Palm Springs

But Is It-

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  Art?- Compiled by John Marston – “And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves ‘It’s pretty, but is it Art?’” – Rudyard Kipling   In some ways, it’s one of those big questions. Like, why are we here? Or, [...]

TOMORROW IS TODAY -

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  A Q&A with Andrea McArdle – By PJ Maytag – If you ever wanted to catch a star, nay, legend, in Palm Springs – here’s your chance. Three-time Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz, composer of worldwide hits Wicked, Godspell, Pippin and more, will be the first recipient of Desert Ensemble Theatre Company’s Melpomai Award. [...]

A FORGOTTEN STORY -

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  Finally Told –  By Chris S. Sinton –   It is the first day of 1965, and in San Francisco, at a rented venue on Polk Street called California Hall, a glittering Mardi Gras Costume Ball is about to begin. The fundraising gala is a coming out party for the city’s underground gay culture, [...]