Those who long for the days of double-feature movies should be in seventh heaven on April 22, when they can watch 35 films in a sitting (for free!) at Rancho Mirage Public Library.

Chalk up this column to shameless self-promotion: I have to tell you about the magazine’s new-look Web site, www.palmspringslife.com.

Palm Springs Art Museum, Opera Showcase of the Desert, Happy Chickadee, Kraft Nabisco Championship Celebrity Pro-Am, Copley’s on Palm Canyon, Teco Pottery, Mel Haber, Les Dames D’Escoffier.

The Coachella Valley once was dotted with hundreds of adobe houses, but most have washed away, collapsed, or been bulldozed. In recent months, some classics were slated for demolition. But economy-wary developers allow us a last chance to see these structural gems.

Selections from the Palm Springs International Film Festival that have ties to the valley. These include – Adopt a Sailor, American Primitive, Bart Got a Room and more…

The Best of the Coachella Valley and Beyond. Getting Personal, Our Towns, Mark Of Excellence, A Look At Movies, When Horses Fly, and Word Association.

Hope In Florida, A Classical Act, and Sound To Film.

Trying to find the man behind the paintings proves difficult when that man is Paul Grimm

Slow But Steady Goes the Art Market

Art on the Side, J. Willott: Big on Miniatures, and “Shoosh!”