Events
In every issue you can find the latest “Local Calendar” as well as “PSP Focus” with all the upcoming events in Palm Springs.
Evening Under the Stars
Evening Under the Stars Ending the season on a High Note It’s everybody’s favorite gala of the year. AIDS Assistance Program’s Evening Under the Stars has served as the grand finale of the charity season in the valley for the 22nd year running now. Like the grassroots organization it benefits, Evening Under the Stars,...
All You Need is Love
All You Need is Love A setting desert sun, an Evening Under the Stars in the shadow of the San Jacinto Mountains, and the indisputable talents of Darlene Love — what else is there? By M. M. de Crinis With one of the most recognizable voices that you might not have recognized as hers,...
The Impact of Meeting Harvey Milk
The Impact of Meeting Harvey Milk: From Marching in a Protest to Making History in the Workforce. By Ron Huberman I’m Ron Huberman and I’m from Boston, Massachusetts. I first met Harvey Milk when I walked into his camera store on Castro. In the summer of 1975, I was teaching school at that time...
La Voix
La Voix Brings Back The Voice By Jason Salerno La Voix made waves across the Atlantic last season with her vocal prowess on Simon Cowell’s hit competition show, Britain’s Got Talent. Now the gender-illusionist is taking aim at stateside lip-syncing queens, telling them it’s time to retire the copycat act and step up to the...
White Party 2015 Palm Springs
White Party 2015 Palm Springs An international showcase, White Party Palm Springs has become synonymous with setting the trends that other events follow. White Party producer, Jeffrey Sanker has planned a non-stop cavalcade of indoor and outdoor parties that will be nothing short of electrifying. Superstars like Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, and Icona Pop have launched...
Dinah Vegas
Dinah Vegas Sizzles in 2015 as the Favorite Event of Lesbians Worldwide! Hit “The Strip” with the hottest women from all over the world! Girl Bar, in association with Total Rewards by Caesars Entertainment, ignites Sin City with the ultimate lesbian weekend in the most extraordinary venues ever offered, as DINAH Vegas sizzles April 23-26,...
Conversing with LeAnn Rimes
Conversing with LeAnn By Chris Astrala Already a two-time Grammy winner by the time she was 14 years old (the youngest individual artist in history to do so), LeAnn Rimes has sold 44 million records to date. In addition, she has received twelve Billboard Magazine music awards with hit songs like, “I Need You,”...
Gay Fatherhood In The Land Of Dolce & Gabbana
Gay Fatherhood In The Land Of Dolce & Gabbana By Ryan Porter, Gaywithkids.com Fashion designer Domenico Dolce proved his good taste stops at the edge of the runway when he told Italian magazine Panorama that “children of chemistry” (more commonly known as children born through surrogacy) are “synthetic children.” His comments sparked an international...
The Sound of OUR Music The LGBT Academy of Recording Arts
The Sound of OUR Music By Chris Astrala In 1990, life partners Daniel Martin and Michael Biello in their East Village apartment in New York, NY founded OUTmusic Inc. a 501(c) 3 non-profit charitable organization. In 2007, Diedra Meredith was appointed the Executive Director. Under her new leadership, the organization was re-founded as OUTmusic – The LGBT Academy...
The Dinah Celebrates 25
The Dinah Turns Silver Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend Celebrates 25 Now ready to soar to new heights, the 25th installment of The Dinah is already expected to be one of the major events of the 2015 Palm Springs festival season. A quarter-century ago, Mariah Hanson did more than just kick-start her Dinah. She also and...
Mariah Hanson: Founder of Club Skirts
Take Five/ Five Questions with Mariah Hanson Founder & CEO of Club Skirts Mariah Hanson is the founder and CEO of the world-famous “Club Skirts Presents The Dinah,” the largest lesbian event in the world and the original version of the modern Dinah Shore Weekend of festivities in Palm Springs. Mariah, whose past philanthropic endeavors...
Texas Bear Round-Up 20 Return to the Discoteque
Texas Bear Round Up 20: Get Ready to Boogie By Bronson Taylor Dust off your platform shoes, whip out that Afro pick and get ready to “Boogie, Oogie, Oogie”, because it would be a “Shame” if you miss “The Best Disco in Town”. This year Texas Bear Round Up is taking you back to the...
