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Christmas with the Crawfords

Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs 1600 N Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA, United States

This riotous camp classic is based on the actual Christmas Eve live radio broadcast from the Crawford family’s Brentwood mansion in 1949. Filled with exaggerated silver screen icons, this mash-up musical parody is a loving homage to Hollywood’s “Golden Age” and features appearances of Tinsel Town divas such as Judy Garland, Carmen Miranda, Gloria Swanson, Hedda Hopper and the Andrews Sisters.

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Les Misérables

McCallum Theatre 73000 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA, United States

Cameron Mackintosh presents the acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables. This brilliant staging has taken the world by storm and has been hailed as “a reborn dream of a production” (Daily Telegraph).

31st Annual Tamale Festival

Miles Avenue Park 82540 Miles Avenue, Indio

For over 30 years, the Tamale Festival has been a cherished tradition in historic Downtown Indio, enchanting the Coachella Valley with its vibrant celebration. Proudly holding two Guinness World Records for the biggest Tamale and largest Tamale festival, it has earned recognition as one of the nation's "top ten food festivals" by The Food Network. Not to mention, a visit from the iconic Huell Howser with an episode of Visiting, taped live at the 1997 Indio International Tamale Festival.

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St. Margret’s Friends of Music

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church 47535 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, United States

St. Margaret's Friends of Music is a proud supporter of music in our valley by presenting the best in quality music programming for the desert community. 

Theresa Caputo Live! The Experience

Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 32250 Bob Hope Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Theresa Caputo has been seeing, feeling, and sensing Spirit since the age of four, but it wasn’t until her 20s that she learned to communicate with souls in Heaven. After suffering from debilitating anxiety and trying to manage it on her own, Theresa came in touch with a spiritual healer who told her she was suppressing Spirit’s energy, which caused a lot of her anxiety. She then decided to use her gift to deliver healing messages that would help people learn, grow, and embrace life.

$75 – $200

Peter Hillary

McCallum Theatre 73000 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA, United States

McCallum Theatre kicks off its own new Adventure Series with one of the world's most celebrated explorers. Peter Hillary’s life is a testament to setting goals and achieving them. His skill, driving ambition, and good judgment have enabled him to summit mountains and survive ferocious storms and avalanches. He is a communicator, a storyteller, and a skilled assessor of what works and what doesn’t in critical situations.

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Let it Rain by Ed Friedman

Unitarian Universal Church of the Desert 72425 Vía Vail,, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Putting on a classic American play should be easy for an established community theatre. Not so when there are competing agendas among participants, as well as community stakeholders.

$15 – $120

Kevin Smith

Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage 32250 Bob Hope Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and comic book writer. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob, characters who also appeared in Smith’s later films Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Clerks III (2022) which are set primarily in his home state of New Jersey.

$25 – $75

The Peking Acrobats

McCallum Theatre 73000 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA, United States

Since their debut in 1986, the Peking Acrobats have redefined the perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They are masters of agility and grace with their amazing contortion, flexibility and control.

Selected Shorts

McCallum Theatre 73000 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert, CA, United States

One of public radio's most popular programs, Selected Shorts is a live theatrical experience with a simple premise: take great stories by well-known and emerging writers and have them brought to life by terrific actors of stage and screen. Whether featuring stories around a lively theme, the favorite works of a guest author, or a special collaboration, each Selected Shorts event is a unique night of literature in performance. 

Life, Love, and the Pursuit by Shelly Cheseter

Unitarian Universal Church of the Desert 72425 Vía Vail,, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States

Maxine Stafford, 67, meets the very successful 55-year-old writer, Ryan Allen Squire. As Maxine attempts to play matchmaker for Ryan, the two develop a very unlikely friendship that changes both of their lives forever.

$15 – $120

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