As Barry Manilow joined forces with Modern Men to close out The Chase awards at the Palm Springs Convention Center, the party next door was just getting started. White Party, …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 1, 2024
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 4, 2024
Our beloved events listing editor – and my longest employee at Gay Desert Guide – is putting away his laptop and retiring. Alex McCune and I met when we were …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Jan 12-14, 2024
Point: Counterpoint. New York had Studio 54. West Hollywood had StudioOne.The documentary “StudioOne Forever” is showing all weekend at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and I highly recommend it. …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Jan 1, 2024
Keith Haring’s art has made an impact on me in the last year. In fact, I made two trips to Los Angeles to see his works – one at The …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Dec 1-3, 2023
The month of December tends to fly by – the hustle and bustle of holiday celebrations, shopping, and many ways to commemorate Christmas, New Year’s and all the others. In …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Nov 17-19, 2023
This is a somber time of year for our community. We just marked Veterans Day, and now will commemorate those lost to a different war – the culture war. Our …
Gay Desert Guide Weekend: Oct. 13-15, 2023
Hockey season gets underway Friday night, Oct 13 at Acrisure Arena. But the sport is embroiled in controversy over a new NHL policy banning “Pride Tape” and reversing years of …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Oct. 2, 2023
Had the writer’s strike not gotten resolved, many of you may have rediscovered live theatre productions to get your fix of entertainment. The valley has a rich tradition in theatre, …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Apr. 17, 2023
“If you were wondering who I am, I’m a man, just like any other man, unlike any other man.” The lyrics to Peter Allen’s song that ends each performance of …
Gay Desert Guide: Week of Mar. 6, 2023
The first shall be last and the last shall be first, to paraphrase a bible verse. The first Pride of the season happened over the weekend at Cathedral City, and …