casey’s career has taken him around the world as an international flight attendant, a tour guide, and an advertising executive for various cruise lines. Now he’s living his...
Gary Paterson
The geometric surfaces of the paintings by Gary Paterson are derived from the decorative concrete blocks used in Midcentury architecture. Palm Springs homes from this era often include a “brise soleil” – outdoor living space within the privacy of a wall, created to separate the house from street noise and traffic. These walls have geometric-shaped...
Evening Under the Stars
AIDS Assistance Program/Food Samaritans Expands it Services By Bob Bogard AIDS Assistance Program – Food Samaritans was founded 25 years ago with the goal of helping the most at-risk members of the Greater Palm Springs community – people who are low-income and compromised by HIV/AIDS. It recently expanded its services to include people suffering...
Dining Out For Life 2016
Dining Out For Life 2016 Dining Out For Life is that one day each year when supporting Desert AIDS Project is as simple as having breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack, dessert, coffee, a cocktail, or all of the above (is your mouth watering yet?) at your favorite participating business. In addition to many long-time Dining...
Meet the Museum – The Art of Justice
Meet the Museum – The Art of Justice Eleventh Annual Membership Drive Party The Meet the Museum membership drive party will be held on April 8 from 6-9 p.m. on the Friday of White Party Weekend. Now in its eleventh year, Meet the Museum is an annual event that encourages new museum membership by...
Paddling Against The Stream Club Artists Fight To Survive The Digital Age
Paddling Against The Stream Club Artists Fight To Survive The Digital Age By Shawn Larkin Adele and Taylor Swift are making loads of money as their honest song writing, paired with catchy tunes, top the charts with platinum sales. Yet, they are proving to be the exception to the rule. It turns out that...
