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Volume 67 | Number 24
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
From Broadway with Love...Backwards Join your favorite performers for this Valentine’s celebration!
In This Issue
Getting the COVID Vaccine..................2 Why President’s Day?..........................3 Social Distant Valentine’s Day................4 Saucey Creole Shrimp Recipe..............5
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alm Canyon Theatre will present a Valentinethemed concert fundraiser, “From Broadway with Love… Backwards,” with about 21 performers including many favorite company members and special guests. Although the concert is an annual fundraiser for the 24-year-old theatre, this year – with so many things a little different – PCT decided to “flip the script.” During the concert, men will sing songs originally written for women, and women will sing songs originally written for men. This twist allows performers a rare opportunity to interpret Broadway numbers they would likely never be cast to sing. The two day streaming event will fill people’s hearts and souls with everything from traditional ballads to fun, unconventional love songs. Each uniquely crafted performance and video recording will be a new “favorite” for the “athome” audience, who can watch the program at their leisure – and even more than once – over a twoday period from February 12-13.
1. ANATOMY: What is the hardest substance in the human body?
Lizzie Schmelling and Christian Quevedo are among the talent performing in “From Broadway with Love… Backwards.”
Among the local talent performing some of Broadway’s most memorable love songs from their homes and socially distanced on the PCT stage are Se Layne, Ron Coronado, Julie Rosser Balbini, Allegra Angelo, Christian Quevedo, Anthony Nannini, Jaci Davis, Morgana Corelli, Michael Pacas, Marcia Harp, Sarah Hagar, Michele Davis and Laurie Holmes. Because of the “at-home” format, some performers are from outside the valley, including Jay Espano from Chicago and Jenn Paulk from Florida. Derik Shopinski and Virginia Sulick will host the show, with direction by Derik Shopinski.
Jaci Davis is the show’s musical director, with post production by Anthony Nannini. All performers are donating their time and talents to benefit PCT, which is the oldest live stage production company in the Coachella Valley. Tickets for this streaming show are $25 and are available for two day only on Showtix4U.com, which is also the platform to view the recorded production! From Broadway with Love… Backwards is available for streaming for the 48-hour period between 12 a.m. on February 12 through 11:59 p.m. on February 13. Purchase at: showtix4u.com/event-details/46332
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens reopens The Living Desert has resumed select amenities and attractions, in addition to the 500 amazing animals and more than 50 botanical gardens, private safari tours, giraffe feeding, Wildlife Wonders Show, carousel, and the Zoo’s res-
• Baked beans aren’t baked. They’re stewed. • OMG, the popular acronym for “Oh my God,” was first used in writing in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917, by John Arbuthnot Fisher, a retired Admiral of the British Navy, who said, “I hear that
taurants take-away service will reopen under the State of California’s lift of the ‘stay at home order’ and Riverside County’s return to the Purple Tier. The Living Desert is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with last
admission at 4 p.m. Advanced reservations are required and tickets can be purchased online at LivingDesert.org. The Living Desert will continue its COVID-safe operating practices. For more info., visit website.
a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis, O.M.G. (Oh! My God!).”
we’re having a good time. The rest happen when we’re in pain, embarrassed, uncomfortable, horrified or even miserable!
• Horrormeister Stephen King has triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) and won’t stop writing if he’s on the page number is 13 or a multiple of it. • A singing birthday card has more computer power than the entire Allied Army of World War II. • Researchers have found that there are 19 different types of smiles, but only six occur when
• After he seized power in Cuba, Fidel Castro banned the board game Monopoly and ordered every set to be destroyed. • Genoan sailors were known colloquially as “Genes” and wore cotton pants, which is where we get the word “jeans.” (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.
2. GEOGRAPHY: Off which U.S. state’s coast is Santa Catalina Island located? 3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to hold a press conference? 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many breaths does the average human being take in one day? 5. MOVIES: Which movie featured the Seal song “Kiss From a Rose”? 6. U.S. STATES: A city in this state became the first in the world to install a parking meter? 7. ANCIENT WORLD: Before he became a philosopher, what was Socrates’ profession? 8. LANGUAGE: What is the only letter that does NOT appear in any of the U.S. states’ names? 9. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of giraffes called? 10. LITERATURE: Which dystopian 1950s novel was originally titled “The Fireman”? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6