Are things really as good as represented in Thursday’s local Desert Sun headlines -“April housing sales strongest since September 2005”? The article begins with positive news on emerging new strength in local sales. Our sales in April reflect a 25.1% increase over March and only a 3.8% drop from the year before, contrasted against previous year to … [Read more...]
Selling a Palm Springs Work of Art – The Kaufmann House!
We mentioned in earlier blogs dated 11-28-07 and 1-25-08, that the famed Palm Springs Kaufmann House, known as a “masterpiece of modernism”, would be sold on May 13 at a high profile auction at Christie’s in New York City. The house did sell last night - for $15 million, as a piece of fine art - not as a piece of real estate, along with other … [Read more...]
Palm Springs 2008 Film Noir Festival Schedule Announced
The Palm Springs Film Noir Festival has now released the 2008 Schedule of Films, and it's full of promise. Opening Night at the Camelot Theatres is Thursday May 29th, kicking off with The Killers(1964) with special guest star Angie Dickinson attending. An Opening Night Celebration will follow for holders of the All-Access Pass. A dozen more … [Read more...]
Palm Springs Film Noir Festival – May 29 to June 1
The 8th annual Palm Springs Film Noir Festival will come to the valley on Thursday, May 29th. It's always a fun event. It will have a certain poignancy this year, due to the recent unexpected death of co-founder Arthur Lyons on March 21st of this year. Barbara Lyons, his widow, has stated that the 2008 Festival will be a tribute to Arthur, … [Read more...]
Palm Springs “rolls out” New Recycling Program
During Green Week, it seems appropriate to laud the Palm Springs Disposal Services for improving our recycling program. They are making it ever easier for us to do our part in "greening up" Palm Springs. The PSDS announced recently that beginning June 30th, all recyclables can go unsorted into a new Blue Cart, that comes with wheels to make it easy … [Read more...]
From Palm Springs to the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Tonight you are hearing from a new voice. . . . I just have to say a few words about L.A. and music. From our house to the Disney Hall, and the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in the next block, it is exactly one hour and forty minutes on a Sunday morning. So attending weekend matinees in L.A. at one of the halls at The Music Center complex isn’t that … [Read more...]
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