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April1 st , 2023 Serving Cathedral City | Coachella | Desert Hot Springs<br />
Indian Wells | Indio | La Quinta | Palm Desert | Palm Springs | Rancho Mirage<br />
PALM SPRINGS<br />
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REPORTER: Adam EMAIL: adamsartexpose@gmail.com ADAMSARTEXPOSE’<br />
A BLACK WOMAN CARTOONIST WHO ESTABLISHED A<br />
SPECIAL VOICE FOR BLACK WOMEN<br />
Considering recent Supreme Court<br />
decisions in the U.S. women have been<br />
losing their freedom of decision-making<br />
in child rearing and personal health<br />
care.<br />
One Black woman, Barbara Brandon-<br />
Croft had established a voice for Black<br />
Women and in so doing for all women<br />
regarding issues pertaining specifically to<br />
the female agenda. Barbara Brandon-<br />
Croft is the daughter of Brumsic Brandon<br />
who was a newspaper cartoonist who<br />
produced the cartoon strip Luther.<br />
Luther was a nationally syndicated<br />
comic strip about African American<br />
children and the struggle for racial<br />
equality. The title Luther was inspired by<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was last<br />
published in 1986.<br />
Barbara grew up watching her father<br />
working on the kitchen table drawing<br />
the Luther comic strips. She enjoyed<br />
drawing and was recruited to add zip<br />
atone coloring to her father’s comic<br />
strips when she was in middle school.<br />
It was not her intention to become<br />
a cartoonist. One of her first jobs<br />
was working for the Black women’s<br />
magazine Essence. The editor liked her<br />
drawings and hired her to do a monthly<br />
cartoon. This is where the cartoon strip,<br />
“Where I’m Coming From” originated.<br />
Regrettably, the magazine went out of<br />
business before her first cartoon was run.<br />
The cartoon strip was composed of nine<br />
characters who were primarily talking<br />
heads each with their own personality.<br />
The actual first publication of Barbara’s<br />
comic strip was in the Detroit Free Press<br />
and was then picked up by Universal<br />
Press Syndicate and was found in<br />
newspapers in the U.S., Canada, South<br />
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Interested in the intersection of science and policy in the<br />
desert? Join us at 5 p.m. April 4 for the Coachella Valley<br />
Science Policy Showcase and find out how the<br />
brightest minds hope to solve the desert’s most<br />
pressing issues. events.ucr.edu<br />
What makes this different from most of<br />
of 5-minute lightning presentations and Q&A<br />
for your choice too!<br />
Each of the six PhD students will pitch their research and policy ideas<br />
pollution, water conservation, and state budget equity and healthcare.<br />
our programs? This policy pitch competition consists<br />
by a panel of judges. Also you’ll be able to vote<br />
on relevant topics like light<br />
Our esteemed judges for this event are:<br />
• Laura James, Vice President of Innovation, Coachella Valley Economic Partnership<br />
• Karina Quintanilla, Mayor Pro Tem Palm Desert<br />
• Oscar Ortiz, Mayor of Indio, and Director of Education, Friends of the Desert Mountains<br />
• Ann Cheney, UCR Associate Professor, Director, HABLAMoS, Faculty Supervisor Coachella Valley Free<br />
Clinic<br />
• David Pearson, Managing Director, UCR EPIC Entrepreneurial Programs and Life Sciences Incubator<br />
After the judges select the winners, we’ll also announce the audience choice award. Then stay a while and enjoy a casual reception<br />
with the scientists!<br />
Please join us for what is certain to be a fun and fascinating event. You’ll find a link to RSVP below.<br />
As always, take care, and we’ll see you soon.<br />
— The UCR Palm Desert Center team<br />
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For Immediate Release<br />
<strong>March</strong> 23, 2023<br />
Contact: info@desert-stonewall.org<br />
David Weiner, Chair, Desert Stonewall Democrats<br />
DESERT STONEWALL DEMOCRATS CONDEMNS HOMOPHOBIC SLUR USED BY DESERT HOT SPRINGS MAYOR P<br />
TEM ROGER NUÑEZ<br />
Palm Springs — Desert Stonewall Democrats strongly condemns the use of homophobic slurs by City of Deser<br />
Hot Springs Mayor Pro Tem Roger Nuñez. We are deeply troubled by reports of Mr. Nuñez's use of a highly<br />
derogatory reference to Gay men in an email communication to another Elected official. This incident is<br />
particularly appalling given that Mr. Nuñez received the endorsement of Desert Stonewall Democrats, the on<br />
LGBTQ Democratic club in the Coachella Valley, for his campaign for Desert Hot Springs City Council in 2020.<br />
We commend Desert Hot Springs Mayor Scott Matas for his swift action in replacing Mr. Nuñez on a panel<br />
representing the City and holding public meetings on the planned College of the Desert Palm Springs Campus<br />
Mr. Nuñez's use of a homophobic slur calls into question his ability to represent his LGBTQ constituents in De<br />
Hot Springs and to deal impartially with decisions impacting the proposed COD campus in the City of Palm<br />
Springs, which is known internationally for its robust LGBTQ population.<br />
As the Coachella Valley's leading LGBTQ political organization, we strongly condemn the use of language that<br />
disparages, oppresses, or marginalizes any community or group of people. We will continue to stand in solida<br />
with those who are subject to “othering” and discrimination such as the words used by Mr. Nuñez. Such lang<br />
is never acceptable, and we call on Mr. Nuñez to publicly apologize to ALL of the people and organizations th<br />
have supported, endorsed, and/or voted for him in the past. We will not be silent, and we will not support an<br />
candidate who chooses to carelessly use abusive language, which normalizes hate speech.<br />
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Palm Springs Celebrates 85 Years!<br />
Cruisin’ Through The Years<br />
The City of Palm Springs 85th Anniversary<br />
Celebration will be held on Saturday, April<br />
8th from 11:30am to 9:00 pm in Downtown<br />
Palm Springs and the Downtown Park.<br />
Palm Springs was Incorporated April 20, 1938.<br />
This year marks the 85th anniversary.<br />
There will be a vintage car parade with so<br />
many cars it’s a Guinness Book of World<br />
Records attempt. (For inquiries on the vintage<br />
car parade, please contact Keith McCormick).<br />
Entertainment begins at noon with Elton John<br />
tribute band in the downtown park beginning<br />
at 7 pm. Dress your pet like your favorite<br />
Hollywood celebrity for the dog costume<br />
contest.<br />
Sightings : Palm Springs celebrity visits occur<br />
often, and we protect their privacy so they<br />
return and others, like Jason Stuart - sends us a<br />
press release every visit. We love them all! They<br />
are fun, and they play with us like we are their<br />
toys. I...never minded.<br />
Another time current owner Rob, introduced<br />
Timothy Ray Brown, who was in the crowd.<br />
Brown as most know was the first person cured<br />
of HIV and traveled the world like Johnny<br />
Appleseed to provide “Timmy seeds,” which<br />
supported significant HIV research. Sadly Tim<br />
recently passed in Palm Springs. But on that<br />
night, Rob matched the sentiment of scientists<br />
worldwide have said for years,.<br />
Celeb visits are a routine occurrence as many<br />
famous people often show up to support the<br />
LGBT community. Pride and the upcoming<br />
Harvey Milk breakfast can attest to that. So it<br />
is normal and fitting that we voted Tool Shed<br />
the best Gay and Dive bar in Palm Springs ( Full<br />
disclosure Tool Shed was a founding supporter<br />
of this gay community and the DDG advertiser<br />
for many years.) They have always been a<br />
welcoming, gay-affirming, relaxed bar by day,<br />
but at night things get different. Not off the<br />
tracks, it becomes a traditional leather bar at<br />
night for hawks, doves, and those who adore<br />
them.<br />
Voted the Best Bingo bar and Tool Shed’s<br />
Tuesday Tunes, get many celeb fans enjoying<br />
hosts Dj Corey’s and Larry Atello’s while<br />
affirming our place in the world.<br />
So It is not surprising the Tool Shed Bar gets<br />
its share. I still remember and have pictures of<br />
the warm sands sting victory party. I delivered<br />
my magazine and prepared my pitch for the<br />
human rights legal team’s warm sands gay<br />
rights victory party, called the “Warm Sands<br />
Stand.” The owner Chris said yes, you had me<br />
at Warm Sands! Many great events happened<br />
both inside and behind that bar, when they<br />
rope off the crowd and have at it and find it a<br />
tight fit, to get all those men inside one little<br />
area. But they do it and back lot parties brings<br />
villagers from miles around.<br />
the best of our community.<br />
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We have many great gay and gay-friendly<br />
places, but Warm Sands, itself mirrors its<br />
Flagship Tool Shed bar, as an exceptional<br />
and very walkable must-stay on gay bucket<br />
lists worldwide. With fabulous Resorts, the<br />
Tool Shed, Gear Leather and Fetish,OffRamp<br />
leathers, and Q trading. There is no need to<br />
pack at all. You can get everything here!<br />
Congratulations, Warm Sands, you represent<br />
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Africa, and Barbados.<br />
The strip was unique in the way it was<br />
presented, showing only talking heads<br />
with no background images, sometimes<br />
with hands added for expression. The<br />
strip was unusual in newspapers where<br />
of which have been shown in Drawn<br />
and Quarterly. A few of her cartoon<br />
characters can be found on Instagram<br />
at @barbarabrandoncroft.<br />
it was shown. Most cartoon strips did<br />
not have any black characters other<br />
than Franklin in Peanuts and Lt. Flap in<br />
Beetle Bailey. Earlier cartoons that had<br />
any Black characters were primarily<br />
featured in racist negative situations.<br />
Descriptions of Barbara’s strips have<br />
included comments such as “ loud”,<br />
“unapologetic” and telling the “truth”,<br />
commenting on issues of Black women,<br />
women in general, and political events.<br />
A book recently out titled “Where I’m<br />
Coming From”, is a retrospective of her<br />
cartoon strips<br />
Barbara’s cartoons are not found in<br />
newspapers today, last published in<br />
2006. She still creates some strips some<br />
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The model is swinging on the rim of an old wagon wheel. Spring is in the air and<br />
greenery is popping up. In the first painting, he is beginning to sit on the wheel.<br />
In the second painting, he has found a way to be comfortably curled inside the wheel.<br />
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BAR| FOOD | RESORTS<br />
Cathedral City<br />
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The Barracks<br />
Runway<br />
Sunshine Cafe<br />
AMP Sports Lounge<br />
Roost<br />
Trunks<br />
Studio One 11<br />
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Playoffs Sports Bar<br />
Palm Springs<br />
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Eagle 501 Bar<br />
Rio Azul<br />
Tool Shed<br />
Toucan’s<br />
Streetbar<br />
Oscar’s<br />
Chill bar<br />
Hunters<br />
Stacy’s<br />
BlackBook<br />
QUADZ<br />
RetroRoom<br />
Resorts<br />
CCBC<br />
Triangle Inn<br />
Descanso<br />
All Worlds Resort<br />
Desert Paradise<br />
Resort<br />
LA DOLCE VITA<br />
RESORT & SPA<br />
THE HACIENDA<br />
AT WARM SANDS<br />
Shopping<br />
Q trading<br />
Gear<br />
Off Ramp Leathers<br />
Gay Mart<br />
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Gear Leather and Fetish 760-322-3363<br />
We carry only the finest quality leather and fetish<br />
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Great selection of consignment items. 650 E. Sunny<br />
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GENERAL SERVICES<br />
Red’s Hauling. We remove trash and<br />
unwanted items. Garage clean outs.<br />
Red 760-288-6956<br />
Directory<br />
NATURIST<br />
Family DeAnza Desert Sun Resort<br />
Starland Community Desert retreat<br />
Sea Mountain Luxury Nude Resort and<br />
Spa Hotel DHS<br />
SOCAL Nude beaches which are also<br />
called “free beach”, or “clothingoptional”.<br />
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and beneath the Torrey Pines bluffs.<br />
Pirate’s Cove, Avila Beach<br />
Corona Del Mar is one of California’s<br />
best nude beaches.<br />
Transgender Community Transcc.Org<br />
Palm Springs Gay<br />
Men’s Chorus 760-219-2077<br />
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert<br />
760 272-5553<br />
Palm Springs Pride<br />
Pspride.Org<br />
Prime Timers of the Desert<br />
760-424-8014.<br />
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Welcome!<br />
WORSHIP WITH US IN PERSON<br />
SUNDAYS AT 10 AM<br />
3601 E. Mesquite Ave, Palm Springs<br />
Demuth Community Center<br />
God’s Love &<br />
Good Works.<br />
760.327.3802<br />
www.bloominthedesert.org<br />
WORSHIP WITH US ONLINE<br />
SUNDAYS AT 10 AM<br />
Facebook<br />
Bloom in the Desert Ministries UCC<br />
REPLAY ANYTIME<br />
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Zoom Mass every Saturday at 4:30.<br />
Call or 442-282-8389 or visit stgilesaltadena.org for more details.<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
Directory<br />
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS<br />
Thursday nights VILLAGEFEST takes place<br />
in downtown Palm Springs on Palm<br />
Canyon Drive every. villagefest.org<br />
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum<br />
760-329-7610<br />
McCallum Adobe 760-323-8297<br />
Indian Canyons 760-323-6018<br />
Palm Springs Aerial Tram<br />
760-325-1449<br />
Palm Springs Air Museum<br />
760-778-6262<br />
Palm Springs Art Museum<br />
760-325-7186<br />
Sunnylands<br />
760-328-2829<br />
Patton Memorial Museum 760-227-3483<br />
Joshua Tree National park 760-367-5500<br />
FREE COMMUNITY LISTINGS<br />
AAP - Food Samaritans (760) 325-8481<br />
Eisenhower HIV Clinic (760) 834-7930<br />
Borrego Health (Stonewall Medical<br />
Center) Cathedral City 760-507-3310<br />
Veterans Records https://vetrecs.<br />
archives.gov/VeteranRequest/home.<br />
html for vet or family or with written<br />
authorization.<br />
Lgbt community center<br />
760-416-7790 thecenterps.org<br />
American cancer society<br />
800-227-2345<br />
Coachella Valley sexual assault<br />
(760) 568-9071<br />
Desert Legal aid: 760-832-9770<br />
Stonewall democrats:<br />
desert-stonewall.org<br />
Desert winds freedom band<br />
760 776-2700Gay artists -760 835 0727<br />
Transgender Community Transcc.org<br />
Palm Springs Gay<br />
Men’s Chorus 760-219-2077<br />
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert<br />
760 272-5553<br />
Send your community listings<br />
to will@desertdailyguide.com<br />
DAP/ DOCK Clinic (760) 992-0492<br />
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Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce<br />
Announces Walk of the Stars Palm Springs to<br />
Honor<br />
Edgar Rice Burroughs<br />
(Protest: The right claims his Tarzan and Jane<br />
had married before they started cohabiting in<br />
the treetops. ) mean kids would be hurt!<br />
Palm Springs, CA – <strong>March</strong> 22nd, 2023 – Palm<br />
Springs Chamber of Commerce will honor<br />
author Edgar Rice Burroughs, with the 459th<br />
star on the Walk of the Stars Palm Springs in the<br />
category of Literary. The star will be unveiled<br />
in the Downtown Palm Springs Park on<br />
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. The Star<br />
Dedication Ceremony is open to the public.<br />
Ann Sheffer<br />
Palm Springs, CA – <strong>March</strong> 29th, 2023 – Palm<br />
Springs Chamber of Commerce will honor<br />
public arts visionary and humanitarian, Ann<br />
Sheffer, with the 460th star on the Walk of<br />
the Stars Palm Springs in the category of<br />
Humanitarian. The star will be unveiled in the<br />
Downtown Palm Springs Park on Wednesday,<br />
April 12th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. The Star<br />
Dedication Ceremony is open to the public.<br />
Fedorova-Latso on April 4, 2023, 7pm at the<br />
Palm Springs Cultural Center. The evening will<br />
feature piano duets composed and arranged<br />
for four hands on one piano. Attendees are<br />
encouraged to come early and socialize<br />
with fellow chamber music enthusiasts.<br />
General Admission tickets are $20 and can be<br />
purchased on Eventbrite or at the Palm Springs<br />
Cultural Center Box Office during business<br />
hours from 4pm - 8pm. The Palm Springs<br />
Cultural Center is located at 2300 E. Baristo Rd,<br />
Palm Springs, CA 92262.<br />
Cinema Meets Standup: Bad Movie Bashing<br />
Returns to the Palm Springs Cultural Center!<br />
In the vein of cult favorite TV show Mystery<br />
Science Theatre 3000 and Rifftrax, local comedy<br />
team Bad News From Outer Space returns<br />
for their second season at the Palm Springs<br />
Cultural Center! Celebrate Easter and 2023’s<br />
Year of the Rabbit with the quintessential giant<br />
bunny monster movie, Night of the Lepus!<br />
When a science experiment turns the cuddliest<br />
creatures into massive beasts, the world has<br />
only one option: RUN AWAY! Join the monster<br />
mayhem on Easter Sunday, April 9th at 8:00PM!<br />
Support Drag Events coming up:<br />
Rally, Tuesday, April 18, Forever Marilyn, 5 p.m.<br />
donation link: https://secure.actblue.com/<br />
donate/drag4drag<br />
FAMED HUSBAND AND WIFE PIANO DUO TO<br />
APPEAR ON APRIL 4 AT THE PALM SPRINGS<br />
CULTURAL CENTER<br />
Giorgi Latso and Anna Fedorova-Latso will<br />
perform multiple four hand piano duos,<br />
including local composer J. GIARRUSSO’S<br />
‘Serenade’ for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 66<br />
The CV Philharmonic Society and the Palm<br />
Springs Cultural Center are pleased to<br />
announce a special performance by famed<br />
Husband and Wife Piano Duo, Giorgi and Anna RSVP NOW! arraehealth.com<br />
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*Event is open to the community to meet our<br />
doctor and staff. We hope this will be a great<br />
opportunity for everyone to learn more about<br />
our passion for better personalized primary<br />
care.<br />
Cerebrate Women’s History Month<br />
This Women’s History Month reminds us to<br />
be mindful and reflect on our moms and all<br />
women who will and have shaped the fight for<br />
a more fair democracy. From leading the fight<br />
against gerrymandering to facing down the Big<br />
Money groups pushing an Article V convention<br />
to expand our right to vote, the women of<br />
Common Cause are battling voter suppression<br />
and anti-democratic forces head-on at all<br />
levels. commoncause.org<br />
Womans History trivia!<br />
Which artist was known for her self-portraits<br />
and depiction of Mexican folk culture?<br />
1. Tamara De Lempicka<br />
2. Frida Kahlo<br />
3. Teresa Burga<br />
Answer inside back cover,<br />
Fun Finds on the Web.<br />
Last week we got an email from the folks at<br />
shoppshomeboys.com with some cool PS<br />
HomeBoys merch. They have a midcentury<br />
modern furniture showroom that offers<br />
wallpaper and art by local artists in Palm<br />
Springs.<br />
OR pineapple tumbler<br />
Like This VW Bus<br />
Indoor/Outdoor Bar<br />
Assorted<br />
The Harvey Milk Coachella Valley Diversity<br />
Breakfast is Proud to Recognize<br />
Nicole M. Ramirez with the 2023 Legacy Award<br />
(Palm Springs, CA) <strong>March</strong> 29, 2023… The<br />
Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast Committee<br />
announces that Commissioner Nicole M.<br />
Ramirez, Queen Mother of the Americas<br />
International Imperial Court System U.S.A. –<br />
Canada – Mexico will receive this year’s Harvey<br />
B. Milk Legacy Award at the 11th Annual<br />
Coachella Valley Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast<br />
on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at 8:30 AM at the<br />
Palm Springs Convention Center. The Harvey<br />
Milk Diversity Breakfast is a Palm Springs Pride<br />
organization program.<br />
For Those who like it deeper<br />
Sadly, because science remains a mystery for<br />
many, we did not realize our Berlin Patient Tim’s<br />
many contributions. He should be inducted in<br />
the Palm Springs Walk Of Stars with others like<br />
Tom Swann, who imagined and delivered the<br />
nation’s FIRST and ONLY Gay veterans memorial<br />
as a state monument!<br />
Saying “We could build a wall of bricks with the<br />
names of the extraordinary contributions of<br />
LGBT folks.”<br />
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Tom casting our LGBT humanity in stone!<br />
bullying, social isolation, or rejection because<br />
of their sexuality.<br />
Other things, such as their age, religion, where<br />
they live, and their ethnicity can add extra<br />
complications to an already difficult situation.<br />
How talking therapy can help<br />
It might not be easy, but getting help with<br />
issues you’re struggling to deal with on your<br />
own is one of the most important things you<br />
can do.<br />
Every issue of the DDG contains support and<br />
groups that stand ready to assist you or for a<br />
friend. We thank our advertisers support to<br />
provide it.<br />
I try to keep things light but recent sustained<br />
attacks on the LGBT community has reached<br />
the higest level of government and profoundly<br />
saddened me. Some of us remember well the<br />
sacrifice we endured for living while different.<br />
Places like Warm Sands grew from the ashes<br />
of hate and isolation to become a tremendous<br />
sustaining community economic system for our<br />
gay wanderers. The Palm Springs experiment<br />
is working, one place that welcomes all people<br />
and can self-correct. But its not fix size fits all<br />
each individual is impacted diferently.<br />
According to a UK NHS study Mental health<br />
problems such as depression or self-harm can<br />
affect any of us, but they’re more common<br />
among people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual<br />
and trans (LGBT).<br />
This may be linked to LGBT people’s experience<br />
of discrimination, homophobia or transphobia,<br />
“Love him and let him love you. Do you think<br />
anything else under heaven really matters?” –<br />
James Baldwin<br />
“If I wait for someone else to validate my<br />
existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging<br />
myself.” – Zanele Muholi<br />
If you help elect more gay people, that gives<br />
a green light to all who feel disenfranchised a<br />
green light to move forward.” – Harvey Milk<br />
If a transvestite doesn’t say I’m gay and I’m<br />
proud and I’m a transvestite, then nobody else<br />
is going to hop up there and say I’m gay and<br />
I’m proud and I’m a transvestite for them.” –<br />
Marsha P. Johnson<br />
“The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I’m<br />
gay.” – Troy Perry<br />
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Michelangelo’s statue of David Image suitable for framing. 5x8<br />
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Free live music starts at 7:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday<br />
night. Beer and fun drink specials that are often themed to the<br />
bands that are performing are offered weekly.<br />
Guests must be 18 years or older to rock out.<br />
THE ROCK YARD FREE CONCERT SERIES<br />
RETURNS TO FANTASY SPRINGS WITH THE<br />
NATION’S BEST TRIBUTE BANDS ON MARCH<br />
10, 2023<br />
Feb. 28, 2023 – INDIO, CA – The Rock Yard concert series at<br />
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino returns to the famed outdoor<br />
stage for the 2023 season with a stellar line-up of the country’s<br />
best tribute acts and cover bands.<br />
The FREE concert series kicks off on Friday, <strong>March</strong> 10 with<br />
Journey tribute band, Don’t Stop Believing and cover band<br />
Almost Famous opening the show.<br />
In keeping with tradition, the ‘Rock Yard on Steroids’ edition<br />
features the return of Danny Seraphine and CTA of Chicago fame<br />
on April 7 and rockers Puddle of Mudd later in the season. Other<br />
notable acts will be announced in the coming weeks.<br />
The Rock Yard outdoor venue features a recently expanded stage<br />
in an amphitheater-style setting where music revelers can enjoy<br />
exciting concerts with state-of-the-art sound systems. This<br />
season features tributes to iconic rock bands such as Van Halen,<br />
Journey, AC/DC, and Metallica along with fan favorites like the<br />
Beastie Boys, Duran Duran, and Depeche Mode.<br />
LINE UP:<br />
MAR 10 - Don’t Stop Believing (Journey tribute) w/ Almost<br />
Famous<br />
MAR 11 - Grand Royale (Beastie Boys tribute)w/ Brobots<br />
MAR 17 - Hollywood U2 (U2 tribute) w/ Know Illusion<br />
MAR 18 - Damage Inc. (Metallica tribute) w/ Rock Stallion<br />
MAR 24 - The Who Generation (The Who tribute) w/ Dick the<br />
Citizen<br />
MAR 25 - Which One’s Pink (Pink Floyd tribute) w/ Steel Rod<br />
MAR 31 - Arena & INXS’D (Duran Duran & INXS tributes) w/<br />
and Steel Rod<br />
APR 1 - Strangelove (Depeche Mode tribute) w/ Pandora’s<br />
Rock<br />
APR 7 - Danny Seraphine – CTA w/ Anthem Road<br />
APR 8 - Atomic Punks (Van Halen tribute) w/ Saints of Las<br />
Vegas<br />
APR 14 - Turn the Page (Bob Seger tribute) w/ Lifetime<br />
Rockers<br />
APR 15 - Bonfire (AC/DC tribute) w/ Electric Ash<br />
APR 21 - Fortunate Son (CCR/John Fogerty tribute) w/ The<br />
Refills<br />
APR 22 - Mick Adams and The Stones (Rolling Stones tribute)<br />
w/ Triple 7<br />
APR 28 - Twisted Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac tribute) w/ Titans of<br />
Rock<br />
APR 29 - Motley Inc. (Motley Crue tribute) w/ Almost<br />
Famous<br />
Additional dates will be added soon!<br />
For more information, contact Fantasy Springs Resort Casino at<br />
(800) 827-2946 and online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com<br />
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