Get Your Shorts Off! Palm Springs International ShortFest Turns 25
by chris carpenter – Temperatures are heating up in Palm Springs, so shorts will be going on and coming off with abandon this month… short films that is! Approximately 325 of them will be screened during the 25th Anniversary Palm Springs International ShortFest. The largest short film event in North America, ShortFest programmers receive […]
Recognizing Our Strengths at The Stonewall Humanitarian Awards
by tony reverditto – Fifty years ago to the month on June 28, 1969 there was a moment at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall bar in New York City that would change LGBTQ history. When the police raided the bar, Marsha P. Johnson, a black trans-woman, was present and resisted arrest by throwing a shot glass at […]
Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week is a “Bon appéTREAT!”
by tony reverditto – Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week’s “Grab a Bit to Treat” or DINEGPS for short, returns to the Coachella Valley to offer diners a chance to test new restaurants or return to their favorites for special tasting menus. Foodie enthusiasts can plan a self-guided culinary tour with family and friends, getting a […]
Take It Like A Man! Coachella Valley Men’s Chorus Presents ‘Believe: The Music of Cher’
by tony reverditto – The fourth independent community chorus in the Coachella Valley, Modern Men, welcomes all men in the region to share their voices. As they say on their website, “Emerging out of the gay choral movement of the last thirty years, they are an inclusive chorus, that reflect our changing culture, where making […]
Memories of The Dinah
the “L” effect by morgan m. hurley – I am both excited and honored to have been asked to write a column for The Rage Monthly. Be sure to watch this space every quarter for my musings.For this inaugural April issue, I’d be remiss not to muse on what is without a doubt the busiest […]
Evening Under The Stars: Making a Difference… One Person at a Time
by joel martens – Originally founded in 1991 by Gloria Greene, Jeannette Rockefeller and a small group of concerned citizens, the AIDS Assistance Program tasked itself with the goal of helping the most at-risk, low-income members of the Greater Palm Springs community devastated by HIV/AIDS. A testimony to the difference one person can make, Greene […]
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GLOBAL LGBT REPRESENTATION A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID ANSEN by tim parks Since its inception in 1990, the Palm Springs International Film Festival has grown by leaps and bounds, becoming one of the most pre-eminent film festivals in the world. The five-day affair was originally spearheaded by the late Sonny Bono, mayor of the desert city […]