July 28

Sing-A-Long with Dan Crow at The Rancho Mirage Public Library

The City of Rancho Mirage Public Library, sponsored by The Friends of the Rancho Mirage Public Library, presents: Thunderous Fun with Songs a Sing-along with Dan Crow. Dan Crow is one of America’s most beloved children’s entertainers. He has performed for young audiences nationwide and in Europe and Asia. Join Dan as he weaves together songs and stories in a highly entertaining and interactive way.  Summer Reading Program “Fun in the Afternoon” events at the Rancho Mirage Public Library are scheduled each Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 PM, through August 4, 2010. Due to room capacity, attendance is limited to the first 400 people; please join in on the fun!

All Night Wednesday Happy Hour at The Tropicale in Palm Springs

Every Wednesday night from 4:00 pm. to 10:00 pm. Tropicale is offering an  All Night Wednesday Happy Hour.  There will be discounted Appetizers, Pizzas and Coctails all night long.  House Wines $4.; Tap Beers $3.; Well Cocktails $4.; and Imported Bottle Beers $3.

July 29

Community Gallery Exhibition and New Home at The Palm Desert City Hall

The Palm Desert Community Gallery will celebrate the first exhibition at its new City Hall location beginning Thursday, July 29, with a display of award-winning images from the Coachella Valley Desert Camera Club High School Photography Contest. The exhibition continues through October 8. A public reception to honor the artists will be held at the gallery on Monday, August 2, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Meet and See 25th Anniversary Mixer at Burgers and Beers in Rancho Mirage

A small no cost networking event and a great opportunity to meet others and see what they are all about.  Come help us celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Burgers & Beers in Rancho Mirage.  They will be serving complimenatry burger sliders and other appetizers, free soft drinks, $2. draft domestic beer and $3. House wines.

July 30

65th Anniversary of Sinking of the USS Indianapolis at The Palm Springs Air Museum

Palm Springs Air Museum Docent Offers Special Program to Commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis & Recovery of her Crew For five days – from Friday, July 30 through Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 10:30 AM and 2:00 PM Palm Springs Air Museum docent Wilber Rea will present a program on the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the subsequent events surrounding her crew.  The Indianapolis was sunk on Friday, July 30, 1945 and it wasn’t until August 3, 1945 that the last crew member was recovered from the swelling seas.  The five days of programs pays homage to the men who were in the water for five days 65 years ago.  A few were in lifeboats, most were in the water.  Hear how the men were rescued, despite currents that carried them 125 miles from where the ship went down. The presentation will last about an hour, followed by a film related to the subject.  The program is included with regular admission to the non-profit educational Palm Springs Air Museum, and takes place upstairs in the Library.

REO Speedwagon Live in Concert at The Show at Agua Caliente Resort

REO Speedwagon is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois, United States. Formed in 1967, the band grew in popularity during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. Some of their more well-known songs are “Ridin’ the Storm Out” and “Roll with the Changes”, as well as 1980s power ballads “Keep On Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling”. Their 1980 album Hi Infidelity is the group’s most commercially successful album, selling over ten million copies and charting four Top 40 hits in the US. Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than forty million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits. REO Speedwagon’s popularity has declined over the years but the band still tours regularly, and remains popular on the fair and casino circuits and teams up with other acts to play larger venues.

July 31

Tribute to Bon Jovi at The Rockyard at Fantasy Springs Resort

The Rock Yard at Fantasy Springs was the first venue in the Palm Springs area to bring music fans free, live, rock shows every weekend. At 7:00p.m., the full-throttle rock music fires up and gets audience members out of their seats. The live music continues until midnight. There is no cover charge and guests must be 18 and older to rock out at the Rock Yard. Tonight we feature our tribute to “Bon Jovi”.  Also appearing will be “Bar Boyz”  The Show starts at 7:00 pm. in the Rockyard.

Summer Reading Fun Fest Finale Celebration at the Palm Springs Public Library

Summer Reading Fun Fest Finale Celebration.  The Amazing Danawill present an interactive comedy and magic show about water and all the creatures that live in the sea.  After the program we will draw and award the Grand Prize of a Desktop Computer System courtesy of Grand Prize Sponsor Desert Water Agency!  The program will be at2:00 p.m. in The Learning Center (TLC). The Palm Springs Public Library is located at 300 S. Sunrise Way, on the corner of Baristo and Sunrise in Palm Springs.

Aug. 1

Weekend Smooth Jazz the Starlite Lounge at Riviera Palm Springs

Live Entertainment: One of Southern California’s most sought-after musical duos – Art of Sax, featuring vocalist-bassist Eddie Reddick and saxophonist Will Donato – will entertain Riviera revelers with their high energy, showmanship and their special blend of Motown, R&B and Dance music.

Soft Touch Sundays with Carter Collens At Dink’s Restaurant and Ultra Lounge in Palm Springs

SOFT TOUCH SUNDAYS WITH THE CARTER COLLINS GROUP Sunday’s 5pm (no cover) Enjoy the swing and smooth sounds of the 40’s, 50s and early 60’s. Carter will take you back to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Mel Torme, Sammy Davis Jr. and many more. Win  $200 for BEST VOCALIST or MUSICIAN on Sunday, July 18, August 1 and August 15 at 8pm.  Open mic sign up 5pm-7pm. There is a two item minimum, either food or beverage, per person during the Open Mic nights/performaces. For additional information about performing on OPEN MIC NIGHT, please contact: LORI 760.702.9039

Aug 2

Insects and Other Anthropods of the Morongo Basin the Black Rock Visitor Center in Yucca Valley

Kurt Leuschner, M.S. and Professor at College of the Desert, will explore the lives of the largest group of animals in the world through a study of insect anatomy, survival traits, habitats, and behaviors during this three-day class.
Date/Time:
* Friday, October 1, 6:30 pm – 9 pm
* Saturday, October 2, 8:30 am – 1 pm; 5 pm – 9 pm
* Sunday, October 3, 8 am – 12 pm
Meet at: Black Rock Visitor Center, 9800 Black Rock Canyon, Yucca Valley, CA

Aug. 3

Moonlight Movies - School of Rock at Old Town La Quinta Lawn

Bring your blankets, low-back sand chairs and the whole family for fun and movies under the stars.  Admission is free. Movie begins at dusk. Come early and have dinner at one of Old Town’s restaurants before the show - or order your food to-go and enjoy your meal with the movie! Movies will be shown at Old Town La Quinta on the event lawn. Co-Sponsored by City of La Quinta, Time Warner Cable and Old Town La Quinta.For more information, please, call (760) 777-7108 or visit online at www.la-quinta.org

Hot Summer Friday Nights in Old Town Temecula

Every Friday night of Summer in Old Town offers a variety of free concerts with top live bands including Aunt Kizzy’s Boyz, Bill Magee Blues Band, Silver Beatles, Duchicelas and Two of Us Plus 1. Enjoy lots of family fun and games for the kids too.

Aug 4

Meat Loaf in Concert at Fantasy Springs Resort

Fantasy Springs Resort Casino continues its A-list entertainment standard with an upcoming concert by rock and roll superstar Meat Loaf. Meat Loaf has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and his Bat Out Of Hell album trilogy continues to sell hundreds of thousands of copies each year according to BBC Radio2. The Grammy Award-winning rocker and actor takes over the Special Events Center Stage at Fantasy Springs on September 4, 2010 at 8:00p.m. Tickets for his show are $49-$89 and go on sale on Friday, June 18th at 10:00a.m. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone at (800) 827-2946 or online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com. Meat Loaf got his first real break in the music business in the Los Angeles production of the musical, Hair. He went on to record for a short time with the Motown label, then rejoined Hair on Broadway. This more notable production led to more opportunities including a part in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Meat Loaf played the part of Eddie in the now cult film/musical. After several years of work on the Bat Out Of Hell album, it was released to popular acclaim in 1977. Meat Loaf has appeared in many television shows and movies including Fight Club with Edward Norton and Brad Pitt and Wayne’s World with Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey.

Celtic Women in Concert at The Show at Agua Caliente Resort and Spa Rancho

Celtic Woman is an all-female musical ensemble conceived and assembled by Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance. His concept was to tap into the American marketplace’s taste for Celtic music and culture by creating a group that blended the Irish elements of music and dance which Michael Flatley had successfully exploited with the structure of all-girl pop groups such as Spice Girls and Pussycat Dolls. In 2004, he recruited an aggregate of five Irish female artists who had not previously performed together: vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, who became the first representatives of Celtic Woman. Downes proposed a repertoire that would range from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs.

Jul 28, 2010 - Sep 07, 2010

Southern California Wine Country; June 22, 2010 - Officially launched with the recent Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, SummerFest 2010 and all the uniquely fun and memorable events and activities the season provides has begun in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country. Each SummerFest day brings new possibility and each visit promises a rich, new experience.

“During all times of the year, Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country welcomes visitors with a genuine, relaxed and casual, inviting nature to celebrate the richness of this picturesque valley,” shares Kimberly Adams, Temecula Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau president and CEO. “Summer with its wonderfully long days, and SummerFest with its diversity of ’something great always happening’ and ’something fun always to be enjoyed’ offers an abundance of the most popular events and activities that people want to experience and simply do not want to miss. The variety of things to do exceeds the limits of a day trip or even a long weekend. Temecula Valley is the ideal Southern California location to retreat, relax, connect with friends, connect with family, far from the everyday, and ‘live a little’ under wide-open skies for as long as you can be away.”

Throughout SummerFest, additional ongoing events and activities invite visitors to Old Town Temecula. Theatrical performances at the contemporary, state-of-the-art, 361-seat, Old Town Temecula Community Theater are captivating, as is the live jazz, country, and popular music at the intimate, 48-seat performance space next door known as The MERC. Children of all ages will be amazed and delighted with the fun sessions offered daily at Pennypickles Workshop - Temecula Children’s Museum. Old Town Temecula’s reverence and appreciation for the past can be experienced with the exhibits at the Temecula Valley History Museum. Saturday mornings’ certified Farmers Markets offer fresh, locally grown, summer fruits and vegetables, handcrafted items, specialty foods, and opportunities to converse directly with local growers and purveyors.

Each day of SummerFest is a day to admire Old Town Temecula’s casual, eclectic mix of historic architecture and explore Old Town Front Street and Main Street as well as Old Town’s alleyways. The entrepreneurial spirit thrives here and more than 60 specialty stores provide unique shopping: art, antiques, contemporary boutiques, specialty gifts, specialty foods, wine shops, and tasting rooms. Old Town’s 19 fine restaurants, outdoor bistros, and cafes are all independently owned for one-of-a-kind dining experiences: from upscale, white tablecloth showcasing fresh, local cuisine and Temecula Valley wines, to some of Southern California’s tastiest burgers and barbecue.

Wine Country Events & Activities? With colorful hot air balloons soaring over the vineyards, award-winning Temecula Valley premium wines and the music of the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival the first weekend in June inaugurated the official start of SummerFest. Appropriately, the SummerFest season extends through the first week in September and into California Wine Month.

SummerFest is an ideal time to venture into Temecula Valley Wine Country’s more than 35,000 acres of hills and vineyards, to be awed by the incredibly expansive views, and refreshed by afternoon ocean breezes. It is a primary growing season in the vineyards, as grapes continue to develop and mature. Winemaking families and winemakers carefully monitor fruit quality and grape chemistry, watching for the coveted natural balance of sugar content and acid levels. Come mid- to late August, grapes for Temecula Valley’s sparkling wines will be the first harvested.

The SummerFest season provides opportunities daily to tour cool winery cellars, and fermentation and tank rooms, enjoy the charm of Temecula Valley’s more than 30 wine-tasting rooms, and savor hundreds of award-winning wines. Throughout Wine Country, unique dining venues are many. Six wineries feature excellent restaurants welcoming visitors to experience amazing cuisine and the pleasures of food and wine affinity. Many wineries offer fare that is more casual - inspiration to dine outdoors at winery picnic areas. Temecula Valley wineries also offer additional events during SummerFest: from cooking classes to concerts, special events and dinners, and a variety of afternoon and evening live music and entertainment.

Following four sold-out, standing-room-only (120+ people at each) shows in a row, Comedy Night at Azul Starring LA’s Hottest Comics returns on Saturday, July 31 to Azul Tapas Bar and Lounge in downtown Palm Springs. The pre-show begins at 6:00PM and the show starts at 7:00PM. Reservations are highly encouraged. Call Azul at 760-325-5533. The monthly show features the latest stand-ups from Los Angeles top comedy venues, including The Improv, The Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, Downtown Comedy Club and Jon Lovitz Comedy Club. Audiences may have seen their television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Jimmy Kimmel Live , The Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central, Chelsea Lately, Last Comic Standing ,  Big Love and Kath and Kim . Many performers have also appeared at clubs in Las Vegas, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and London. The line-up of outstanding comics for the July 31 show will be:

Theo Von

You may recognize Theo from his many television appearances, including Real World Challenge and Road Rules  The Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Last Comic Standing , Reality Bites Back and Live at Gotham  and Frat House. In great demand, he has been wowing audiences for years around the country and performs regularly at the top comedy venues in Los Angeles. Currently, he is on tour entertaining the U.S. troops in Europe.

Debbie Lockhart

Debbie is a regular performer at the top comedy venues throughout LA and Southern California, including The Improv, Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, Jon Lovitz Comedy Club, Downtown Comedy Club and The Ice House. She also performs around the country at clubs, colleges and casinos. Debbie has toured nationally with the improv troupe, ComedySportz, and is a member of L.A. TheatreSports, which she represented in London at the annual International TheatreSports Tournament. She has made two tours to entertain the troops in South America, Southwest Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Her television and film appearances include Comic’s Unleashed, Who Wants to Be a SuperHero? ( SCI-FI CHANNEL),Gary Garver’s Almost Live and the feature films, The People vs. Larry Flynt and most recently Driving Bill Crazy.

Matthew Nouriel

Matthew Nouriel was born in London, England to Jewish Iranian parents. In his teenage years he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he lives to this day. Matthew has worked in television, film, theatre, and for the past two years been performing stand up comedy. His Iranian heritage, along with his British sensibilities, American influences, and slight Jewish neurosis, result in a unique point of view in life, and ultimately result in very funny comedy. Matthew’s blunt, honest, raw approach has been gaining much attention in the Los Angeles comedy scene. He regularly performs at many of L.A.’s hottest clubs, including The Comedy Store, The Improv, The Ice House, and is a regular at the Downtown Comedy Club.

Spanish pop music singer-writer Enrique Iglesias is one of the most poular artists in Latin America and in the Latino market in the United States. Grammy winning Iglesias has also been the biggest seller of Spanish language albums for years. Popular hits include “Esperanza”, “Hero”, “Don’t Turn Out the Lights”, “Bailamos”, “Be With You”, “Not In Love” and “Escape”.

The wonderful voice and music of country music’s Martina McBride comes to the Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa  on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 8:00 pm. Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the “Céline Dion of Country Music” for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range. McBride was signed to RCA Records in 1991 and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, “The Time Has Come.”[2] It was not until 1997, when she released her fourth album, Evolution, that she broke through into the country music industry with a new pop-styled crossover sound, similar to that of Faith Hill and Shania Twain. From that point on, McBride has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to #1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at #1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003.

The City of La Quinta and SilverRock Resort proudly announce the return of SilverRock Golf Academy’s junior golf clinics, to be held from July 6 through August 12 at SilverRock Resort in La Quinta.  The clinics will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 8:30 am - 10 am.   Juniors aged 5 - 17 are invited to participate for $10/day or $100/summer series (12 days).

This year marks the third series of the junior clinics,  which introduce golf to junior players and give them an opportunity to develop their skills.

Participants will be exposed to golf techniques, competition strategies, and the chance to meet other juniors with similar interests.  Topics covered will include:  Rules, Etiquette, Safety, Pre-Shot, In-Swing Fundamentals, Short Game, Putting, Driving, and Fairway Woods.

Each session requires a minimum of 5 students and is limited to 20 students.  Advance registration is highly recommended, as each session averages 15 - 20 students.  Please call the Golf Shop at (760) 777-8884, ext. 3 to register or for more information.

Cost: $10. per Day or $100. Summer Series for 12 days