The City of Palm Desert's special Veterans Day Celebration will be offered virtually on Wednesday, November 11, at 11 a.m. on both the City’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. The program will feature a keynote speaker from the 7th Marine Regiment at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms as well as a patriotic concert performance.
Palm Springs Art Museum's signature fundraising gala, Art Party, will be held virtually in your home on Friday, December 4. This online event will feature the world premiere of a new performance art piece by internationally acclaimed artist Jeffrey Gibson, as well as a behind-the-scenes studio tour showcasing highlights of his creative process.
Join the City of Palm Desert on December 4 when we host Light Up El Paseo, an event complete with festive lights, a dozen or more holiday-themed inflatables, and sparkling store window displays. This “one night only” event encourages you to take in the sights as you shop, stroll, or drive on El Paseo with your family.
Sunday Sounds has drawn thousands to its concerts over more than a decade This season the series is going virtual, with the Palm Desert Library presenting each week's concert on their YouTube channel, where it will then stream for one week.
Meet the artists who are redefining the tradition of knit and crochet, bringing yarn out of the house and into the world. Reinventing our relationship with this colorful tradition, YARN weaves together wool graffiti artists, circus performers, and structural designers into a visually-striking look at the women who are making a creative stance while building one of modern art's hottest trends.
The Palm Desert Public Art Documentary Film Series continues its season with an online discussion of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene, sold his first painting to Deborah Harry for $200, and became best friends with Andy Warhol.
Everyone is welcome at El Paseo Cruise Night, with or without a classic car! The cool, shiny, lovingly cared-for cars begin arriving around 2 p.m. at the upper level of […]
The annual Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival returns in March with a mix of online activities and individualized outdoor challenges designed to raise awareness of the Coachella Valley’s many wildflowers while encouraging people to explore and support the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.
Palm Desert’s Art Documentary Film Series wraps up its 13th season with an online screening and discussion of Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist. British surrealist Leonora Carrington was a key part of the surrealist movement during its heyday in Paris and yet, until recently, remained a virtual unknown in the country of her birth.
Desert X is a free art installation event with artwork exhibited at multiple locations throughout the Coachella Valley. Desert X explores the desert as both a place and idea, acknowledging the realities of people who reside here and the political, social, and cultural contexts that shape their stories.
WildLights will return to The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens – with a spring twist! Nightly, March 15-28, 2021, WildLights of Spring, will delight guests of all ages with light displays, delicious fare, and memorable moments.
The American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (AmDocs) celebrates and promotes documentary film--and the independent filmmakers who bring knowledge and awareness through their stories about real people and issues.
Palm Desert Visitor Services
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