The Sun Runner Annual Desert Art Issue 2009 (Oct/Nov 2009)

Oct. 17 – Oktoberfest & Battle of the Bands. 2-10 p.m., free.

Downtown Main St., El Centro. (760)540-0204.

Oct. 17 – Shadow Mtn. Band, 5 p.m., & I See Hawks In LA w/ special guest Susan James. 8 p.m. Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, 53688 Pioneertown Rd., Pioneertown. (760) 365-5956, www.pappyandharriets.com.

Oct. 17 – Ken O’Malley & the Twilight Lords. 7 p.m., $15. HiDesert Cultural Center’s Blak Box Theatre, 61231 29 Palms Hwy., Joshua Tree. (760)366-3777, www.hidesertculturalcenter.com.

Oct. 17 – Deep Space Viewing Star Party. Tecopa Hot Springs Resort, 860 Tecopa Hot Springs Rd., Tecopa. (760)852-4220.

Oct. 17 – Edwards Air Force Base Air Show & Open House. 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Army Golden Knights, reenactment of “Tora, Tora Tora.” www.edwards.af.mil. 305 E. Popson Ave., Edwards AFB. (661)277-1110.

Oct. 20 – Songwriters Experience Hosted by Danny Sheridan.

Special Guest: John Stanley King. Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m. www.songwritersexperience.com. “Jakes” in the Indian Wells Resort Hotel, Hwy. 111at Club Dr., Indian Wells. (760)972-0960.

Oct. 22-25 – Borrego Days 44th Annual Desert Festival, Starry, Starry Nights. www.theabf.org. Anza-Borrego Foundation & Institute, 587 Palm Canyon Dr., Suite 220-224, Borrego Springs. (760) 767-4063.

Oct. 23 – An Evening Conversation with International Author & Poet David Whyte. Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, 41000 Bob Hope Dr. Rancho Mirage, (760)346-4606.

Oct. 23 – The Farmers (formerly The Beat Farmers). 7:30pm.

Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, 53688 Pioneertown Rd., Pioneertown. (760)365-5956, www.pappyandharriets.com.

Oct. 24. – Trailhead Safari. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. RSVP: Required

by Oct. 23. Limit: 15 people. Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center, 51-500 Hwy. 74, Palm Desert.

(760) 862-9984.

Oct. 24 – Halloween Fest. 4-8 p.m. Banning Community Center, 789 N. San Gorgonio Ave., Banning. (951)922-3242.

Oct. 24 – Basket Making Class. Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, 219 S. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs. (760)778-1079, x-1 13, www.accmuseum.org..

Oct. 25 – 45th Annual Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade. El Paseo, Palm Desert. (760)346-6111.

Oct. 30-Nov. 1 – Annual Old West Days. Shoshone. (760)852-4524.

Oct. 31 – Main Street Tehachapi’s Trunk or Treat. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Halloween celebration in Historic Downtown Tehachapi. Tehachapi Main St. (661)822-6519, www.mainstreettehachapi.org.

Oct. 31 – 2K4KIDS Route 66 10K and 2K Run/Walk and Community BBQ Lunch. 8 a.m.-1p.m. Sante Fe Park, Route 66 in Needles.

(760) 861-2519.

Oct. 31 – Grim Rabbit’s Annual Halloween Party. Special guest: The Evaro Family Band. 8 p.m. Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, 53688 Pioneertown Rd., Pioneertown. (760)365-5956. www.pappyandharriets.com.

Oct. 31 – Carnival Sideshow Haunted House “Teen Scream.” 5 9 p.m. $2 entry. Lucerne Valley Community Center, 33187 Old Woman Springs Rd., Lucerne Valley. (760)248-7048.

Oct. 31 – Howl-O-Ween Harvest Happening. All day. Live entertainment, scavenger hunt, pumpkin patch, mascot & costume parade, tractor rides & more. Half price admission. The Living Desert, 47900 Portola Ave., Palm Desert. (760)346-5694, x- 2000.

Oct 31st - Nov 1 – Desert Cities Woman’s Show. Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, 44-400 Indian Wells Ln., Indian Wells Resort.

(760)773-4444.

Event: (760)285-3903, www.DesertWomansShow.com.

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