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2017 CVMA PHOTOGRAPHER NOMINEES

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Publisher & Editor Tracy Dietlin Art Director Robert Chance Sales Team Morgan James Classified Manager & Nightlife Editor Phil Lacombe Features Writer Lisa Morgan, Rich Henrich, Heidi Simmons, Denise Ortuno Neil, Judith Salkin, Avery Wood Writers/Contributors: Robin Simmons, Rick Riozza, Craig Michaels, Bronwyn Ison, Haddon Libby, Janet McAfee, Rachel Montoya, Dale Gribow, Raymond Bill, Sam DiGiovanna, Rob Brezny, Eleni P. Austin, Noe Gutierrez, Sunny Simon, Dr. Peter Kadile, Bruce Cathcart, Lola Rossi, Laura Hunt Little, Flint Wheeler, Dee Jae Cox, Janet Newcomb, Patte Purcell, Rebecca Pikus, Esther Sanchez, Angela Romeo, Jenny Wallis Photographers Robert Chance, Chris Miller, Esther Sanchez, Laura Hunt Little, Lani Garfield, Scott Pam, George Duchannes Distribution Phil Lacombe, William Westley

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his year’s 2017 CV Music Awards promises to be bigger and better than ever! In our 5th year, and th the 4 year at the Riviera Resort in Palm Springs, we have many surprises in store for everyone. For this week’s issue I wanted to highlight the photographers that go out to the music events and catch the bands and musicians in their natural

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make them successful and that includes photographers, promoters, bookers, managers, music writers and the venues at which they get to perform. So this week we salute the Photographers. Deadline to vote is this Thursday, May 4 by midnight at www.coachellavalleyweekly.com. For more information about this year’s awards go to pages 4 and 6.

A. Esther Sanchez B. Laura Hunt Little C. Scott Pam D. Cory Courtney E. Chris Miller F. Steven Young G. Cesar Rodriguez H. George Duchannes

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CONTENTS

CVMA Best Band Photographers........ 3 Photographer Bios .............................. 5 2017 CV Music Awards........................ 6 Pickford/D'Place Entertainment......... 7 Breaking The 4th Wall - Later Life....... 7 White Party Palm Springs................... 8 Teri Gender Bender- Le Butcherettes. 9 All Souls.............................................. 10 CV Open Mic Competition ................ 11 Backstage Jazz....................................11 Consider This - Amee Mann .............. 12 Art Scene ........................................... 13 Pet Place............................................. 14 The Vino Voice ................................... 15 Club Crawler Nightlife....................... 16 Pampered Palate - Pokehana............ 18 Screeners............................................ 20 Book Review....................................... 21 Safety Tips.......................................... 21 Haddon Libby.................................... 23 Dale Gribow....................................... 23 Art Scene............................................ 24 Indio's Small Business Seminar........ 24 Comic Con Palm Springs................... 25 Sports Scene...................................... 25 Mother's Day Roundup..................... 26 Free Will Astrology............................ 27 Mind, Body & Spirit........................... 27 Ask the Doctor................................... 28 Life & Career Coach............................ 28 Cannabis Corner................................ 31

habitat: performing. These photographers also do band photos for their EPK’s and promotional tools. This year we had to grow the nominees from six to eight nominees.

While the CV Music Awards focuses on handing out awards to the musicians we also feel it is important to honor those behind the scenes that help

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BEST PHOTOGRAPHER NOMINEES BIO’S

George Duchannes is an Event and Musician portrait photographer based out of Southern California. In only three years of being a professional photographer he has been published in various online and print publications, including most recently two covers in Desert Magazine.

Ceasar Rodriguez “I was raised in Oasis, CA. My love of taking photos has taken me to many places around the world. I love the complicity and simplicity of taking a photograph. I enjoy taking into account all the different elements needed to take a good photo, and find happiness when that goal is achieved. Every photo taken is an opportunity to learn something new. The simple act of pushing a button and capturing a moment in time that can be revisited and enjoyed by everyone brings a smile to my face. I don’t care what the subject is, if I find beauty in it, I will take a photo of it and share it with the world.”

Chris Miller, past winner of the CV Music Award for Best Band Photographer shares, “My formula for a great music shot is equal parts emotion and light.” As a principal

photographer for Goldenvoice, Chris does much more than work a formula.

Esther Sanchez’ philosophy: “Being a part of the coolest little music scene on the planet has not only been a privilege, but a wild ride.

I can’t tell you how often I have said that... in essence, I spend most of my time as a photographer taking photos of my friends and nothing makes me happier. To all my friends in the music scene...you are all my muses.”

Laura Hunt Little: “My interest in photography was kindled as a child when I won a nature photo contest. In the 80’s I attended art school and formally trained on film photography. Moves, a marketing career and raising kids put serious photography on a shelf until 2012 when a gift of a DSLR camera and a refresher class rekindled an old flame.

I love shooting live performances and have a passion for local music. I have always strived to capture the personalities of my subjects in my photographs. Still photography freezes an instant in time and in that fraction of a second, volumes of a story can be told.” continue to page 5

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Photo By Esther Sanchez

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CVMAs

BY TRACY DIETLIN

THE 2017 CV MUSIC AWARDS – GETTING BIGGER EVERY YEAR!

Photo By Scott Pam Scott Pam: Music and Landscape Photographer since 1967 with a birthday gift of a Kodak Instamatic camera. A.A.S. W/ Honors in Photography & Graphic Design 1984; B.A. Journalism 1987.

Steven Young: “I provide a wide range of photography services. Live music performances to special occasions. My passion is to capture people’s emotions while doing the things they love and in situations that draw it out.”

Cory Courtney: “Music is my passion and my focus in photography. I don’t think I’d have got into photography otherwise. I started shooting shows to document the music scene in the desert. As a musician myself I take great pride in contributing to Rock n Roll in any way possible. I grew up listening to Punk music, most of it was from a different era, the only opportunity to see those bands in their prime was through movies and photographs. I see myself as a continuance of that tradition, maybe someday some kids will be flipping through a book or whatever and see a band I shot in their prime and it’ll stick with them, like it did with me.”

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he CV Music Awards have grown and now we must spread the event between two nights and two venues. We started with just a few categories five years ago and kept growing: in 2015 we had 28 categories and last year 32. This year we have 37 categories in all genres that the valley got to vote on. We also have 2 Trailblazer Award recipients, 2 Pioneer Award recipients, a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and a new Visionary Award recipient. Combine that with the usual 15+ bands that we have perform and that means we had to do something different this year. So like the Grammy’s, Oscars and Golden Globes, who all have separate ceremonies to give out awards in all the categories (hundreds) that you don’t see televised, we will be doing just that by having a separate event this year.

Our gracious sponsor, Big Rock Pub, will be hosting the Pre-Party Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 1 from 7-10pm, where we will announce winners in 12 of the 37 nominated categories. There will also be several performances by nominees. The price for BOTH awards shows will be $25.00

in advance and $35.00 at the door. YES!!!

That means $25.00 gets you into BOTH awards ceremonies at Big Rock and The Riviera! The show at Big Rock will have limited seating so I highly recommend you purchasing tickets in advance as you might be turned away at the door due to capacity.

We will be announcing all the performers and categories for this event later this week.

We are also planning a very special VIP after party for the main awards at the Riviera, which we will be sharing on our website and FB later this week. For those who have attended this in the past you know it’s an event not to be missed. So get your tickets now as the VIP party will also have limited tickets this year.

Not only did we increase the number of categories this year but we also increased the amount of nominees in many of the categories, giving more bands and artists a chance for exposure, to perform and ultimately win an award. For tickets call 760-501-6228.

Just a reminder… voting ends on Thursday, May 4 at midnight. Go to www. coachellavalleyweekly.com to vote for your favorites.

LOCAL BUSINESS

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he Mary Pickford Theater in Cathedral City, which came under new ownership less than a year ago, has recently made a series of changes to set itself apart from the other movie theaters in the valley, according to owner Damon Rubio.

“We’ve instituted a whole ray of changes like the recliner seating; we’ve brought in our D-Box motion chairs, which is a really cool motion experience; we have our Barco Escape, which is a three screen immersive experience… we have the café, which serves beer and wine; new paint; new carpet; new restrooms… the restrooms are gorgeous,” said Rubio.

The renovations were made in conjunction with the addition of film-related events, most notably the upcoming Viewpoints Film Festival that begins on May 12. The festival was created and cultivated by Barco in order to display the potential of their three screen format. The company held a contest in which independent filmmakers were asked to create films optimized for the Barco Escape format.

“We have three projectors that project onto a really wide screen that comes not just in front of you but on the sides of you also. You get this… stunning visual effect that immerses

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you into the picture. They can also do really cool things like they can have three different action scenes going on. So you can have the point of view of the character, but then you can have the point of view… from outside of the character or above the character. It’s really neat the way that some of these directors are doing things,” Rubio says. “They’re trying to show creative people in Hollywood how this technology can be used for storytelling.”

Tickets to the film festival are $6 and include an hour-long series of short films. In addition, anyone who buys a ticket to the first program on Friday, May 12 receives complementary tickets to the second program on Friday, May 19, which includes an entirely different set of films.

Another experience enhancing feature that the theater has installed is D-Box seating. “The D-Box chairs are really unique. There are only maybe 150 theatres in the world that have them and… it’s a motion chair experience,” Rubio explains. “When you sit in a D-Box chair… you have a motion effects artist that creates a motion track that is perfectly in sync with the action on the screen. So let’s say you see the Fast and the Furious in D-Box. When the car

A STAGE REVIEW OF ‘LATER LIFE’

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laywright Luigi Pirandello wrote a play in 1921 titled “Six Characters in search of an Author.” For some reason that title has stuck with me through the years and never seemed to reveal the depth of its meaning until seeing A.R. Gurney’s dramedy, “Later Life,” currently in production at CV Repertory Theatre in Rancho Mirage. Later Life, can most aptly be described as intriguing and wonderful characters in search of an interesting plot.

Later Life, is set in 1993 on a beautiful apartment terrace overlooking Boston Harbor. It is the story of Austin, (William Fair) a waspy, upper class man who is still longing for the days of the George Bush (Sr.) Presidency and has lived his entire life afraid that something awful is going to happen to him, until he creates his own self-fulfilling prophecy, bypassing many of the roads less traveled in favor of a safe and secure life.

Ruth, (Barbara Niles,) who seems to always be living on the edge, reappears in Austin’s life 30 years after their initial meeting on the isle of Capri, when both were young and carefree. Regretfully a chance meeting at a dinner party and an effort to rekindle a missed and long forgotten moment is not

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turns right, your chair will turn right a little bit… it’s really cool, it’s immersive, it draws you into the experience. It’s not like a carnival ride. It’s not really throwing you around through the whole movie. It’s only there when the motion actually needs to be there on screen… There’d be no reason to watch Driving Miss Daisy in D-Box… But something like Guardians of the Galaxy, which opens next week… that’ll be an amazing experience. Pretty much any of your big summer blockbusters will be offered in D-Box.” The theater has also begun a series of events that they’re calling Pickford Presents, in which people who worked on the film come to the theater to do a Q&A session with the viewers.

Most recently they hosted two stuntmen from The Fate of the Furious and three of the cast members from Phoenix Forgotten. “They’re really cool events, they’re moderated by… a really good moderator who asks intelligent questions of the people and it’s… another way for people who love film to come out and understand a little bit more of what it takes to make a film from the different viewpoints… we’ve had a director, we’ve had a screen writer, we’ve had actors and actresses, we’ve had stuntmen… it’s really all these different people who are involved… and they’re able to come out and share their experiences and share their process,” Rubio says.

According to him, events such as these are rare for movie theatres. “We’re doing it here because… part of our mission is about creating this entertainment experience and we have a

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enough to alter the course of their diverse fates.

Through out the evening a multitude of other guests flow on and off the patio, all performed with great skill and humor by Teri Bibb and Joel Bryant. My favorite was Jimmy and his ode to cigarettes while vowing to smoke his last one. It was this succession of entertaining and unique characters that really added flavor and interest to Ruth and Austin’s slow moving reunion. Bibb and Bryant are so good in these various roles that it took me a moment to even realize that it was the same two actors in different wigs and costumes. Bravo to Aalsa Lee’s costume designs.

Four talented actors performing nearly a dozen characters, provide the spice for a very vanilla script. Luke Yankee’s direction keeps this low action story moving and rarely have I seen a set that by all rights should be credited as an additional character, Jimmy Cuomo’s set design talents are unsurpassed and Moira Wilkie Whitaker’s lights create the perfect ambiance for this chilly Boston evening.

Unfortunately there is only so much you can do with an uninteresting script that feels targeted towards a very small audience…

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real passion and love for movies and we kind of want to blend our passion and love for movies with creating more entertainment value,” he says, pointing out that these offerings are added to the movie experience at no extra cost to the viewer.

The theatre also has a deal with Crunchyroll, a popular anime distributor, for quarterly exclusive theatrical releases of films. ““I was very impressed with our first one, at the number of people that we had turn out for it considering it was one night only,” Rubio says.

The next film that will be shown on the Barco Escape screens is The Recall, which premiers in June and stars Wesley Snipes.

“That film will be a really really fun experience, especially for folks who remember the heyday of 80’s action-comedy, this’ll be great,” Rubio says, adding that he is hoping to do a Pickford Presents event for that film.

Tickets to the Viewpoints film festival can be purchased at www.dplaceentertainment. com.

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older white men of upper class background who vote Republican and reach middle age with few stories to tell.

Gurney, a former MIT Professor, is obviously a well-educated and intelligent man, but his script seems to be as safe and predictable as his lead character, only dancing on the edge of adventure, but never taking that leap of faith that would provide insights to this privileged life or develop the character beyond a stereotype.

CV Rep seldom fails to offer a professional and thought provoking production. They are without doubt a top-notch theater in the Coachella Valley. It’s an exceptionally rare occasion that I walk out of one of their shows uninspired. Unfortunately this was such an occasion.

Later Life, is in production at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre located at 69930 Highway 111, Suite 116, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 through May 21st.

For Reservations: call 760-296-2966, or visit www.cvrep.org Dee Jae Cox is a playwright, director and producer. She is the Cofounder and Artistic Director for The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Project. www.californiawoman411.com

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JEFFREY SANKER’S WHITE PARTY PALM SPRINGS MAY 5-8, 2017

THE WORLD’S HOTTEST GAY WEEKEND OF NON-STOP DANCE PARTIES

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effrey Sanker’s White Party Palm Springs brings heats up the desert valley May 5-8, 2017 bringing revelers innovative new parties waiting to be experienced, including totally redesigned Day Club Pool Parties at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel.

Join tens of thousands of the hottest men from all over the world as they once again take over the entire city for the world’s premier gay dance festival – with three days of unforgettable parties and with our new title sponsors: Almar Resort and Mantamar Beach Club (Puerto Vallarta).

The weekend will be reigned over by our 2017 Queen of White Party: the everglamorous RHOBH star Kyle Richards! Buy tickets now at www.JeffreySanker.com for the biggest gay dance festival weekend ever!

Friday night, Sanker teams up with Eliad Cohen and his high-octane PAPA Party for PAPA Dark: a decadent, bacchanal exploration of music, leather, and fantasy.

Saturday, dive headfirst into the fun at ADDICTED to BOYS: a “Day Club” pool party with sponsor ADDICTED / ES Swimwear heating things up and featuring DJ Bret Law

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Belinda Carlisle

Kyle Richards

(in his White Party Debut), and DJ/Producer Duo: Grind & Toy Armada! Also not to miss is a sexy ADDICTED/ES underwear fashion show hosted, and with special performance

by RuPaul Drag Race Alum Shangela.

Be at full attention on Saturday night at the weekend’s most anticipated event as Jeffrey Sanker drafts his guests into service at White Party Dress Whites! This 8-hour military themed party has jaw-dropping state of the art staging, music, lighting, and effects that will have you eager to go into battle. Headlining White Party’s main event are DJs Suri, Dan Slater, and DJ Aron. A surprise performer joins them, so you won’t want to go AWOL for this!

On Sunday, it’s time to converge under

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the desert sky for an afternoon of fun and excitement under the big top. Feel the love and join the celebration at SUNSET T-DANCE. Warm breezes and hot bodies fill the outdoor dance floor at White Party Park with music by DJs Abel Aguilera and Ralphi Rosario.

Soar to new heights on the world-famous White Party Ferris Wheel, and as the sun sets against the mountains, “Heaven is a Place on Earth” with Grammy Nominated Belinda Carlisle performing some of her greatest hits along with other artists at dusk.

The excitement climaxes with the desert’s largest choreographed fireworks display, set to an exclusive remix. And it doesn’t end there! The weekend culminates in a high energy closing party with WE Party, for the first time at White Party direct from Madrid, mixed by superstar DJs Binomio and Danny Verde! Expect over-the-top costumes and spectacular performances!

This year, White Party Palm Springs is powered by Ketel One, Monster, The Agency, Almar Resorts, Mantamar Beach Club and Impulse.

Tickets and Renaissance host hotel rooms: www.jeffreysanker.com.

LOCAL MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

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BY GILBERT WARD KANE

TERI GENDER BENDER OF LE BUTCHERETTES

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e Butcherettes are a punk band formed in Mexico in 2007. They are fronted by the most high energy front woman in the industry, Teri Gender Bender. She is the only consistent member. The revolving lineup has included many talented members such as drummer Gabe Serbian of Cattle Decapitation fame and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At The Drive In and Mars Volta. Rodriguez-Lopez hooked up with Teri early in Le Butcherettes career and produced their debut album Sin, Sin, Sin (2011) as well as contributed on bass.

It didn’t take long for Le Butcherettes to gain notoriety in the music industry.

Three years after their debut release, Le Butcherettes released Cry Is for the Flies. This album contributed to even more recognition and put them on the radar of some very influential people in the industry. They toured with The Melvins (which is where I first saw them), and were noticed by Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) who owned record label Ipecac. In September of 2015, Le Butcherettes released their most recent album, A Raw Youth, on Ipecac. Le Butcherettes are slated to play Pappy & Harriet’s on Thursday, May 11. I can guarantee this show will be one of the most moving and high energy shows you’ll see for the price.

CV Weekly: What was the moment you realized you wanted to be a musician?

Teri Gender Bender: “It was when I was 4 years old and I was in San Miguel de Allende, which is a beautiful little city here in Mexico, and there was a big festival. There were a lot of musicians on the street playing, and all of a sudden something over took me. I went into the middle of the parade and started dancing and singing with the musicians. One of them was moved by it because I was 4 years old. He gave me his guitar and I started improvising on it and banging on it. My mother was screaming at me to stop and come back, ‘No Teresa. No due haces.’ I defied her and kept doing it. I felt so alive. Finally she stopped and started watching with the crowd. We were all united and I knew that’s what I wanted to do the rest of my life. It was Dia de los Muertos, so the visuals were very striking with the skulls and people wearing black and putting food on the floor for the dead. I knew that was the world I belonged to.”

CVW: When you were growing up, you shared time between Denver, CO and Mexico.

Were you equally inspired by American music and Mexican music?

TGB: “You know what… Yes! A part of me wants to be embarrassed by the music I was listening to and what influenced me. Especially the American music, but fuck it, it inspired me.

A lot of it was The Spice Girls. I was around 6 years old. They were a huge influence on me.

A lot of it was about the message more than the music. You know… ‘girl power.’ They’re British, but English music. Luckily my father, who was a very important figure in my life, would listen to a lot of Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Cream, and a lot of Janis Joplin. I was very obsessed with Sonny and Cher. That had a lot

of influence on my music. I had the advantage of having Latin American music and English speaking music in my life. I completely relate to both of them. You don’t have to speak the language to relate to the music. There are a lot of international styles which have very interesting time signatures and make you think, ‘why did they put this vocal melody here?’ I listen to a little bit of everything.”

CVW: When did you realize you wanted to head more into a punk direction?

TGB: “I guess because it was something that I could relate to. When my father passed away, I had a lot of angst. Dead Kennedys had a lot of anger, but also had a message behind it; from government problems to the masses and their ignorant social comments. Punk was good for me. I related to it. I was not a musician, so I was able to play a 3 chord song and it gave me vocal melody liberty to invent whatever was necessary. Also, The Talking Heads showed me you can mix punk with afro beats and put in a little bit of funk. Punk is my gateway drug to other types of music.”

CVW: Buzz and Dale of The Melvins and long-time collaborator Omar RodriguezLopez from At The Drive In are in Crystal Fairy with you. How did that come about?

TGB: “Actually, it came about thanks to Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys). He invited Le Butcherettes to open for him in L.A. for a couple of shows. Buzz and him are long-time friends and collaborators. Buzz showed up early to the show. He had no idea who we were, and he caught our set. From that day on, he asked us to tour with The Melvins.

I couldn’t believe it. My booking agent is also their booking agent. I was told by the booking agent Buzz never wants anyone on their tour and he was specifically asking for Le Butcherettes. I was like, ‘Holy Fuck!’ The Melvins were another band I listened to a lot.

We started touring together. The chemistry was great on and off stage. They started asking what song I would like to cover. I was thinking of Bikini Kill because they are friends and I’m a fan. They were into the idea so I suggested “Rebel Girl.” After tour we would hang out a lot and go to movies together.

Part of those hang out sessions were going to the studio. Omar was there too. The planets aligned. It was based on the fact that we liked each other and were all friends.”

CVW: The Melvins are how I discovered Le Butcherettes. I go to every Melvins show I can. I was blown away by you. I’d never been to a Melvins show where I liked the opening band every bit as much, if not more than The Melvins. Your energy is insane. It seems like you give every ounce of energy you have to your performance. When did you know you were capable of that, and is it difficult to recover every night?

TGB: “I guess it just goes back to that day in San Miguel de Allende at the Day of the Dead festival. Also, when I went back to Denver, I would sing a lot in the shower to the point of my mom saying, ‘Teri, Ja! The neighbors. Keep it down.’ or ‘You can’t play

guitar so much. The neighbors.’ It was always the neighbors. I understand now. It must be hard to deal with a kid like that. I guess I knew it since I was a little kid. It’s all I knew how to do. Express myself through music or body language. I’m not very articulate when it comes to speaking in English or Spanish. I stutter a lot and immediately regret what I say. Music immediately takes that away.

Anything that has to do with the arts takes that anxiety away. Being able to recover the next day is easy because I just tell myself I am very lucky to be able to do this. Also, loading in and out helps me warm up and warm down.

On tour, there’s plenty of time to recuperate because there is a lot of waiting around.”

CVW: You’re playing Pappy & Harriet’s on May 11? Have you ever played there, and are there any surprises in store for us there?

TGB: “I’ve never played there. I’m pretty

excited. I know people who have played there, and they love it. There’s actually a new lineup: Alejandra Robles Luna from Monterrey (Mexico) and Ricardo (Riko Rodriguez-Lopez). Ricardo has been in the band a couple of years now, but he’s picked up a new instrument, guitar and samples.

He’s a great guitarist as well as a great bassist.

We’re also playing some songs from the new record we’re working on now. We’re going to have a new producer. Omar has produced our last three records, but we both decided it’s time to change things up a bit and explore new paths. I can’t say who it is right now, but I am so freakin’ stoked about it. It’s a dream come true. It’s like how you’re not supposed to announce you’re pregnant until like 3 months in. It’s something like that.

Supposedly, the album will be out if not this year, early next year. Also, Omar is releasing a bunch of records on Ipecac. I’m going to be on at least 6 records this year.”

CVW: “Gold Notebook” is frequently played live, but as far as I know, it has never been released. Is there a chance Gold Notebook will make it onto this record?

TGB: “I don’t think it will, but we’re planning a B-sides record. “Gold Notebook” may make it onto that. Damn man! Nobody knows that one. It’s so cool you even mentioned it.”

Le Butcherettes perform at Pappy & Harriet’s on May 11. All ages show. Starts at 9:00. Tickets are $12.00 & $15.00. www. pappyandharriets.com.

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ALL SOULS

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ll Souls is a new guitar heavy, melodic rock band from L.A. with heavy ties to the desert. They feature an allstar lineup featuring Erik Trammell of Black Elk on guitar, Tony Aguilar and Meg Castellanos of Totimoshi singing and playing bass respectively, and Tony Tornay of desert rock godfathers Fatso Jetson playing drums. They are set to make their desert debut May 6 at The Hood Bar and Pizza.

This is a show not to be missed. All Souls is a name you will be hearing a lot of in the future.

Supporting All Souls will be local favorites Fever Dog and Herb Lienau’s avant garde alter ego, Herbert.

In anticipation of their desert debut, we sat down with them to figure out a bit about the formation of the band.

CV Weekly: What age did you know you wanted to be a musician?

Tony Tornay: “My pops was a drummer. When he was a younger he played in a band called The Premiers. They played shows around Philadelphia when he was younger. Both of my parents were really into music and rock ‘n’ roll, so I grew up around it. One night when I was about 5, I started banging on the kitchen table waiting for dinner to be served and my mom looked at my pops and told him it was probably about time to pull out his old set and get me going on it!”

Erik Trammell: “I never really decided to be a musician, it’s just sort of obligatory.”

Antonio Aguilar: “Probably 6 or 7. I used to watch Gene Autry movies and write my own cowboy songs when I was a little kid. I’d sing them on my porch. I’d start with one part then add another then add another. My big brother kicked me in the head once because I wouldn’t shut up. I didn’t hear him, I was lost in my song.”

Meg Catellanos: “For me it was more about performing. I was the young girl pretending to be Mick Jagger singing into a hair brush in front of the mirror at age 7.”

CVW: What music did you listen to growing

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Tony Tornay: “When I was a little kid I was listening to my parents records... Hendrix, The Beatles, The Stones, and Pink Floyd. Then I started finding some things on my own in the late ‘70s, like AC/DC, Van Halen, The Ramones... a few years later the bad kids who sat at the back of the bus started turning me onto hardcore: Black Flag, Minor Threat, Discharge...”

Erik Trammell: “I grew up going to punk shows in the San Francisco bay area so I started there. I got into Black Sabbath and The Cure after that, I still love tons of songs from those bands.”

Antonio Aguilar: “Early on Country, Mariachi, and Nortenos. My dad loved Honkey Tonk; Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens (I grew up 45 minutes from Bakersfield). He also loved Mariachi, Vicente Fernandez, Antonio Aguilar, Javier Solis - the real classic full orchestra Mariachi’s. He used to take us down to LA to the Million Dollar Theatre to watch the Mariachi movies. My mom listened to mostly Nortenos music. Tigres Del Norte was a huge staple of my youth. I also loved Gene Autry and oldies doo wop music. I heard Jimi Hendrix when I was about 13 and it changed my life. It scared the shit out of me at first. After that Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy. I was a metal kid.

Oh, and Pink Floyd - that was a massive influence when I was a kid.”

Meg Catellanos: “I was obsessed with Jim Morrison and the Doors. I loved early hip hop Grand Master Flash, Sugarhill Gang, B52’s and Adam Ant brought me the weirdness. And the Clash, early U2 records and Dead Kennedys opened my young mind to political and protest songs.”

CVW: What was your first band, and what type of music was it?

Tony Tornay: “Well, I started about 30 different bands starting in the 3rd grade, but we never actually played together. I had some friends at school or in the neighborhood and we all

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wanted to be in a band but we had no clue what that meant. My friend Josh had an older brother Mike who had a band called Dötted Swiss and we basically just wanted to be them.”

Erik Trammell: “My first band that toured was ADD-X in Portland, OR. It was psychedelic with lots of improv, weird costumes and stage performances.”

Antonio Aguilar: “The singer was an older dude who always had a huge glass of vodka. We just did covers. It ended badly.”

Meg Castellanos: “My first band was called Valley Fever with Antonio Aguilar and a few other friends that are still playing music today. It was circus rock. I still listen to that cassette.”

CVW: What are you listening to most right now?

Tony Tornay: “PJ Harvey, Neil Young, The Obsessed, The Cure, Bauhaus, Deerhunter, Black Flags unrealeased 1982 demos...”

Erik Trammell: “Lately I’ve been listening to Boards of Canada a bunch and Swans. Skinny Puppy and Killing Joke have been in heavy rotation too.”

Antonio Aguilar: “I’ve been obsessing on David Bowie’s Blackstar lately. That album is absolute genius. I also just bought Nina Simon’s Silk and Soul. I’m obsessing on that too.”

Meg Castellanos: “Ty Segall, Mastodon, Bowie.”

CVW: How did All Souls form?

Tony Tornay: “Antonio and I have been threatening to start a band together for probably the last 8 years. We finally made good on that threat.”

Erik Trammell: “I knew Antonio and Meg from playing shows with Totimoshi over the years with my old band Black Elk and I played a few shows with Fatso Jetson too. I was always a fan of their music and them as people so we just started creating music.”

Antonio Aguilar: “Meg and I moved to LA in 2009. I wanted to be in a band with Tony Tornay from the day I moved here. I’m a huge Fatso Jetson fan, and Tony Tornay’s energy on stage is a sight to behold. Back then Totimoshi (my former band) was still around, but I was gone all the time. (I used to tech for the Melvins, and Tour Manage Neurosis and Sleep). Needless to say, I was on the road a lot, which caused Totimoshi to be somewhat inactive. That inactivity eventually caused its end. Me and Meg were bandless.

Occasionally I would run into Tornay at shows and we would sort of kick around the idea of starting a band. We jammed a good few times, and talked occasionally about starting a band. But then, Tornay would get busy with Fatso Jetson or some of the other bands he was in and our idea of starting a band would be back on hold. Erik

Trammell and I have known each other for a really long time. Our bands used to play shows together back as early as around 2001 or 2002.

Erik is an absolutely ridiculous guitar player. I’ve also always been a fan of Erik. We are such close friends that he would even take care of our dog while we were on tour when we first moved to LA. Well, Erik moved to Austin for a while.

Eventually he moved back. After he moved back we started jamming, and writing and it seemed to work really well. I sent the recordings of some of our ideas to Tony Tornay and he told me he liked it and wanted to be a part of it. When we started talking about who should play bass - I threw Meg’s name into the pot (Meg is my favorite bass player). Everyone agreed that Meg should be the one. She not only plays a solid bass but her vocals add an amazing element to mine.”

Meg Castellanos: “Tony Aguilar and Tony Tornay were talking about forming a band. I would go drink beer with them and they would talk about who could play bass for them... I kept quiet and wondered how long it would take them to realize their best option was right in front of them! Erik was a natural addition too; all of our former bands have played together and there was a lot of mutual respect for one another musically.

We all get along really well.”

CVW: The 3 songs on bandcamp are amazing.

When can we expect more?

Tony Tornay: “Sooner rather than later.”

Erik Trammell: “Thanks, we’re really happy with them. It’s one of the coolest things about music/art, giving people the opportunity to feel the same way you do when you write it. When that works it’s killer! We’re done with a full length now that we’re hoping to release it this summer.”

Antonio Aguilar: “We already have 3 new ones mixed and ready for peoples ears!”

Meg: Castellanos: “We’ll be posting 3 more hopefully by the time this article comes out. We have a full album’s worth of material. We may self-release a 10” vinyl record, but the hope is to find a home on a good label.”

CVW: Will any music be released physically?

Tony Tornay: “Yes.” Erik Trammell: “Absolutely, that’s the plan!”

Antonio Aguilar: “Yes! Hopefully very soon.”

Meg Catellanos: “Yes!” CVW: Is it difficult to juggle schedules with your other bands?

Tony Tornay: “With Fatso Jetson our tours are set up about 6 months in advance so I have a pretty good idea of what is happening. When things start popping up we let each other know when the blackout dates are going to be and plan accordingly.”

Erik Trammell: “Logistics are always challenging but we’ve been able to make it work.

It’d be great to not have any other obligations, if we could play music all the time we would.”

Antonio Aguilar: “Not for me, Meg and I are in another band called Alma Sangre. It’s not that hard at all.”

Meg Catellanos: “So far it hasn’t been an issue. We’re trying to put this project front and center.”

CVW: Are there plans for a bigger tour?

Tony Tornay: “All things in due time!”

Erik Trammell: “Yes! We will be playing many, many more shows this year.”

Antonio Aguilar: “We are at the place where we are the new band. We would love to do a bigger tour, but it has to make sense. There needs to be a full release and there needs to be a really good tour on the table. We have all toured extensively in our other bands, and are all adamant that the touring has to be right. The right tour at the right time.”

Meg Castellanos: “We are considering all offers to open for bands we like and respect. We want to get busy!”

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BY MORGAN JAMES

CV OPEN MIC COMPETITION 2017: WEEK 10

BACKSTAGE JAZZ

May 4 to May 10, 2017

BY PATTE PURCELL

RUTH RUIZ BIRTHDAY PARTY PAPPARAZZI

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t was another great week at the CV Open Mic Competition 2017 at The Block Sports Bar & Grill in Cathedral City! Week #10 packed the house once again as new faces graced the stage and gained support from a thrilled crowd. Only 2 chances remain in the coming weeks for our contestants to qualify for the semi-finals. Our judges had a tough decision as each performer brought their best. Audience giveaways like t-shirts from Brutal Bee Music Group got the crowd on their feet cheering for a chance at a quality, custom t-shirt. Once the judge votes were tallied, it was a tie for 1st place between hip hop duo EB and Jeff of Stone Grain and talented singer/songwriter, Josh Mathews. Stone Grain took home 2 movie tickets to Conemark Theatres and Josh Mathews took home a $25 gift certificate to Murph’s Gaslight. All of the 1st place winners will now move on to the Semi Finals May 17th. If they win there, they will compete in the Grand Finals on May 24th for an MTV Quality Music Video Production from Desert C.A.M. Studios/Winmill Films and award winning Director Chip Miller, plus a $500 trip to Las Vegas from Crater Lake Rye Whiskey, as well as an Artist Development Session from Grammy nominated Producer Ronnie King, a Promotional Photo Shoot from Rav Holly, and an artist merchandise package from Brutal Bee Music Group including logo design and t-shirts, stickers and more! 2nd place was awarded to Jeremy Goodlander of 5 Acre Dream whose original song brought him praise and who took home a $25 gift certificate to Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill.

THANK YOU to ALL our performers at the CV Open Mic Competition for putting on a great show AND making the environment

so supportive for all of the artists involved: Daniel Scopelitis aka Fantasma Satanica, I am Moses, Anthony C Juarez aka Nasty Dawg, Jeremy Goodlander aka Five Acre Dream, Zack No Slack and L Boogie Da Mann of Desert Pirates, Michael Simmons aka Moonshine, Raymond Chaia aka Bounty, Sergio Teran aka Reign, MDH Affiliates, Josh Mathews, Stone Grain, Andres Leija aka Araiz Revelation, Pete Campbell aka VersaStyle, Molecular Mic, Debra Cohen aka Blaine Snow, Erick Estrada of Zero Sum Game, Chris Guzman of Who Shot the Drummer, and Mai Pup. Also a big thanks to Johnny Carmona, our amazing sound technician. I hope to see you all next WEDNESDAY at THE BLOCK SPORTS BAR & GRILL in Cathedral City! Look for coverage of this week’s event and the announcement of winners in the next issue of Coachella Valley Weekly! SPECIAL THANKS to all of our sponsors: Desert C.A.M. Studios/Winmill Films & Chip Miller, Ronnie King Music, Crater Lake Rye Whiskey, Rav Holly, Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill, CV Weekly, Canyon Copy & Print, Brutal Bee Music Group, Murph’s Gaslight, and The Block Sports Bar & Grill.

Be sure to “LIKE” Facebook.com/ CVOpenMicCompetition for updates! ALL AGES ALLOWED and YOU may compete EVERY week! PLEASE NOTE: Due to our overwhelming number of interested performers, sign in starts at 7pm and will be closed at 7:45pm. BRING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY and FANS to join us for excitement, music and fun!!! For questions or information about sign-up, please see Facebook.com/CVOpenMicCompetition or contact creator and host, Morgan Alise James at MorganAliseJames@gmail.com or (714) 651-1911

he lovely Ruth Ruiz celebrated her birthday with friends at the new Bernie’s Supper Club in Palm Springs. Ruth is one of the deserts booking agents for musicians and has a large group of friends who came out to celebrate her special day. Kristi King and her band played a great music mix. The crowd packed the dance floor of the cozy venue.

Bernie’s is a great new supper club with live entertainment. It is located at 69830 Hwy, 111 in Rancho Mirage. Happy Birthday Ruth!

We’ve included some of the guests in pictures.

Ruth Ruiz and Tony Guccioni

Ruth Ruiz, Michele Flynn and Lulu Hurst

Pam Denfeld, Ruth Ruiz, Patte Purcell

Kristi King and her band

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BY ELENI P. AUSTIN

“MENTAL ILLNESS” (SUPEREGO RECORDS)

imee Mann first burst on the scene in the mid ‘80s as the front-woman for the New Wave band, ‘til Tuesday. The Boston band paid their dues in the thriving club scene before signing with Columbia Records.

Their debut Voices Carry, arrived in 1985 and immediately went into heavy rotation on MTV. In a sea of candy-coated videos from a-ha, REO Speedwagon and Wham, the hypnotic title track from ‘til Tuesday stood out like a sore thumb, offering an unflinching look at domestic violence.

Born in 1960, Aimee grew up in Virginia, moving to Boston to attend the Berklee College Of Music. She quickly became a part of the city’s nascent Punk scene. She recorded an EP the Young Snakes before forming ‘til Tuesday in 1983. Despite the Top 20 success of their debut, neither 1986’s Welcome Home or 1988’s Everything’s Different Now received the same amount of airplay or sales. The band quietly called it quits and Aimee embarked on a solo career.

As a solo artist, Aimee’s records followed the same trajectory as her ‘til tuesday music; critical acclaim but modest sales. It didn’t help that she had shitty luck with her label(s). Her first solo effort, Whatever, was released on the Imago label in 1993 to excellent reviews.

The follow-up, I’m With Stupid was recorded as Imago was filing for bankruptcy. Finally, it was released on Geffen, but the lackluster promotion contributed to minimal sales.

By the late ‘90s Aimee had relocated to Los Angeles and began dating acclaimed singersongwriter, Michael Penn. (The couple married in late 1997). When director Paul Thomas Anderson approached her to contribute music to his film “Magnolia,” she wrote two new songs, “You Do,” and “Save Me” expressly for the movie. The soundtrack also included a couple of her older songs plus a few that had yet to be released.

Not only did the success of the film buoy sales of the soundtrack, the song “Save Me,” was nominated for an Academy Award.

Unfortunately, Phil Collins execrable “You’ll Be In My Heart” (from Disney’s “Tarzan” movie) won. But Aimee’s raised profile in the industry

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allowed her to terminate her contract with Geffen and start her own label, SuperEgo Records.

For the next 12 years she averaged a new album every couple of years, Bachelor #2 in 2000 and Lost In Space in 2002. The Forgotten Arm, a song-cycle about a returning Vietnam vet dealing with addiction arrived in 2005, the holiday themed One More Drifter In The Snow was released during the 2006 Christmas season.

The acerbic @#%*! Smilers came out two years later and Charmer popped up in 2012.

The following year Aimee began a creative partnership with Ted Leo, leader the PunkPop band, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists. The pair bonded over their shared affinity for the band Game Theory and its leader, Scott Miller.

Originally, they began performing as #Both, but simplified their moniker to The Both. They co-wrote their songs long distance, and their self-titled debut arrived in 2014, followed by a lengthy tour.

Now Aimee has returned with her ninth solo album, tweaking her reputation for focusing on dour and depressing topics, she’s entitled the record Mental Illness. The opening three tracks, “Goose Snow Cone,” “Stuck In The Past” and “You Never Loved Me,” reinforce Aimee’s claim that this is her “saddest, slowest, most acoustic album to date.”

A solitary sleigh-bell dovetails with shimmery acoustic guitars, hushed harmonies and lowing cello on “Goose….” The song title was inspired by a photo of a friend’s cat. A friend posted Goose’s serious, serious snowcone face on Instagram. Aimee saw it in the midst of a concert tour and instantly became homesick.

On “Stuck..,” swooping strings, clanky percussion and jangly guitars swirl around a melancholy waltz melody. The lyrics use space travel as a metaphor for missed opportunity; “Stuck in the past, a planet only on paper, guess I’m the last, a living memory, a vapor…I had all this time while Houston dozed, where I almost had a line composed, but the moment passed, the hatches closed.”

“You Never Loved Me” is less ambiguous.

Sing-songy harmonies, chiming guitar chords, a wash of keys and percussion that echoes like distant thunder weaves through a sweet melody. The lyrics offer a bitter marital postmortem; “Boy, when you go you go, 3,000 miles just so I’ll know, you never loved me.”

She conveys the feeling of loneliness with this simple turn of phrase; “I know the tumbleweed lexicon, you never loved me.”

Aimee’s forte as a songwriter has always been her attention to detail. Her narrative prowess is distilled in richly nuanced lyrics, accented by adept arrangements and impossibly catchy melodies.

“Lies Of Summer” is anchored by a kickdrum beat in ¾ time. Loping, see-saw guitars crest over descending piano notes as lyrics sketch out a grim scenario of a friend’s stay in a closed ward; “Now you’re waiting for the meds to take, but it takes a miracle to heal

this break.../If the doctor would just sign this pass, I’ll put my hand up on the plexiglass and scan your face, to see if you’re in there../Once they’ve put you in a paper gown, you’ll leave no trace, like you’ve never been there.”

The shuddery “Simple Fix” is a study in resignation. Finger-picked acoustic guitar, a tick-tock beat and tinkly piano underscore a troubled relationship that’s circling the drain.

“Here we go again the two of us, we’ve just become our worst mistakes/The rattles of two rattlesnakes, the antidote that no one takes, so here we go again.”

Initially, Aimee’s melancholy contralto is matched by pensive piano chords on “Good For Me,” but midway through the track a string section swells adding an ethereal patina to a song mired in the morass of psychic pain.

Vivid imagery correlates finding the correct combination of meds to a prison break; “So you dig, so you move some earth, tunnel down out of Leavenworth/Or set the fuse and run, blasting deep underground, getting down to the Continental Shelf.”

The best tracks on Mental Illness evoke comparisons to sophisticated storytellers like Raymond Carver and James M. Cain “Patient Zero” blends filigreed acoustic guitars, stacked harmonies, plucked strings and delicate piano shadings. The yarn Aimee spins was inspired by a chance meeting with the young British actor Andrew Garfield (before he won fame starring in the “Adventures Of Spiderman”).

The lyrics obliquely reference Nathaneal West’s “Day Of The Locust” and Raymond Chandler’s “Big Sleep.” Analyzing the secret

handshakes of Hollywood, a young actor receives some pointed advice; “Go West young man, go west, take a real screen test/Doesn’t count as a job well done, the locusts had their day, the suckers pay and pay…and in the hills where hope is such a constant companion, close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon.”

Meanwhile, “Philly Sinks” feels like a relaxfit French Chanson. Gossamer strings connect with honeyed harmonies and flickering acoustic guitar. Aimee sets a mise en scene of biblical proportions; “It’s always locusts, or floods, or drought, and then it’s parties or prayer.”

Philly substitutes one addiction for another; “Philly thinks and when he thinks he can’t feel anymore, Philly drinks and when he drinks all the drunks hit the floor/Philly sinks and when he sinks you go down, and when you do you both drown.”

Other interesting songs include the spare “Rollercoasters,” which shares some musical DNA with James Taylor’s “Something In The Way She Moves,” and the bare-bones “Knock It Off.” The album closes with the stately piano ballad, “Poor Judge.”

Mental Illness was produced by Paul Bryan, longtime bassist of her touring band. Aimee plays acoustic guitar, bass and percussion, Jay Bellerose tackles drums and percussion, Jaime Edwards tackles piano, harmonium, acoustic and 12 string guitar, Jonathan Coulton, (a fine singer-songwriter in his own right) adds some finger-picked acoustic guitar. Ted Leo provided lush harmony vocals.

Recently, Aimee rediscovered her affinity for ‘70s Soft Rock artists like Bread and the late Dan Fogelberg. This was the sound she was aiming for. She mostly hits the bullseye, but avoids the treacly style of storytelling that characterized songs like “Baby, I’m A Want You,” “Diary,” “Leader Of The Band” and “Same Old Lang Syne.” (Um…yecchh).

Aimee Mann never disappoints. Mental Illness combines effortless songcraft with eloquent and pithy lyrics. Even on the darkest songs, the sun shines through.

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ART OF CHRISTOPHER GEORGESCO AND MANDY MAIN

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ebecca Fine Art Gallery will host a very exciting Artists Reception this Sat., May 6, 5-8PM. Featured will be new works by sculptor Christopher Georgesco and painter Mandy Main - two very different perspectives on Modernism & Minimalism. The current Exhibit, “This.Is.Now” runs through June 30, 2017 and features paintings, sculptures, & photographic art by several renowned artists.

Christopher Georgesco was born in 1950, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Georgesco is an American sculptor, & son of modernist architect Haralamb H. Georgescu. Christopher began his career in Venice, California in 1968, where he worked until 1980. His first Show was at Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles.

His first solo show was followed by an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art titled L.A.8. Georgesco’s first solo show was deemed an overnight success by William Wilson, critic for The Los Angeles Times, and was picked up by L.A.’s top collectors. Wilson also cited Christopher Georgesco as “pushing the art world’s masterpiece button”.

“As a child I was recognized for my art work.

My Paintings lined the school halls and hung in the principal’s office. My Father, an internationally recognized architect backed me 100%. He told me if I stuck to my guns with art I would always be free. I was lucky to know my path in life early on. My Father was instrumental in exposing me to Modernism through his work. He never spoke about himself but I learned the Modern style from watching.”

“In 1968....I graduated from Palisades High School. I moved directly down the Highway to Venice Beach. At the time I was unaware it was to become a dominant west coast art hub. ‘The Light and Space’ and ‘Art and Technology Movements’ were both pivotal in 1968. My aptitude toward Geometry and Sculpture were good so I began work on Abstract Minimalism....I could only see moving outward. Outer Space and Infinity have been prime factors in my work. I was blown away when I learned the sky did not end. I think of my sculpture as the place in space circles have in common. The sculpture being the inner space leaves the predominate portion of my sculptures in outer space. Outer space is what I try to form and activate using the sculptures as templates. The Stainless Steel in my recent pieces has brought light into my work.”

“I began dividing the rectangle which I preferred over the square, elegant and elongated.

I developed a series of forms, interchangeable in position and scale....When building Sculpture I know exactly where each piece fits. My Father’s Modern Architecture came into play again as I began to realize my choice of style and materials. Wood, Concrete and Steels were ingrained into me from a young age. My exposure to Modernism was early having a father in both the Bauhaus and Modernist

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Movements. It is hard to dispute Modernism. Less is More. It is timeless. Le Corbusier made a big impression.”

Books featuring C. Georgesco include Hip Hollywood Homes by Sue Holister. (Page 93) and L.A. Rising: SoCal Artists Before 1980 by Lyn Kienholz.

Page 196). His impressive public Collections include Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA; Palm Springs Museum of Art, CA; Grand Hyatt Hotel Tokyo, Japan; & American Embassy, Bucharest, Romania. Georgesco now lives & works in his home/studio in Greater Palm Springs with his beautiful Dutch wife, Maria Verstappen, and spends the rest of each year at their home in Holland, just outside of Amsterdam.

Mandy Main creates luminous oil paintings of the Western landscape. She focuses on panoramic vistas and receding perspectives with a sense of depth and movement and pushes these elements to draw the viewer into the painting. The fleeting nature of light and clouds become dramatic subjects in her work. Main is an art historian with a passion for 19th Century American landscapes, especially the Luminists, whose works remain an undying source of inspiration.

Her paintings are rendered in oils on canvas or wood panels using a subdued palette of warm colors, applied in layers of glazes to achieve a luminous effect. Main works in series, usually six paintings at a time, executed in her studio where she paints in silence and total concentration. She envisions the final creation before beginning a painting. The paintings are always on her mind, she even works on them while sleeping. Her recent series have expressed her love of Modernism, especially Mid-Century Modern, which originated in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.

Mandy Main studied Art and Art History at Stanford University and received an MBA in Arts Management from UCLA. Her work is shown in galleries in California, Oregon and Washington and sells nationally and internationally through her online galleries. Main has had solo Exhibits in Oregon, Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Palm Desert and has shown in art fairs in NYC. She has won numerous awards including Best of Show and People’s Choice.

Her work is in a number of public collections owned by such institutions as hotels, hospitals, colleges, and wineries. She loves to travel and has had the good fortune to live in France, Italy and Thailand as well as in Washington, Oregon and California. She currently resides with her husband Tom in Rancho Mirage, Ca. Artists Reception - Christopher Georgesco & Mandy Main: SAT. May 6, 5:00-8:00PM, REBECCA FINE ART GALLERY, 68895 Perez Rd, #7, Cathedral City, Ca - (760) 534-5888 - Rebeccafineart.net Open Bar, Music, Amazing Art

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A MIRACLE FOR MEGAN

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he tiny Terrier was wedged against the back of the kennel wall at our local county shelter, frozen with fear and shaking. Meredith Greenwood spotted the dog during her volunteer shift at the Coachella Valley Animal Campus.

She took a closer look at the little pup, scanning the information on her kennel card, learning that she came in as a 3-yrold stray. Meredith noticed there was something wrong with her right eye.

While the other shelter dogs wagged their tails greeting prospective adopters, this dog was unresponsive. The days passed and no one adopted Megan, and Meredith worried that adopters would be put off by her bad eye. She decided to take the dog outside for some exercise. Meredith recalls, “Megan was so frightened that it was difficult to get her out of the kennel. Once we were outside, I could feel her finally relax, and she nuzzled against my chest wanting to stay with me. We sat there for over an hour.

When I returned her to her kennel, she began shaking again. I hated to leave her there, scared, confused and lonely. When I went home that night, I could not get this dog out of my mind.”

Meredith regularly fosters homeless shelter dogs for Loving All Animals, a local animal welfare organization. She reached out and asked them to rescue Megan, adding that she would gladly foster her.

Loving All Animals agreed to take her into their program, and I happily picked her up for the freedom ride home. It took about a week in Meredith’s loving home for the tiny dog to relax and know that life could be okay. Meredith noted, “She really didn’t know how to be a dog at first.”

A trip to the vet confirmed that Megan was blind in her right eye, and there was no treatment for this. However, it turned out that the eye issue was secondary to a major medical problem no one had anticipated.

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Meredith noticed something seriously wrong with Megan’s gait when she ran in the backyard, using only three of her legs, and holding up one of her rear legs.

An x-ray revealed a fractured femur bone hitting her pelvis and causing that to fracture as well. We suspect the tiny pup was in considerable pain, but of course dogs cannot let us know. Some sort of blunt force trauma caused this injury, and sadly this confirmed everyone’s worst fears that Megan may have been abused.

Desert Dunes Animal Hospital generously provided us with a “rescue discount” for the surgery Megan needed, a Femoral Head Arthroplasty, also known as a FHO procedure. Megan is pictured here with her wonderful surgeon, Dr. John Howarth. The bill for this surgery is still quite costly, but the results very successful.

Today Megan is free from pain and happily romping with other dogs. Megan’s miracle was not just her physical healing, but it was also the emergence of her loving spirit. Meredith recalls the first time she came home and was welcomed by Megan wagging her tail and her entire body in a joyful greeting. Megan always had love to give, but now through receiving it, became the dog she was meant to be.

As we go to press, Megan found a wonderful forever home with dog lovers Charlotte and Jim O’Callaghan. They were not looking for the perfect dog, and thought one-eyed Megan would be a good fit for them. When they called Loving All Animals and were told the dog also had an issue with a leg, they were not the least

BY JANET McAFEE hesitant to meet her. Charlotte reports, “She is a little treasure! She melted our hearts, and it seems like Megan’s been with us forever. Every Sunday I make a homemade breakfast for her and the other pups. Megan sleeps with us every night.”

Also pictured here is Loving All Animals’ rescue dog, Bryn, a sweet Maltese mix in need of surgery for her Cherry Eye condition. While most rescue dogs are in relatively good health, Loving All Animals is committed to providing the medical care they require to be adopted. Please help them help more pups like Megan and Bryn.

Your donations enable Loving All Animals to provide a safety net and medical care to give homeless animals like Megan and Bryn a second chance. The dogs they rescue often have received no previous veterinary care. The animals also need to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. You can donate online at www.lovingallanimals.org. Checks can be mailed to Loving All Animals at 73550 Alessandro, Palm Desert, CA 92260, or contact (760) 834-7000. Please designate the reason for your donation as “Megan” or “dog vet fund”.

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MEET CRAIG This Handsome Tuxedo boy loves to cuddle and sit on your lap. Craig is just 1-yr-old, and would love to be your “forever” friend. Rescued by Loving All Animals, www.lovingallanimals. org, call (760) 834-7000.

SWEET TARA Sweet and shy, adorable Tara will blossom in a loving home. Loving All Animals rescued this Mini Pin/Manchester Terrier mix pup from the shelter. She’s 16 lbs of doggie love. www.lovingallanimals.org, call (760) 834-7000.

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THE VINO VOICE

RED WINE ROUNDUP

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lright folks—all aboard for the last train to Clarksburg; and, we’ll meet you at the red wine station for yet another last moment take on some red quaffs for the table before this desert pursues their vino varieties with rosé colored glasses.

(By the way, Clarksburg wine country, 20 minutes south of Sacramento, known as “the Gem of the Delta”, is the uncrowded and unspoiled beautiful country landscape with over 12 quaint wineries & tasting rooms— and home to the big Bogle Vineyards! So— we’ll wait for the next train to cover this area in another article.)

Back to our red wine roundup, where I’d like to alert you to a couple new and/ or different red wines to consider. And as we’re wont to do, we look around the world.

The Red Wines of Lirac: As your friendly neighborhood wine team member at Total Wine, I’ve met a bunch of Châteauneufdu-Pape (New castle of the Pope) fans who simply love that famed and classic vino produced in the south of France.

However many of these enthusiasts have yet to recognize its neighbor right across the Rhône River.

Actually, the city and area of Lirac, as a wine producer, goes back two thousand years. That’s why when the pope got kicked out of Rome in 1308, he headed up to Avignon and the wine country of Lirac to setup “camp” anew across the river. That area had already been vetted to provide the best red vino in town utilizing such stellar grapes as Grenache, Syrah, Cinsaut, Carignan, and Mourvèdre .

Pope Clement was a big Burgundy buff back then, but realized he could not satisfactorily grow Pinot Noir—the south of France was too hot. Desiring to “surpass” the Lirac wines, the pope took those classic five wine varieties, above, and found eight other successful varietals in the area that could take the heat, to blend all together, and to make the “mother of all wines”!

No question that the historic 13 varietal blend was and is delicious. The thing is though, currently, most modern CDP producers do not include all the original varietals, but are indeed back to utilizing those original “five” grapes of Lirac.

(To my knowledge, Château de Beaucastel & Clos des Papes may be the only CDP producers using all 13 varieties—which may explain their high pricings, and, the fact that they consistently score phenomenally high in ratings.)

The cost of a nice Châteauneuf-du-Pape these days range from around $40 on up; the best stuff sells for $80 and over. So here’s the deal with Lirac: The average prices for a nice bottle start at around $15 and some of the best can be found for under $40. And we’re talking about classic southern Rhône red with the characteristic flavor profile of cooked blackberries & cherries, black pepper, blueberries, coffee, earth, game, herbs de Provence/garrigue, meat, plums, smoke, and spices.

One could easily claim that a Lirac red is surely the bang-for-the-buck. An example of such a claim is the Chateau de Segries Lirac Cuvée Réservée 2012. This is a wonderful wine from the wonderful 2012 vintage; it’s one of my favorite reds this year. Notice the deep blueberry and forest aromas with very long flavors of black cherry, bramble and black pepper. It’s muscular and packed with complexities that bloom every twenty minutes of aeration that one would expect from a CDP, and, it finishes with drying tannins. A great buy at $23 at Total Wine & More.

Another red wine that I’m currently enjoying is the Viña Cumbrero 2010 Crianza Rioja at the incredible price of $10 at the Desert Wine Shop. And it’s the perfect time to either think or re-think the great values of a Rioja [ree-OH-hah] wine. When you first taste a red Rioja, aka, the Spanish Tempranillo (grape), you’ll get hit with the flavor of leather along with cherries, plums, tobacco, vanilla and clove. The finish is mild, smooth and lingers with light tannins throughout.

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It’s medium-bodied like a balanced Pinot Noir—which means it’s really food friendly. Another way of describing the flavor is to imagine Chianti mixing it up with a Cabernet Sauvignon. Hey—there’s got to be something here for your red wine lovers with all these comparisons!

This 2010 Viña Cumbrero owns aromas of bright raspberry, plum and cherries which merge into its medium-bodied flavor profile.

A dash of oaky cocoa blends with leftover red fruit flavors on a nice finish. For you tapas lovers, this is the quintessential food wine that can pair with the likes of fresh shrimp & scallop cerviche, garlic shrimp, spicy chorizo, serrano ham, tangine chicken, albóndigas, quesadillas, mixes of olives, almonds, cheeses, and anchovies.

Further the 2010 vintage was stellar in

Spain, providing such full flavored wines that are as dark in color as can be. But as mentioned above, the Cumbrero Crianza is a medium-bodied wine at only 13.5% alcohol.

It’s definitely one of the sexiest wines you can serve at your parties.

Old style Rioja designations are still used by many producers, and, a Crianza means that the wine requires 2 years of aging, with 6 months in oak. Once you readers realize the quality of Rioja wine, you may wish to appreciate even more aged wine with their reserva and gran reserva. The one thing, historically, with Spanish wine, is that the producers age the wine for you in the barrel or in the bottle. The wine is ready to appreciate upon its purchase. Cheers to that!

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afternoon, Hot Rox in the night LAVENDER BISTRO; LQ; 760-564-5353 Live Entertainment 5:30pm LIT@FANTASY SPRINGS; IND; 760-345-2450 Dax Band 9pm THE LOUNGE; AGUA CALIENTE; RM; 888999-1995 DJ Jerry 9pm MELVYN’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE; PS; 760-325-2323 Ron Greenip 8pm MOXIE; PS; 760-318-9900 TBA 5-8pm NEIL’S LOUNGE; IND; 760-347-1522 Karaoke 8-1:15am THE NEST; PD; 760-346-2314 Kevin Henry 6-8pm Tim Burleson 8pm PALM DESERT COUNTRY CLUB; PD; 760345-0222 RoadRunners 6:30pm PAPPY & HARRIET’S; PT; 760-365-5956 Mac DeMarco and Drugdealer 8pm PEABODY’S CAFÉ; PS; 760-322-1877 Karaoke 7:30pm PLAN B LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND COCKTAILS; TP; 760-343-2115 Red’s Rockstar Karaoke 9pm PURPLE ROOM; PS; 760-322-4422 Kim Kuzma 8pm RANCHO LAS PALMAS; RM 212 Band 5:30pm RED BARN; PD; 760-346-0191 TBA 9pm RIVIERA; PS; 760-327-8311 Michael Keeth 7-10pm SAMMY G’s; PS; 760-320-8041 Evaro Brothers 8pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S MARKET; PS; 760-322-9293 Barry Baughn Blues 8-11pm SHANGHAI RED’S @ THE FISHERMAN’S MARKET; LQ; 760-777-1601 The Carmens 8-11pm SHELLY’S LOUNGE@TORTOISE ROCK CASINO; 29 Palms; Rojer Arnold & Bobby Furgo 9pm SMOKIN’ BURGERS; PS; 760-883-5999 Ron James 6pm SOLANO’S BISTRO; LQ; 760-771-6655 Michael Madden 6-9pm SOUL OF MEXICO; IND; 760-200-8787 Latin Rock 10pm SULLIVAN’S STEAKHOUSE; PD; 760-3413560 Demetrious and Co. 6pm TACK ROOM TAVERN; IND; 760-347-9985 Lisa & The Gents 9pm THREE SIXTY NORTH; PS; 760-327-1773 Pat Rizzo & Dennis Michaels 6:30pm TJ’S; PD; 760-345-6744 TBA 9pm TRILUSSA ITALIAN RISTORANTE; PS; 760328-2300 Julius & Sylvia Music Duo 6-10pm VIBE; MORONGO CASINO; CAB; 951-7555391 The Rick Whitfield Band 10pm VICKY’S OF SANTE FE; IW; 760-345-9770 Meet the Corwins 5:30pm, The John Stanley King Show 8pm WANG’S IN THE DESERT; PS; 760-325-9264 Karaoke 8:30pm WESTIN MISSION HILLS; RM; 760-328-5955 Michael Keeth 6-10pm

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BY DENISE ORTUNO-NEIL

POKEHANA OFFERS HEALTHY FAST FOOD

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t was love at first bite for me. As an avid sushi lover, I pretty much knew that it would be. With high grade ingredients and creativity, Pokehana in La Quinta offers ultra-fresh Poke, in a fast, friendly, efficient fashion, making it the ultimate in healthy fast food.

Poke has been become all the rage, and for good reason. It is basically a raw fish salad, but it is so much more, as the flavors of the ingredients used create a taste symphony. The components seem to blend together without effort, while still holding their individual spotlight. Pokehana delivers their Poke with the utmost of attention, it is undeniable. Honestly, Pokehana’s success is no surprise, as it was created by the owners of the super popular longstanding La Quinta sushi restaurant, Okura; so successful that they are already looking to open a Pokehana in Palm Desert in the near future.

I was very excited to try Pokehana, which only opened earlier this year. I had seen a series of posting from friends on social media, photographing their Poke bowls with glee, I had to try it. The set up at the popular spot has an open assembly line where Poke lovers can see their bowls crafted right before their eyes. On the occasion when I went, the owners were right there behind the line, helping to put the bowls together.

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Very cool!

There are different ways to get your Poke. Guests can either choose from their specialty bowls, or create their own from scratch. Since I was a first timer at Pokehana, I went for one of their preconceived creations, the Tuna Hana. The bowl came with a choice of White Rice, a Wild/Brown Rice or Spring Mix Greens (I went for the carb-less greens), Ahi Tuna, Cucumber, Onion, Hijiki Seaweed, Hana Sauce, Edamame, Crab Salad and topped with Masago, Avocado, Mango, Toasted Sesame and Crispy Garlic. It exceeded my

expectations…I mean, my chopsticks were in overdrive. I ate every single morsel, making yummy sounds the whole bowl through. I’m craving it right now as I write this! Other specialty bowls include the Salmon Kai,

Albacore Pahala, Salmon Tuna Maika’i and Tofu Lau. If you’re more inclined to make up your own, there are plenty of awesome ingredients to choose from such as, Ahi, Albacore, Octopus, Salmon, Shrimp, Seaweed, Masago, Marinated Shitake, Ginger, Edamame, Hana Sauce, Chili Soy Yuzu, Wasabi Citrus and many, many more.

The bowls are plentiful and satisfying, without feeling sluggishly stuffed afterwards. Pokehana patrons can get their bowls for a reasonable price, just $11.95 for a specialty bowl, and $10.95 for a regular sized self-created bowl and $12.95 for a large. They make eating healthy not only ridiculously delicious, but affordable too.

Pokehana is conveniently opened daily from 11am to 8:30pm.

Pokehana proves that fast food can be super healthy and filled with high quality ingredients. With their creativity and friendly efficient service, there’s no doubt that they will only grow in popularity. Now if they could only employ a drive thru.

For more information or to order online visit, www.pokehana.com.

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SCREENERS

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BY ROBIN E. SIMMONS

No. 263

OLDER BUT NEW ON BLU THE GLORY GUYS (1965)

HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1966)

Hollywood’s resident maverick and madman wrote this under seen and gorgeously shot Cavalry riff on Custer’s

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last stand featuring a literal Who’s Who of movie and western favorites.

This hugely entertaining US CavalryIndian conflict, sparked by an opportunistic army general who sacrifices dedicated soldiers to his dark and dubious ambition is satisfying on so many levels -- especially location, story and action.

The large supporting cast – TomTryon, Harve Presnell and Michael Anderson Jr are topnotch. Even a very young James Caan is good as a stubborn recruit, and then there’s veteran character actor Slim Pickens who provides his usual comic relief. The stunning Senta Berger is the requisite love interest.

All is greatly enhanced by the extraordinary cinematography thanks to the singular genius of James Wong Howe.

Arnold Levin directs with a sure hand for thundering set pieces. I loved Andrew Duggan’s ill-fated general badly overseeing his frantic cavalry troop.

This limited edition (only 3,000 units) Blu-ray release will only be available a short time. Once they are gone – they are gone!

For more info go to www.screenarchives. com.

SHOUT AT THE DEVIL

Peter Hunt directed this fast-paced action epic based on the best-selling novel

by Wilbur Smith.

The inimitable Lee Marvin stars as gruff opportunist Colonel Flynn O Flynn who enlists the help of upper-class Englishman Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) to help carry out his ivory smuggling operations in East Africa during WWI. When Sebastian falls in love with O Flynn’s beautiful daughter (Barbara Parkins), the unlikely duo literally come to blows in the jungle but find a way to put their differences aside when forced to get their fortune past German occupying forces readying a battleship for war. The fiery fate of the German battleship is one of the best big screen explosions ever.

The only thing that keeps me from giving a strong recommendation is the stock footage used near the beginning of the movie that shows an elephant hunting sequence. Although the movie claims “no animals were injured during the making of this movie” the use of the gruesome stock footage is a major fail. No extras. Shout Factory. Blu-ray.

Larceny’s never been as festive in shimmery 1080p hi-def when Audrey Hepburn, Peter O’Toole and director William Wyler team up for this charming and witty, ultra stylish comedy-crime caper set in Paris.

Director Wyler returns to the enchanting province of Roman Holiday. The Parisian locations add welcome visual icing to this delightful, effervescent treat.

Hepburn plays the daughter of master forger (Hugh Griffith), who enlists O’Toole’s dapper society burglar to steal a fake Cellini Venus before it can get him in trouble. As one might expect, madcap shenanigans ensue. Beautifully shot in Paris by Charles Lang and featuring a lively score from the one and only John Williams (available on this special edition as an isolated track).

Cheers all around for everybody – Miss Hepburn, Mr. O’Toole, Mr. Griffith, Eli Wallach and especially for screenwriter Harry Kumitz. TwilightTimeMovies. Blu-Ray.

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BOOK REVIEW

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BY HEIDI SIMMONS

AN ARTIST AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWERS -----------------------------------------------------

“DOCTOROW: COLLECTED STORIES”

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h to be in the hands of a great storyteller!

Readers may be most familiar with the award winning novelist’s bestsellers that include, among many others, Ragtime and Billy Bathgate. Author E. L. Doctorow revisits and revises his favorite narratives in a personally curated short story collection written between the 1960s and the new millennium. Doctorow: Collected Stories (Random House, 336 pages) delivers 15 tales that capture a complex world filled with complicated people.

As my regular readers know, I am a fan of the short story. A well-written, well-told short story is magic to me. And reading an author’s collection is my favorite because the stories often add up to something larger, more thematic, and they provide an insight into the author’s particular voice. Rarely is an entire collection great work, although, treasures do emerge.

From start to finish -- all 15 stories -- I found myself swept away not only by Doctorow’s writing, but by the stories themselves.

Right out the gate, in the first tale, “Willi,” I was moved and shocked by the boy whose innocence is shattered when he discovers his mother having sex in the barn with a man not his father.

In “Hunter,” a dynamic, young teacher makes the best of her lonely life manipulating her underprivileged students to “love” her.

My favorite, “The Writer in the Family” is about a high school student whose father has died, and his father’s sister asks him to write letters to his grandmother as if his father is still alive and living in Arizona.

“Heist” is the story of a priest who is struggling with his faith when his church is broken into and the large crucifix is stolen from behind the pulpit. The priest fancies himself a sleuth like G. K. Chesterton’s “Father Brown,” and discovers an unlikely kinship with a young Rabbi. This story became a novel under the title City of God. Doctorow creates a moody, dark and serious world in “The Water Works.” The narrator follows an undertaker to the city’s water works to recover a small child who fell in and drowned.

This story was also a novel with the same title.

“Liner Notes: The Songs of Billy Bathgate” is one of the shorter stories in the collection.

Besides the novel, it was a major motion picture starring Dustin Hoffman and Bruce Willis. Set in 1930s Bronx, the “Liner Notes” gives us a glimpse into the background of an orphan as he becomes street smart and finds love.

In one short story, we get an entire character’s existence in “Jolene: A Life.” A young girl moves through her life attaching herself to men who want her, that is, until her maturity finally blooms and she becomes her own person.

“Baby Wilson” is about a man who discovers

he truly loves his girlfriend after she steals -kidnaps -- a newborn baby boy!

Creepy and dangerous, “A House on the Plains” tells the story of a mother and son who are not afraid to kill those who get in the way of their financial success.

“Walter John Harmon” is about a cult leader who runs away with the narrator’s wife. The narrator soon decides it is all prophetic and takes over the cult.

An FBI special agent must figure out how a boy’s body was found dead at a White House ceremony in “Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden.”

In “Wakefield,” a man leaves his wife by hiding out in the garage attic until he becomes a changed man. However, he only changes after the wife begins to show interest in other men.

“Edgemont Drive” tells the story of a dying man who has comes back to his childhood home to spend his final hours, even though the people living there are total strangers.

A young immigrant gets tangled up with a gang in “Assimilation.”

The final story, “All the Time in the World” is about a retired man who talks to himself as he

tries to figure out his increasingly the complicated world and the role he plays in it.

Each story resonated with me and the whole collection felt fresh. The worlds are visceral, the people real and the complications unpredictable.

I like the way Doctorow trusts his reader to pick up the nuances of place and subtle behaviors as characters attempt to figure out their world and the odd situations that are unfolding. This makes the read intriguing on many levels.

The dialogue in this collection is without identifying marks or names. For me, this style adds energy to the stories and captures a rhythm and authenticity of conversations. Only a master writer can take those risks and make it work so well.

Whether a story takes place in the 1930s or 2015, Doctorow taps into a universal human condition that reveals relatable vulnerabilities and desires.

Doctorow was a master craftsman, not with just the written word, but with narrative. He always tells a satisfying story.

I couldn’t help but think that the final story in this book, “All the Time in the World,” (he arranged the stories in the order he wanted them read) was a message from the author about the mystery of life and what we leave behind.

Doctorow passed away in 2015. This collection is a gift to readers and his fans especially if you love short stories.

SAFETY TIPS

BY FIRE CHIEF SAM DIGIOVANNA

THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS!

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t’s also along the freeways, in open fields and vacant lots in your neighborhood.

That lush green vegetation and pretty wildflowers from recent winter storms is now turning golden in color and soon to become dark brown, brittle and extremely dry. “Fire season is already here and getting extremely dangerous quickly. We’ve already seen quite a few fast moving grass/ brush fires throughout Southern California reminds Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna.”

Our fuel moisture content was relatively high due to the rains, however each day these warm temperatures that have been combined with low humidity and several wind warnings has depleted fuel moisture and fuels are now very flammable which moves fire at a very rapid rate of spread.

Conditions will only worsen with less rain forecasted and summer months approaching.

“Right now, everyone should have been or are assessing their property for the risk of wildfire. Direct flame impingement is not the primary cause of structures burned during wildfires. Even home not in the hillsides can be in danger as flying embers can ignite homes well over a mile away. This is when homes or buildings become a “Catchers-

Mitt” of embers igniting structures reminds Chief DiGiovanna.”

A Catchers-Mitt are areas and items around your property where embers land on or embed themselves around structures during wildfires igniting things such as roofs, vents, patio furniture, wood piles, mulch in planter boxes, open ends of barrel tiles etc. When these ignite, they spread to your home. Roof debris such as pine needles, leaves, branches and bark, on the roof or rain gutters catch embers. Clean them!

Cover attic, eave and foundation vents with fire code approved wire mesh or install new vent types designed to prevent ember entry.

This is a very serious topic that we’ll be visiting periodically throughout the Summer months and into Fall when the Santa Ana’s hit us.

In the meantime be proactive and contact your local fire department for wildfire safety information and brush compliance codes specific to your neighborhood/community.

Fire Chief Sam DiGiovanna

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BAD ACTORS

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on-partisan non-profit Good Jobs First promotes corporate accountability via its Corporate Research Project. Their research shows that 100 companies have paid anywhere from $250 million to a staggering $56.7 billion in fines over the last six years for bad behavior.

Eight of the top ten bad corporate actors are in the financial services industry.

Overall, the financial services industry has paid $191 BILLION in fines for activities that would probably land you or me in jail.

Leading all bad actors is Bank of America with $56.7 billion in fines of which $28 billion relate to the mortgage loan crisis.

JP Morgan/ Chase is second at $28.7 billion followed by Citibank at $15.5 billion, Wells Fargo at $11.8 billion, Goldman Sachs $9.3 billion and Morgan Stanley at $5 billion.

So far this year, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse paid $7.2 billion and $5.3 billion, respectively, for misleading investors on toxic residential loan securities.

While much of the $191 billion in violations relate to mortgage fraud and the sale of toxic securities, bad behavior also includes fines for an assortment of actions.

As an example, Western Union paid $586 million for their role in money laundering and wire frauds.

Let’s take a quick look at recent violations

by the financial companies that you are most likely to do business with: Chase/JP Morgan have paid $424 million in fines over the last year including $53 million for discriminatory hiring practices and $4 million for falsely stating in marketing materials that their private bankers are never paid commissions on the sale of products to clients.

Citibank has paid $635 million in fines including $29 million in connection with allegations that they kept borrowers in the dark on ways to avoid home foreclosures.

Additionally, $18 million was paid to settle charges that they overbilled investment advisory clients; $5 million for inflating

interest rates on many customer credit cards; $3 million for making false and misleading statements about a foreign exchange trading program sold to investors and $11 million for falsifying court documents.

Merrill Lynch has paid $437 million of which $415 million was for misusing customer cash to generate profits for the firm and failing to protect customer securities from the claims of Merrill Lynch creditors. Another $10 million was paid for misleading investors in the sale of structured notes.

Morgan Stanley has paid $2.7 billion including $13 million for overcharging their investment advisory clients and another $3 million for making false and misleading statements about a foreign exchange trading program sold to investors. They paid another $1 million for not safeguarding customer information that was sold online.

State Street Bank paid a $32 million fine for engaging in a scheme to defraud a number of the bank’s clients by secretly applying commissions to billions of dollars of securities trade and another $12 million for a pay-to-play scheme where they donated to politicians in order to win the management of state pension funds in Ohio.

Wells Fargo paid $2 billion with $1.2 billion due to their falsification of mortgage documents sold to the FHA and another

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$4 million for illegally repossessing 413 cars owned by U.S. military servicemen.

They also had those messy RICO violations for opening client accounts without their knowledge.

The next wave of violations to hit the finance and insurance industries relates to overcharging 401(k) participants and/or the sale of unsuitable and expensive annuity contracts to clients.

The truth here is that many companies see fines as the corporate equivalent to a traffic ticket. If you dislike this type of corporate behavior, there are plenty of responsible companies that do not behave badly. To help you figure this out, go to www.violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org.

Haddon Libby is Managing Director of Winslow Drake Investment Management and can be reached at 760.449.6349 or www.WinslowDrake.com.

DALE GRIBOW ON THE LAW

STAGECOACH CONCERT EFFECTS LINGER

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ou need not attend Stagecoach to be “HELD UP”. Why do I say Held Up? Because your life may be put on hold for a number of reasons.

You may have gotten caught with an illegal substance while at stagecoach. Last week 2 separate guys called within 20 minutes of each other. Both were from New York and in the finance biz and both were at the airport returning to NY. While entering Stagecoach security they wanted to be sure their “stash” was hidden. Before security they each tried to secure their baggies holding MJ & Coke for one and Mushrooms and MJ for the other.

One dropped his baggie trying to secrete it in his waistband. The other guy dropped the baggie and the contents spilled right in front of the undercover cops.

During concerts many ABC plainclothes officers wait for attendees to do something wrong. This could be shifting or using controlled substances; underage drinking and of course using a false ID. I even had one last week using his wife’s handicapped parking while she was not in the golf cart.

Each arrestee has their life “held up” having to deal with finding and hiring a local lawyer, raising the money for legal fees and fines and fighting the charges. Many concert goers are from out of town and do

not know the names of local lawyers who handle a lot of DUI’s. Thus an inordinate amount of time is spent “FINDING A LOCAL LAWYER”.

After leaving the concert their life can be held up too. They can cause or be involved in a motor vehicle accident where they are injured and need to hire a local Coachella Valley attorney to assist them. If they had been drinking and/or are under the influence of anything, then whether they caused the accident or are the victim, when the police arrive their life will again be “held up” when they are arrested for a DUI. An accident causes one’s life to be Held Up by treating with a doctor and possibly being unable to return to work for a while.

They may treat for many months to get better and though they can work it will be a major disruption of their life.

Dealing with the DUI case will take about 6+ months. After a plea or conviction their license will be suspended and they will have to attend DUI classes and deal with their insurance going up for years.

An arrest for a DUI kicks in two separate proceedings.......the Court and a DMV hearing. Both are looking to punish you.

DMV looks to suspend your license if the reading is .08 or more, while the court focuses on jail. The outcome of one

proceeding does not necessarily affect the other.

With a DUI in addition to court they have to deal with DMV... which they must contact within 10 days. The DMV hearing is a statutory hearing that presumes a driver is per se guilty if the reading is .08 or higher.

There is a 98% chance the DMV hearing will suspend their license. Thus, even if they win in court they will have to deal with the DMV suspension for years.

When DMV suspends your license, it is for a four month period. If you ask for a restricted license, the suspension is for

5 months. Sometimes, we have clients who enter a plea in Court to something BEFORE the DMV hearing. Even though the court does not suspend your license as part of the plea, the court will notify the DMV in Sacramento that the driver pled to a DUI or reckless etc., and that the driver is sentenced to attend a drinking driving program. That notification will trigger a letter from Sacramento’s DMV called an Order of Suspension (for 6 months).

To avoid all this aggravation: DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE, CALL A TAXI OR UBER.........IT IS A LOT CHEAPER THAN CALLING ME! If you have any questions regarding this column or ideas for future columns please contact Dale Gribow Attorney at Law at 760-837-7500 or dale@dalegribowlaw. com.

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EVENTS SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR AND HOT TIME IN THE VALLEY ART SCENE

BY ANGELA ROMEO RESOURCE EXPO COMES TO INDIO – ART COMMUNITY KEEPS IS COOL CITY OF INDIO PARTNERS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

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s the dust settles from the Coachella and Stagecoach Music Festivals and Highway 111 returns to its normal pace, it might seem that summer ennui is setting in. But not everyone gears down for the summer!

The Coachella Valley continues to see tourist all year round. As the temperatures rise, tourists and locals look for things to do that will take them out of the heat. The Arts provide such an opportunity.

The summer will see several film festivals.

Upcoming festivals include The Palm Springs international Shortfest that runs June 2026 and The Arthur Lyons Film Noir series running May 11-14.

Another locale for art and respite from the heat is the Westfield Mall. The mall hosts an ongoing mural project, Westfield Walls.

Inviting the public to experience the work of street artists, Westfield has taken a lead role in bridging the diverse communities of the valley.

The Back Street Art District and the Perez Road Art & Design District will continue their respective monthly art walks. Back Street, located off Cherokee Road in Palm Springs, hosts a monthly first Wednesday evening walk. Valerie Hoffman of Fusion Art Gallery noted “The galleries at Backstreet are committed to keeping the art community going during the ‘off-season’ months by making art available all year. Art has no season.”

Perez Road Art & Design, located in Cathedral City, hosts a second Saturday event. Their next art walk is May 13. With 14 galleries and studios the area continues to attract art lovers. “It maintains consistency for our art district and provides us credibility as a viable location for art. The art walks keep us front and center on people’s minds when it relates to art,” said Vern Chamness, artist and co –owner of TRENZ Gallery.

On the 13th, Colliding Worlds Fine Art Gallery, a Perez Road Art & Design locale, will open BURKAS, the multimedia work of Artist Suzanne Ross. Subtle, provocative and intriguing the 13 Burka works will be

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Charged with the mission of “To Create Community Enrichment Through the Arts,” CREATE Center for the Arts has an ambitious goal. CREATE, located in Palm Desert, will be open all summer offering classes in a variety of artistic avenues including drawing, painting, knitting, cross stitch, sewing and printmaking. In addition CREATE will host concerts and art demonstrations.

On May 6, CREATE will host an event celebrating the creative community. Original artworks by local artists will be available for sale. Symara Stone will provide music and local restaurants will provide light refreshments.

In addition CREATE will host Congressional Art Competition showcasing high school students from the 36th Congressional District of Raul Ruiz MD. Those works will be on display through May 8, 2017.

The winner of the Congressional Art Competition will receive a trip to Washington DC to see their work hanging in the Capitol.

Said CREATE ‘s founder Debra Ann Mumm, “Hosting the Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to inspire young adults to pursue their creativity, as well as to bring awareness to programs that support and enrich our youth through the arts. Exhibiting in a formal gallery setting is a learning experience that is not often available to kids.”

For Backstreet Art District visit - www. facebook.com/backstreet.artdistrict.7.

For Westfield Walls visit - www.westfield. com/palmdesert/entertainment/art.

For CREATE Center for the Arts visit www.createcenterforthearts.com.

For Perez Road Art & Design District visit facebook.com/CathedralCityArtDestination.

he City of Indio, in partnership with the State of California Board of Equalization, is reaching out to help small business owners better understand tax and employment requirements. A free business seminar will be held at the Indio Performing Arts Center in Downtown Indio on Friday, May 5, 2017. Anyone who owns a small business, or is considering opening a business, is encouraged to attend. The wide-ranging seminar will address many of the steps involved in launching and growing a business in California.

The event is sponsored by Board of Equalization Chairwoman Diane L. Harkey, who will speak at the event along with Indio Mayor Elaine Holmes, La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans, La Quinta City Council Member Steve Sanchez, and Palm Desert Mayor Jan Harnik. “We are fortunate to have the support and participation of several members of our local government” said Mayor Holmes. “The City of Indio strongly supports our local business owners. This seminar is just one more resource we can offer to help them be successful. We are proud to be the host city for this event.”

Among the topics to be addressed at the seminar are sales and use tax basics, various forms of ownership, determining employment and contractor status, securing capitol and other important tools to grow your business, and how your local SBA office can help. The program will feature several business subject matter experts. Speakers will include guests from the California State Board of Equalization, Franchise Tax Board, Employment Development Department (EDD), Coachella Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC), California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Anyone interested in attending this free event should register online at boe.ca.gov/ seminars, or by calling 1-888-847-9652. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m., concluding at 2:30 p.m. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. The Indio Performing Arts Center

is located at 45-175 Fargo Street in Indio.

The City of Indio is the largest and fastest growing city in Riverside County’s Coachella Valley with over 89,000 residents. Nearly 1.4 million people visit Indio every year to attend its world famous arts, food, and music festivals. With nationally recognized public safety services, exceptional schools, great parks and senior and teen centers, no wonder over 3,000 new housing units are in construction or being planned throughout the city in addition to new hotels, restaurants and retailers. Indio was the first city incorporated in the Coachella Valley on May 16, 1930, and is governed by an elected City Council that employs a City Manager.

The City of Indio embraces its diversity and provides outstanding municipal services to enhance the quality of life for its residents, visitors and the business community.

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COMIC CON P.S.

BY THOMAS NOVAK

HARLEY QUINN: THE FEMALE ANTI-HERO THAT COMICS NEED

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here are a lot of great characters in fiction for fans to rally behind. Some enjoy heroes like DC’s Batman and Marvel’s Captain America, while others enjoy villains like DC’s Joker and Marvel’s Kingpin. But once in a while, fans are treated to the character who struggles to function on either side completely, and walks the line of the “Anti-hero” like Marvel’s Wolverine and Deadpool, or DC’s John Constantine and Lobo, and more recently Harley Quinn, a character both female and male fans have embraced.

For a character who was originally created with the purpose of just playing lackey to Mark Hamill’s Joker on Batman: The Animated Series, Harley has become not only a star in her own right, but also a fan favorite. Presently fans can find her starring in her own monthly comic (Harley Quinn) written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti with art from Chad Hardin.

The book shows that Harley is a strong and independent woman who may not be a saint, but still ends up doing the right thing, even if it takes her a couple of extra steps to make the right decision.

And yes, the character may not have a “happy” back story – that being a clinical professional at an insane asylum, who fell for one of her patients, the Joker, one of the most psychotic criminals. The solo title highlights the fact that she does just fine on her own without the Joker in her life granted, he’s shown up a time or two.

But the dynamic between the two, and the after effect all this has had on Quinn, is what helps the character thrive and standout amongst others in the DC line.

I mean, who hasn’t been in a situation, following an important but brief encounter, when they thought they were madly in love with someone, only to find out that the relationship is in no way even close to what they thought it was. Plus, some of the best characters in fiction are showcased through their pain, frustration, anger and suffering.

However, Quinn isn’t just some scorned lover trying to forget her past, she’s also got a sense of humor, which I honestly think is essential in a comic book. Let’s face it, the medium is more than senseless violence, flashy costumes and far-fetched storylines.

It’s got to have the ability to make you laugh even with all that other stuff also taking place, and there’s plenty of that the husband and wife duo of Conner and Palmiotti do to keep fans laughing. But for those fans still feeling that they need a decent helping of action, you’re not going to have to look very far. Not only is Harley keeping readers entertained in her solo title, but fans can also find her holding her own in the Suicide Squad comic where we see her taking on not just Batman, but also other members of the Justice League.

Now before someone starts complaining and raising the question over the film version of DC’s Suicide Squad, I will again go on the record to say I thought the movie was a joke, It was a Will Smith movie with DC characters trying too hard to combat a threat that in all honestly could have been done in 20 minutes. However, one of the few gems of the film was Margot Robbie, who played Harley Quinn. She embodied the broken woman who wanted to reclaim her life, and was more than willing to get her hands dirty. She could not only hold her own against her male counter parts, without batting an eye, but also showed she had a (deranged) sense of humor about it.

I mean, fans were even treated to Robbie holding the character’s original black and red female jester costume and smiling over it. Which if you grew up watching the cartoons, felt like a thank you to the fans for sticking with the character. Mind you, I will also be the first to say no one in that cast by any means was offering any sort of Academy Award worth performance.

Now with all that said, it’s safe to say Harley has earned her fans by showing that while she may not be the best example of the stereotypical “female super hero,” she’s no villain by any means. That puts her in the same grouping as characters like Marvel’s Deadpool, who aren’t defined by gender, but by their actions and reactions and attract both female and male fans. Plus, Harley has shown that women in comics don’t have to be tight-casted as the one in need of saving, but the one who can end the problem before it gets out of hand, and still have enough time to enjoy herself.

SPORTS SCENE

May 4 to May 10, 2017

BY FLINT WHEELER

NFL DRAFT RECAP

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he 2017 NFL Draft has concluded, and I wanted to go through some picks of the team I’ll be following this year, as well as some of the best and worst picks.

Let’s start with some notable picks from the entire draft.

BEST PICK: DL Jonathan Allen, Alabama He might not be the best player in the draft, but for where he was drafted, he was the best pick in the draft. Allen was seen as many scouts as a top-5 overall talent.

Washington has a loaded offense between Cousins, Reed, and adding free-agent Terrelle Pryor. Allen falling to number 17 will help solidify a defensive line in Washington hoping to make the next step in 2017.

Although they gave up a lot to move up and get him, I think Clemson Quarterback DeShaun Watson is a stud, and a great pick for Houston at #12. The Texans already have a top defense, and just needed to find a stable quarterback after the Brock Osweiler debacle. Watson could take the Texans from a division contender to a major player in the AFC. I’ll give the nod to Allen was he will likely make an impact Week 1, where it could be a small wait before Watson makes the same kind of impact.

I still think Allen takes my top-pick spot, but Watson could prove to be more valuable down the road.

WORST PICK: QB Mitchell Trubisky, UNC As a UNC fan, this move was surprising, even for “Da Bears.’ The Bears gave up quite a bit to move up just one spot to take Trubisky. He has the size NFL teams are looking for at 6’3” 220. But one decent year at North Carolina wasn’t enough for me to go as high as he did. Trubisky has potential, but to take him that high after Chicago payed Mike Glennon $14 million next year seems like a wasted pick. Especially with all the great defensive players that were available at number 2.

BEST VALUE: TE Jake Butt, Michigan John Elway said he was “holding his breath” in the picks before he took Butt with the first pick in the 5th round. Butt could have been one of the first tight end’s off the board if he didn’t tear his ACL during his senior season. The Broncos need some help at the position, as production at the tight end spot has declined dramatically since Julius Thomas left for Jacksonville.

Let us now take a look at the team’s I’ll be closely watching next season.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DRAFT GRADE: B This grade reflects more on the potential than the immediate impact New England’s draft picks will make. If you include that the Pats traded their top 3 picks for Brandin Cooks, Kony Ealy, and Mike Gillislee, I would

give the Patriots an A+ for this draft. We all know how good that offense is going to be with Cooks and Gillislee added to the mix, and the Pats still added more depth at defensive line, and found a potential replacement for Nate Solder in Antonio Garcia.

I like the potential for Arkansas defensive end Deatrich Wise, as he has called current Patriot Trey Flowers an “older brother.”

Flowers has improved every year since he was drafted in the fourth round, and that relationship could be good for Wise. Maybe Arkansas can become the new Rutgers for Belichick and the Pats if these two defensive linemen can produce.

GREEN BAY PACKERS DRAFT GRADE: B The Packers traded out of the first round, and I’m not sure that was the best move.

Before trading, they had an opportunity to draft T.J. Watt out of Wisconsin, which would have created a great pass rushing duo with Clay Matthews. Watt ending up going 30th to Pittsburgh. However, taking CB Kevin King out of Washington with the top pick of the second round was a smart pick, as the cornerback position was a serious problem for the Packers last year.

Another large need was running back, where Green Bay took three backs between rounds 4 and 7. Jamaal Williams out of BYU is likely to be the top threat to steal the starting job as the first running back selected by Green Bay, but two other rookies will also have the chance.

I also think that Montravius Adams out of Auburn will help supply some interior “beef” to the defensive line, which was also lacking speed and production last season.

We know Rodgers and the offense will produce, so hopefully these defensive picks can help the Pack make the next step on their playoff run last season.

RECAP Both of these teams made improvements in free agency and through the draft, and all should be competing to win their divisions, and represent their conference in the Super Bowl. The Patriots on paper are the team to beat in the entire NFL, but the Packers and Vikings will be in the conversation to represent the NFC in Minneapolis in 2018.

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May 4 to May 10, 2017

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CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY

June Hill’s Table at Trilogy® at The Polo Club Offers a Mother’s Day Celebration Buffet With Bottomless Mimosa June Hill’s Table, the east valley’s new favorite restaurant, is serving a Special Mother’s Day Buffet on Sunday, May 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Executive Chef Kevin Land, known for his locally sourced classic dishes with a contemporary twist, has created a Mother’s Day Celebration Buffet menu, including Bottomless Mimosas. The Buffet is $39.95 for Adults and $19.95 for Children. For reservations, phone 760.775.5522.

Starter Bar: Oysters on the Half Shell with Assorted Toppings, Shrimp Cocktail, Choices of Artisan Breads, Cheeses & Crackers with Cumquat Marmalade and Fig Jam. Carving Station: Herb Crusted Roasted Prime Rib with Horseradish Cream and Natural Jus and Rosemary Honey Baked Ham and Country Gravy.

Savory Station: Omelets to order, Olive Oil Poached Salmon with Citrus Herb Butter, Oven Roasted Chicken Breast and Mushroom Butter, Blistered Vine Ripe Tomatoes, Potatoes Provencal and Asparagus Rice Pilaf.

Salad Buffet: Assorted Crudites, Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Vinaigrette and Arugula Salad with Meyer Lemon Honey Emulsion.

Sweeter Station: Maple Battered French Toast, Bacon, Home Fries and Fluffy Scrambled Eggs.

Sweetest Station: Dessert Display.

Guests at June Hill’s Table enjoy both indoor and outdoor dining, with stunning 270 degree views of the surrounding mountains. June Hill’s Table is located at Trilogy at The Polo Club in Indio, near the edge of La Quinta on Avenue 52,

just east of Monroe.

Celebrate Mom at The Riviera Palm Springs The Riviera Palm Springs is offering an elegant brunch buffet for families to treat their mothers to this Mother’s Day, May 14th, 2017.

Spicy Salmon and Tuna Poke, Rib Eye Roast, Lobster Paella, Sushi, Salads, Seafood, All The Standard Brunch Menu Items & More will be available for diners to enjoy. Offered Mother’s Day, Sunday from 10am to 2pm in the Café Palmetto and Cantala dining areas of the resort. Guests can sit inside or underneath the shade of trees on the patio and choose from

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over 30 dishes and desserts to enjoy. The cost is $59 per person and $19 for children 4-12.

Reservations for the all-you-can-eat brunch are strongly suggested.

For the full menu please visit www. rivierapalmsprings.com/dine. Dial 760-3278311 for reservations.

While at the resort, treat mom to a massage. The Riviera is offering a special treatment package inside the highly acclaimed Azure Spa. The Mama Mia Package includes a 50 Minute Swedish Massage, Express Facial – with choice of oxygen or classic hydrating, Spa Manicure, Champagne, and Special Mother’s Day Gift with treatments for $200; gratuity not included. This offer is valid May 1-31, 2017; please call 760-778-6690 for reservations.

Trying to come up with a gift for Mother’s Day? Look no further. May 12 – 14 The Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa is offering an array of activities for that special mother figure in your life. From a Spa Soiree to Nine and Wine, there is something for every mom.

Spa Soiree for Mother’s Day: Enjoy an evening of mini-treatments at The Spa at Westin Mission Hills, including unique massage treatments, Table Thai stretching, scalp treatments, express facials and more.

Admission includes a swag bag, hors d’oeuvres, wine bar, vendor demos, retail discounts and raffles. Friday, May 12 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. $65 per person. RSVP required. Call Ext 2180 or 760-770-2180 or book online at www. eventbrite.com/e/mothers-day-spa-soiree2017-tickets-33673913582 Le Serate di Vino wine dinner feat. Eco Terreno: Mom will love the beautifully crafted organic wines from the Alexander valley paired with four delicious courses created by Chef Joel and The Westin’s excellent culinary team.

Friday, May 12 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. $89 per person. RSVP required to Pinzimini Restaurant at 760-770-2150.

Mother’s Day Nine & Wine: Bring Mom for an afternoon of golf and tasty treats over nine holes of play. Enjoy on-course food and wine pairings. All moms will receive a rose. Two person scramble format. Saturday, May 13, 2:00 p.m. shotgun start on the Pete Dye Resort Course. $119++ per couple. RSVP required.

Call 760-328-3198 or book online at www. playmissionhills.com/mothers-day.html Mother’s Day Brunch: Bring Mom to Pinzimini restaurant for an exquisite brunch with all of her favorites. The extensive buffet includes carving stations, omelets, seafood, salads, desserts, a Kids’ station, and more!

Sunday, May 14, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. $69 for adults and $28 for kids.

Mother’s Day Tennis Specials: All moms receive a 50% discount on a private or family lesson at the Westin Tennis Center. Sunday, May 14. Available by appointment. Call 760202-2021.

FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO MAKES MOM FEEL SPECIAL ON MOTHER’S DAY WITH DELICIOUS DINING OPTIONS Mother’s Day may be the most important holiday of the year and on Sunday, May 14th, all you have to do is provide the flowers because Fantasy Springs’ exceptional chefs have delicious menus planned for three of the resort’s restaurants.

If a casual dining experience is what Mom loves, then POM is the perfect pick for her. For $44 she can enjoy Lobster Milanese. A crispy butterflied 8-ounce Maine lobster tail will be served with an arugula and baby heirloom tomato salad with Salmoriglio dressing, shaved parmesan, spaghetti Carbonara, and a balsamic glaze. POM’s regular lunch and dinner menus will also be available.

For a fine dining experience, make a date with Mom at the Bistro where Executive Chef Freddy Rieger will prepare his Gourmet Broiled Seafood Mix. This delicious meal includes a half South African lobster tail, Chilean sea bass, jumbo Gulf prawn, Cape Cod diver scallop, and a Maryland crab cake and will be served with white cheddar potato soufflé, asparagus, Creole slaw, lemon beurre blanc, sun-dried tomato remoulade, and drawn Plugra butter for $50. The Bistro’s nightly menu will also be served.

The Fresh Grill Buffet serves up favorites that the whole family will love for brunch and dinner. During brunch, Mom can savor cooked-to-order omelets, egg and cheese stuffed mini croissants, French toast and more morning favorites just the way she likes them.

The buffet features fresh salads and soups including Puebla-style menudo and Maryland shrimp bisque. Save plenty of room for delectable carved meats such as roast prime rib of beef, maple-roasted breast of turkey and honey glazed Virginia ham. Entrée specialties for brunch and dinner include stuffed pork tenderloin with chorizo, roasted red peppers and Manchego cheese, grilled to order New York strip steaks, baked filet of salmon with lemon-dill sauce, and achiote spiced carne asada. There will also be an impressive array of Italian, Asian and Latin specialties. Then mom can satisfy her sweet tooth at Fantasy Springs’ famous Chocolate Fountain. Bananas Foster, warm bread pudding, and freshly baked pies, cookies and cakes will also be available. The dessert bar will also feature a large sugar free selection.

Come to the Fresh Grill Buffet for brunch between 10am and 3pm or for dinner between 3pm and 9pm. Adults are $33.99 and children are $15.99. POM and The Bistro serve dinner starting at 5pm. Reservations for POM and The Bistro are recommended and may be made by calling (800) 827-2946 or by visiting www.

FantasySpringsResort.com.

EVENTS

CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY AT SPOTLIGHT 29 CASINO Champagne Brunch & Dinner in Café Capitata on Sunday, May 14. Celebrate moms with a special Mother’s Day Champagne Brunch or Dinner at Café Capitata in Spotlight 29 on Sunday, May 14. The lavish brunch is served from 11AM to 3PM and the Champagne dinner buffet is offered from 4PM to 9PM Cost is $23.95 per person and includes a glass of champagne.

Nothing will please those special ladies more than a scrumptious Mother’s Day Brunch complemented with a glass of champagne to mark the occasion. Indulge in delectable buffet classics like Herb Roasted Prime Rib, Baked Ham, Slow Roasted Turkey and Champagne Poached Salmon with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Dill Sauce. Complement the main dish with one of the Soups, Salads, Fresh Vegetables and sides. Seafood lovers will appreciate the oceanfresh selections from the extensive seafood display like Shrimp Cocktail, Oysters on the Half Shell, Marinated Mussels or snow Crab Legs. Satisfy that lobster craving by adding a rich, broiled lobster tail to the meal for just an additional $11.95.

There is also a made-to-order omelet station complete with an extensive list of fillings and toppings for every taste bud. In addition to the traditional favorites, diners will find an incredible array of international choices including Chicken Milanese, Penne Pasta Carbonara with Shrimp, Shrimp Fried Rice, Mongolian Beef, among others.

After 4PM additional choices like Braised Lamb Shanks, BBQ Pork Ribs, Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken, Chicken Piccata, Seafood Risotto, Camarones Rancheros, Shrimp Tempura and more, will also be added to the buffet for dinner.

End the perfect Mother’s Day meal with a mouthwatering sweet treat at the decadent dessert bar featuring Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Fresh Baked Pies and Flan, Cream Puffs, plus assorted Cakes and Cookies.

A sit-down Mother’s Day dining experience will be served in JEM Steakhouse, with reservations stating at 4 p.m. An impressive selection of steaks like Filet Oscar, Bone-In Rib Eye and Australian Rack of Lamb pair nicely with one of the scrumptious salads or savory sides including Lyonnaise Potatoes, Fresh Asparagus, Sizzling Wild Mushrooms and more.

Enjoy a variety of seafood and poultry items like Grilled Salmon, Australian Lobster Tail and Stuffed Chicken Breast. Complete the dinner with a Crème Brulee, Chocolate Lava Cake or New York Cheesecake for dessert.

For more information or reservations, call: 760-775-2880 or go online at www.spotlight29. com.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Week of May 4

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Beware of feeling sorry for sharks that yell for help. Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes. Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait! “Beware” is not my only message for you. I have these additional announcements: Welcome interlopers if they’re humble and look you in the eyes. Learn all you can from predators and pretenders without imitating them. Take advantage of any change that’s set in motion by agitators who shake up the status quo, even if you don’t like them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When poet Wislawa Szymborska delivered her speech for winning the Nobel Prize, she said that “whatever else we might think of this world -- it is astonishing.” She added that for a poet, there really is no such thing as the “ordinary world,” “ordinary life,” and “the ordinary course of events.” In fact, “Nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone’s existence in this world.” I offer you her thoughts, Taurus, because I believe that in the next two weeks you will have an extraordinary potential to feel and act on these truths. You are hereby granted a license to be astonished on a regular basis.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you consider enrolling in my Self-Pity Seminar? If so, you would learn that obsessing on self-pity is a means to an end, not a morass to get lost in. You would feel sorry for yourself for brief, intense periods so that you could feel proud and brave the rest of the time. For a given period -- let’s say three days -- you would indulge and indulge and indulge in self-pity until you entirely exhausted that emotion. Then you’d be free to engage in an orgy of self-healing, self-nurturing, and self-celebration. Ready to get started? Ruminate about the ways that people don’t fully appreciate you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In a typical conversation, most of us utter too many “uhs,” “likes,” “I means,” and “you knows.” I mean, I’m sure that . . . uh . . . you’ll agree that, like, what’s the purpose of, you know, all that pointless noise? But I have some good news to deliver about your personal use of language in the coming weeks, Cancerian.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’ll have the potential to dramatically lower your reliance on needless filler. But wait, there’s more: Clear thinking and precise speech just might be your superpowers. As a result, your powers of persuasion should intensify. Your ability to advocate for your favorite causes may zoom.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1668, England named John Dryden its first Poet Laureate. His literary influence was so monumental that the era in which he published was known as the Age of Dryden.

Twentieth-century poetry great T. S. Eliot said he was “the ancestor of nearly all that is best in the poetry of the eighteenth century.” Curiously, Dryden had a low opinion of Shakespeare. “Scarcely intelligible,” he called the Bard, adding, “His whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions that it is as affected as it is coarse.” I foresee a comparable clash of titans in your sphere, Leo. Two major influences may fight it out for supremacy. One embodiment of beauty may be in competition with another.

One powerful and persuasive force could oppose another. What will your role be? Mediator? Judge?

Neutral observer? Whatever it is, be cagey.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just this once, and for a limited time only, you have cosmic clearance to load up on sugary treats, leave an empty beer can in the woods, watch stupid TV shows, and act uncool in front of the Beautiful People. Why? Because being totally well-behaved and perfectly composed and strictly pure would compromise your mental health more than being naughty. Besides, if you want to figure out what you are on the road to becoming, you will need to know more about what you’re not.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In addition to fashion tips, advice for the broken-hearted, midlife-crisis

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support, and career counseling, I sometimes provide you with more mystical help. Like now. So if you need nuts-and-bolts guidance, I hope you’ll have the sense to read a more down-to-earth horoscope. What I want to tell you is that the metaphor of resurrection is your featured theme. You should assume that it’s somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that although a part of you has died, it will be reborn in a fresh guise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Are you ready for the genie’s favors? Don’t rub the magic lamp unless you are.” That’s the message I saw on an Instagram meme. I immediately thought of you. The truth is that up until recently, you have not been fully prepared for the useful but demanding gifts the genie could offer you. You haven’t had the selfmastery necessary to use the gifts as they’re meant to be used, and therefore they were a bit dangerous to you. But that situation has changed. Although you may still not be fully primed, you’re as ready as you can be. That’s why I say: RUB THE MAGIC LAMP! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You may have heard the exhortation “Follow your bliss!”, which was popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell.

After studying the archetypal stories of many cultures throughout history, he concluded that it was the most important principle driving the success of most heroes. Here’s another way to say it: Identify the job or activity that deeply excites you, and find a way to make it the center of your life. In his later years, Campbell worried that too many people had misinterpreted “Follow your bliss” to mean “Do what comes easily.” That’s all wrong, he said. Anything worth doing takes work and struggle. “Maybe I should have said, ‘Follow your blisters,’” he laughed.

I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you are now in an intense “Follow your blisters” phase of following your bliss.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The versatile artist Melvin Van Peebles has enjoyed working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, composer, and novelist. One of his more recent efforts was a collaboration with the experimental band The Heliocentrics. Together they created a sciencefiction-themed spoken-word poetry album titled The Last Transmission. Peebles told NPR, “I haven’t had so much fun with clothes on in years.” If I’m reading the planetary omens correctly Capricorn, you’re either experiencing that level of fun, or will soon be doing so.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In what ways do you most resemble your mother? Now is a good time to take inventory. Once you identify any mom-like qualities that tend to limit your freedom or lead you away from your dreams, devise a plan to transform them. You may never be able to defuse them entirely, but there’s a lot you can do to minimize the mischief they cause. Be calm but calculating in setting your intention, Aquarius! P.S.: In the course of your inventory, you may also find there are ways you are like your mother that are of great value to you.

Is there anything you could do to more fully develop their potential?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “We are what we imagine,” writes Piscean author N. Scott Momaday.

“Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine who and what we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined.” Let’s make this passage your inspirational keynote for the coming weeks.

It’s a perfect time to realize how much power you have to create yourself through the intelligent and purposeful use of your vivid imagination. (P.S. Here’s a further tip, this time from Cher: “All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.”)

Homework: Which of your dead ancestors would you most like to talk to? Imagine a conversation with one of them.

---------------------------------------Rob Brezsny Free Will Astrology freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com

May 4 to May 10, 2017

MIND,BODY & SPIRIT

BY BRONWYN ISON

LIVING AYURVEDIC

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f you practice Yoga there is a good chance you have heard of Ayurveda.

Living an Ayurvedic lifestyle is a healthy one to adopt. It enables a person to encompass optimal physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. In the ancient language, Sanskrit, Ayurveda means, “Knowledge of Life.” The resurgence of this 5,000-year-old system has three fundamental energies. The structure is developed around movement, transformation, and structure. In Sanskrit the following doshas have meaning, Vata (Wind), Pitta (Fire), and Kapha (Earth).

What does this mean? It means, each of us is unique and these three forces help shape our nature. How do you know your force?

Are your wind, fire, or earth? One must take the Ayurveda Dosha Test. (Please refer to the Dosha quiz at the end of the article).

Ayurveda is a complex discipline requiring many years of study. I want to pique your interest and share with you this healthy lifestyle. The resurgence of Ayurveda is gaining momentum. You will learn why as you delve more into the benefits it provides.

There are five elements included, they makeup the doshas; air, space, fire, earth and water. The three ayurvedic doshas are vata, a combination of air and space, pitta a combination of fire and water, and kapha is water and earth. It is believed each one of us is born with a combination of the three doshas. One or two of the doshas is believed to be dominant. This determines our physical, mental, and emotional characteristics. Once you learn your dosha, what do you do with

it? There are several ways to incorporate an ayurvedic lifestyle. However, I would like to highlight the healthy eating lifestyle.

When is comes to nourishing our bodies we all love and need food. The nutrients in our food provide energy and keep us full of vigor. But, are we eating the correct foods? Ahh, we could all be a little better at maintaining a healthy diet. The Ayurvedic diet tells us we should include six tastes (Rasas) into every meal to please the palate.

Mmmm, sounds good to me. When the palate is pleased, cravings for more of a specific flavor diminishes. These (Rasas) flavor accents include sweet, salty, sour, pungent, astringent, and bitter. Each taste represents a combination of earth, water, air, and fire. As well each flavor stimulates the physical and mental sensors after eating certain foods. For example and according to ayurvedadosha.org., Vata’s experience a soothing effect when ingesting sweet, sour, and salty foods but their dosha is aggravated by pungent, astringent, or to bitter of foods.

Yet, remember to achieve a balance one must introduce all flavors accordingly and evenly for optimal benefits.

Establishing or accepting an Ayurvedic lifestyle is a commitment that requires a great deal of dedication. Many Yogis’ and health minded people alike are seeking more and better ways of living. Possibly an ayurvedic lifestyle is for you. To learn your dosha, visit: doshaquiz.chopra.com.

Bronwyn Ison is the owner of Evolve Yoga. e-volveyoga.com 760.564.YOGA

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ASK THE DOCTOR

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BY DR PETER KADILE

Dr. Peter M. Kadile is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He has an integrative, osteopathic medical practice and is also known as the local, house call doctor; Desert House Call Physician. He is on staff at Eisenhower Medical Center and medical director for Serenity Hospice. His office is located in beautiful Old Town La Quinta, 78-100 Main Street, Suite 207, La Quinta, CA 92253. (760) 777-7439. DesertHouseCalls@aol.com. deserthousecalldoc.com.

ARTHRITIS AND YOU.. .

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r. Kadile, I do a lot of work with my hands and fingers. I’ve noticed my finger joints hurt almost every day and some of the joints are getting bigger.

What’s going on? - Jacob, Rancho Mirage Jacob, you may have osteoarthritis of the hands. Arthritis is a general term which means inflammation of the joints. I generally refer to osteoarthritis as the “wear and tear arthritis”, it develops over time with repetitive use of a joint or previous injuries to a joint. In osteoarthritis, the protective cushioning in the joint (cartilage) wears out and eventually bone will rub against bone.

Additional bone growth may develop at the site of the inflammation resulting in bone spurs. Surrounding tissue such as tendons and ligaments can become affected and cause more pain to the area. In severe cases, the joints may become deformed and limit function and range of motion.

Common symptoms of arthritis are; joint pain and stiffness, swelling in the joints, a grinding or crunching sound in the joint with range of motion and decreased range of motion.

Doc, I have arthritis in my knees. Is there anything natural that I can take for the pain?

Ibuprofen and Aleve irritate my stomach. Dorothy, Cathedral City There is no cure for osteoarthritis, but there are several treatment options. If possible, modify the activity that causes the pain. Perform regular range of motion exercises to prevent stiffness to the joints.

Moist heat to the area can also help relieve pain. Over the counter medications such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) can help reduce the pain along with ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) and naprosyn (Aleve). Ibuprofen and naprosyn will help reduce the inflammation and decrease pain, but they can irritate the stomach lining. These over the counter medication should only be taken as directed because they can also cause liver and kidney damage if taken in excess. Supplements

such as chondroitin and glucosamine may help reduce arthritis pain, but they need to be taken on a regular basis and the pain relieving effect may not become evident for several weeks. I have found that regular use of turmeric and omega 3 fish oil may also help reduce the pain and inflammation of arthritis.

Diet can also affect arthritis. Fried and processed food can trigger inflammation.

Dairy, high amounts of sugar and salt can also trigger inflammation and increase joint pain.

Research has shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help reduce inflammation and joint pain.

I think I may have arthritis in my feet, what is the difference between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis? - Tracy, Indio Tracy, osteoarthritis develops over time and is a result of “wear and tear” on the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is a result of your body’s own immune system attacking your joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease. Pain medication, supplements and dietary changes for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are similar to osteoarthritis but treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may also include special medications that can modify the immune system thus controlling flare ups and pain.

Rheumatoid arthritis generally affects small and large joints on both sides of the body, whereas osteoarthritis usually affects one set of joints on one side of the body. Whole body symptoms are generally not present in osteoarthritis while people affected with rheumatoid arthritis can feel fatigued and general malaise.

I pop my knuckles all the time. My Mom keeps telling me to stop because the popping will cause arthritis. Is that true? Krystal, Thousand Palms Krystal, I remember people telling me that about popping knuckles when I grew up.

There have been actual studies looking into this and they found that knuckle popping or cracking isn’t associated with osteoarthritis at all.

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BY SUNNY SIMON

BE MINDFUL OF YOUR WORDS

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ords have immense power. I suppose that’s why I favor writing over speaking. As my fingers fly over the keyboard I can add, delete, edit and re-edit selecting the ideal words to convey my exact meaning. But when it comes to opening my mouth, sometimes the wrong words tumble out. Once that happens, there is no way to retrieve them.

I’m not just referring to sentences spewed in a fit of anger. Certainly those words can cause immense pain and have a tendency to rebound doubling the damage. If you’re prone to easily releasing a tongue lashing, I caution you not to engage in dialogue until you’ve given the consequences some serious consideration.

For purposes of this column, let’s focus on words used in everyday life that make a negative impression on others. For example, I know an individual, kind of a “woe is me” type, whose favorite catch phrase is, “You just don’t understand.” She says this frequently signaling her friends could not possibly feel the depth of her emotion. Obviously, these words convey the message that listeners are either too stupid, or not worldly enough to relate to her situation. If she stopped to analyze the effect her words produce, she might eliminate that phrase from her vocabulary.

Ever try to turn the tide by making a process change? If you did, I’m betting you heard my personal pet peeve, “This is the way it’s always been done.” Upon hearing those words, I want to throw up my hands and walk away. Why? Because it signals avoidance to doing anything different and rejecting the possibility of a beneficial change.

Think about phrases containing negatives.

Ever offer sincere thanks to someone and get a “no problem” in reply? I’m guessing at least ten times per day, right? Wouldn’t you rather hear, “You are most welcome,” or “It was my pleasure.” I know I would.

A prime example of negative speak is, “I can’t,” or “It cannot be done.” Perhaps we all let those words slip off our tongue before thinking it through.

This week make it a point to inventory your vocabulary. Omit negative phrases you say more out of habit than purpose. Convey your meaning thoughtfully using positive communication whenever possible. Measure your words and speak them to represent a specific intent. Lastly, rather than rattle off empty words to fill a void, consider silence.

Often it really is golden.

Sunny Simon is the owner of Raise the Bar High Life and Career Coaching and the author of the blog www.lifeonthesunnyside.net

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CANNABIS CORNER

May 4 to May 10, 2017

BY RUTH HILL R.N.

UNDERSTANDING CANNABIS REQUIRES A LITTLE MICROBIOLOGY

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ou can’t pick up a newspaper today without seeing an article on marijuana use. The Desert Sun last week reported a study using marijuana for treating autism. Where is the study being done? In Israel of course, where Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, the father of marijuana research, has been studying the plant for over forty years. While the US is busy taxing, reclassifying, and preventing research, other countries like Germany the UK and Spain have none of these restrictions. The US has been plagued by the puritanical bias against a plant that has been legally used for centuries for medicinal purposes.

Of course the abuse during the sixties for mood altering drugs buried the drug even deeper into the black market and black sheep status.

Marijuana is a synonym and slang word often used when discussing medical cannabis. Traditionally it refers to the molecule found in the leaf of the cannabis plant used for smoking. Presently in the US, it is a pejorative term with negative connotations, visualizing reefer highs, resulting in minimizing the complexity of the plant. California was the first state to legalize medical marijuana in 1996.

Unfortunately information on medicinal use is not being effectively disseminated.

There are no courses on medicinal cannabis in medical, nursing or pharmaceutical schools. It’s ironic that both the push for legal recreational use and the Internet have forced the research information out into the open. Would you know anything about medical marijuana without the Internet?

We providers have a lot of catching up to do.

To simplify the understanding of this plant that sometimes resembles snake oil, compare a cannabis plant to a rose plant.

Cannabis is a genus of a flowering plant in the family Cannabaceae. A rose is a woody flowering plant of the genus Rosa in the family Rosaceae. Both have hundreds of species and thousands of cultivars that give it color, fragrance, size, and molecular shape. Roses are indigenous to Central Asia,

cannabis is indigenous to Central Asia and the Himalayas/India regions.

The three major strains of cannabis are sativa, indica, and ruderalis. The strains of Rosaceae are bushes, stems, and vines.

Cannabis gives us molecular structures like THC, CBD, CBG, CBN, THCv, CBGa, THCa. Rosaceae gives us the Mister Lincoln, Peace Rose, and Rosa Queen Elizabeth and a plethora of outstanding beauty.

The ABC’s of cannabis is essential if you want to discard the mindset that its use is solely for getting high. Dr. Mechoulam created the scientific bridge between Cannabaceae and medicine. He is co-credited in 1964 with the discovery of the delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) molecule, the most famous, which gives the stigma to marijuana. In 1996 he made the revolutionary discovery that humans have cannabinoid receptors and an endocannabinoid system.

This breakthrough by Dr. Mechoulam led him to discover hundreds of molecular substances in humans similar to cannabis.

The CBD or cannabidiol, is non psychoactive, has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties and produces long term mental acuity. THC is the psychogenic molecule that gives pain relief, is an antispasmoic and an appetite stimulant. The human

endocannabinoid system is throughout the body in the brain gut immune system, spinal system and skin. Cannabinoid receptors are present throughout the body within the cell membranes. The two major ones are CB1 and CB2. Studies are being done to identify a third receptor.

The science of cannabis is about isolating these chemicals and matching the product to relieve the multiple debilitating symptoms of disease. Legalizing cannabis in the US with the end result to smoke, swallow, or vape across state lines, will not come from emotional appeals for personal rights but from educated discussions, attention to detail, and informing legislators on its powerful uses to relieve suffering. So how can you effect change?

By becoming familiar with the labels of the products you buy, the terms of sativa indica terpenes CBD and THC, remembering cannabis affects each of us uniquely, what works for me may not work for you, and talking to a physician, nurse, or pharmacist who knows the science of this miracle plant.

Buyer beware.

Dvirect responses and questions to hilruth@gmail.com or @RuthAHillRN

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