If you pay attention to the news (whether from real sources or pants-on-fire social media), this weekend was tough. Mass shootings around the world dominated headlines. Then last night’s shocker …
Activism Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Dec 15, 2025
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“Butts in seats” was a phrase I used back in August as new performing arts venues were on the horizon. But not enough butts in too many seats is a …
Activism Charities Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Dec 8, 2025
Imagine the traffic nightmare that a Paul McCartney concert or a Firebirds game would have generated for downtown Palm Springs. Or imagine driving toward Indian Canyons hiking trails and instead …
Activism Charities Entertainment Food Bank Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec 5-7, 2025
The Plaza Theatre opened this week, bringing back our jewel—twinkling stars on the ceiling and all — with LGBTQ+ representation not lost on us: Cynthia Erivo’s opening night; Lily Tomlin, …
Activism Charities Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Sponsors TheatreGay Desert Guide: Week of Dec 1, 2025
What’s new is old again. “New” is the Trump administration bent on erasing the history and pain of the AIDS epidemic that plagued us in the 80s. It’s “old” because …
Activism Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business TheatreGay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 28-30, 2025
Give till it Hurts” was most famously attributed to Mother Teresa. But she was talking about giving love not treasures. As we enter this “season of giving” which started with …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 24, 2025
It is said that on the opening night of The Plaza Theatre on Dec. 12, 1936, Greta Garbo snuck into the theatre unnoticed to watch audience reaction to the premier …
Activism Entertainment Gay Pride LGBTQ Movies Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 21-23, 2025
If there is one video that deserves to go viral this week, it’s the one I’m going to highlight today. No, it’s not a crypto get-rich-quick scheme endorsed by a …
Entertainment Events LGBTQ Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide: Week of Nov 17, 2025
Two Jonathon B’s are making headlines and heads turn this week. And both are amazing gay men in their own right. When you are voted people magazine’s hottest man of …
Activism Events Gay Pride LGBTQ Local Business Restaurants Theatre Things to DoGay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 14-16, 2025
While we’re watching the forecast maps for the weekend’s weather, I’ve been looking at two maps that affect our LGBTQ+ safety when travelling outside our Palm Springs bubble and our …