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Authentic Acting

If there is one thing years of L.A. auditions taught Terry Ray, it's be yourself. The Palm Springs–based actor and playwright shares that sentiment with local talent as he helps bring one of SoCal's top acting schools to Palm Springs.

JIM POWERS Arts & Entertainment, Current Digital

Palm Springs actor and playwright Terry Ray is teaching how to make a part your own as he helps debut The Actor’s Lab in the Coachella Valley.

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Expect the Unexpected

Recent FIDM grads brought nine shows in one to the Fashion Week El Paseo runway.

Lisa Marie Hart Current Digital, Fashion & Style, Fashion Week El Paseo

Nine designers from Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising honored their heritage or promoted individual identity at Fashion Week.

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Into The Light

Seductive and hypnotic, Phillip K. Smith III’s art harnesses the land and light so that we can see it anew.

Steven Biller Arts & Entertainment, Current PSL

Phillip K. Smith III’s all-consuming, otherworldly art installations across the desert encourage people to slow down, look, and linger.

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Dancing to a New Beat

Matt Sorum, the drummer behind legendary rock bands such as Guns N’ Roses, shares stories of a decadent life on the road and what led him to settle down in Palm Springs.

Jeremy Kinser Arts & Entertainment, Current Digital

Matt Sorum, the drummer behind Guns N’ Roses, shares stories of his decadent life on the road and what led him to settle in Palm Springs.

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Charting Her Own Course

When she’s not fearlessly navigating Hollywood, Euphoria and The White Lotus actress Sydney Sweeney gets away from it all in the Coachella Valley.

Derrik J. Lang Arts & Entertainment, Current PSL, Fashion & Style

When she’s not fearlessly navigating Hollywood, “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” actress Sydney Sweeney gets away from it all in the desert.

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They Called Him Gypsy Boots

The Proto-Hippie who lived in Tahquitz Canyon turned Palm Springs on to natural living.

Clayton Trutor Current PSL, History

Just outside Palm Springs, Gypsy Boots and his “tribe” led a hippie lifestyle in the caves of Tahquitz Canyon 20 years before its time.