Hot pink tights, men in white linen suits, fringed miniskirts and blinged-up disco boots substantiated that the 1,100 guests were expecting a lively evening.

Hosts Grafton Doyle, Helene Galen, Donna MacMillan, Peter Mahler, and Harold Matzner feted about 85 guests at the Second Annual Friend Awareness Reception for The Actors’ Fund at the stunning Las Palmas home of Peter Mahler and his partner, actor Grafton Doyle.

The recently opened Palm House in Palm Springs was the location for the annual “Divas Thank You Dinner” presented by Fashion Week El Paseo and Palm Springs Life.

The choir performed May 6 on El Paseo in front of the Gucci store following an invitation from The Shops on El Paso to participate in Palm Desert’s First Friday series.

Grgich crafted a Chardonnay in Napa Valley that beat the best of France at The Judgement of Paris in May 1976. The results stunned the wine world and proved great wines did not need French soil to make them great.

The sound of music took command of the evening’s earlier inclement weather to assure Opera Arts/Palm Springs’ Opera Under the Stars event would be absolutely perfect.

The April 16 earthquake in Ecuador could be felt all the way to the Coachella Valley, and efforts to assist the victims has become a passionate outreach for Catalan Restaurant in Rancho Mirage.

The 28th Annual On-Stage Birthday Luncheon benefitting the Muses & Patroness Circle of the McCallum Theatre demonstrated why theater is such an amazing and exciting art form, and why ladies should join this prestigious group.

  American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs) Founder and Festival Director Theodore “Teddy” Grouya thanked all the sponsors, including presenting sponsor Renova Solar and the Palm Springs Cultural Center, from the Camelot Theatre’s Theater 1 stage. He then announced the winners of the 5th Annual festival: Best International Feature: Tie: In California from France, and Skin and Bones from Denmark; Best