Culture

Come to Your Senses — Indian Wells serves up fine food, art, and music at its bigger, better festival.

Janice Kleinschmidt. Arts & Entertainment

Come to Your Senses — Indian Wells serves up fine food, art, and music at its bigger, better festival.

Icebreaker

A New Role — Darryl Macdonald revels in his Palm Springs homecoming.

Janice Kleinschmidt. Arts & Entertainment

Palm Springs International Film Festival’s original director of programming has returned for the festival’s 15th anniversary. Only now Darryl Macdonald is executive director.

How Desert Are You?

With a 100-megawatt sun and a variety of lizards and critters, this is no place for wimps. Take this test and see how you have adapted!

Janice Kleinschmidt. Social Scene

With a 100-megawatt sun and a variety of lizards and critters, this is no place for wimps. Take this test and see how you have adapted!

Sea of Wonders

The state’s largest lake harbors an otherworldly landscape — a Salton Sea that will surprise especially those who hold their nose when the ill wind blows

Janice Kleinschmidt. Hotels & Resorts, Real Estate

The state’s largest lake harbors an otherworldly landscape — a Salton Sea that will surprise especially those who hold their nose when the ill wind blows. Photography by Tom Brewster.