ModMansions
ModMansions Have you been dreaming of indulging in a luxury retreat where you can simply and totally unwind? Have you been searching for a vacation rental where there’s no skimping on extras or amenities? Have you been struggling to find a Palm Springs vacation home that is really a home? If so, then...
Modernism Visionaries
Modernism Visionaries Albert Frey Albert Frey belonged to a generation that believed in a political role for modern architecture, that of social liberation through machine-made, egalitarian and affordable designs. His chosen materials were aluminum, glass, cables and, eventually, the very boulders and sands of the desert where he settled. In a career that spanned...
Tony Moran Unleashes His Moodswings
Tony Moran Unleashes His Moodswings By Sal Calandra The two-time Grammy Nominated Producer and king of the Gay Dance floor releases a double album of new dance beats featuring 2017’s Greatest Divas. Tony Moran drew inspiration from his thirty years in dance music for Moodswings, his new double album of pop anthems. “I’ve...
International Bear Convergence 2017
International Bear Convergence 2017 By Chris Astrala Bears are coming out of hibernation and are heading to the International Bear Convergence (IBC) ,the premier winter event for Bears & admirers in Palm Springs, California, that will take place on February 9-13, 2017. This desert oasis opens its arms and welcomes you back to the...
In Loving Color
In Loving Color A Romantic Comedy About Love Shared Between African American Gay Men By Mike Bahr Don’t Marry Griff tells the story of Lyodell, his fiancé Griffith, and best friend Sutton. The friendship between Lyodell and Sutton is shaken to its core when Sutton confesses his love for Lyodell. Things get even more...
Palm Springs Pride Festival
Downtown Pride Festival returns with expanded lineup for 30th Annual Pride celebration. Palm Springs Pride will host a diverse group of artists including, dancers, singers, musicians, activists, and DJs gathering under the theme of Solidarity through Pride to celebrate diversity, equality, and solidarity. The November 4-6 Pride Celebration will take place in downtown Palm...
Smearly Departed
Smearly Departed LeSueur Breathes New Life Into Joan Crawford By Tom Tietjen In Mommie Smearest, author L. LeSueur reinvents Joan Crawford as a rap artist named mo.m.m.i.e.D. Why, you ask? It all starts when Joan departs the earthly realm and is stopped at the gates of Hollywood Heaven by a sleeve-tattooed security guard and...
Comic Con makes its Debut in Palm Springs
Be part of The Palm Springs Comic Con, a geek culture conference celebrating comic books past & present while embracing its diverse & multi-media future, August 26-28 at the PS Convention Center. Executive producers Chris Spellman, Brett Xavier and Rommel Chevez promise you a weekend you soon won’t forget. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops...
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...
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...
