New Releases
With this quarantine at times comes creativity. Here are a few artists who haven’t let this time get them down and have come up with fantastic results. Billy Porter Releases New Single – ‘For What It’s Worth GRAMMY®/EMMY®/TONY®-winner Billy Porter has released a soul-stirring cover of Stephen Stills’ “For What It’s Worth,” as performed by...
Ring In the New Year: Palm Springs Style
Toucan’s Tiki Lounge Bring in the New Year with a tropical flare. Toucan’s is the place to be. Champagne toast at midnight. Get your tickets at www.toucanstikilounge.com Hunters Palm Springs The best dance club in the desert is throwing a spectacular New Year’s Eve bash, no cover, Champagne bottle specials, free champagne toast and of...
Fashion Trends 2018
Fashion Trends 2018 What’s in Your Closet? By Franco Carmona Trends are misunderstood. Stop most men in the street and they’ll tell you they don’t follow fashion trends, but look inside their wardrobes and hanging alongside the timeless classics you’ll see ripped jeans, seventies knitwear, Cuban collar shirts… and those are just the trends...
CVREP 2018/19 Theatre Season
CVREP Announces 2018/19 Theatre Season By Shari Lippman Four Intriguing, Entertaining Plays and One Musical… Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre (CVREP) Artistic Director, Ron Celona, has announced the upcoming 2018-2019 CVREP season to include three dynamic, entertaining plays and one rock opera musical, each with the common theme, “‘A HANDFUL OF…ISMS” – exhilarating, theatrical works...
King of Queens QBoy Reclaims His Throne
King of Queens QBoy Reclaims His Throne By Jamie Booth QBoy was one of the OG queer rappers who helped to lead, create and shape the sub-genre of hip hop known as homo hop in it’s infancy. When he first premiered in the late nineties, everyone reacted to QBoy as an oxymoron. International news...
Gay Travel 2014 Ready for your Summer Escape
Gay Travel 2014 Ready for your Summer Escape By George Zander For decades, it has been known that gay and lesbian folks are in every country continent in the world. All of us in our Desert have favorite destinations; some are made from dreams and some from reality. Therefore, in a sense all destinations...
30 Years of service by Desert AIDS Project …
30 Years of service by Desert AIDS Project … Supported by 20 years of Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards The very first Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards on February 13, 1995 … which has grown to become one of the “must-attend, hot tickets” on the Coachella Valley social calendar … was first staged 10 years after Desert...
Throwing That Perfect Party Chef Andre’s Tips on Holiday Entertaining
Entertaining 101 “Entertaining is all about making guests feel at home in your home!” …aah the holidays, food, family and fun; also stress, worry and expectations! Because successful entertaining depends on so much more than just great food, the pressure of doing it all and having it turn out just right can really be over...
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In each issue of theStandard you will find some new trends in architecture, fashion, music, books, movies, tech, home decor or a feature on local artist.
2013 Holiday Gift Guide Part 2
2013 Holiday Gift Guide Part 2 Monogrammed Carving Board Personalized with one carved initial, our carving board makes a welcome gift for your favorite barbecue chef.www.Williams-Sonoma.com The Talk Back Mimicking Mutt The plush mutt that repeats anything said to it in a cartoonish voice. Touch sensors located in his foot and belly yield grunts, whines,...
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