Coachella Valley Weekly - November 20 to November 26, 2014 Vol. 3 No. 35

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Jim Jefferies

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Companions Visitation Ministry RWB Fest Martin Ross pg 8

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Tribal Seeds

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Props & Hops at the PS Air Museum

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Contents

Props & Hops at PS Air Museum..........3 Jim Jefferies at Spotlight 29 Casino....5 Don’t Be Clueless in the CV..................6 PS Art Museum .....................................7 Desert Art Collection- Sheila Benow...7 Companion Visitation MInistry............8 Rhthym, Wine & Brews Festival...........9 LMS - Martin Ross................................10 Event - Kurupt at SOL..........................10 LMS - Tribal Seeds...............................11 Tilted Kilt Open Mic Week 7...............11 An Evening Of Music w/ the Ladies...12 Consider This - Red Racer...................14 Art - Gary Kott.....................................15 Pet Place...............................................16 The Vino Voice.....................................17 Club Crawler Nightlife........................18 Pamp. Palate- Thanksgiving..............20 Screeners.............................................22 Book Review........................................23 The PS Local -.......................................26 Haddon Libby: It’s All Local................27 Dale Gribow.........................................27 Safety Tips............................................28 ShareKitchen.......................................28 Sports Scene........................................29 Sports...................................................29 Health & Fitness ..................................30 Free Will Astrology..............................31 Mind, Body & Spirit.............................31 Life & Career Coach.............................32 Ask The Doctor....................................32 Weiss Cracks........................................34

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njoy airplanes? Enjoy tasting craft beers? Then the 3rd Annual Props and Hops Craft Beer Festival at the Palm Springs Air Museum is the place for you this Saturday, November 22, 2014. As of publication deadline, twenty-three craft breweries were confirmed! The breweries will be dispensing four ounce tastes at the Palm Springs Air Museum, located at 745 N. Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs. Entrance is from Gene Autry, between Ramon Road to the south and Vista Chino to the north. Gates open at 12 noon, and last call is…well, let’s just say that the published closing time is 6 PM. “The breweries love coming out here” said Palm Springs Air Museum’s Special Events chair Lisa Slam. “They love the fact that their booths are set up inside the hangar, and our vintage airplanes are only a few feet away.

As a matter of fact, the hangar doors [which are about 100 feet wide] remain open, so everyone can mingle inside and out, sampling beers and watching the ramp, where aircraft will be taking off and landing throughout the afternoon. There will be at least three food vendors, and live music! You have to be 21 or older, so of course, no children or teens; however, dogs on leashes are welcome.”

Confirmed breweries (in alpha order of course) are Ace Premium Hard Cider, Avery Brewery from Boulder, CO; Babe’s Bar-B-Q Brewhouse; Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Black Market Brewing Company, Bootlegger’s Brewery, Coachella Valley Brewing Company, Coronado Brewing Company, Drake’s Brewing, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Golden Road Brewery, Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, King Harbor Brewing Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company, La Quinta Brewing Company, the Lost Abbey, Mission Brewery, New Belgium

Brewing, Old Orange Brewing Company, Packing House Brewing Company, Port Brewing Company, Refuge Brewery, Stone Brewing Company and Three Weavers.

White Labs from San Diego will demonstrate the various stages of the brewing process. Perhaps the most unique feature of this Festival is the Cicerone Rare Beer Tasting inside a vintage DC-3 in flight over the Coachella Valley. Two flights with 14 passengers or tasters each were available.

This special tasting is already sold out, but it bears mentioning anyway, so that you can be prepared for next year. The cost for this “Rare” tasting event was $175 each, and it did include Festival admission. Remember this for next year! If you’re interested, then let the Festival organizers know. It isn’t just the airplane, it’s also how much “rare” beer is available, after all, it is called “rare beer tasting” for a reason!

Brent Schmidman is the man who launched the idea of this Craft Beer Festival.

“I will always have a passion for growing the beer culture here in the Valley. The Palm Springs Air Museum is a perfect venue to have this amazing craft beer event. This allows us to showcase a lot of great craft beer breweries in one place. The fact that you can be walking among vintage airplanes and drinking your favorite craft beer and even get a chance to fly in one of the vintage airplanes, is priceless!

There is plenty of room to keep growing this event here and that’s our goal. This event is the flagship craft beer event in the Valley and will be the anchor event for Coachella Valley Beer Week next year.”

Ah…music! Confirmed live acts on the docket are DJ “All Night Shoes”, the Anonymous 5 and the widely popular 1980’s cover band, Long Duk Dong.

Drawing on various influences, DJ “ALL NIGHT SHOES” aka Alex Harrington looks to create a feeling and ambiance for his listeners. His sets focus on a vibe and groove.

No tricks, no gimmicks, it’s about the sounds and the memories. His sets contain elements of passion and spontaneity, allowing Alex to make each show a unique experience.

LONG DUK DONG is a new-wave/oldschool cover band that gets the party started, and is one of Southern California’s premier party bands. Playing a great mix of songs you remember from junior-high dances, MTV (when they played music), and countless movie soundtracks and TV shows that aired throughout the decade which is remembered simply as “the 80’s.” High energy singing backed by amazing keyboards and an awesome set of electric drums.... just close your eyes and you are back in the era of pinned jeans, Ronald Reagan and the Atari 2600. Band members are Nicco Ysiano, Chelsea Sugarbritches, Joe Willis, Chris Koenig, Craig Brown and Jeff Mazer.

Winners of the Home Brewing Competition will be announced Saturday.

FACTS: Entrance to the Craft Beer Festival is a mere $40 per person. This includes eight 4-ounce tastes, plus event glassware while supplies last. For those eager beavers who buy online, the price is only $35 – be sure and show your receipt or confirmation number on your mobile phone at the entrance. And remember, if you look younger than your age (and many of us do), be prepared to show a valid picture ID. Think of it as a badge of honor, and not an annoyance. And if you can safely handle more than 8 tastes of beer (obviously inebriated folk will be cut off) additional tickets can be purchased onsite $5 for three tickets.

Although your ticket to the Craft Beer Festival does not include entrance to the museum, the festival takes place inside one of the three airplane hangars, and several exhibits and vintage airplanes are accessible inside the South Hangar and outside on the tarmac – the two locations where the Festival takes place. All of the vintage aircraft normally inside the hangar will be outside for all to enjoy. The PT-17 Stearman (a very cool biplane) will be flying throughout the day, and festival attendees can purchase a biplane ride starting at $150 for 15 minutes. To purchase tickets, www.PropsandHopsFestival.com.

For info specifically on the Festival, call 760-482-1832 and to reach the Palm Springs Air Museum general info number, 760-7786262.

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Jim Jefferies

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efferies is known for his offensive, ranting style of comedy and controversial subject matter, but that doesn’t stop him from being loved worldwide. He has performed for crowds all over the world, and was notoriously attacked onstage during one of his shows at the Manchester Comedy Store. Jefferies made the story of the incident part of his act, which can be seen in his 2008 DVD Contraband. He became well-known in the U.S. after his HBO special I Swear to God premiered in 2009, and has since released further DVDs of his stand-up, including Alcoholocaust, Fully Functional, and Bare. In 2013, he wrote and starred in his own comedy series, Legit. Though it was cancelled after its second season, Jefferies has since partnered with Netflix and the show is featured on the site as well as many of his stand-up DVDs. Recently, Jefferies took time out of his very busy schedule to speak with CV Weekly about his early life, comedy, and upcoming projects.

CVW: So much of your act is you telling stories of your real-life experiences. How

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An Australian comedian who currently resides in Los Angeles.

On November 29th, he will grace the stage of Spotlight 29 Casino, and hopefully he won’t wreak too much havoc! did you become such a great story-teller, or have you always been?

Jefferies: I don’t know. There’s no real trick to it. Yeah, I think I’ve always had a knack for telling stories, which is good because I’m not the greatest joke-writer in the world—well, I write good jokes, but I’m better at telling stories, so I always get excited when something happens to me that I think will be a good story. I try to make little shit moments in life happen— like I don’t go on the best holidays with my kid, I try to take him in an RV or something, because hopefully something will come from that. Sometimes, when you have a one-night stand, back in the day, I was always happier afterward if it went crap than if it went good (laughs).

CVW: When/how did you realize you could turn that into a successful stand-up career?

Jefferies: I wanted to be a stand-up comedian since I was a little kid. I would always watch them on TV. If there was a late-night show on I was always way more excited if they had a comedian coming on than any band. As for when did I know I could turn it into a career—I was probably 22 when I figured it out. My brother got married and made me the best man and I had a good best man speech and then that gave me the courage to get up and do some stand-up.

CVW: Who were your favorite comedians as a kid? Who were your greatest influences?

Jefferies: As a kid well—a lot of Australian acts you never would’ve heard of. But on a larger scale, as a kid, it was Eddie Murphy’s Delirious. It was the first time I saw a guy onstage swearing and stuff and that really got me excited. I used to watch that Betamax video like people watch porn, you know, like two or three minutes while my parents were out in the garden or something and then I’d turn it off cuz I was very little when that thing came out.

CVW: Your material can be controversial and you have described yourself as an “offensive” comedian. How have you learned to handle the negative responses?

Jefferies: I ignore them. It’s the only way to do it. I’m actually fairly thin-skinned so I don’t read comments on YouTube clips or Netflix or anything like that. It’s just best to

stay away from it. Thing is with me—people either really like me or they despise me (laughing). All I know is when I’m walking down the street, the people who come up to me are always nice to me. Everyone always shakes my hand and say they like me and are super nice to me. But that makes me think that one in ten people that notice me, there’s someone walking past me muttering to themselves, “That guy’s a fucking asshole.” Those people never say hello (laughing).

CVW: Given that you do like to tackle these controversial subjects, is there any subject you won’t touch with a ten-foot pole?

Jefferies: My rule is: The more offensive the subject matter, the funnier the joke has to be. I never really casually say something offensive. There are some, mostly newer acts that go, “I’m gonna talk about pedophilia or rape.” But they’re not seasoned enough and the joke isn’t even that funny. And they start going, “Aw, am I too risqué for you? This audience, is it too much for you?” And it’s not too much for the audience. It’s just not funny enough.

I’ve never had a huge backlash if the joke’s been really really good.

CVW: When did you move to the U.S. and what prompted the move?

Jefferies: I moved to the U.S. five years ago but I’ve only been living here 3 years full-time. I came over because I got myself an agent and I thought I’d do three months worth of gigs. I’d just broken up with a girl in the U.K. and I thought, “This’ll be a nice change of pace.” I’d never really been to America. And then I got the HBO special and I was like, “Well, might as well stay here.”

CVW: Do you prefer acting in TV and movies or stand-up?

Jefferies: If I wasn’t a stand-up comedian I never would have considered being an actor. I was just in an episode of Bad Judge for NBC and I saw the footage and I thought, “Oh my God, I look like a fucking potato.” I think being funny gets you a long way in life.

With stand-up comedy you can be as busy or

as unbusy as you want to be. I would advise my son not to be an actor, but I wouldn’t tell him not to be a stand-up comedian. Acting’s just not a very stable job. I’m much happier working onstage but I’ll take the acting work if I can get it.

CVW: Do you have any upcoming projects to follow Legit?

Jefferies: I’m trying to sell a new sitcom right now. I’d like to make a movie to wrap everything up with Legit. I just did a movie with Ken Jeong and Rhys Darby about killing David Hasselhoff, which was a lot of fun.

Apart from that, I’m just gigging as always.

I just did a scene for an indie movie with J.K. Simmons, who looks like he’s gonna win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash. I’ve done a scene with Carrie Fisher, who’s from my favorite movie in the world, Star Wars. So if I never act again, I’ve done some things I never expected to be able to do.

CVW: What advice would you give to a young comedian starting out?

Jefferies: The best advice is: try to get as much stage time as possible and try to write as much material as possible. It’s just good practice. I would say, even, quantity over quality. The more stuff you can bring out, the more entertaining you’ll be.

Jefferies’ colorful way of speaking and self-deprecating manner had me laughing throughout the interview. He was generous with his time, and true to form, told me some great stories.

Tickets for the November 29 show are $25 and $35 and are going fast. Get yours at www.Spotlight29.com, Star Tickets (800) 585-3737, or the Spotlight 29 Box Office and Gift Shop. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.

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CLUELESS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY

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e love this time of year. The snowbirds have returned and are settling into the Desert lifestyle, making all our lives easier—by the way, no sitting in the left fast lane with a death-grip on the wheel looking for their turn, and no counting out the exact change at the register (our milk is getting warm). The COD kids have valet jobs at our chi-chi El Paseo stores, the weather is, well, perfect (Don’t tell Minnesotans that... 18 inches of snow needs shoveling before they can poke around with a stick for the car). Best of all, we love the music, the Messiah oratorio, the Christmas carols, flash mob moments, harmonies, duets, church organ, piano, orchestra, guitars, violins, tambourine, chimes, bells, The Little Drummer Boy, The Nutcracker Suite, school pageants, the partridge in a pear tree, even “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” has a kind of charm during the season. Yes, thirteen-year-old performer Jimmie Boyd’s record was condemned by Boston’s Roman Catholic Church for mixing the recreational sport of kissing with the Christmas power of mistletoe, but all was forgiven when Boyd met with the Archdiocese. Holiday music.

Bring it on!

Thanksgiving Alert (Thursday, Nov 27): And Due by Thursday NOV 20—TODAY!!

Help a family in need this Thanksgiving.

You donate and deliver to us, or you donate and we will gladly pick up from you and deliver to a family. Can’t get a better deal than that! They accept non-perishable food to benefit the Cello Vista Community Child Care Center in their desperate need to celebrate a day of families gathering in love to give thanks for the bounty of feasting which since the earliest days of our founding has been named Thanksgiving.

Call 760-773-9800. Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert, Tent 66, 74-040 HWY 111, Ste.L-231 Palm Desert. Online: www. varietyofthedesert.org Thursday, November 20, 4 - 7 PM. No matter what kind of day he (or she) has had, when you come through the door, he or she wags the breezes at you. It’s time to bring your Best Friend to Rancho Las Palmas, now the OMNI Resort and Spa, across from The River in Rancho Mirage to one of the Desert’s most amenableto -animals patio destinations. If you

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haven’t been, you haven’t arrived because “Yappy Hour” is a monthly opportunity for dogs and their human companions to socialize. Enjoy cocktails and conversation while mingling with other dog lovers. At the BlueEmber Restaurant, you’ll select appetizers and other foods from a gourmet menu at a special discount for Yappy Hour, musical entertainment including pet games for you both! Cost: Two drinks $10. Animal Samaritans receive ½ off all event fees.

Friday, November 21. 6 – 8 PM. The Season? It’s all about a party! This one, the 3rd year of “Meet the Galen” at the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert, is very cleverly a membership drive and a renew your membership Party which gains members complimentary entry. Beyond that, held in the atmospheric splendor of the Galen and Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden, , it remains one of the go-to events at the start of the season. Need we add that this Party is sell-out popular? This year’s theme ”Hollywood Glamour” assures the party will be over-the top with luscious complimentary cocktails, seriously heavy hors d’oeuvres, outrageously outré models, a “lip-and-lash” bar, keepsake photo booth, swoon-worthy Big Band tunes and complimentary valet parking. Attendees must join or renew membership online or at the museum before November 20, 2014. Admission and membership purchase will be available at the door. Individual membership, $50 (includes one-year membership and single event admission).

Non-renewing current members may purchase a ticket to the party for $40. No tickets will be sold without a museum membership. For more information, or to renew a current membership, please contact 760-322-4825 or go to www. psmuseum.org/meet-the-galen/.

Friday, November 21, 6 PM – 9:30 PM. Get your RED on, shake out your napkin and join the Winewomen as they meet and greet, chat and chew over a multi-course Organic Wine Exchange Wine Dinner from reception to a sweet dessert goodnight, all paired with appropriate wines. Since 2004, when the American Heart Association

by Diane Marlin-Dirkx

took up the challenge to combat cardiovascular disease that claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year, in 2014, the fight continues. This compassionate, emotional, social initiative is designed to empower women to learn, live and take charge of their heart health.

This year they invite members and guests to Celebrate Go Red for Women at Bellatrix at the Classic Club, 75200 Classic Club Blvd., Palm Desert. Dress Code: Desert evening casual. Call Kathleen, 760-880-5 010, or email Kathleen@winewomenpsp.com

The 35th Annual Gala! Saturday, November 22, 6PM. A Night at the COPACABANA! Cocktails, Dinner and Dancing at the Riviera Resort and Spa in Palm Springs in, where else but the Grand Ballroom. It’s the Evening of Hope Gala, benefitting the Stroke Recovery Center that offers more than 10,000 free visits each year to over 280 patients for speech, mobility, cognitive therapy, and support for the families of stroke, traumatic brain injuries including those who have suffered from neurological disorders. Join the party for a rum tasting session with Rum Master and historian Richard Ross, cigar rolling demonstrations, the era of Copacabana with the elegance of music of the 40s and 50s provided by the Wayne Foster Orchestra and Entertainment. Tickets, $350 per person, sponsorship packages are available.

For more information,, please contact Cheryl Scarlett at 760-323-7676, ext.112, or email cscarltt@strokerecoverycenter.org.

The Stroke Recovery Center is a 501 (C)3 non-profit organization. Register online at www.strokerecoverycenter.org Wednesday, December 3, 7 PM, and Saturday, December 6, 3 PM. “Stars I Shall Find,” The Holiday Concert. Lifting their voices in the songs of the Holiday Season are the MODERN MEN, the Coachella Valley Men’s Chorus, a new 50 member men’s choral group, created under the Artistic Direction of , noted composer and director Bob Seeley, with piano accompanist Bruce Magnum. Put simply, the group says in

chorus, “We are MODERN MEN, who love to sing. Our mission is dedication to Musical Excellence while creating Harmony through Diversity. “MODERN MEN is part of the growing cultural scene in the Coachella Valley. We are the fourth independent community chorus in the valley, and we welcome to our ranks all men in the Coachella Valley, who love to share their voices.” In fact, open rehearsals are Tuesday nights at Metropolitan Community Church, 32150 Candlewood Dr, Cathedral City, 7 to 10 PM. Hear them perform at Temple Isaiah, 332 W Alejo Rd., Palm Springs. Tickets, $25 per person purchased from a chorus member, or online at ModernMen.org

Monday, December 1, 7 – 10 PM. The 2nd Annual Desert Jam Session to benefit The Well in the Desert, an organization created to help feed, clothe and serve people in need, offering a daily hot meal program to over 135 people a day, six days a week, and sack lunches on Saturdays. They provide referral services daily, from mail and phone service to re-entry into jobs and living quarters, and much needed personal support for those in very difficult situations.

Every Saturday a food distribution program serves seniors, the disabled, low income families with children, and anyone in need.

More than 150-200 people each week take home groceries, helping to feed over 2000 people monthly. The event at the Purple Room, 1900 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, features television celebrity and the Valley’s weather guru Patrick Evans as master of ceremonies and the best of the desert’s jazz jammers. Admission, $75.00 includes heavy passed appetizers, CD, and show with many of the performers on the CD. Only 120 seats available. Call (760) 3278577, or (760) 323-8353 for reservations, or visit www.wellinthedesert.org “Don’t Be Clueless” wants to remind you that press releases for inclusion should be in to the Coachella Valley Weekly at least two weeks ahead of the scheduled event!

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DESERT ART COLLECTION & Sculpture Garden PS Art Museum’s New Architecture and Design Center by kira golden

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Desert Art Collection Gallery To Honor Renowned InternationallyExhibited Artist/Desert Resident Sheila Benow With Show Of Mixed-Media Originals In Her Memory: “Sheila Benow: The Last Originals”

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n Thursday the 13th of November, Mayor Steve Pougnet, numerous founders, and many appreciative desert citizens celebrated the recent opening of the Palm Springs Art Museum’s new Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion, with a ribboncutting ceremony. Fittingly, the building itself—previously a bank entitled Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan—was designed by E. Stewart Williams, who is the subject of the opening exhibition.

E. Stewart Williams is responsible for many of the mid-20th Century architecture still in existence in Palm Springs and played a key role in the development of what is known as the Desert Modern style of architecture. This style is characterized by lots of glass walls through which one can view and commune with the beauty of the desert. Williams got his start in 1946 when he was commissioned to build a desert residence for none other than Frank Sinatra. Williams denied Sinatra’s request to build a great big Georgian-style monstrosity and instead drew up the plans for the iconic, sprawling, flat-topped, glassfilled resort home that can still be seen to this day. Williams is noted for stating that, “The architect’s primary job is to transform human needs into functional and habitable space, capturing, if possible, the pulse of human life and human spirit in concrete form.”

Williams is also responsible for the design of the original Palm Springs Art Museum building. That he designed the Art Museum is appropriate given that he studied art as well as architecture at Cornell University.

Some of his sketches and etchings are on display at his exhibit, entitled An Eloquent Modernist: E. Stewart Williams, Architect.

In addition, there are scale models of his works—including the Sinatra house, original drawings and renderings of his designs, photographs, and even film clips, all of which provide a comprehensive overview of his early life and 50-year career.

While the first floor contains exhibits dedicated to architects and architecture, as well as a museum store located in the former bank vault, the lower levels contain a study center, architectural archives, and meeting space. “We want to ensure that our growing collection is accessible to architects, scholars, and the general public, and that we have the opportunity

Photo By Lani Garfield to develop more programming focused on architecture and design, including current innovations in these fields,” said Sidney Williams, who is the museum’s curator of architecture and design. “The new A+D Center provides us with the much needed space for our permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, and the E. Stewart Williams-designed building itself is an important addition to our collection.”

The former bank, designed in 1961, has been restored by the preeminent Los Angeles architecture firm Marmol Radziner, which used black and white photographs taken by Julius Shulman—who photographed many of Williams’ finished projects—as well as Williams’ original drawings. Since being purchased by the museum in 2011, the building has been awarded Class 1 Historic Site protective status, which will ensure that the integrity of Williams’ design will endure.

The Mayor of Palm Springs himself was given the honor of cutting the ribbon on the afternoon of the 13th. “This is an economic driver for the city,” Pougnet said.

“This whole part of town is experiencing a rebirth, and this will be a destination for people to come to.” He emphasized the importance of the cooperation of the entire City Council on this project and how it was unanimously agreed that the spending for the Architecture and Design Center would create greater returns both economically and culturally. Considering that the newly appointed managing director of the Center, former chair of the museum’s Architecture and Design Council J.R. Roberts, was able to recruit about 127 donors to raise $7.4 million, it is clear that the Mayor is not alone in his belief in the importance of this project.

The Mayor also expressed his desire to continue the development and renovation of the areas adjacent to downtown Palm Springs. “This area should be more residential, more urban, and that will be the next stage of our downtown. Having this building here makes it easier to look at the next space and say, ‘Okay, what are we going to do here?”

The E. Stewart Williams exhibit will run from now until February 22, 2015. Following it will be an exhibit entitled Eye on Design: Andrea Zittel’s Aggregated Stacks and the Collection of the Palm Springs Art Museum, which will open on March 14, 2015.

he original artwork of renowned internationally-exhibited artist Sheila Benow will be featured in an upcoming show at the Desert Art Collection art gallery in Palm Desert beginning December 1st.

Featuring one-of-kind originals that stem from every phase of this critically-acclaimed artist’s career, “Sheila Benow: The Last Originals” will include watercolors, drawings, collages and mixed-media pieces. Also on display will be her unique, hand-tinted etchings.

“Brilliant lyrical ‘Earthscapes’...Benow has exhibited a variety of styles but all demonstrate her imaginative use of vivid, harmonious colors and a characteristic of rhythmic quality.” —Art News “Benow’s strength is in her intuitive feeling for color demonstrated by pleasing harmonies that are musical in quality.” —NY Arts Magazine A Palm Desert resident, Sheila passed away in 2012 after a long battle with breast cancer, but her work continues to be highly sought after by both private individuals and public institutions alike. A special reception will be held on Friday evening, December 5th, from 5-8pm with Benow’s daughters in attendance to discuss her work and meet art fans and collectors from throughout the Desert community and elsewhere. Benow’s criticallylauded and globally-collected etchings and paintings will be on display at Desert Art Collection & Sculpture Garden, 45-350 San Luis Rey Ave., Palm Desert, for the entire month of December.

With a list of galleries/shows ranging from Palm Desert to New York City to Munich to Paris to Israel and Sweden, Benow’s works are highly collectible and can be found in many private and public collections including that of the Smithsonian/Associated American Artists.

Benow was also a pioneering figure in the printmaking field and one of the first female artists to create etchings via the metal plate process. Most of her designs reflect some aspect of nature or natural landscape.

After making an important international name for herself in Europe and Japan and

living abroad for thirty years, the New Yorkborn Sheila Benow returned to the United States full-time in 2006 and chose Palm Desert as her home. With an impressive list of solo exhibitions around the world, Benow created Museum Editions for such prestigious institutions as the Albrecht Durer Gesellschaft in Nurnberg and Associated American Artists in New York. She also taught classes both in New York City and overseas, as well as the Coachella Valley.

Benow attended the Ethical Culture School in New York, Sarah Lawrence College and the Art Students League, and her work can be found in many private and public collections across the globe, including those of Lotte Lenya, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Felicia Faber Castell, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bibb, Temple Beth El, Seth Hollander, CBS, Dr. and Mrs. L.V. Radkins, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Somlyo, Georgio Moroder, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Springer and the Colombe D’Or Hotel in St. Paul De Vence.

She has designed and illustrated numerous covers for record albums and children’s books, and was genuinely thrilled to be a part of the desert community. Benow was awarded Palm Springs Life Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

Desert Art Collection hours are: TuesdaySaturday 10-5 and Sunday 11-4.

45-350 San Luis Rey Ave, Palm Desert, CA Phone: 760-674-9955 www.desertartcollection.com

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found it ironic as I watched Bianca Rae, popular anchor for local news station CBS 2, talk about having to “focus” her heart for local charities, as she MC’d a portion of the Loving All Animals Super Adoption Event. Ironic because not only had I been given the privilege of writing about the Bianca Rae Foundation that focuses on providing a voice for the voiceless, both children and animals, but I had also, just that day, received an email from her about another valuable program here in the valley.

I could easily relate to why her heart was pulled in many directions. Here was another group, sadly, as voiceless as neglected children and animals in many cases - our desert’s elderly.

Bianca Rae introduced me to Companion Visitation Ministry, an ecumenical charity that focuses on the emotional care and wellbeing of our local seniors. “Think of it as a ‘Big Brothers / Big Sisters’ program, but with the elderly,” she shared. “It’s a beautiful organization! Part of what they do is make fleece blankets (‘they’ being seniors) for the needy. They will be delivering several that they’ve made, and will be delivering

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Slightly Stoopid, Ozomatli and Fishbone to Headline at the 2015 Rhythm, Wine & Brews Experience

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Companion Visitation Ministry: The Sacred Heart of Caring for Our Valley’s Elderly

“Every time I see one of the CVM volunteers arriving for their visits at our facility, I know that although they look like regular people, they are really angels in disguise”. -Valerie, Activities Director for Fountains at Carlotta

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them Thanksgiving morning to Martha’s Village. They also are delivering blankets to the Angel View Christmas party. I think this is an incredible group, and given our demographic of seniors, I think it is highly newsworthy.” I could not agree more.

I was put in touch with Chaplain Carol Zadel who shared how her heart was led into founding this organization. I found there was even more to this organization than providing a fun activity that instills a sense of purpose and worth in our seniors.

“New Year’s morning was a pivotal moment for me during morning mass. Father Howard Lincoln, Pastor for Sacred Heart Church in Palm Desert, had just delivered a powerful sermon about loneliness and the importance of family. He spoke of a recent visit to an assisted living facility during the week between Christmas and New Year’s.

The visit was to an elderly woman named Norma, who had spent the holiday lonely and feeling abandoned. While all of her neighbors in her wing of the building either had family celebrating Christmas with them, or were lovingly brought to their families homes, Norma was the only resident left alone. She had no visitors, no calls and no cards or gifts. (I thought)... what about the lonely senior citizens? These ‘forgotten citizens’ deserve our love, concern and time. There are literally thousands of senior citizens living in assisted living facilities with no family or friends,” Zadel continued passionately. “They are lonely….Period!”

The objective of this new ministry is to offer a senior citizen a friend that will visit them once a week for one year. “Friendship can change a person’s life. Good things happen when you have a friend. Friends listen. They share. Friends are the best kind of medicine for someone who’s striving for good mental health,” Zadel explained. “The birth of CVM has brought happiness to many senior citizens in the Coachella Valley.

We began by asking for volunteers from our church to donate a minimum 1 hour a week and a commitment of one full year. Our next dream is of growing this ministry, in time, to other communities. This is an ecumenical ministry outreach to all faiths.”

“Our recruiting effort helped us gather over 100 willing volunteers to CVM. Our volunteers are now visiting lonely seniors that were gathered by contacting the local community activity directors who gave us lists of seniors who do not have family. After their initial introduction, our volunteer and their new become caring friends who offer love and support during good times and bad. At present we have 6 volunteer directors helping us establish this ministry.

They also monitor input from our required ‘journals’ that we ask our volunteers to write and send to us after each visit. These journals have been a wealth of information that certainly details the success of CVM,” explained Zadel.

Some examples from volunteer journals: “When I began my visits with my companion I had to earn her trust. She was unsure as to why I suddenly appeared in her life, and I could sense that she was apprehensive about my presence. In the beginning, when she cut our visits short, I wasn’t sure whether she did so because she didn’t welcome my visits or because she felt guilt over taking up my time. I soon found out it was the latter, and I had to find ways to show her that I was visiting her because I wanted to visit. In just two short months, our relationship has developed into one in which I not only provide companionship to her, but she provides companionship to me as well. My friend has become like family, and though I made a one year commitment to this ministry, my visits are no longer a commitment and have taken on the form of a lifelong friendship.” - Debbie Midcalf, CVM Director for Atria San Pablo and volunteer visitor for CVM “My lady (Mildred) lifts my spirits every time I visit. It seems to be impossible to give without receiving more. ‘The art of love is God at work through you.’ I’m glad that I have God as my Director. Holding hands - Mildred and I hold hands a lot. It seems to calm her down. Wish I had known her earlier. Together we’d do the town.

I’ll do what I can for her, and leave her in God’s care. But when she’s feeling down, it’s really hard to bear.” - Volunteer, Phyllis Plank (Note: Phyllis is visiting a lady with dementia) “I began with CVM to be a comfort to another person as Christ would want us to.

But I’ve found that I have gained more from the experience than I have given. Friendship and companionship is one of the greatest gifts one can offer.” - Pat Crowfoot, CVM Volunteer and Mission Hills Director “I joined this ministry because I wanted to offer my time and charity to those lonely and less fortunate. In as much as I believe that this is my Christian duty, I must admit, I feel that I may be benefitting as much, if not more, than my new friends. We laugh together, we cry together, we talk and we tease. Their kindness, love and shared words of wisdom have enriched my life, and I treasure our new relationship as much as if

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February 28th, 2015- Craft beer and wine tasting pairs with five live bands and amazing art installations

I’d known them my entire life. I worry when I’m not with them. I look forward to my next visit, and I appreciate every moment that we share. This ministry is truly God’s gift, but I believe it’s been His gift to me as much as to them.” -Robin Harmon, CVM Volunteer and Brighton Gardens and Manor Care Director “Senior citizens offer a wealth of history and have stories to tell, shares Chaplain Zandel. “The lonely senior has no one to tell these stories to. Our CVM volunteers are now companions to a former Olympic swimmer, a well-known British actress, a highly decorated General who outlived his entire family, doctors, politicians and more. Our volunteers have now spent hours listening to wonderful stories of their lives that have enriched our minds, hearts and ears. Unfortunately, our volunteers are also visiting terminal cancer patients, Alzheimer and dementia patients. Although the prognosis of these seniors is grim, the bonds still form, and these seniors are getting the love, handholding and time they deserve.”

Most of the visits are at the assisted living facilities, and can include bingo, lunch, Bible study or reading. Some of the volunteers have brought their family members and well behaved pets for visits enriching their friendship. The mobile seniors also are now spending their birthdays and holidays meshed within the CVM volunteer’s family activities. In closing, Zandel shared, “With each hour spent with our new companions, our lives become richer, our smiles become wider, our history enriched. Our families have expanded to the one beloved, new friend that will last a lifetime.”

Sacred Heart is located at 43775 Deep Canyon Rd, Palm Desert. For more information regarding volunteering or donating toward this wonderful ministry, call (760) 346-6502 You can also follow them at the links below: facebook.com/CompanionsVisitationMinistry www.sacredheartpalmdesert.com/companions_ visitation_ministry

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mpire Music Ventures is pleased to announce the 4th Annual Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience on Saturday, February 28th, 2015 at the Empire Polo Club. Taste craft beer and fine wine in one of the most beautiful venues in the Coachella Valley as you groove to the tunes of a diverse musical line-up designed to offer something for a variety of ages and musical tastes.

This year, the Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience will feature an impressive selection of artists playing an eclectic mix of reggae, folk, rock, blues, latin, funk and laid back hip hop. The event is transitioning beyond its R&B roots, offering fans a new fusion of rhythm showcased by this year’s billing of five exciting bands.

Slightly Stoopid, Ozomatli and Fishbone will headline the 2015 Rhythm, Wine & Brews Experience. All three bands are multigenre and offer a mix of music that appeals to a broad audience of fans. Headliners will perform on the Main Stage from 7PM – 11PM. Strangers You Know and The Suffers will play earlier in the day from 4PM – 7PM on the BuzzBox stage in the beer garden.

“My focus this year was to draw a more diverse crowd to the event by offering a broader selection of artists and music,” said Alex Haagen IV, producer of the Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience. “Our past events featured well-known R&B talent. This year we will feature some R&B along with a new infusion of reggae, latin, funk, rock and a bit of hip hop. It should be a really fun show with a lot of energy both on and off the stage.”

The craft beer and wine garden will be packed with regional breweries and wineries pouring tastes from 3PM to 7PM. Food trucks and local restaurants will offer a variety of mouth-watering menu options ranging from lobster tacos and gourmet pizza to juicy Tavern hamburgers and spicy Mexican cuisine.

Tickets to the 2015 Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience can be purchased online at www.RWBexp.com starting November 14th, 2014.

Event Information Date: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 Time: 3PM - 11PM Location: Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA General Admission Tickets: $85 VIP Admission Tickets: $150 A portion of the proceeds benefit the Casey Lee Ball Foundation to support pediatric kidney research. Food will be available for purchase. Huge selection of breweries and wineries offering tastings.

Wine and beer tasting from 4PM - 7PM (VIP Tasting 3PM - 7PM) Main Stage and Headline Performances from 7PM - 11PM General Admission Includes: Entrance to RWB Experience 4PM - 11PM Unlimited tastes of beer/wine 4PM - 7PM Souvenir tasting glass Free Parking

VIP Pass Includes:* Entrance to RWB Experience 3PM - 11PM Unlimited tastings of beer/wine 3PM - 7PM Access to VIP Tasting Lounge 3PM - 7PM Access to the VIP Lounge and Bar Souvenir tasting glass VIP Parking Invitation to Friday night Bottle Share and Kick-off Party *VIP Admission includes access to VIP tasting area with specialty wine and beer that are not available in the general tasting area, and complementary food. Also includes access to a second VIP lounge with a full bar adjacent to the main stage.

Bottle Share & Kick-off Party On Friday, February 27th the Rhythm, Wine & Brews Experience is hosting a Bottle Share and Kick-off Party in the Rose Garden at Empire Polo Club for VIP ticket holders and vendors. VIP guests each bring a bottle of unique craft beer to share with the other VIP guests. It is a great opportunity to meet new people and discover new craft beers while enjoying live music by Penny Unniversity in the fragrant gardens of Empire Polo Club. For more details about the Bottle Share & Kick-off Party visit www.RWBexp.com.

RV & Tent Camping Onsite RV and tent camping will be available. Fees include 2-days of camping: Friday, February 27th to Saturday, February 28th. Visit www.RWBexp.com for more details about camping onsite.

Buy one night, get the second night FREE. 10’x10’ Tent Campsites are $30 RV Campsites are $100 Tickets The website address for ticket purchases is www.RWBExp.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate the day of the festival. Children 12 and under are free. Ticket holders must be 21 years of age or older and show ID at the festival to taste beer and wine.

A portion of the proceeds from the Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience will benefit the Casey Lee Ball Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports pediatric kidney research.

Directions to the Rhythm, Wine & Brews Experience at Empire Polo Club: From I-10 take the Monroe St. exit and head south on Monroe St. Follow the parking signs between Ave. 50 & 51 lots along Monroe St. Event is Located at Empire Polo Club - 81800 Ave. 51 Indio, CA 92201 For more information about the festival or to buy tickets please visit www.RWBfest.com.

Email info@RWBExp.com.

About The Bands Ocean Beach, California-based band Slightly Stoopid delivers a diverse sound that’s a fusion of folk, rock, reggae and blues with elements of hip hop, funk and punk.

Always a crowd favorite, the band has crafted an original sound perfected after years of playing and touring with bands like the Marley Brothers, blink-182, G. Love & Special Sauce, Pennywise, and N.E.R.D.

Sensational multi-genre, multi-cultural Grammy winning Ozomatli hails from Los Angeles and brings on an eclectic collision of musical styles including latin, hip hop, rock, salsa, jazz, funk, reggae and rap. The band has long been popular with international audiences and has played everywhere from Japan to North Africa and Australia. Their music seamlessly blends and transforms exotic traditions from Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. What other band could record a song once described as “Arabic jarocho dancehall”?

FISHBONE has been trailblazing their way through the history of American ska, funk, punk, rock fusion and (so-called) black rock since starting their professional career in Los Angeles’ burgeoning alternative rock music scene of the mid-1980s. Angelo Moore’s

ability to combine thought-provoking, humorous social commentary with FISHBONE’s frenzied, up-tempo music and frantic, euphorically entertaining stage show has cultivated their undisputed reputation as one of the best live acts in music history.

Indie-folk-pop band Strangers You Know was brought together by chance, and then kept together by similar musical interests, forming a sonic collective in Southern California. From folk to electro, the group has explored both polarities and everything in between.

The Suffers are a ten-piece band from Houston, TX who are redefining the sound of Gulf Coast soul, intertwining elements of classic American soul with rock and roll.

Both sonically and visually arresting, the large ensemble packs each position of the rhythm section and horn section with a level of talent and taste that provides the perfect foundation for singer Kam Franklin’s massive voice.

About Empire Music Ventures and Empire Polo Club Events Empire Music Ventures is located in Indio, CA and produces concerts and festivals.

These events include the Rhythm, Wine and Brews Experience and numerous concerts held at the Date Shed and the other venues.

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Martin Ross at the Riviera’s Starlight Lounge More Than a Piano Man, More Than a Piano Bar

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he Riviera Hotel in Palm Springs is one of the few places where, once you have pulled up into it’s gorgeous, circular entry, you actually feel as though you have “arrived”. More than the standard, commercial loading zone of neighboring casinos and hotels, the Riviera greets you with a sense of elegance, warmth and grace. From the crystal chandeliers to the chic and tailored, color finessed design, everything about this place sings old school class in a contemporary world. With whispers of its Hollywood glam origins, and hints of its 60’s psychedelic past, anyone paying attention can sense that these walls have a soul. Classically glamorous and simultaneously embracing, the Riviera Hotel in Palm Springs is a destination that delivers the perfect ambiance for your memory making stay. The very same can be said of the effervescent, deeply prolific and shockingly talented Martin Ross who makes himself at home in front of the pristine baby grand in the Riviera’s lovely Starlight Lounge.

Ross and the Riviera are a perfect match. With an endless supply of era rich music that your best memories are made of, Ross can read a room and deliver a tune straight to the heart of anyone within earshot. And boy, does Ross have soul.

The son of dancers, Martin and Helen Baespflug, it was somewhat predestined that Ross would follow the call of the entertainment industry. He began his journey down music road at the young age of 3 with classical piano lessons. By age 8, Martin was training in piano, French horn and ballet privately at both University of Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran University. This rigorous training continued through his teens. From there it was music and entertaining for life. Martin has been a career musician since he was 17, playing locally, nationally and internationally; whether it be fronting a hometown band, laying it out on the keys solo or leading a 12 piece orchestra.

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Ross fine-tuned his natural entertainment skills with over a decade as the House Piano Man at the iconic Cloud Room in The Camlin Hotel, a downtown Seattle landmark. Eric Scigliano, a regular at the bar, aptly and quite colorfully describes the setting in which Ross tastefully orchestrated the music and chance encounters the venue was famous for: “The Cloud Room served as a sort of offpremises green room and after-show club for the Paramount, which made it a magnet for other showbiz types as well. Sinatra and Dino, Dizzy and Miles, Elvis Presley and Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt and John Lee Hooker all stopped by, as did innumerable other living legends and lesser lights. Some of them would sidle up to the piano pit where Martin Ross, a classic piano man, played every cornball standard from ‘Melancholy Baby’ to ‘Piano Man’...I never spied these or any other glitterati hanging out at the Cloud Room. Then again, I never looked for them. I just thought it was a nice place to have a drink. But thunderbolts strike when you least expect them...It sounded like Janis Joplin channeling Billie Holiday, channeled by... whom? Someone who was here to sing, not to be seen. A shapeless white-shirted form—a white shade—topped by a black mop hunched beside Ross, back to the room, so low she nearly melted under the piano. She finished the song but did not turn. The whole room sat hushed, save for a few gasps. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Ann Wilson,’ Ross said quietly.”

When The Cloud Room closed its doors, Martin unleashed his talents everywhere from Seattle to Dubai, Seoul, British Virgin Islands, Barbados and beyond, finally (and to our good fortune) making his home at the Riviera. With a voice that can effortlessly deliver everything from Frank Sinatra to Heart’s, Ann Wilson, and everything in between, his talent and energy are engaging as well as endearing. Nominated on several occasions as Best Male Vocal and Best Local Band/Entertainer, Ross’ musical skills could be described as, well - “muse-ical”. Those enjoying the Starlight Lounge bar are treated to an artist that has an empathic ability to sense their listening needs, giving them a melodic escort facilitating dining conversation, postmeal cocktail inspirational listening or all out enthusiastic singalong, if that is what the night calls for.

Ross has earned long term adoring relationships and accolades wherever he has played, be it the lounge, a wedding or a corporate event: “My husband and I were dating and made a point to see Martin at least once a week. We fell in love listening to Martin. We were both blown away with his talent. We took every friend we had to see him and we all agreed that ‘Martin was the best piano man we had ever seen’. The consensus was that no one could believe he was never discovered. Martin has this amazing talent of playing all types of music from R&B Classics (which was our love) to opera. My favorites are his songs from Phantom of the Opera. Martin performed at

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By lisa morgan our wedding with his entire band, and even learned special songs for us. He played them better than even the original artist. Martin and his band have performed for us several times for personal and company events. We took him to Vegas three to four times to play in Las Vegas at a national conference reception. Every year we had requests for Martin’s return. He has a big fan base among my clients. Many of them have also booked him for their own events and weddings.”

Valerie Kolytiris, VP & Business Development for Stewart Tittle I suggest you form your own opinion by seeing Ross perform for yourself. I promise that, at the very least, you and those you most like to spend time with will not be disappointed, and you will find yourselves bonding over familiar tunes played and sang with excellence and heart.

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SOL Sports Restaurant Presents: Ladies’ Night Starring Kurupt Hosted by Tiptoe Stallone

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his Friday 11/21/14 at 9 p.m. former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records and member of the The Dogg Pound ‘Kurupt’ will be appearing at Sol Sports Restaurant.

Hosting the evening is none other than our very own Tiptoe Stallone. Hip hop is alive and well and residing right in our backyard. Come out and support this awesome venue. The stage is expansive and the seating is comfortable. They also sport the biggest screen in the Coachella Valley to watch the big game.

Every Friday night is Ladies’ Night at Sol Sports Restaurant 49-241 Grapefruit Boulevard Coachella from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Ladies get in free. DJ Ax live all night. Men who are well dressed get in free. For VIP/ RSVP information call (760) 398-8538 or (760) 296-9827.

Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition Fall Edition Week 8 Winners

Tribal Seeds’ “Representing” Live @ THE DATE SHED

You can find Martin Ross at his white baby grand, Monday through Thursday, 6pm-10pm, as well as Friday and Saturdays from 7pm11pm. If you get there early, you can join him for Veuve O’clock: A glass of Veuve Clicquot champagne for only $6, Monday - Saturday, 6pm-7pm.

Find out more about the Riviera Hotel, Palm Springs at www.psriviera.com or call (760) 3278311.

Riviera Palm Springs is located at 1600 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 You can also follow Martin Ross on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MartinRossMusicPage

With Ballyhoo!, Gonzo, and Beyond I Sight.

THIS SATURDAY, November 22 @ 7pm-12am, ages 18+

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ith 4 Billboard top fives’s registered between 2009 and 2014, and a new album receiving huge praises throughout the industry, Tribal Seeds’ show at the Date Shed in Indio, will likely be the most crowded venue in the Coachella Valley. The Coachella Valley loves its reggae as was witnessed in the most recent Day of the Dead concert with headliners, Fortunate Youth and Big Mountain. This show, being the closest show of their fall tour to their hometown of San Diego, is likely to draw fans from across the Southern California counties.

Tribal Seeds have become known for their “spiritually driven, refreshing, rock vibe infused with the roots reggae”. Brothers, Steven Rene Jacobo (lyrics, vocals, guitar) and Tony-Ray Jacobo (producer, keyboards, vocals) launched the now 6 piece successful project including Carlos Verdugo (drums), Victor Navarro (bass), E.N Young (keyboards, vocals) and most recently, Ryan Gonzo (guitar, vocals).

Over the past decade, the band has toured throughout the United States, as well as in Mexico, Guam and Aruba. They’ve shared the stage with artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction, Skrillex, MGMT, Cee Lo Green, Jason Mraz, Matisyahu, Sublime with Rome, Taking Back Sunday, O.A.R., Pretty Lights, Steel Pulse, The Wailers, Pepper, Collie Buddz, Julian Marley, Stephen Marley, Gregory Isaacs, SOJA, The band has lit up stages across the globe with bands like Atmosphere, Slightly Stoopid, MGMT, Matisyahu, The Wailers, SOJA, and Rebelution. And that’s the short list.

The band, now in its 10th year, have sighted inspiration for their music from their life experiences, being on tour, and their desire to inspire youth to raise their voices and seek a higher consciousness. On May 13, 2014, Tribal Seeds released their highly anticipated fourth album, Representing. The new album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Reggae Charts as well as the iTunes & Amazon charts. They feel strongly that the new album is “sure to not only reaffirm but solidify their pioneering classic blend of roots and new era rock-reggae.”

The album containing12 original recordings features some of reggae’s favorite artists, Don Carlos, Mykal Rose, Kyle McDonald (Slightly Stoopid), Vaughn Benjamin (Midnite), New Kingston and the band’s own, Maad T-Ray and lead guitarist Gonzo.

New album available now! iTunes: bit.ly/RepiTunes

Google Play: bit.ly/RepGoogle Official website at tribalseeds.net Joining the internationally known and loved roots band is Ballyhoo! and Gonzo and Beyond I Sight: Gonzo & Beyond I Sight: In case you aren’t familiar with Gonzo, he is formerly of Fortunate Youth and most recently joined up with Beyond I Sight in late 2012. His sweet melodic vocals and smooth guitar style can be contributed to the success of both bands. Gonzo ventured off on his own for a spell and in late December 2012, he dropped his first solo album, Rocksteady.

The album was recorded and produced at Imperial Sound Recording Studios located in San Diego, California. E.N Young, owner of the recording studio, was the mastermind behind the album and is featured on the track titled, “Mentality.’ (E.N. Young is also relatively new to the Tribal Seeds family, joining the band late last year as their keyboardist while adding his mastered skill on the melodica). beyondisight. com BALLYHOO!: This band will bring you reggae with more of a punk rock edge. These Baltimore based, road tested music warriors have a unique sound that will add its own unforgettable energy to Date Shed’s insane roundup of roots talent. Lead singer, guitarist and slick lyric-smith, Howi Spangler, has a reputation for his smooth, powerful voice.

Drummer Donald Spangler keeps is the master of their hard rocking, punk punch rhythms, while Scott Vandrey finesses the band’s signature sound on keys. The band recently welcomed Nick Lucera as their new bass player.

They released their 5th studio album, Pineapple Grenade, on June 25th 2013. It broke through the Billboard Top 200 at #189 as well as reaching #4 Billboard Heatseekers and #5 at iTunes Alternative charts. The album features “No Good,” produced by Rome Ramirez (Sublime with Rome) and mixed by Paul Leary (U2, Sublime); while the first single “Run” saw an early radio add from KRAB Bakersfield and early radio spins by KROQ Los Angeles, WHFS Baltimore, KTCL Denver, and KCXX Riverside among others. Alongside the album release, BALLYHOO! co-headlined the 2013 Summer Sickness Tour with Authority Zero and special guests Versus The World. Pineapple Grenade is the band’s follow-up to the 2011 LAW Records release of Daydreams, which debuted at #1 on the iTunes Reggae Charts and #4 on Amazon. ballyhoorocks.com Tickets Available at www.ticketfly.com

November 20 to November 26, 2014

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eek #8 brought talented musicians competing for their shot at the grand finals of the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition! The audience cheered for their favorite musicians as well as for fantastic audience giveaways from the Mary Pickford Theater such as hats, t-shirts, cell phone cases and tattoos. In the end it was a talented musician named Damian De Leon who was declared the first place winner! Damian took home 2 movie tickets to the Mary Pickford Theatre and earned a spot in the finals where he’ll compete for the grand prizes of a 3 day, 2 night trip to Las Vegas from Crater Lake Vodka, a $500 shopping spree at Guitar Center and an entire weekend recording session with producer Ronnie King at his Chateau Relaxo to produce one mastered “radio ready” track. Second place was awarded to popular band, The Classy Mother Fu?kers, who chose to take home a movie ticket and

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concession package from the Mary Pickford Theater as well. Third place was newcomer, and very talented vocalist, Cameren Shipano who took home a certificate from EstheticX. Obsession Massage & Wax Bar for a Spa Service up to $100.

THANK YOU to ALL of our performers at the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition for putting on a great show AND for being so supportive of the other artists: Ryder and Jackie, Tanya Nunez, Paul Gihren, Kyle, Marco Thoma, Bob Mattingly, James Velasquez, Will Kelly, James “Bino” Lewis, Mike Sick-boy, Felipe Reyes of Frequency Delayed and Rick Dame. I hope to see you all next week!

Look for coverage of this week’s event and the announcement of winners in the next issue of Coachella Valley Weekly! SPECIAL THANKS to all of our sponsors: Ronnie King Music, Guitar Center, Crater Lake Vodka, EstheticX.Obsession Massage & Wax Bar, Riccio’s Steak, Seafood and Pasta, CV Weekly and Mary Pickford Theater, Abe’s Brand and Skitzo Kitty.

Remember, the Tilted Kilt Open Mic Competition is ALL AGES and runs EVERY WEDNESDAY. YOU may compete EVERY week!

PLEASE NOTE: Due to our overwhelming number of interested performers, sign in starts at 7pm and will be closed at 7:45pm. BRING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY and FANS and note that the competition may run to 11pm so be sure your friends and family know to stay until the end to voice thier vote!!! For questions or information about sign-up, please see Facebook.com/TiltedKiltOpenMicCompetition or contact creator and host, Morgan James at OpenMicContact@gmail.com or (714) 651-1911

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An Evening Of Music With The Ladies

Featuring Giselle Woo, Bryanna Evaro, Gabriella Evaro, Linda Lemke Heinz, Laramie Eve, Vanessa Reddin, Symara Stone, Kaylee Bergin & DJ Tessaphobia. Wed. Nov. 26th.

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he evening prior to Thanksgiving or, “Black Wednesday”, has become a phenomenon. It surpasses both New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day as the biggest drinking night of the year. Most Americans have Thanksgiving off. No one in their right mind wants to cook the night before Thanksgiving. All of your high school friends are home for the holidays. Lastly, there’s really no excuse not to go out. This year in the Coachella Valley we have a new tradition; bring some of the best musicians together and spend an evening with them.

With a stroke of luck, they all happen to be female.

On Wednesday November 26, 2014 at Schmidy’s Tavern you will be dumbfounded at the level of musicianship and communion that these ladies represent. The respect and admiration they have for each other is effervescent. I’ll let you guess which one said, “First of all, I would like to say about all these ladies is can I be the president of your fan club?” I challenge anyone to go to any community in the world and find a better group of ANY musicians and vocalists under one roof for one night. This article only provides a glance at what you will behold the night before Thanksgiving. Admission is FREE!

Laramie Eve First we start with Laramie Eve. She is best known as the bass player for Blasting Echo. Her band Jekkel made a lot of people take notice of her bass playing as well as her sexuality. She is multi-faceted and is distinct in her individuality. She also has a line of handcrafted jewelry termed Leilani Funk.

Eve has an extensive musical background.

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“I’ve been playing the bass since I was 12.

I’m 27 years old now, so I feel old, ha ha. I played the guitar for two years before that.

I began playing piano when I was about 5 or 6. Music has always been in my life and I don’t remember what I did before I had music. I don’t know where I would be without it either. Whether it be listening to it, playing it or going to concerts, it’s always been my first love and probably always will be.” Eve has always stressed the passion women have for music. “I’m very excited to be a part of this event. As a female musician growing up in the valley there were not very many female musicians and to be a part of an all-female concert is very cool. There are a lot of talented women in this valley and I’m very happy to be a part of it all.” She is more than a part of the crusade, she is a trendsetter. Symara Stone, also participating in the event, recalls Eve. “I remember watching Laramie play bass when I was 17 at La Quinta High School in the band Jekkel. She always held her own and rocked out.” Rock out she will.

Linda Lemke Heinz Eve’s fellow female in Blasting Echo is Linda Lemke Heinz. Heinz plays keyboards and provides background vocals for Blasting Echo. Heinz shared that she has special plans for the evening. “I’m looking forward to playing a little duet with the talented and lovely Giselle Woo and being a part of this all-ladies show.” Heinz is a performer, teacher and all around musical authority.

She can play virtually every instrument. She is also heavily involved in providing music lessons to children with learning disabilities.

Stone shared her experience in meeting

Heinz. “Linda and I met through a mutual friend who is also a female artist, Rebecca Connelly, from Scotland. We did a charity show together and Linda played flute. She also is super positive. I haven’t seen Linda in such a long time. It’s a thrill being in a show together.”

Kaylee Bergin Kaylee Bergin is the lead vocalist and keyboardist for Scarlet Roads. Her voice is remarkable. Her band is as tight as any band you will ever hear. Their rehearsal and live show are one in the same. This explains the kinship Bergin has with music. “Music rewards me in many ways. It inspires and comforts me. It makes me dance through the bad times, and during the good. It is a forever friend. It is at the same time a reminder and release of pain. It can say perfectly that which can’t be put into words.”

Bergin did not debate her participation in this event. She takes delight in being a part of it. “The ultimate reward of music is when it is shared. It is an incomparable feeling when you can move someone to feel those same things. That’s how I strive to serve others through music and that is why I am excited to be a part of this musical night with such talented ladies.”

Tessa Briana Suttle (DJ Tessaphobia) Tessa Briana Suttle, aka DJ Tessaphobia, is an integral part of Desert DJ Entertainment Group. When asked to provide the beats for the show she stated, “Sure! I’m up (or down) for whatever. What time do the festivities begin?” The enthusiasm she shows for music is palpable. Her cohorts in Desert DJ are all male. They all attest to her skills in providing musical entertainment and interpreting a crowd.

Vanessa Reddin It is evident that Vanessa Reddin is a tether between many female musicians in the valley.

Stone shares some insight into Reddin.

“Are you ‘Reddin’ for this? Ha! She’s all about getting her biz done and she’s well versed in this industry. She not only knows how to be in front of the microphone but behind the stage as part of the crew. Do I have to mention Vanessa’s voice or are you going to come to the show to see for yourself? I’m really glad I met Vanessa.

Vanessa’s my butterfly always striving for more and carrying a tune in her heart wherever she goes. I’m excited for you all out there to hear us together because it feels like sparkly fireworks.” Reddin herself is worked up at the prospect of an allfemale show. “I’m really stoked about this show! We’ve been rehearsing together and I think it’s gonna be an amazing musical experience for us and for everyone in the room. An all-female show brings a very

unusual energy in a really great way. Our music is very genuine, it feels good. We are all so unique in our solo performance that when we bring it all together, it’s a really interesting sound. I’m looking forward to sharing it with everyone.”

Giselle Woo Giselle Woo performs both as a solo artist as well as in her band Giselle Woo and the Night Owls. She is another performer who has made the rounds of the valley circuit of music venues. Her music stops time and her heart is true. “This show is going to be amazing. Sometimes being a woman musician in a pretty male dominant music scene is intimidating, but something happens when the girls and I get together; we go at our own pace, we take baby steps, we use our strengths and by doing that we create music that is simple, sexy, and very deep. I look forward to performing with my girlfriends. We always make time for each other and we unite our powers to bring to you the best we can be. It’s fun and challenging but it’s motivating and inspiring more than anything. We push each other to become better musicians and songwriters, we help each other out, we don’t puff our chest out and see who can do it best, we encourage each other and we believe in each and every one of our talents. At least we have that going for us, women empowering women. We look forward to working with many more female artists because I know this desert is full of hidden little gems. Come out and get inspired! So many songbirds under one roof should not be missed.” Stone recollects her association with Woo. “First time meeting The WOO was at the JDees Landing “Chicks that Rock” show. I had seen her play with David Macias in Sol Delta at the time and it was so rad! Two classical guitars together! They pack this vibrant zing of energy when they play together and apart. I feel like many others the rhythm and this exotic language, swirls you into a vortex. I grew up speaking English and briefly hearing Spanish picking up on only a few sentences so singing the language opened up a whole new world to me. Giselle’s physically making the music universal. Although, the sound is there, the lyrics proceed in uniting consciousness one step closer.”

Symara Stone Stone is wonderfully extroverted. She shares the love for music and the ability to express it. “I love to write songs. If you’ve got a feeling let it out, I say! Life is a song you just gotta sing it. I’ve suffered, I’ve laughed, I’ve been pissed off, I’ve been in physical pain.....it all translates the minute I step into a vulnerable moment and pick up my guitar. I get inspired to write when I feel a multitude and range of emotions.

I want to connect. I think we all do. Music is connection. Its vibration and we all can FEEL that. My songs contain a lot of shitty memories, a lot of pain, a lot of moments living in a waking dream. I recently have been activating my awareness about cosmic chanting, and notice different body energy level effects. Affirmations being sung are awesome as well. I am currently working towards merging my music and yoga

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career together, and invite you all out to the Coachella Valley Art Scene one random Monday night at 8 p.m.! You never know you may just end up liking practicing yoga amongst art!

In the desert, there is room to move to spread your independent wings, and there is also the ability to come together with multiple combinations of musicians. This show is a true example of a mash up of tracks with live musical maestros.”

Stone puts it best, “On Wednesday, November 26th, a gathering of the divine feminine desert dwelling beings will be performing at Schmidy’s before the day of Thanks.”

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Bryanna Evaro “The first time I met Bryanna was at Ignition Coffee Shop on Palm Canyon when I hosted an open mic there in 2007-08.

Bryanna is a quick learner and knows how to finesse every instrumental movement. It’s so fun to play with her,” Stone recalls. Evaro plays bass and sings with the Mikey Reyes Acoustic Movement. She also is a multiinstrumentalist and, like Eve, has her own line of jewelry. Evaro and her family have a successful musical lineage of members who have laid the foundation for the Coachella Valley and High Desert to be a stomping ground for all musicians.

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RED RACER

“Define” (Dissention Records)

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am not revolution, I am not standing still, I am not illusion/I won’t define, I won’t define, I won’t define.” That’s the opening salvo from the British band Red Racer. It’s also the title track from their debut, Define.

Vocalist/drummer John Hogg and guitarist Sean Genocky have been making music together for years. They first made their bones separately, playing grimy pubs in Tooting, a district in South London. Slugging it out in Battle Of The Bands competitions, the pair teamed up and formed Moke in the late ‘90s.

Moke enjoyed a modicum of success, recording two albums and touring with bands like the Black Crowes. After they broke up, Genocky found steady work behind the boards, mixing for artists like the Futureheads and Tom McCrae.

Meanwhile, John Hogg and Black Crowes’ guitarist, Rich Robinson began a

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new project called Hookah Brown. Despite recording an entire album together, the band ran aground after 18 months.

Flash forward to the summer of 2012 and Jesse Hughes, (leader and agent provocateur for Eagles Of Death Metal), crossed paths with Genocky at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth. Hughes likened the vibe at Rockfield to the infamous Rancho De La Luna studio in Joshua Tree. He proposed they make a record together, with Genocky stepping out in front of the mixing console, returning to performing.

Of course it took some time for everyone’s schedules to align. In the interim, Genocky and Hogg reconnected. The two trekked to Rancho De La Luna together.

Woodshedding for about seven days, they had written an entire album’s worth of material before Hughes arrived. Rancho owner, Dave Catching provided additional production and desert luminaries like QOTSA drummer Joey Castillo, and Masters Of Reality mastermind Chris Goss were on hand to provide musical support.

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Opening with a skronky note of feedback, Define, is awash in jackhammer rhythms, squally shards of guitar and Hogg’s snarlysneering vocals. Clearly, Red Racer has pledged allegiance to British Punk stalwarts like Sex Pistols and the Buzzcocks.

Two songs, “Put It Out” and “Good Times” feel inspired by their Joshua Tree surroundings. The frenetic beats of the title track give way to a sludgier, dustencrusted sound. On the former, stabbing guitar riffs collide with an insistent rhythm, the listener is transported to an apocalyptic netherworld. “Hard wired to the underground, deep in your hole, sitting about with your jackboots.”

On the latter, the desert is practically a character in the song. Over howly vocals and a slithery guitar groove, the arid surroundings take center stage. “There’s a cool breeze and the sun sets quicker/ There’s a full moon over a bone dry river.”

Three tracks paint women as sinners, saviors and succubi. A thudding big beat propels “Pretty Polly.” Guitars pivot between

shimmery grace notes and fractious riffs.

Polly is “a seducer, snake charmer,” but her allure proves irresistible. “Your potion give it to me/I can drink it right down slowly, let it run through me.”

On “Feed” the time signatures shift, from pounding tribal tom-toms, to pummeling percussion to a hiccup-y back beat.

The mood is haunted and hypnotic, the guitars, spiky and angular. Genocky quickly succumbs to the sepulchral seduction.

“Electrify, lick my soul/bleed me dry, feel your breath I open wide.”

“Vibe Bomb” begins slowly kicking into a martial cadence that stops and starts. Swirly guitars and ominous, circuitous synths cloak this tale of nocturnal temptation. The best tracks here are “Shotgun Suzie,” “Cover Me” and “Serpiente.” On the spidery “Shotgun Suzie,” a boomerang beat cushions razorsharp guitar licks Suzie doesn’t suffer fools.

“Even though she smiles sweetly, don’t want to trick her/’Cos if you cross her you’ll be looking down the barrel of a gun.”

“Cover Me,” is an insistent ode to carnal chemistry. A rattlesnake-shake rhythm connects with strafing, staccato riff-age. It recalls the frenzied three chord stomp of the Who’s seminal hit, “I Can’t Explain.”

Finally, “Serpiente” is anchored by twitchy handclaps and guitars that throb and pulse like Tesla coils. Despite the high voltage instrumentation, the song has a pensive undercurrent.

The album closes with the spacious “Such A Long Way.” Moody and melancholy, it hints at a long distance relationship gone wrong; a solitary finish to a solid debut.

Once Genocky and Hogg completed recording and returned to England, they recruited old pal, Jesse Wood to handle bass duties. Wood, son of Rolling Stones guitarist, Ron Wood, has modelled and worked in music production. He has also played with bands like Glyda, Reef and Carbon/Silicon (the most recent project from Clash guitarist, Mick Jones).

Define is a sharp distillation, blending boisterous Brit-Punk inflections with the uncluttered, atmospheric desolation of the Mojave. Really, it’s the best of both worlds.

G

ary Kott began his illustrious career as an Advertising man in NYC, a Screenwriter & Author in Hollywood-- and now a Sculptor & Painter here in the Desert-- you know, a true Renaissance Man! In person Gary Kott is modest, humorous, incredibly intelligent and a completely delightful & engaging man.

One would never know his award-winning & accomplished background.

In his writer/screenwriter career, Gary received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Marietta College, a Peabody Award, Writers Guild of America Award, People’s Choice Award, NAACP Image Award, two Humanitas Prizes, and an Emmy Award nomination. His stage Plays have been seen at The Actors Studio in New York, Grove Street Playhouse, & Santa Monica Playhouse. He has been a guest speaker at The Museum of Broadcasting & the Smithsonian Institution.

In advertising in NYC Gary became Vice President & Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather. In Hollywood Gary was Writer/

Supervising Producer of “The Cosby Show”, “Fame”, “Remington Steele” & “The White Shadow”. He is the Author of “The Master of Coconuts”, “Noose”, “Darling Blood”, “The Nonexistent Antoine Gray”, “Meg & Blu” and “Jack Du Soleil”. Kott is currently writing an Autobiography of his incredible life!

From New York City to the Hamptons (where Kott started experimenting with his new-found love of art in the basement) - to Hollywood & glamorous Beverly Hills -- then to the spiritual environment of Santa Fe -Kott found the paradise of Palm Springs!

Now we are so fortunate to have Gary here among us in our eclectic culture here in the Desert! Gary went from the “Pen” to “Paint” and is currently producing amazing, lyrical sculptures & paintings -- in his home which he shares with his equally amazing & beautiful wife Karen Kott here in Rancho Mirage. His studio/workshop is located on Perez Rd in Cathedral City - where he paints and creates sculptures of airplanes, typewriters, guitars... whimsical artwork from found objects: wood, hinges, bolts, hardware store items.

In October, 2014 Gary was selected to be in the “Aviation Show” exhibition at the Grand Opening of the Leslie Jean Porter Gallery (LJPgallery.com). He has also been chosen to be in the upcoming Rancho Mirage Tour of Artists Homes/Studios on April 18, 2015.

Gary Kott’s Website: garykottscreativewarehouse.com info@garykottscreativewarehouse.com

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TRAINING THE PUPS WITH VAL MASI

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al Masi grew up enjoying the loving companionship of dogs. She watched Lassie and Rin Tin Tin on television and wished her own dogs could perform heroic deeds and obey commands like these canine stars. Now a Coachella Valley dog trainer, Val works with all kind of dogs with all kinds of issues at Best Paw Forward Dog Training. She provides group training classes, individual sessions, home visits, and boarding training. But her real passion is helping dogs that have been abused, the ones that cower in fear, ones that have aggression issues, those animals now struggling to get a second chance with that new owner who has the faith they can succeed.

Val completed a formal dog training program at National K-9 School of Dog Training. She earned a degree in Exotic Animal Training and Management at Moorpark College. With 30 years of experience under her belt, she has encountered and solved almost every training issue imaginable.

Val explained that ultimately the dogs themselves were the true teachers, and she learned more about their issues from

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working hands on with them.

Val has lots of advice for dog owners.

“Dogs use their bodies to communicate. If we observe carefully they will tell us many things. There is no cookie cutter approach to training a dog, what works with one might not be the best technique with another.”

She makes a distinction between the old fashioned methods of dog training that used punishment and could become abusive if taken to the extreme. For example In the past, some recommended using a loud, scary voice to train a dog, but Val believes that can actually shut down some animals.

Val Masi is a huge supporter of rescue animals and wishes more people would adopt from shelters and private rescues. She volunteers some of her time helping rescue dogs who were neglected or abused by their previous owners. She also provides expert dog handling assistance at the spay and neuter clinics sponsored by Animal Action League and Loving All Animals.

Val has noticed an increase in recent years of severe behavior problems and mental illness attributable to the interbreeding that occurs in puppy mills and backyard breeders.

This irresponsible practice of breeding related animals for profit results in both physical deformities and personality defects.

Yet another reason to “Adopt Don’t Shop”.

A friend complained to me that his pure bred Golden Retriever was biting him, the last thing he expected from a breed known for its gentleness. He paid a lot of money for the dog from a private breeder. The situation escalated when the dog became aggressive

Trevor is a rescue Treasure!

This 1-yr-old boy is 8 pounds of fabulous frolicking fun. A Mini Pin/ Chihuahua blend, Trevor is a hit with his foster sisters. Adoption donation requested. Call Loving All Animals at (760) 834-7000.

Here’s Johnny

Johnny Cash will “walk the line” to get his forever home.

June Carter was adopted, and Johnny hopes he’s next.

The Pet Hotel at Barkingham Palace rescued this sweet 4-yr-old Terrier from the old Indio Animal shelter.

Call (760) 537-1172.

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LUPITA This Beverly Hills Chi girl is a little super star! Come meet this 2-yr-old angel at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus, 72-050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms.

She is dog ID#A1141615.

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at the dog park. Knowing Val’s expertise with large dogs, I referred my friend to her.

The relieved owner reported back, “I was amazed how much my dog improved after several sessions. Things have gone from conflict to a whole new relationship where I can relax and enjoy her company.”

The adorable dog pictured here with Val experienced abuse and neglect in his two previous homes. Under Val’s loving tutoring and fostering, Brandon has learned to interact happily with other dogs and trust humans. He is an exuberant, playful boy.

However, he will require a special owner with lots of patience, high energy to match his, a home with a large yard, maybe another dog that is “well balanced” and folks that have lots of time to provide loving interaction. Val thinks Brandon would do well in a home with older children who would play ball and other games with him.

Dogs love to learn new things, and they relish new experiences. They cherish time spent with their people, respond to a gentle touch, and wag their tails in happiness at your spoken words. Their resilience and ability to transform is inspirational. A well trained dog is a happier dog, and his human a happier pet owner. Great information for dog owners can be found on Val’s website www.Bestpawforwarddogtraining.com. You can contact Val Masi at (760) 885-9450 or email bestpawforward62@gmail.com.

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by Rick Riozza

Thanksgiving Picks at Dan’s Wine Shop

D

an Sullivan is one of the venerable wine wise guys in our valley.

He’s been a wine purveyor in the area for almost 20 years, and, has a very loyal clientele. Often, when I ask people where they predominately purchase their wine, I get a lot of “Dan’s Wine” as their goto store.

Dan’s Wine Shop is located on Hwy 111 between Monterey and San Pablo in Palm Desert. Calling it a wine shop is correct, like a European one: relatively smaller than the huge markets about town, but with many opened wooden wine cases exhibiting their wares. His wine selection is from all over the world and he is well stocked with California vino. Plus he has the good jazz & Steeley Dan playing in the background.

And as usual in the autumn season, I’ve been running into owner Dan Sullivan at the various wine tasting events around town, and, he’s always keen to direct me to the wine booths with stellar stuff—appreciate that, especially when there are a beaucoup amount of tasting tables about.

Dan Sullivan is also known as a “character”. Just ask any of the many professional wine distributors around; everyone has some amusing story of their relationship with Dan. So if you don’t know him already, stop in and say hello & discover his array of wines. Dan’s Wine Shop, 73360 Hwy. 111 #1 Palm Desert Ca. 92260 760.674.0305.

You may also go on is website to watch him showcase many of his wines. www.danswines.com So I ring up Dan and ask him for this year’s picks—some whites, some reds and a dessert wine. The only criteria I offered is that it would be a good wine, at a good price, that would be a good match for Thanksgiving & holiday fare. He said easy enough.

I was in the neighborhood so I stopped by his shop to talk about his choices for you eager CV’ers. Fogetaboutit! The guy was too busy to chat, but he said he had just sent me an email of his picks. Now if I was

a wimp, I’d feel really slighted—but you’re talking about the vino boys here, we always love it when people are buying good wine.

You’ve heard it: “life’s too short to drink bad wine, especially at the holidays.”

He did indeed email me his list; so let’s see what he’s recommending and we’ll extrapolate on it.

Dan listed Husch Vineyards twice—for a Thanksgiving white wine and for a closing dessert wine, and they’re both Gewurzraminer [guh-VERTZ-trah-mee-ner]: Husch, a small, family owned and operated winery, is the oldest winery in the Anderson Valley appellation, located in Mendocino County, just 2 1/2 hours north of San Francisco. We know about this appellation: nice cool night weather which translates to intense & complex fruit with acidity great balance.

The Husch 2013 Dry Gewurztraminer Estate wine starts with an amazing floral nose (including notes of rose petals, violets, and honeysuckle) followed by a surprisingly broad mouthfeel and a zesty finish. Wine Alert: this is not a sweet wine. Anderson Valley is one of the best locations in the world to grow Gevurtz and this wine shows why. One can see this working for the Thanksgiving table. But you can also pair this wine throughout the year with Buffalo wings, a charcuterie plate, chicken stir-fry, or Raclette cheese. $9.95 And while we’re on the Husch topic, let’s jump ahead to dessert with Husch 2013 Late Harvest Gewurztraminer Estate wine—which, of course, is sweet: Honey, dried apricot, orange marmalade, and clove spice dominate the aromatics of this wine with flavors of layers of flavors: honeysuckle, lychee, rose petal, spiced apricot and beeswax. The sweetness of the grapes is balanced with brilliant acidity. Clearly a dessert wine for all seasons, especially with an after-dinner apple crisp or crème brûlée. $17.95 (half-bottle) Returning to the main course, let’s go back for another of Dan’s white Thanksgiving pick: The 2012 Treana Viognier/Marsanne. The California Grape Vine wine review states: “Medium-light to medium golden yellow color; attractive, forward, rich, pear and ripe peach aroma with hints of honeysuckle and quince; medium-full body; rich, slightly viscous, rounded, ripe stone fruit flavors with some depth and a slight sweetness in the creamy mouthfeel; a very lingering aftertaste.” $14.95 For Dan’s red wine pick, it’s no surprise here—for Thanksgiving at his place, we’re talking Pinot Noir. He’s got the 2011 Caymus Conundrum Red Blend: Winemaker notes include: “intensely colored and fragrant, the wine opens up with evocative aromas of blackberry, raspberry, rhubarb

and cola. On the palate, the wine is full bodied and exuberantly fruity, pairing black cherry, plum and pomegranate notes with more soulful cinnamon, lavender and cocoa nuances. The tannins are firm yet supple, and the finish is long with enticing notes of brown spice, bramble fruits, vanilla and toasty oak.” $16.95

The other Pinot Noir pick is the 2012 Cru Vineyard Montage Santa Lucia Highlands.

Wine reviews include: “Pretty and polished, this Pinot is delicately structured, with a great burst of acidity and a dry, spicy finish.

The raspberry, vanilla and toast flavors are pleasant and complex.” $14.95 Hey Dan! Thanks again for your thoughts and picks.

Sounds like a warm, comfy and tasty Thanksgiving. And with all that said, the most important thing, of course, to bring to the table, is a grateful & humble heart.

And bless you all who contribute meals to the needy.

Happy Holidays! Cheers!

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The buffet, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., features a variety of flavorful seafood salads – oysters, shrimp, crab and salmon; traditional yet innovatively flavored side dishes including brioche and herb turkey dressing, candied yams with marshmallow, Chef’s Jack Daniels creamed corn, a green bean casserole with crispy fried shallots; and for the main course, in addition to oven roasted Diestel turkeys and Honey Baked ham, there will be Barramundi fish with Vera Cruz sauce, mini steaks with green peppercorn sauce, vegan tofu and tempe skillet with harvest vegetables.

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SURVIVING AN AVALANCHE OF EMOTIONS FORCE MAJEURE

Ruben Östlund’s latest film has been called an eviscerating look at “bourgeoisie complacency.” But it’s far more than that.

It took the Jury Prize Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been widely praised, here and abroad, as “brilliant, vicious, engrossing, haunting, sly, wicked, brutal, honest, awkward, perceptive and hilarious,” among other superlatives.

On the surface, the film is about a beautiful Swedish family on a skiing holiday in the French Alps where they witness up-close a frightening avalanche. “Nothing to be afraid

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of. It’s all controlled,” says Tomas, the dad.

But he soon discovers that the near miss has triggered an emotional cataclysm in his family and with his willowy wife Ebba in particular. For Tomas, nothing is under control. I was blown away by this intelligent adult psychodrama that parses the innate differences -- and expectations -- between men and women.

“Force majeure” you may recall is a legal term that suggests contracts are not valid for either party during an “act of God” but come back into play after such an event. It’s a perfect title.

Funnier than it might seem in its description, and increasingly disturbing in the telling, I was never less than mesmerized by this striking, carefully composed tone poem unfolded with wit, insight and danger as Tomas struggles to save his marriage and his once respected role as husband and father. Among the best (if there’s such a thing) movies of the year. Now playing at Cinemas Palme d’Or. NEW FOR THE HOME THEATER:

A WOMAN IN FLAMES This controversial 1983 film was selected as the official West German entry for “Best Foreign Language Film” but was not accepted as a nominee by the Motion Picture Academy for the 54th Oscars©.

Eva is a frustrated upper-class wife who is so disillusioned with her aloof, domineering husband that she becomes a hooker. With the help of Yvonne, a prostitute, Eva learns the ropes and trolls for johns. She falls in love with a charmer named Chris and visits him late at night in his penthouse where she discovers he’s a gigolo. She and Yvonne move into his place that’s large enough for them to offer their services separately.

But Eve becomes jealous of Chris’ longtime boyfriend -- and client. And, as luck would have it, Chris becomes jealous of Eve. He buys her furs and offers to take her away from the life. She has dreams of hurting him. She tells him that in the dream he

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likes it. Chris steals Eva’s money and buys a restaurant. She attempts to leave. Chris beats her up, throws alcohol on her and lights it. But in the end, Eva appears to have suffered no damage. What?

Director and co-writer Robert van Ackerman’s film may dwell (wallow?) in the world of sado-masochism for hire but acts like it’s trying to be a romantic drama. Eve clearly loves being a dominatrix and finds great personal pleasure in causing serious pain and controlling others. I wanted to believe this obscure film is really a metaphor for something greater, like East Germany’s commie politics, but now think it’s simply what it is. I wonder if DIE FLAMBIERTE FRAU -- literally “the flambéed woman” -- was inspired by Louis Buñel’s superior 1967 BELLE DE JOUR? Film Chest. DVD. HEDY LAMARR 4 Disc Collection Austrian beauty Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in 1914), made international headlines with her now tame nude swim in the 1933 Czech film ECTASY. She was also Delilah to Victor Mature’s Samson in DeMille’s 1949 Biblical epic.

But Lamarr’s most significant achievement was her co-invention, along

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with avant-garde composer George Antheil, of a clever technique for coding communications and “frequency hopping” which protected allied signals to torpedoes and paved the way for today’s wireless communications. A punched music roll, like the kind player pianos use, was the inspiration!

The four titles in this modest set include: ALGIERS (1938). Lamarr’s beautiful Gaby falls under the spell of Pepe LeMoko (Charles Boyer), the casbah’s mysterious ruler; THE STRANGE WOMAN (1946).

Set in a coastal Maine town, Lamarr’s a self-serving beauty uses her potent feminine wiles to get what she wants -- even after she marries a wealthy man; DISHONORED LADY (1947). Lamarr’s a fashion editor who dumps her stressful life to live in a small town under a new identity and LET’S LIVE A LITTLE (1948). Robert Cummings is an ad agent whose new client, a psychiatrist, is a woman (Lamarr) who makes him question whether he needs analysis or romance.

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e are at the cusp of losing history from those who lived it. The first person narrative and personal experience of the 16.5 million people who served in World War II is fading. Their inside knowledge and stories have been reduced to a politically correct textbook account. But in Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken (Random House, 476 pages), she conjures one man’s harrowing journey of survival.

Louis Zamperini was born in 1917 to Italian immigrants. The family moved to Torrance, California, where Louis was a rambunctious lad who ran wild. He was a thief and troublemaker.

In high school, the principal wanted Louie expelled, but his brother Pete, a firstrate athlete and good student, came to his defense. Pete asked the principal to give Louie something challenging to do. “Let him run,” Pete asked. So the principal put Louie on the track team.

Louie was a state champion and set a world interscholastic record for the mile at 4:21.2 minutes. He became a good student and a hero to the City of Torrance. It was believed that if the mile could be run under four minutes, Louie would be the one to do it.

With the help of his hometown, Louie qualified for the 1936 Olympics. He ran the 5000-meter race. Hitler was in the stands.

Louie did not win, but his final lap was so fast Hitler asked to meet him. They shook hands and Hitler commented on his speed.

After high school, Louie went to USC and ran track with his brother. He didn’t finish his final year. Instead he joined the US Air Force where he soon discovered he was susceptible to airsickness. He was discharged. But in 1941, he was drafted.

And to his surprise, was sent back to serve in the Air Force. Louie became a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator that he and the crew named Super Man. The pilot was Russell Allen Phillips. Louie called him Phil.

The aircraft was designed for distance.

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By Laura Hillenbrand Non-Fiction The interior was cramped and dangerous.

It was difficult to land. It weighed 71,200 pounds. In training exercises stateside, the Air Force lost 33 planes and nine men per day. Accidents were common. Flying was deadly.

During the war, 35,933 Air Force planes were lost in combat and accidents. Seventy percent of men killed in action died in operational aircraft accidents. Louie, Phil and the crew were close friends and knew the quirks of their plane. The seven-man crew was deployed to the Pacific.

Super Man was the lead plane against the Japanese held island Nauru. Louie dropped bombs and hit the targets. But the Japanese Zeros came at them hard and their plane barely made it back to Funafuti Island.

Several men were badly injured. The plane had 594 bullet holes! After many successful missions, Super Man was a total loss.

When another plane didn’t return, a commanding officer ordered Phil and Louie’s crew on a search and recuse mission. They reluctantly agreed. They wanted to help find their friends. But the only available plane called the Green Hornet, had a bad reputation, plus there were new crew members. The plane failed 225 miles into the mission and crashed into the ocean.

Louie, Phil and Frances “Mac” McNamara were the only ones to survive. They drifted with minimal supplies. They fought the elements, thirst, starvation and sharks. Mac died after 33 days. In the Pacific doldrums, Louie experienced a sense of peace. He heard beautiful singing and saw angels in the sky. Phil did not. Louie, who went to church only once in his life, promised God he would serve Him if he survived. After 47 days, a Japanese cargo ship picked up Louie and Phil. Louie, who had weighed 160

pounds, was now only 79 pounds.

Both men were taken to Kwajalein atoll, which was known as “Execution Island.” In captivity, Louie was tormented, beaten and starved. The Japanese in charge knew he was a famous Olympian, which may have saved him from execution. Louie and Phil were transferred to another POW camp that was even worse. Louie and Phil were eventually declared dead by the US war department.

At Naoetsu, a third Japanese POW camp, Louie’s conditions worsened. Prison guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe, who prisoners nicknamed “The Bird,” set out to destroy the Olympian by torturing, degrading and humiliating him on top of the starvation, slave labor and already abhorrent conditions. Watanabe was a sociopath and sadist. The Japanese were brutal.

They kept slaves, had death marches and forced 100,000 Asians into manual labor.

They believed they were chosen to rule the world.

In 1929, the Japanese didn’t signed the Geneva Convention that set guidelines for the treatment of POWs. The Japanese held 132,000 POWs. One in four died. For Americans, it was higher. Of the 34,648 American POWs, 37 percent were killed or died. For comparison, only one percent of Americans held by the Nazis and Italians died.

After two and a half years in captivity, the war came to an end and Louie was free.

He went back to his family.

Louie met Cynthia Applewhite and after two weeks married her. Soon, he had a new baby, but he couldn’t get over his anger and terror. His wife took him to see evangelist Billy Graham, and Louie remembered the promise he made on the raft. In a moment, he was filled with love and forgiveness.

Watanabe was never captured. In a deal made with the US, the Japanese charged with war crimes were let free. The US needed Japan as an ally against the growing cold war with Russia. The brutal Watanabe become a millionaire businessman.

Author Hillenbrand writes a captivating and thrilling story. In unexpected ways, history comes vividly back to life. Louie Zamperini went through wartime hell and was able to find peace with his captors and redemption for himself. Louie died this past July at age 97. The movie adaptation of Unbroken opens in theaters December 25.

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The Historic Casa Cody Inn

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anging out in downtown Palm Springs can be so much fun. There are plenty…and I do mean plenty of bars and restaurants to enjoy. And if you are either a tourist or a resident (looking for a quickie stay-cation) there are a variety of places to spend the night. One place that would suffice if you’re looking for some historic B&B flavor is the historic Inn Casa Cody located in the prestigious Tennis Club area of Palm Springs.

Casa Cody was originally built as the home of Harold Cody, a direct descendent of Buffalo Bill. The area once accommodated General Patton offices during their North Africa training with the DTC (Desert Training Center). It was built in the 1920’s and has grown into the quaintest B&BS in Palm Springs.

I have had the pleasure of staying at Casa Cody twice. Once 20 years ago, and recently just last week. Both times revealed a sublime experience filled with old time charm and a calmness that left me wanting for more.

When entering the Inn, there is a feeling a casual privilege. The place feels elite without pretention. It is lined with breezy bougainvillea flowing through the lite desert wind with easy yet anchoring memory of historical reverence and beauty.

There are several buildings that now sprawl the expansive property, all with equaled charm. The property has 29 units, most have patios, and some have fireplaces and kitchenettes, and of course breakfast is served (hence bed and breakfast).

There are even Casa Cody cats that roam the area…they can be discovered while relaxing casually on a poolside lounge chair.

What I love most is the close proximity to downtown Palm Springs. Guests can walk comfortably from Palm Canyon fun to the Inn…no driving necessary. On my recent night stay, we had an enjoyable night at Shanghai Reds, Las Casuelas and then the Village Pub (no way were we driving back to Palm Desert).

We walked into Casa Cody and were greeted with absolute graciousness…and eventually ushered into a garden setting, laced with wise blooming bougainvillea and a back lit azure pool.

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Our steps were echoed by a quiet comfort of the night’s fruition. It was almost magical…beautiful. The studio that we stayed in was ultra clean and had all the modern comforts, although obviously still holding onto its historical values.

The next day I recall saying that if I was ever to disappear…I could be found sitting on a lounge chair at Casa Cody. I would be happily lounging on a chair poolside gazing upon the lush grounds, being loved by one of the cats that roam the halls of the historic Inn…all of us just grateful to be there in all of its glorious calm.

There are many wonderful B&Bs in the Palm Springs area…the Tennis Club area.

My Favorite is Casa Cody. If you are in Palm Springs, whether as a visitor, or just for the evening, do yourself a favor and give yourself a treat by staying at one of the cozy B&Bs that line the Palm Springs area. It is a true treat…something that you will not soon forget.

For more information about Casa Cody visit www.cassacody.com

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more. The Thanksgiving buffet will have other selections the whole family will enjoy, such as ham, salmon, pork shanks, penne pasta with shrimp, chicken Oscar, as well as Asian and Mexican dishes. A succulent seafood station featuring peel-and-eat shrimp, oysters, mussels and sushi is also offered. Topping off this decadent Thanksgiving feast, guests can relish in a variety of desserts, from pies, cakes and cream puffs to fresh fruit tarts, chocolate dipped strawberries to name a few.

Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without a football game, so don’t miss watching the Seattle Seahawks versus the San Francisco 49ers game at Hot Spot. Great food and beverage specials, plus a live radio remote with The Eagle 106.9 will take place. Specials include $2 hot dogs, $7.50 domestic pitchers, $3 domestic drafts, $3 Coronas and Montejos.

Kickoff is at 5:30 p.m.

Spotlight 29 Casino is also giving Thanksgiving guests the chance to win some coveted cash in their Touchdown Thursday Hot Seat Giveaway. Guests will relish in the chance to win some cash before Black Friday shopping commences with up to $1,000 in cash every 30 minutes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thanksgiving Weekend - With Thanksgiving comes Black Friday and on Friday, November 28th, Spotlight 29 Casino is excited to give guests over $10,000 to spend on Black Friday shopping in the Black Friday Shopping Spree Giveaway. A $500 Visa gift card will be given away every 15 minutes from 5 – 10 p.m. Club 29 members can earn entries every day and more by playing with their Club 29 card.

Top off Thanksgiving weekend with a chance to win a trip for two to the Big Game on Sunday, November 30th. From 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., guests can win a big screen TV or $500 cash and the big drawing follows at 8 p.m. Club 29 members can earn entries every day and more by playing with their Club 29 card.

For more information, please call 760-7755566 or visit Spotlight29.com.

CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING AT TORTOISE ROCK CASINO Enjoy A Delicious Thanksgiving Special & Thrilling Football Action Tortoise Rock Casino is celebrating the Fall holiday with a scrumptious food special at Oasis Grille and exciting viewing parties for the intense football action over Thanksgiving weekend.

Oasis Grille will be serving a delectable open face turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes for all Thanksgiving dinners to enjoy.

This appetizing meal will be available for only $7.29 per person. Guests can enjoy a taste of Thanksgiving from 11 a.m-10 p.m.

As the High Desert’s football headquarters, Tortoise Rock Casino is airing the highly anticipated Thanksgiving Day football matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers live at Shelly’s Lounge. Food and drink specials include $2 Nathan’s Hot Dog and Fries at Oasis Grille and $7.50 Bud and Bud Light pitchers and $3 Coronas at Shelly’s Lounge.

Tortoise Rock Casino is also giving guests a chance to win $100,000 on Sunday, November 30th in the $100,000 Gameday Giveaway. Club 29 members can get a scratch card and win exciting prices ranging from $10 in free play to a life changing $100,000 with each matched quarter score of the game. The $100,000 Gameday Giveaway is open to the first 200 Club 29 members. Scratch cards are available at Club 29.

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Tortoise Rock Casino opened its doors on March 31, 2014. Tortoise Rock Casino features over 400 slot machines and 12 table games including Blackjack, 3-Card Poker and traditional Poker. The casino also offers a quick bite at an affordable price at Oasis Grille, along with live entertainment on weekends, sports viewing events and great drinks at Shelly’s Lounge. Tortoise Rock Casino can be found by taking a right on Adobe Road at Highway 62 going east. Everyone 18 years of age and over can join the non-stop sizzling gaming action at Tortoise Rock Casino.

FANTASY SPRINGS CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING DINNER WITH EXCITING SPECIALS AT FRESH GRILL BUFFET, BISTRO AND POM The feel of cooler weather means the holidays are upon us. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino’s acclaimed chef’s lead by Chef Freddy Rieger has selected beautiful dishes to serve your entire family this Thanksgiving. On Thursday, Nov. 27th Fresh Grill Buffet, POM and Bistro create the perfect atmosphere to give thanks and celebrate with friends and family.

Autumn favorites are combined with Thanksgiving staples from around the world at the Fresh Grill Buffet. Seating from 11am to 9pm. Adults are $28.99 and children ages 3 to 11 are $15.99. Children under 3 are free. The all-you-can-eat buffet begins with the salad and soup bar, where chef has prepared a classic light fare of grilled shrimp and Caesar salad, Greek penne pasta salad, spinach with roasted pears salad matched with palate teasers of Vietnamese glass noodle salad, Italian seafood salad, warm butternut squash bisque and chicken-tortilla soup. Hearty selections include chilled seafood on ice and carving board favorite’s maple roasted turkey breast, prime rib and honey glazed Virginia ham.

The Chef’s Specialties feature grilled salmon, seafood jambalaya, stuffed pork roast, mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing and bacon brussel sprouts. Ending on a sweet note, diners can indulge in the Fantasy Springs Signature Chocolate Fountain, pumpkin pie, cheesecake and much more.

The Bistro takes a more traditional approach to Thanksgiving, providing diners with family favorites sure to remind them of home. The Al A Carte menu includes an autumn mixed green salad or butternut squash bisque for $8.00, a lovely main course of roasted turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, country-style stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, sautéed asparagus and cranberry sauce for $28.00. Warm French baguette and whipped butter served during meal. And for dessert, a deliciously comforting homemade pumpkin pie with cinnamon whipped cream for $8.00. The Bistro serves Thanksgiving dinner from 5pm-10pm.

Reservations are recommended for The Bistro and may be made via telephone at (760) 3425000 or online at FantasySpringsResort.com.

Rounding out the abundance of Thanksgiving options, POM brings the classics straight from grandmother’s kitchen. A savory butternut squash bisque or autumn mixed green salad start the A La Carte menu at $7.00. For $25.00 diners’ feast on a main course of fresh roasted turkey, stuffing with maple roasted sausage, candied sweet potatoes, buttered broccoli amandine, cranberry sauce and warm dinner rolls with whipped butter. Homemade pumpkin pie with cinnamon whipped cream complete the meal at $7.00. This Thanksgiving special is served all day from 12pm to 11pm.

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Haddon Libby:It’s alllocal

Entrepreneur Awards

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ast week, the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State University - San Bernardino held their 12th Annual Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards. The black tie award ceremony recognizes excellence amongst people who run a variety of businesses in the Inland Empire. A juried panel of entrepreneurs chose ten people who represent excellence in their respective fields and best in class for Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Forrest Lucas, founder of Lucas Oil. Starting out in Corona, Lucas was a truck driver who out of necessity formulated high performance oils to protect his trucks.

Today, Lucas Oil is the world leader in the production of high performance lubricants and additives.

Adel Sayegh of Universal Surveillance Systems in Rancho Cucamonga was selected as the Best of the Best Entrepreneur for the evening as well as Innovator of the Year.

Sayegh’s company produces the plastic tags that you find on clothes in retail stores like Nordstrom and Macy’s. Sayegh mentioned how he was literally homeless at the start of this business as he poured every penny he had into this business idea.

The Coachella Valley had two of the

twenty-seven nominees and I’m excited to say that they both won.

I am most proud of Angela Janus, Founder and Executive Director of Cathedral City-based ShareKitchen as I helped her in founding this nonprofit. Janus was recognized as the Social Entrepreneur of the Year for her efforts at helping people in the Coachella Valley in starting their food-based businesses by creating the county’s only shared kitchen facility. Additionally, Janus has been hard at work at fixing the county’s food distribution systems and addressing local ‘food deserts’ by launching a new ‘pop-up market’ in the City of Coachella.

Food deserts are areas where people have

Dale Gribow On The Law THE BILL OF RIGHTS ISN’T JUST FOR BILL GATES AND GEORGE CLOONEY… IT IS FOR THOSE THAT ARE POOR AND UNPOPULAR as well.

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e are only a few weeks from Thanksgiving gatherings and the start of the Christmas and New Year’s 2015 parties and of course THE SUPERBOWL. Unfortunately these events often generate people who party and drink more than they realize.

We are all protected by the same laws and have the same rights, but not everyone understands what they mean. Most people do not intend to drive drunk but rather do not realize the two drinks they consumed would make them “drunk”. Most of us do not understand that you do not have to be drunk to be arrested for a DRUNK DRIVING. You merely have to be Under the Influence, Impaired or Buzzed.

There is technically no such thing as a Drunk Driving. The correct charge is a Driving Under The Influence (DUI). The term Drunk Driving is truly a misnomer. In California you are under the influence if your ability to drive is impaired.

Your ability to drive is impaired when your blood alcohol reading is .08 or higher. Thus if you are driving on a California road with .08 or higher the burden of proof almost reverts back to the driver to show that s/he weren’t under the influence and/or that their blood alcohol was not .08.

A year ago as a result of my client Celena Nava being hit and killed by a drunk driver while

jogging, I spoke before CVAG and suggested the formation of a blue ribbon ad hoc committee to study Drunk Driving. The CVAG members agreed and selected me to be the attorney working with the head of all law enforcement units and the representatives from each city. On top of that the Clinton Foundation’s Health Matters asked me to join them as the attorney member and decided to also focus on Drunk Driving. On October 20, 2014 on the anniversary of my client’s death, we had our first joint meeting on DUI. In the ensuing years we hope to focus on educating students and the public on the information herein.

I had suggested to both groups the need for education. All too often our neighbors have a few drinks and drive and they do not realize they consumed enough alcohol to be under the influence. The number of drinks needed to get to this reading varies depending on one’s body weight, what you ate, when you finished drinking and most importantly how much alcohol was in each drink. Thus it is not the number of drinks but rather the amount of alcohol in each drink that counts.

When we talk of a drink we are referring to about 4 ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer and 1 ounce of alcohol. The problem is that many drinks are made with more alcohol than we realize. Many bartenders think they are doing

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limited access to healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables and this new ‘Mercado’ will bring small growers and residents together.

Over the last two years alone, Janus and ShareKitchen have helped more than three dozen upstart entrepreneurs. Janus has done this all on a shoestring budget that she financed personally. Her commitment toward helping others and putting her personal resources on the line to help improve our region deserves the thanks and praise of all of us.

Receiving the Supporter of Entrepreneurship Award were Tom Flavin and Joe Wallace of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership. Their iHub project has helped twenty-eight businesses that have collectively raised $6 million in capital.

Flavin is the person who grew CVEP from a two person operation to its current organization that works from an annual budget of $5 million, employs dozens and has facilities that span the desert. While receiving the award, Wallace gave special thanks to the City of Palm Springs which has been one of CVEPs staunchest supporters in the Coachella Valley.

Steve and Kathy Nichols of Chino Valley Ranchers in Colton received the Family Business Award. The Nichols are third generation egg farmers. Alan Boudreau of Boudreau Pipeline of Corona won the General Entrepreneurship Award for

building his business from a backhoe bought from his father.

Mark Atchison of AMA Plastics in Riverside was recognized for Contract Manufacturing and his unique business model where 50% of the business as well as their building are owned by his employees. The Manufacturing Entrepreneur was Terri Lee Rogers of O.W. Lee, designer and producer of handcrafted casual patio and outdoor furniture. Brad McDermith of Computer Options of Redlands was the Service-Based Entrepreneur for his IT company.

Kenya Mills of Innovative Infusion Systems of Corona was recognized as the Small/Emerging Enterprise of the Year for her nurse staffing company. A single mother, Mills talked about how it took her four tries before she found lasting success with her current company.

These awardees serve as examples to all of us that you can do anything with only a little inspiration and an awful lot of perspiration.

Angela Janus with Michelle Skiljian, Executive Director of the Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center and Mark Weber, Economic Development Manager for the City of Coachella.

us a favor and without our knowledge pour 3 or more ounces in our drink. Thus instead of one drink you have consumed three or so, and when you think you have just had two drinks you really have had six.

We all have rights and fighting a DUI case almost always makes more sense than simply pleading guilty… if you can’t get a reasonable offer and can afford a trial. For instance, did you know that there are more than 100 interfering substances, medical conditions and equipment malfunctions that can cause DUI breathalyzers to generate falsely high readings?

The bottom line is that DUI blood testing is prone to error. When we make a motion to the Judge for the DA to release a small portion of the blood that was take from our client for retesting at our independent laboratories, we frequently get different results...and sometimes find that the original sample was contaminated?

In addition Police officers are supposed to follow a standardized set of procedures in DUI roadside investigations...and very few of them do? Thus the Bill of Rights kicks in and those charged with a DUI are well advised to pursue all their rights.

The issues presented by a DUI are confusing to the uninitiated and the same questions are asked of me. Most people do not realize an arrest for a DUI kicks in two separate proceedings. One is the court and the other is DMV. You should not confuse the two. The outcome of one does not affect the other.

Next week I will try to expand on these two separate proceedings to prepare my readers for the holidays and warn them not to Drink and Drive.

The bottom line is DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, CALL A TAXI………IT IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN HIRING ME! Dale Gribow has been selected every year as a “TOP LAWYER” by Palm Springs LIFE, and is also AVVO PEER rated SUPERB by fellow attorneys.

Gribow has been named Man of the Year 7 times by both The City of Hope and the City of Palm Desert.

For more than 30 years, Dale Gribow Attorney at Law has been committed to protecting client’s civil and constitutional rights. Regardless of whether the matter concerns a Serious Accident, DUI, Business, Real Estate or Estate Planning issue every case is diligently handled with the utmost of respect and care. The Gribow firm offers clients decades of experience and success, thus making Gribow the attorney of choice for thousands of clients.

If you have any questions regarding this column or ideas for future columns please contact Dale Gribow Attorney at Law at his NEW number 760-837-7500 and or his new email: dale@dalegribowlaw.com

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Please allow me to introduce myself - But don’t get too close…

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’m the man sitting in front of you on the plane. Too busy to notice me because you were coughing uncontrollably? I’d appreciate it if you’d cover while sneezing.

Did you know airborne germ droplets spread the virus up to six feet away?

I’m the person in the restaurant, store and office you waited on today. Too exhausted to give me the service needed, you were tired, achy and had chills. Your congested head was a distraction but you kept cough’in and talk’in telling me it was just your “allergies…”

I’m the child your child goes to school with, but you decided to send them to school anyway. Their fever, runny nose and cough were infecting everyone around as we shared toys, surfaces and space.

All symptoms of the Flu, and it is the season. When you sneeze or cough, cover your nose and mouth with a tissue (not your hands). Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth as germs spread this way. Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that may be contaminated with germs and get a flu shot.

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If you’re sick, do yourself and everyone a favor, stay home and be responsible!

Oh, did I mention you at the gym?

Contrary to popular belief, you’re not sweating it out, you’re just spreading it out.

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sharekitchen

A letter from the desk of Kim Scanlon, Coachella Valley Women’s Business Center

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ello everyone, I want to share the news with you all that one of our closest partners received an honor - and it came from our “parent company”, IECE (Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship).

Many of you are aware of the existence of ShareKitchen and Angela Janus, the founder of the organization. Many of you have worked with or work with her still, and so are aware of the type of organization ShareKitchen is, and the kind of woman Angela is, but for those who are unaware, let me sum this up in a nutshell. ShareKitchen is what’s known as a kitchen incubator, and serves as a fully licensed and insured kitchen for people who want to start food-related businesses such as caterers, bakers, specialty item producers, etc. In addition to providing a safe place to prepare and store food, ShareKitchen provides training and support for these would-be entrepreneurs,so that they can begin and grow their businesses with professional guidance.

Angela is - well, Angela is a force of nature. She founded the organization with her business partner Haddon Libby on the strength of her powerful belief that what this area needed was a safe place for culinary artists to grow their businesses.

Investing their own money, she and Haddon opened ShareKitchen about two years ago and haven’t stopped since. Angela has organized, trained, interviewed, counseled, cooked, budgeted, applied for grants, collaborated with fellow non-profits, scheduled, encouraged - in short she has worn all the hats and walked in all the shoes.

Like the mother hen with all her chicks, she is aware of the circumstances and progress of all her program participants, urging them toward their goals, demanding as need be, compassionate always. In the two years I’ve known her, I have never seen her slow down.

Angela and ShareKitchen (and of course, Haddon) finally received some well-deserved recognition in the form of the Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award in the category of Social

Entrepreneur. This award, while not monetary in nature, brings with it a huge amount of prestige and recognition, and to nearly all who receive it, this translates to economic gain, whether in the form of additional grants, as will hopefully be the case for Angela, or in the form of more customers or higher sales in a for-profit business. In recognizing ShareKitchen and Angela with this award, the Spirit judges have said to the world, “This is someone, something that is invaluable. Keep your eye on her!”

Please join me in congratulating Angela on this honor, and if you have not yet investigated ShareKitchen as a resource, please do so. They are absolutely a stellar example of what a couple of people can accomplish with a really great idea, big hearts, and a lot of hard work.

And a final note: the Spirit Awards are yet another example of the innovative mindset of Dr. Mike Stull of IECE, who wrote the original grant for CVWBC. Dr. Stull passionately believes in entrepreneurship at all levels, and believes that its success should be rewarded. The concept of these awards, and the consequent outcome that the nominees - both “winners” and “nominees” enjoy, is amazing.

What I believe is that any one of you has the opportunity to be the next award winner. There is such greatness among you all, and I fervently hope that you will all recognize your unbridled potential and do just what the woman in our logo does - reach for the stars. Become who you need to be, and that will doubtless lead you to greater things that even you dreamed of.

Awards and recognition, money and fame, these things really mean nothing in the end - and yet they are hallmarks of your accomplishments, marks of your achievements, tokens that you can hold in your hands to remind yourself that yes, you did this, you are a success!

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sports scene The NFL Carousel Is So Much Fun

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he memory is clear and colorful. I was 8, rocking some sweet pigtails and enjoying a day at the state fair with family.

We came upon an odd looking ride and my uncle asked if I’d like to hop on the carousel. I tilted my head, watched for a moment, trying to decide what the goal of this thing might be.

“It just goes in a circle?” I squeaked in my blond pigtails.

“Well, the whole thing does, but your chair goes up and down too…” I stopped listening to my uncle because even as an 8-year-old I deduced the senselessness of such a ride.

“Nah, let’s jump in the tea cups.”

Little did I know I’d dedicate my career to an $11 billion dollar carousel.

Only this one is infinitely more fun.

Here are some of the ups and downs of this NFL season: The Patriots’ season began with a thud.

Losing their opener, and beginning 2-2. That second loss came on Monday Night Football at the heavy hands of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Reporters asked head coach Bill Belichick if all-time great quarterback Tom Brady needed to be replaced. He scoffed. And the team hasn’t lost since.

The Green Bay Packers started 1-2, losing badly to the Seahawks and getting stuffed

by division rival Detroit. Well, those games happened on the road. The Packers at home are laying new ink in record books. Aaron Rodgers has thrown 322 consecutive passes at home without throwing a pick. That’s an NFL record. He’s also tossed 29 consecutive touchdown passes without a pick. Also an NFL record. They haven’t lost at Lambeau.

When he told fans to relax early in the year, what he was was really saying: “Stay on the ride folks, the next go around will look a little different.”

You want “ups and downs?”

How bout the best team in the NFL right now? No team has lost more games through NFL history than the Arizona Cardinals (706) and currently, no team has won more games this season.

This is a franchise that dates back to 1920, and has enjoyed only 7 of its 83 seasons with double-digit wins totals. It’s one win away from logging the first back-to-back 10win seasons since the Nixon administration (which does include Ford’s presidency as he took over once ‘ol Dick resigned and all).

The Cards are on their second signal caller, had to replace their best linebacker in Daryl Washington and longest-tenured defensive lineman in Darnell Docket, but they have the smoothest head coach in all the land, making them an easy team to root for.

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beat the Lions in Arizona. Well, the Lions beat the Vikings who beat the Rams who took down the Seahawks to pounded the Panthers who beat the Bears who axed the Niners who grounded the Eagles who cut down the Giants who lassoed the Texans who beat the Bills who hooked the Dolphins who, well, beat the Bills, who also crashed the Jets who sunk the Steelers who corralled the Colts who blew out the Bengals who swept the Ravens who finished the Falcons who outlasted the Saints who plastered the Packers who swept the Bears this year.

The Bears beat the Buccaneers who vetoed Washington who banished the Cowboys to London where they beat the Jaguars who burned the Browns who torched the Titans who clipped the Chiefs who embarrassed the Patriots who did the same to the Broncos who are the only team to beat the Cardinals who beat the Chargers who became one of

10 teams to leave the Raiders winless and the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs.

(Generally first place gets a gold star, but for this honor, lets hand out silver stars.)

After 11 weeks of NFL action, we have an entire division (the AFC North) with every team owning a winning record AND an entire division (the NFC South) without a single team with a winning record. Yet both divisions are sure to earn their top teams a home playoff game.

You know, perhaps while I was that spunky, blond, pigtailed, 8-year-old, I didn’t understand the purpose of a carousel, but I still enjoyed getting dizzy. And like those teacups, the NFL always delivers.

Julie Buehler hosts the Coachella Valley’s most popular sports talk radio show, “Buehler’s Day Off” every day from 3-6 on 1010 KXPS, the valley’s all sports station.

She can also be seen every morning between 6-7am on KMIR sharing the coolest stories in sports. She’s an avid gym rat, slightly sarcastic and more likely to recite Steve Young’s career passing stats than American Idol winners.

Tune in M-F 3-6 pst at www.team1010.com or watch “Buehler’s Day Off” on Ustream and KMIR.com for her sports reports.

by Flint Wheeler

Please stop paying this idiot millions of dollars…

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errick Rose has had an uneven start to the season. He looked pretty damn good when he was on the court, but he’s already missed four games due to the pair of sprained ankles he’s been dragging around.

On Tuesday, he offered a partial explanation for why he’s already missed so many games, and it did not sit well in the blue collar corners of the Chicago media. Questioning why I saw almost no stat line for the former Olympian and MVP, I read; “Derrick Rose Hurt Both Of His Ankles Again” – Says multiple sources.

Here’s what Rose had to say on Tuesday: “I feel I’ve been managing myself pretty good. I know a lot of people get mad when they see me sit out. But I think a lot of people don’t understand that when I sit out, it’s not because of this year. I’m thinking about long term. I’m thinking about after I’m done with basketball, having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to. I don’t want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son’s graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past. Just learning and being smart.”

In spirit, nothing being expressed in that quote is all that controversial. It was perhaps a little clumsy of Rose to include “meetings” as a thing he’s trying to keep himself healthy for, but what he’s getting at here is a sentiment that has been shared by many athletes before

him: “I don’t want to be a hobbled old mess when I’m older, and so I am going to be careful about playing hurt and potentially re-injuring myself.”

Despite how sane and generally unremarkable Rose’s comments were, I cannot help but think of our boys and girls in blue and the sacrifices that we not only know about, but the sleepless nights and mourning of friends lost that we the privileged never hear about.

Rose needs a friend. Does Rose even have a friend? Because a friend would tell him how dumb he sounds and looks.

I normally do not ‘pile on’ as most athletes quotes are either taken out of context or muttered after, no doubt, an all-nighter when

one is liable to say dumb things. But this was not. The quote was taken after a game in which Rose did not play and unless the ball kid is spiking the Gatorade, Rose was completely sober.

I don’t know if that’s his brother or agent putting that garbage in his head, but it’s one of the most embarrassing things a player can say.

Thing is, it’s not just that the statement is idiotic, it’s that he apparently believes it. It’s galling and stupid, and Rose doesn’t seem smart enough to understand why.

The Bulls are trying to win a title and they gave him a $95 million contract toward that end. And they get that horsebleep?

Let’s not even talk about how his days are numbered in a blue collar city like Chicago.

In the desert, I know at least a dozen single mothers that are rolling their eyes. Life is hard, nothing comes easy. Derrick Rose made it very easy to look into his eyes and ask, “What are you thinking?”

The Bulls spent the last two seasons discovering that no matter how gritty and wellcoached they are, they just aren’t winning a championship without the offensive firepower that Rose can provide. If Rose is missing games early in the year because he’s trying to avoid injuries—ones that would prove detrimental not only to Rose’s post-basketball health, which Bulls fans aren’t obliged to care about, but to the team’s title hopes—everyone should be just fine with that. Except maybe for Chicago sports columnists, who are always happiest when they have an excuse to call Derrick Rose an idiot and most definitely a spoiled, privileged athlete who simply doesn’t get it and therefore DOES NOT deserve it.

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Following the run, participants and the community are invited for a Resolution Celebration.

This free post-event celebration includes museum admission, live entertainment, food and special

activities in the beautiful Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden at 10 a.m. In addition, awards will be given by age category, and finishing medals provided to the first 1,000 registrants.

The USA Track and Field-certified course begins at the museum’s parking area at Painters Path. The course, which is marked at each mile, proceeds up Edgehill Drive one mile past the Desert Baptist Church, and loops back down Edgehill, and turns left over the footbridge to Fred Waring Drive before turning to return to the start/ finish line at the museum.

The cost to participate is $35 for adults, $15 for children 6-18 years old, and children 5 and under are free. For more information or to register online, visit www.GalenResolution5K.com. In-person registration takes place on December 13 and 14 at College of the Desert’s Street Fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and also the day before the event on December 26 at the museum in Palm Desert from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of November 20

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone on Reddit. com posed the question, “What have you always been curious to try?” In reply, many people said they wanted to experiment with exotic varieties of sex and drugs they had never treated themselves to before. Other favorites: eating chocolate-covered bacon; piloting a plane; shoplifting; doing a standup comedy routine; hang-gliding and deep-sea diving; exploring the Darknet and the Deep Web; spontaneously taking a trip to a foreign country; turning away from modern society and joining a Buddhist monastery. What would your answer be, Aries? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to explore what you have always been curious to try.

The risks will be lower than usual, and the results more likely to be interesting.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Contrary to popular opinion, crime fiction author Arthur Conan Doyle never once had his character Sherlock Holmes utter the statement “Elementary, my dear Watson.” For that matter, Humphrey Bogart never actually said “Play it again, Sam” in the film Casablanca. Star Trek’s Captain Kirk never used the exact phrase “Beam me up, Scotty.” Furthermore I, Rob Brezsny, have never before issued the following prophecy: “Deep sexy darkness and deep sexy brilliance are conspiring to bring you Tauruses intriguing pleasures that will educate the naive part of your soul” -- until now, that is. At this juncture in the evertwisting plot of your life story, I am most definitely saying just that.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are some thoughts from Gemini author Fernando Pessoa: “The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd -- the longing for impossible things; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else.” Can you relate, Gemini?

Have you felt those feelings? Here’s the good news: In the coming weeks, you will be more free of them than you have been in a long time. What will instead predominate for you are yearnings for very possible things and contentment with what’s actually available to you. (Pessoa’s words are from The Book of Disquiet, translated by Alfred Mac Adam.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The most important thing you can do in the coming weeks is learn how to take care of yourself better. What? You say you’re too busy for that? You have too many appointments and obligations? I disagree. In my astrological opinion, there’s one task that must trump all others, and that is get smarter about how you eat, sleep, exercise, relax, heal yourself, and connect with people. I can assure you that there’s a lot you don’t know about what you really need and the best ways to get what you really need. But you are ripe to become wiser in this subtle, demanding, and glorious art.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Naturalist Greg Munson says that many dragonflies are great acrobats.

They are the “Cirque du Soleil” performers of the animal kingdom. Not only do they eat in mid-air, they also have sex. While flying, two dragonflies will hook up and bend into a roughly circular formation to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of their reproductive organs, thereby forming a “mating pinwheel.” I don’t expect you to achieve quite that level of virtuosity in your own amorous escapades, Leo. But if you’re adventurous, you could very well enjoy experiences that resemble having sex while flying.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Born under the sign of Virgo, Yuriy Norshteyn is a Russian animator who has won numerous awards. His Tale of Tales was once voted the greatest animated film of all time. But he hasn’t finished any new films for quite a while. In fact, he has been working on the same project since 1981, indulging his perfectionism to the max. In 33 years, he has only finished 25 minutes’ worth of The Overcoat, which is based on a story by Nikolai Gogol. But I predict that he will complete this labor of love in the next eight months -- just as many of you other Virgos will finally wrap up tasks you have been working on for a long time.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Every saint has a bee in his halo,” said philosopher Elbert Hubbard. Similarly, some Libras have a passive-aggressive streak hidden beneath their harmony-seeking, peace-loving persona. Are you one of them? If so, I invite you to express your darker feelings more forthrightly. You don’t have to be mean and insensitive. In fact, it’s best if you use tact and diplomacy. Just make sure you reveal the fact that there is indeed a bee in your halo. I bet you will ultimately be pleased with the consequences you stir up through your acts of courageous honesty.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many people use the terms “cement” and “concrete” interchangeably, but they are not the same. Cement is powdery stuff that’s composed of limestone, gypsum, clay with alumino-silicate, and other ingredients. It’s just one of the raw materials that is used to make concrete -- usually no more than 15 percent of the total mass.

The rest consists of sand, crushed stone, and water.

Let’s regard this as a good metaphor for you to keep in mind, Scorpio. If you want to create a durable thing that can last as long as concrete, make sure you don’t get overly preoccupied with the “cement” at the expense of the other 85 percent of the stuff you will need.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice,” writes Louise Glück in her poem “The Wild Iris.” I think that will be a key theme for you in the coming weeks.

There’s a part of you that is returning from oblivion -- making its way home from the abyss -- and it will be hungry to express itself when it arrives back here in your regularly scheduled life. This dazed part of you may not yet know what exactly it wants to say. But it is fertile with the unruly wisdom it has gathered while wandering. Sooner rather than later, it will discover a way to articulate its raw truths.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness,” said American humorist Josh Billings. I propose that we make that your motto in the coming weeks. It’s an excellent time to liberate yourself from memories that still cause you pain -- to garner major healing from past anguish and upheaval. And one of the best ways to do that will be to let go of as much blame and rage and hatred as you possibly can. Forgiveness can be your magic spell.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Denmark has been a pioneer in developing the technology to supply its energy needs with wind power. By 2020, it expects to generate half of its electricity from wind turbines. Recently the Danish climate minister also announced his nation’s intention to phase out the use of coal as an energy source within ten years. I would love to see you apply this kind of enlightened long-term thinking to your own personal destiny, Aquarius. Now would be an excellent time to brainstorm about the life you want to be living in 2020 and 2025. It’s also a perfect moment to outline a master plan for the next ten years, and commit to it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean actor Sir Michael Caine has had an illustrious career. He has won two Oscars and been nominated for the award six times in five different decades. But for his appearance in Jaws: The Revenge, he was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor. He confessed that his work in that film was not his best, and yet he was happy with how much money he made doing it. “I have never seen the film,” he said, “but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Pisces, you have permission to engage in a comparable trade-off during the coming months.

Homework: Is there any place in your life where you think you’re doing your best but in fact you could do better? Testify at Freewillastrology. com.

Rob Brezsny Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

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Mind, body & Spirit

by Bronwyn Ison

YOU CAN SHARE KINDENESS, EVERY DAY

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n act of altruism requires little effort. More than twice the amount of energy is expended to be cruel and hurtful. Sure, everyone has had an ego bruising or feelings hurt. It is part of life.

At tender young ages we learned quickly not everyone plays in the sandbox politely.

Surrounding yourself with kind and caring people will provide a healthier atmosphere.

Relinquish and remove yourself from negativity.

Research tells us, small acts of kindness go a long way. Every day altruistic behavior has also been linked to improve your overall health. Our physical body takes on insurmountable stress. When we reap love and caring, we feel happy. Negative people or circumstances will drain you mentally, emotionally and physically. Simply be kind and watch your harvest flourish.

Engage in personal interactions with people. When you are genuinely interested in someone or something you will also receive more out of the friendship or relationship.

Projecting an act of kindness to a stranger (as in pay it forward) will reward you and the receiver with joy. Acknowledging and/ or complimenting a store clerk or your local Barista may make their day. If you recognize someone is experiencing a challenging day this is your opportunity to turn her frown upside down.

Has anyone ever put forth an act of kindness towards you and made your day easier? I have been the beneficiary of caring

and concern on numerous occasions. If you reminisce on this pleasurable experience, you know you can make someone’s day.

It can be as simple as meeting for coffee, running an errand for a friend, or calling to let he/she know you care.

Utilize your natural talents to make someone’s day. Perhaps you are an artist.

Paint or draw someone a picture. Maybe you write poetry. Write a poem expressing your friendship. Ahhh, you are a fine cook.

Make a special dish or bake some cookies.

This simple act will go a long way for you and your friend.

Forgiveness is one of the hardest acts for someone to accomplish. When you forgive a person it liberates you from the burden that weighs heavily on your shoulders. Research tells us forgiveness will improve future relationships, decreases stress and anxiety and can lower blood pressure as well as decrease alcohol and substance abuse.

Take time to meditate or pray. Finding solitude is an act of altruism toward oneself.

Meditating on kindness will allow you to project more positive energy and love.

Research demonstrates meditating on kindness will also increase your ability to be compassionate and empathetic.

Share your smile and love. Kindness will exude from you. Kindness is contagious.

Bronwyn Ison is the Owner of Evolve Yoga. e-volveyoga.com 760.564.YOGA 50-991 Washington St, La Quinta 92253

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by Sunny Simon

Would You Rather Be a Fish?

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ast evening I had a conversation with my five-year-old niece Alina. We discussed all things Thanksgiving: her mom’s famous lumpy gravy which she pretends to like, her nana’s yummy pumpkin mousse, requiring no pretending and the games she intends to play with visiting cousins. As the conversation progressed I asked her what one thing topped her thankful list. Without missing a beat she said her swim class. I inquired why this was such a monumental blessing. Alina sighed as if I just didn’t get it and patiently explained that when she gets in the water she is no longer Alina the girl, she becomes Alina the fish. She continued her monologue by relating as a fish she could race with the other fish, open her eyes underwater and she didn’t have to go to school. When I informed her that fish swim in schools, she laughed, called me a silly auntie and we said good-night.

As I whispered up a prayer that night I gave thanks for both Alina the girl and Alina the fish. I found it interesting that I struck her as silly, because it suddenly occurred to me lately my life was lacking in the laughter department. Making a vow to spend more time with people under the age of six and reclaim my inner child I drifted off to sleep.

The demands of adult life can be hard on the inner child. Getting caught up in a myriad of activity especially around the hectic holiday season finds many of us complaining we are crazy busy. Giving in to this busyness and letting it take control drives us to lose connection with the joyful, creative child of our youth.

In her book, “Recovery of Your Inner Child,” Dr. Lucia Capacchione explains we each possess a “playful child” who has a real capacity for joy. This inner child emerges when you delight in playing with your dog, hiking a nature trail or even singing in the shower.

If you feel your zest for life waning, it may be time to reconnect with your playful inner child. Take a moment to clear away some of the busyness from your calendar. Replace those mundane duties with activities that bring joy. Go to the zoo, take your dog to the park or catch a funny movie. Take a trip to a hobby shop, read a children’s book and give yourself permission to skip. I’m off to one of those “build a bear” shops. Want to join me?

We’ll bring out the inner child in both of us.

Sunny Simon is the owner of Raise the Bar High Life and Career Coaching. More about Sunny at www.raisethebarhigh.com

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Ask The Doctor

November 20 to November 26, 2014

by dr peter kadile

Dr. Peter M. Kadile is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He has an integrative, osteopathic medical practice and is also known as the local, house call doctor; Desert House Call Physician. He is on staff at Eisenhower Medical Center and medical director for Serenity Hospice. His office is located in beautiful Old Town La Quinta, 78-100 Main Street, Suite 207, La Quinta, CA 92253. (760) 777-7439. DesertHouseCalls@aol.com. www.deserthousecalldoc.com.

Go ahead.. ask him anything!

Hey Doc, my wife took my blood pressure the other night and said it was too low. I felt fine. I’m not on any medications. Should I be concerned? - Harry, La Quinta Harry, normal blood pressure is generally considered to be around 120/80, but can vary for each individual, so usually the range is between 90/60 and 130/80. I have seen many patients who are generally healthy and have what is considered to be low blood pressure, but they say they have had low blood pressure all their lives and it’s never adversely effected them. Lower blood pressure may just be your normal range.

Certain medications can cause low blood pressure (hypotension). Obviously if someone is taking high blood pressure medication, the result may be low blood pressure. Other medications used for anxiety, depression, pain and the heart can cause low blood pressure. Alcohol can also cause low blood pressure. Diabetes, abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure can lead to hypotension. One of the most common causes I see for low blood pressure is not drinking enough fluids or dehydration.

Symptoms of hypotension can include confusion, blurry vision, dizziness, fainting, nausea or weakness.

If you are concerned that your blood pressure may be too low and you have symptoms then you should be evaluated by your doctor.

Dr. Kadile, I will be traveling for the upcoming holiday season and staying in several hotels. My friend says I should check online to make sure the hotels I’m staying at don’t have bed bugs. I thought bed bugs were eradicated in this country, should I worry about this? -Rick, La Quinta Rick, bedbugs still exist and have made a comeback. They are commonly found in hotels because the insects will crawl into a traveler’s clothing and suitcase and make their way to the traveler’s next destination.

They are most common in beds (mattress, box springs, bed frames) Bedbugs are small, non flying insects that feed on human blood. They are most active at night and their bite is painless. Bitten individuals usually will notice the bites the next day and they may start to itch. The bites may appear as small red bumps with localized swelling. Generally, just like mosquito bites, the bedbug wounds will resolve on their own. If itching is bad, than applying over the counter anti-itch cream and/or taking allergy medication can help.

Dr. Kadile, what do you think about vitamin B12 injections? -Jeanie, Palm Springs Jeanie, vitamin B12 is found in every cell of the human body and is very important for energy production. It contributes to skin health, immune and nervous system functions and muscle function.

Unfortunately, individuals may not be getting enough vitamin B12 in their diet or may have a problem absorbing it. Meat is a good source of vitamin B12, thus vegetarians may be lacking in vitamin B12. Taking over the counter and prescription antacids regularly, can interfere with vitamin B12 absorption. If you are low in vitamin B12, your body is not getting enough fuel for energy.

Vitamin B12 is a water soluble vitamin, so if your body doesn’t need it, it will flush away the excess. Since lack of vitamin B12 may be due to a gut absorption problem, injections or under the tongue would be the preferred routes for supplementation.

Vitamin B12 benefits important for energy production, can decrease fatigue healthy regulation of the nervous system, reduces depression, helps with stress essential for healthy skin, hair and nails.

I do offer vitamin B12 injections in my office and a significant number of my patients feel the better energy and decreased fatigue effects.

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