Experience Haute Couture and Cuisine a publication at of the Fashion Week El Paseo City of Palm Desert Reserve your seat on the runway for one of the desert’s most scintillating happenings – the seventh annual Fashion March/April 2012 Week El Paseo – taking place March 16 through 24 in the heart of Palm Desert’s world-renowned shopping district. Showcasing the newest collections by top designers as well as fresh ideas from emerging talents, the excitement unfolds under The Big White Tent at Larkspur Lane and El Paseo with a fun-filled week offering stylish ultra-lounge for cocktails, swank after-parties, in-store events, and trunk shows, all benefiting numerous charities. The week’s highlights include What’s Inside a night of glitz when the desert’s very own Michael Costello invites fellow Community Gallery Exhibition Project Runway stars, Mondo Guerra, Mila Hermanovski, Focuses on Desert Farming Michael Drummond, Kara Janx, Gordana Gehihausen, Joshua Christensen, and Seth Aaron to share the Fashion Week Experience Desertscapes runway on Wednesday, March 21. Los Angeles-based couturier Mark Zunino will be designer Special Energy Section of the week and the star of the event’s finale on Saturday, March 24. Zunino will debut his new collection for spring Family Safety Festival 2012, bringing his brand of Hollywood glamour to the Offers Fun and Information runway in the form of high-wattage eveningwear favored by some of today’s brightest stars including Angelina Jolie, Halle Mark Zunino gown photographed by Michael Piombo Celebrate Arbor Day Berry, Demi Moore, and Gwyneth Paltrow. This year’s Fashion Week will once again include the Festival of Opera & Art Food & Wine Festival Palm Desert. This popular, rapidly growing event gathers celebrity chefs and sommeliers for three extraordinary days of inspiring food and premium wine tasting, March 23 – 25, benefiting The Culinary Institute of America’s Endowed Scholarship Fund. New Booster Seat Law Featured chefs include Sara Moulton, Good Promotes Child Safety fashion week el paseo March 16-24 Morning America food editor and executive chef Tickets and information: for Gourmet Magazine, and Masters’ www.fashionweekelpaseo.com or 760-325-2333 New Art Museum competitor Mark Peel, executive chef and owner of Celebrates March Opening food & wine festival palm desert March 23-25 famed Los Angeles restaurants Campanile and Tar Pit. Tickets and information: www.palmdesertfoodandwine.com or 760-325-2333 It’s Your City Look what’s on the BrightSide...inside! Community Gallery Exhibition Focuses on Desert Farming

etc. The Palm Desert Community Gallery presents artwork by Maria Hunt in its new exhibition, Farming in the Desert - Up Close and Personal, on display April 26 to June 29. There will be a public reception to honor the artist on Monday, April 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Farming in the Desert – Up Close and Personal will feature large and small-scale paintings The Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce in both watercolor hosts the 14th Annual Shop Local EXPO at and oil that focus on Westfield Palm Desert on Saturday, March 10, the agriculture that flour- 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. ishes around the Salton Information: 760-346-6111 Sea, including fields of artichokes, peppers, The City offers free docent led public art melons, and other crops. tours on Saturday, March 10, featuring the The exhibition will include art at the Palm Desert Public Library, and on large-scale paintings of Saturday, April 14, featuring the art in Civic fields juxtaposed against Center Park. Tours meets at 10 a.m. Information: 760-346-0611, ext. 664 smaller, more intimate paintings of the crop that is Palm Desert residents can being grown there. Ms. drop off their unwanted Hunt paints en plein- citrus through the end of air, painting the majority of April at City Hall, 73510 Fred her works, literally, in the Waring Drive. All citrus will fields before finishing them be provided to Hidden Harvest for free in her studio. Early Morning Harvest by Maria Hunt distribution to those in need. She began painting after a successful 30-year-career as a businesswoman. She has a passion Information: 760-346-0611, ext. 331 for art and enjoys working in watercolor and oil paints. She often shares her passion by teaching or 760-398-8183 painting to children and adults. She has painted traffic signal boxes for the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta, and has won top awards at the Indio Date Festival. Palm Desert residents who provide proof to The exhibition is being shown in conjunction with Desertscapes, an annual event that focuses on the City that they have adopted a cat or dog historical and contemporary plein-air artwork in the Coachella Valley. The Palm Desert Community from the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Gallery is located in the north wing of City Hall, 73510 Fred Waring Drive. It is open Monday Thousand Palms can receive reimbursement through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call 760-346-0611, ext. 664 or for their adoption fees. visit www.palmdesertart.org. Information: 760-346-0611, ext. 477

The City has office space and community rooms available for use by local nonprofits, professional organizations, and businesses at In recognition of the Coachella Valley’s rich history of competitive rates for one-time or monthly desert landscape painting created outdoors, in plein-air, use. Spaces are located at the Henderson experience Community Building and Portola Community and to celebrate the variety and beauty of art inspired by Center. the desert landscape, the City of Palm Desert is dedicating Information: 760-346-0611, ext. 331 the month of April 2012 to Desertscapes. Throughout April, the public is invited to attend exhibits of contemporary and historical painters, as Dates to Remember well as talks by some of California's leading art and Daylight Saving Time Begins photography experts, painting demonstrations March 11 and workshops, paint-outs in nature with modern day landscape artists, tours, and more. Most St. Patrick’s Day March 17 of the events are free. Other participating organizations include: First Day of Spring Palm Springs Art Museum; the Walter N. Marks March 20 Center for the Arts at the College of the Desert; The Annual Clean Up Day Historical Society of Palm Desert; Coachella Valley April 21 Watercolor Society; Desert Art Center; Hidden Harvest; Earth Day Mojave Desert Land Trust; and California Desert Art. April 22 Desert Oasis by Elaine Mathews For a full schedule of Desertscapes events and more information, please visit www.desertscapes.net or call 760-837-1664. Family Safety Festival Offers Fun and Information New Booster Seat Law

Young and old alike can have fun while learning about public Promotes Child Safety and personal safety at the Palm Desert Family Safety Festival on Saturday, March 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Civic Center Parents, grandparents, and anyone who transports Park (Fred Waring Drive and San Pablo Avenue). Admission children in a vehicle need to be aware of important is free. changes to California law regarding vehicle booster Come and enjoy a day of free activities and information seats for children. on important subjects including earthquake and fire safety, Effective January 1, the bicycle and skateboard safety, dog bite prevention, Internet new law requires that safety for children, swimming safety, and much more. children under age 8, Featured activities include a bounce house, finger and face or who are shorter than painting, games, arts and crafts, a basketball demonstration 4-feet, 9-inches, be secured by a former Harlem Globetrotter, police K-9 demonstrations, in a proper child or booster and a gymnastics demonstration. Children are encouraged to seat in the vehicle’s back bring their bikes for a fun bicycle rodeo, which will give partici- seat. The law also requires pants an opportunity to learn, practice, and demonstrate safe bicycle handling skills in a fun, children who do not meet noncompetitive atmosphere. Palm Desert residents are also eligible to receive a free these age and height bicycle helmet. requirements to ride in the Representatives from the City’s Police and Fire departments, including deputies and horses rear seat unless the vehicle from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Mounted Posse, will be on hand to answer has no back seats, the restraint system cannot be questions, demonstrate equipment, and hand out free literature and giveaways. Experts will properly installed, or the rear seats are already be offering free car seat check-ups, and children can have their fingerprints taken. occupied by children under age 8. The day’s excitement will include appearances by McGruff the Crime Dog and Recycle Children younger than one year of age, children Binney, Palm Desert’s recycling mascot. Hot dogs and frozen lemonade will be available for who weigh less than 20 pounds, or who are riding purchase. For more information, please call 760-836-1697 or 760-836-1761. in a rear facing car seat are prohibited from riding in the front seat of a vehicle with an active passenger airbag. According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, the new law is expected to impact more than 1.1 Celebrate Arbor Day million children across the state. Office Director and Get a Free Tree Christopher J. Murphy says that placing children in booster seats increases their chance of surviving a elebrate Arbor Day with the City of Palm Desert this year and get C crash by 45 percent. something that could grow and last a – a new tree. When seated in a booster seat, shoulder belts The celebration takes place Saturday, April 21, from 9 to 11 a.m. at should cross the center of the child’s chest with the City Hall, 73510 Fred Waring Drive. Parents are invited to bring the whole lap belt positioned across their hips. Seatbelts that family to learn about Arbor Day and enjoy a variety of fun activities. In cross the stomach instead of the hips can cause addition to getting their very own tree, participants will learn about plant severe injuries in traffic collisions. Booster seats lift identification and how to cultivate cuttings. Light refreshments will be children up so that an adult-sized seatbelt safely fits served. For more information, please call 760-346-0611, ext. 473. them. According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, a child fits in an adult seatbelt when: ◆ They can sit against the vehicle seat back with their knees bent without slouching and can comfort- Enjoy Arias Outdoors ably stay in this position throughout the trip ◆ The lap belt is low on the hips touching the at the Festival of Opera and Art upper thighs ◆ The shoulder belt crosses the chest, but is not on xperience soaring voices in an inspiring setting at the third annual Festival of Opera and Art on E the face or neck. Sunday, April 15, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., at the Civic Center Park amphitheater. This fun, free event, presented by the City of Palm Desert and Opera Arts, features world class Never let your child put the shoulder belt behind vocalists and a 33-piece chamber orchestra performing a thrilling program of popular ensembles their arm or back. In a crash, the child could sustain and arias from operas by Verdi, Mozart, Bizet, Bellini, Offenbach and more. In addition to the major injuries including head and spinal cord wonderful music, a multitude of children's activities will be offered including face painting and an trauma. If the child is putting the shoulder belt opportunity to create art out of recycled materials provided by S.C.R.A.P. Gallery. behind them, this is a sign that they still need a Attendees are invited to bring blankets, chairs, umbrellas, and picnic baskets. Food and booster seat. non-alcoholic drinks will also be available for purchase. Civic Center Park is located at For more information, please call the Palm 73510 Fred Waring Drive (Fred Waring and San Pablo Avenue). For more information, please call Desert Police Department at 760-836-1600. 760-323-8353 or visit www.operaarts.org. The new Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert will open lectures, and hands-on museum to the public on Thursday, March 15 allowing Coachella experiences for art lovers of all Valley residents and visitors to experience unique ages. The centerpiece of the exhibitions in a distinctive, new location. project is the Faye Sarkowsky The 8,400 square foot building, named The Galen in Sculpture Garden, featuring honor of donor, Helene Galen’s late husband, Lou Galen, works by artists such as Mark was designed by Palm Springs architect Reuel Young Di Suvero, Betty Gold, and Dave McGary, set in the lushly land- and formerly was home to the Palm Jesús Bautista Moroles, Desert Visitor Center. Lapstrake, 1986, granite, scaped Eric Johnson Memorial A celebratory open house will be collection Palm Springs Art Gardens. Museum, gift of Steve Chase held Saturday, March 31, from The Museum is located at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This free “Meet 72567 Highway 111 at Entrada Your Museum Day” will include del Paseo (southwest corner of Highway 111 and El Paseo). docent talks, lectures, refreshments, For more information, please call 760-346-5600 or visit and music. www.psmuseum.org. The first exhibition to be shown in hours the new space will be Rodin to Now: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday – Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Modern Sculpture, featuring works Thursday: noon – 8 p.m., free admission 4 – 8 p.m. by Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Closed Mondays and major holidays Robert Therrien, and Bob Van Breda among others. Admission The Museum’s interior includes $5 general $4 seniors (62+) and students (w/ID) intimate gallery areas that will host rotating exhibitions and an Free for 12 & under and members education wing that will be used for art classes, curatorial Saved ticket allows ½ off admission in Palm Springs

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PALM DESERT AQUATIC CENTER CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY 73751 Magnesia Falls Drive MUSEUM OF THE DESERT 760-565-7467 71701 Gerald Ford Drive, Rancho Mirage www.pdpool.com 760-321-0602 Monday – Friday, 5:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. www.cdmod.org Saturdays, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission: $8, ages 2 and up Annual individual membership: $25 Underwater Easter Egg Hunt Ages 3 – 8 Discovery Tots Sunday, April 8, 2 – 4 p.m. Ages 18 months – 5 years $3 per person Fridays, 10 – 11 a.m. PALM DESERT PUBLIC LIBRARY 73300 Fred Waring Drive PALM DESERT Saturday Discovery Tots 760-346-6552 COMMUNITY CENTER Ages 18 months – 5 years www.rivlib.com 43900 San Pablo Avenue March 3 & April 14, 10 – 11 a.m. Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. 760-568-9697 Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Creative Arts for Tots www.desertrecreationdistrict.ca.gov Ages 2 – 5 Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesdays, 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Closed April 8 Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., closed Sundays Due to pending remodel, Library programs THE LIVING DESERT are being held at other locations. For more Palm Desert Skate Park 47900 Portola Avenue information call or visit www.rivlib.net Monday – Friday, 6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. (holidays, summer, etc.); 760-346-5694 In-N-Out Reading Club 2:30 – 9 p.m. (school in session); www.livingdesert.org Enjoy free books and collect coupons for Saturday & Sunday, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. Admission rates: $7.75 children ages 3 – 12; free In-N-Out burgers (maximum three Skate card, elbow & knee pads, children under age 3, free. awards per child) & helmet are required. Regular Hours March 3 – April 14 Skate cards are $5 per year Open daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Teen Tech Week – Princess Party Jr. Zookeeper – Get Up Close & Personal “Geek Out @ Your Library” Ages 3 – 8 Ages 10 – 14 Sunday – Saturday, March 4 – 10 Friday, March 2, 4 – 5:30 p.m. Selected Saturdays through May, 9:30 a.m. – noon $30 members; $40 non-members 14th Annual Libraries are Fun Festival $10 per child Featuring crafts, games, prizes, treats, Information: 760-346-5694, ext. 2505 and the Buster Balloon Show Tiny Tots Wednesday, April 4, 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Ages 3 – 5 SANTA ROSA & SAN JACINTO MTNS Weekdays, 9 a.m. – noon NAT’L MONUMENT VISITOR CENTER Puppets with Grandma Micki Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, $130 per month; 51500 Highway 74 Ages 2 – 7 Tuesday & Thursday, $90 per month 760-862-9984 Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Register at Community Center or online www.desertmountains.org Pajama Tales at www.desertrecreationdistrict.ca.gov Thursday – Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. All ages Closed Wednesdays After-School Clubhouse Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Kindergarten to 8th grade Jr. Trail Guides Explorer Program Pre-School Story Time with Miss Alice Monday – Friday (closed April 2 – 6), 3 – 6 p.m. Children are invited to get outdoors Ages 2 – 7 $25 per month and discover the Monument. Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. – noon, Spring Camp – Spring into Fun “Geology & Geography” Teen Time Ages 5 – 14 Grades 6 – 12 Monday – Friday, April 2 – 6, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. – noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. $90 “Plants & Animals” Lectures: “Mapping Your World” Something for Saturday, March 3, 2 p.m. $5 includes parking Everyone PALM DESERT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS “Getting the Most out of the Internet” Saturday, March 10, 2 p.m. CITY OF PALM DESERT $5 includes parking Palm Desert Civic Center Autism Awareness Event 73510 Fred Waring Drive Special screening of “Autistic-Like: Graham’s Story” 760-346-0611 Saturday, April 21, noon – 3 p.m. www.palm-desert.org $5 includes parking www.cityofpalmdesert.org PDC Annual Golf Classic at Stone Eagle Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. PALM DESERT PUBLIC LIBRARY Information: 760-341-2883, ext. 78118 73300 Fred Waring Drive COACHELLA VALLEY 760-346-6552 ANIMAL CAMPUS www.rivlib.com 72050 Pet Land Place, Thousand Palms Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. 760-343-3644 Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Information: www.rcdas.org Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m. Volunteers needed Closed April 8 Due to pending remodel, Library programs 12th Annual Walk for the Animals are being held at other locations. For more PALM DESERT AQUATIC CENTER Saturday, March 31, 8 a.m. registration information call or visit www.rivlib.net. 73751 Magnesia Falls Drive 9 – 11:30 a.m. 760-565-7467 Palm Desert Civic Center Park Visit the Bookmobile at Civic Center Park on www.pdpool.com Information: www.animalsamaritans.org Sundays from 1 – 5 p.m. and Mondays through Monday – Friday, 5:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. or 760-343-4908 Wednesdays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturdays, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. COLLEGE OF THE DESERT Hunger Games Movie Release Party 43500 Monterey Avenue Sign up now for Spring swim lessons Thursday, March 22, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. 760-346-8041 beginning Friday, March 23 Chefs at the Library www.collegeofthedesert.edu Palm Desert Community Center Recreation Swim Alumni Association Street Fair 43900 San Pablo Avenue Weekdays, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Every weekend starting at 7 a.m. Selected Thursdays at 2 p.m. Weekends 11 – 7 p.m. Information: 760-636-7957 March 1 Chef Brian Altman, Castelli’s Masters Open House/Informational Meeting Closed April 6 Reservations requested by emailing Saturday, March 3, 10 a.m. – noon [email protected] Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts Aqua Zumba Meeting and Free Class Gallery hours are Monday – Thursday, Sunday Sounds Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. – noon noon – 4 p.m. and by appointment. Palm Desert Community Center 43900 San Pablo Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Swim-A-Thon “Desertscapes: A Sense of Place” exhibition Hosted by the Palm Desert Swim Club, Selected Sundays at 2 p.m. of prints by Dennis Johnson and paintings by event includes prizes for all swimmers March 4 Bob Allen, 60s classics the Palm Springs Desert Chapter of the Saturday, March 17 Reservations requested by emailing California Art Club [email protected] March 5 – April 26 PALM DESERT Free opening reception: Geek Academy VISITOR CENTER Wednesday, March 28, 5 - 7 p.m. Offers ongoing computer classes including 73470 El Paseo Gallery hours are Monday – Thursday, social network, digital scrapbooking, and Suite F-7 noon – 4 p.m. and by appointment. music downloading 760-568-1441 Information: www.rivlib.net www.palm-desert.org Annual COD Student Scholarship Exhibition Daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. April 30 – May 24 Free opening reception: CAL STATE UNIVERSITY Wednesday, May 2, 5 – 7 p.m. SAN BERNARDINO Palm Desert Campus Faith n’ Begorra! Fashion Show 37500 Cook Street Saturday, March 17, 6 p.m. 760-341-2883 $125 and $175 Tickets and information: 760-346-3363 http://pdc.csusb.edu Campus Administrative Hours: Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. March 16 – 25, Friday & Saturday 7 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. Closed March 30 $15 general, $13 students and seniors Information: 760-773-2565 Concert: “Classic Broadway Hits” Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m. Great Decisions Lecture Series WESTFIELD PALM DESERT Tuesdays from 4 – 5:30 p.m. 72840 Highway 111 March 6 “Cybersecurity” 760-346-2121 March 13 “Exit from Afghanistan & Iraq” www.westfield.com/palmdesert March 20 “State of the Oceans” March 27 “Indonesia” Silver Sneakers Walking Program April 3 “Energy Geopolitics” Socializing, exercise, and health education. Meet $105 entire series; $18 – $23 for individual on the lower level next to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf lectures at the door Wednesday, March 7, 7:45 a.m. Information and registration: 760-776-7420 or www.collegeofthedesert.edu/pace HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM DESERT Sixth Annual Career and Job Fair 72861 El Paseo Wednesday, March 14, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 760-346-6588 Information: 760-862-1351 www.hspd.org Open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday, Hall of Fame Dinner 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. DESERT WILLOW GOLF RESORT Saturday, April 28, 5 p.m. Volunteers needed Tickets and information: 760-636-7958 38995 Desert Willow Drive Friday Night Lectures Pro shop and tee times: 760-346-7060, ext. 10 Second Annual Auxiliary Golf Tournament at the Portola Community Center General information and hours of operation: Tuesday, April 24 Lectures start at 7 p.m. 760-346-0015 Information: 760-346-3363 March 23 “Season of the Sand Blossoms” www.desertwillow.com

by Peter & Melanie Rhalter Free Faculty Recital Lakeview Terrace Restaurant Friday, April 13, 1 p.m. April 27 “Are They Really Our Birds” Breakfast: 7 – 11 a.m. Information: 760-773-2565 by Dean Zeller Lunch: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Reed Gratz Jazz Composition Spring Gathering of Members Bar Menu: 3 – 6 p.m. Clinic & Concert Sunday, March 25 Vista Bar: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, clinic at 1 p.m.; concert at 7 p.m. Desertscapes Art Extravaganza Cooks Grill Free Open daily, 6 a.m. – 2 p.m. Information: 760-773-2565 Featuring art by Jimmy Swinnerton April 1 – 30 Music and Dining Under the Stars Free Chamber Ensemble Concert Saturday, April 14, noon – 3 p.m., reception and Saturday, March 17 – Special St. Patrick’s Day menu Thursday, April 26, 7 p.m. painting demonstration featuring Oil Painters of Thursday, March 22 – The Flahive Trio Information: 760-773-2565 the Desert Art Center Sunday, April 8 – Special Easter Menu PaCE—Partnership and Community Education JOSLYN CENTER Information: 760-346-0015 For information about cost effective training deliv- 73750 Catalina Way Platinum Club Card ered by experts to agencies and businesses as well 760-340-3220 Valid through May 27, 2012 as computer skills at all levels, health and fitness, www.joslyncenter.org Discounted green fees, club discounts, tee times self defense courses, and online exams on a wide Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. up to 21 days in advance, and much more variety of subjects, please call 760-776-7420. Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Residents: $199; Non-Residents: $299 Closed Sundays Purchase online at THE GARDENS ON EL PASEO www.desertwillow.com/onlinegolfshop & EL PASEO VILLAGE St. Pat’s Party 73545 El Paseo Music by The Debonaires Palm Desert Golf Academy 760-862-1990 Thursday, March 15, 2 – 4 p.m. Open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. $8 Daily Golf Clinics Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. $35 per 50-minute clinic Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. 2012 Runway Event Information: 760-340-4057 Wednesday, April 4, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 14th Annual Wine & Music Series $50 – $85 Saturdays through April 14 Information: 760-340-3220, ext. 107 Wine and cheese receptions at 5:15 p.m. with concerts at 6 p.m. Season Finale Tea Dance $12 donation includes light refreshments Music by The Debonaires and two glasses of wine Thursday, April 5, 2 – 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit local charities. Wednesday Movie Matinee March 3 Newport Crew – American Heart Weekly at 1 p.m. Association Members $2; guests $3 March 10 Nicole Henry – The Academy of Palm (includes fresh, hot popcorn Desert Community Presbyterian Church and beverage) March 17 Will Donato – Gilda’s Club Desert Cities Call Center for film titles March 24 New Rome Quartet – Palm Desert High School Foundation March 31 Alexander Zonjic – United Cerebral Palsy April 7 John Stanley King – Shelter From the Storm April 14 Incendio – YMCA THE LIVING DESERT PALM DESERT 47900 Portola Avenue COMMUNITY CENTER 760-346-5694 43900 San Pablo Avenue www.livingdesert.org 760-568-9697 Admission rates: $14.25 general; $12.75 seniors www.desertrecreationdistrict.ca.gov UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 62+ & military; $7.75 children ages 3 – 12; Monday – Friday, 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. RIVERSIDE/PALM DESERT children under age 3, free Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., closed Sundays CAMPUS Regular Hours Open daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Health Club 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive Hours same as Community Center 760-834-0800 Brew at the Zoo $25 per year for Palm Desert residents www.palmdesert.ucr.edu Saturday, May 5, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Learning in Retirement (LIR) Program Drink beer and save wildlife while enjoying SANTA ROSA & Information: 760-200-8881 incredible appetizers, live blues. SAN JACINTO MTNS $40 members, $55 non-members; NAT’L MONUMENT Osher Lifelong $175 VIP lounge VISITOR CENTER Learning Institute Information: 760-346-5694, ext. 2121 51500 Highway 74 Ignite your passion for learning by taking a course 760-862-9984 Zoobilee! www.desertmountains.org through UC Riverside Proceeds benefit Living Desert animals Open Thursday – Tuesday, Extension’s Osher Lifelong Sunday, March 4, 5 p.m. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Learning Institute: $295 (sponsorships available from $1,500) Closed Wednesdays An Educational Program for Mature Learners Festivities begin at 5:00 p.m. Volunteers needed. Information: 760-834-0997 Information: 760-346-5694 or www.extension.ucr.edu/osher Earth Day Eggs-travaganza Free guided hikes every Thursday and Saturday “A Conversation with Award-winning Exchange a recycled item for a desert plant. from 9 – 11:30 a.m. UCR Authors” MFA Director Tod Goldberg Saturday, April 7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (no hike March 1) in conversation with award-winning UCR Information: 760-346-5694 authors William Rabkin, Deanne Stillman, Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival and Susan Straight exploring e-publishing, MCCALLUM THEATRE Search for wildflowers with free guided hikes, nature walks, kids’ activities, plein-air painting, the literature of the desert southwest, 73000 Fred Waring Drive various workshops, raffles, vendors, and more. and the culture of literary arts today. 760-340-ARTS (2787) Wednesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $20 Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band Information: 760-568-9918 Thursday, April 12, 8 p.m. or 760-862-9984 , religious Discussion with Reza Aslan Happy Trails Dog Adventure scholar and author of "No God But God: Open Call 2012 Talent Competition Thursday & Friday, April 26 & 27, 7 p.m. at Cahuilla Hills Park The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam” Learn about dog-friendly trails Thursday, April 5, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2 & 7 p.m. in the National Monument $20; $85 VIP reception at 5:30 p.m. For a complete schedule of shows and events, Wednesdays, 9 – 11:30 a.m. includes book, reserved seating, and a visit www.mccallumtheatre.com preferred book signing line Desert Mountains Art Faire PALM DESERT AREA Saturday, April 7, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. “Quail Tales: Lessons from Quail CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Weed Warriors about the Origin of Species” 72559 Highway 111 Free lecture presented by Dr. Jennifer Gee Help the monument take on 760-346-6111 Thursday, March 8, 6 p.m. invasive plant species www.pdacc.org Saturdays, March 10 & 24, 8:30 – 11 a.m. Registration required: www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/programs/ Shop Local EXPO at Westfield Palm Desert Star Party events.html or 760-834-0800 Celebrate local businesses with demonstrations, Organized by the Astronomical Society rewards, raffles, and specials from over 70 booths. Palm Desert Public Art Documentary of the Desert Every local purchase is an investment in our Saturday, March 10, 6 – 9 p.m. Film Series schools and other public services. Films screen at 6 p.m. the third Thursday Information: 760-862-9984 March 10, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. of the month through April Information: 760-346-6111 Plein Air Painting The Rape of Europa Workshops Moving documentary tells the story of the Business Breakfast California Impressionist systematic theft, deliberate destruction, Desert Willow Golf Resort Diane McClary and miraculous survival of Europe’s art Tuesday, March 13, 7 – 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 15 & treasures in the Third Reich and Second Wednesday, April 4, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. World War. Mixer at One El Paseo $80 per person March 15 Wednesday, March 21, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Information: 360-840-7676

An Evening of Short Films Profit Connection Business Leads Lunches Star Party Enjoy a series of short films highlighted by Monthly, second and fourth Thursday Organized by the Astronomical Society Dreaming of Spirit Animals: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. of the Desert The Glass Art of Cappy Thompson Chamber Offices Saturday, April 28, 7 – 10 p.m. April 19 Information & reservations: 760-346-6111 Information: 760-862-9984 Registration requested: www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/programs/ events.html or 760-834-0800