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Taylor Fritz: Is He the One?

By Cezar Greif | Mar 7, 2023

Twenty years. That’s how long it’s been since an American tennis player last won a Grand Slam tournament – Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open.

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The Other Side of Utopia

By Cezar Greif | Sep 23, 2022

Though Harry Styles may be the marquee name attached to Don’t Worry Darling, the real star is the architecture of Palm Springs.

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The Long and Short of ShortFest

By Cezar Greif | Jun 9, 2022

Two hundred and ninety-five. That’s how many short films will be shown at this year’s ShortFest, Palm Springs’ short films festival.

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Smokey Robinson back in the saddle at Stagecoach Festival

By Cezar Greif | Apr 1, 2022

Smokey Robinson is playing the Stagecoach Festival, which makes perfect sense if you know how he got the nickname “Smokey.” “When I was three or four years old, I loved cowboys and wanted to be one, so my uncle gave me the nickname ‘Smokey Joe,’” he explains.

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Desirae Krawczyk, Queen of the Desert

By Cezar Greif | Mar 1, 2022

Here in the desert, we’re lucky enough to have the BNP Paribas Open, also known by many as Indian Wells, the biggest tennis tournament in the world outside of the four Grand Slams. The only thing missing was a homegrown tennis champion.

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Cameron Silver’s Decades of Fashion

By Cezar Greif | Mar 1, 2022

Los Angeles has no past. It hasn’t been around for centuries, like most major cities, only for decades.

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The Book of Michael Feinstein

By Cezar Greif | Dec 17, 2021

Renowned jazz singer Michael Feinstein was a young man, playing piano and singing in clubs when he met Ira Gershwin and his life changed.

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Johnny Mathis’s Wonderful Life

By Cezar Greif | Dec 17, 2021

Johnny Mathis’ career reads like a Guinness book of records, with each number more impressive than the next: at 86 years old, he’s been in show business for the last 65 years, 73 of his records have charted, and he’s released 200 singles! Soul, rhythm and blues, country, soft rock, disco, blues, show tunes – he’s covered almost every genre!