| Regular Features | |
| 36 | Publisher's Letter: Have We Got Culture / By Milton W. Jones |
| 38 | Comment: Psl Readers Write About Us |
| 40 | Sandscript: Seek Status Symbols Selectively / By Bob Vivian |
| 42 | Psl Informant: What Is Happening With Whom In The Desert |
| 44 | Closeups: People Who Are Interesting |
| 81 | Fashion: Classic Clothes For Town And Country / By Maggi Miller |
| 89 | Palm Springs Life's Guide: Where To Go, What To Do In The Sunshine Paradise |
| 147 | Gallery Scene: New And Important Works On Display |
| 220 | Cosmetique: Pampering The Whole Body / By Maggi Miller |
| 227 | Ask Eliot Janeway: Sage Economic Advice / By Eliot Janeway |
| 229 | Books & Authors: A Premier Cook Is Thinking Thinner / By Roy Newquist |
| 232 | Stocks: Wrestling With Reaganomics / By Justin And Robert Mamis |
| 234 | Tax Talk: Planning Under The New Tax Law / By Howard Gordon, Cpa |
| 238 | Astrological Forecast: Scorpio's Turn To Celebrate / By Jean Farman |
| 239 | Around Town: It Was A Hot, But Happy, Summer / By Rosemary Cox |
| Special Interest | |
| 49 | Curtain Going Up! Get Your Tickets Now For The Live Theater Season / By Bill Casper |
| 58 | New Hope For An Old Arts Center: Riverside's Loring Opera House To Be Renovated / By Bob Vivian |
| 61 | La Joie De Danse: The Palm Springs Dance Company Comes Of Age / By Sharon Apfelbaum |
| 66 | Ernest Flatt Q & A: Take A Tour Of Show Biz With Him / By Margo Fox |
| 76 | Beyond 'the Vast Wasteland': What's Doing In Coachella Valley Television / By Bob Vivian |
| 148 | Conquering Quotidian Concerns: Murals By Luisi / By Sharon Apfelbaum |
| 151 | Indio Magazine: A Special Supplement |
| 222 | Eating Your Veggies: They Never Tasted So Good / By Diana L. Powers |
ABOUT THE COVER: Dancer Ava Russo rehearses for the season's production of A Chorus Line. Photo by Debi Allison.