WELCOME to a yearlong celebration of the City of Palm Springs’ 75th anniversary showcasing the history and culture of the city from 1938 to the present.
Over the course of the next 12 months, you will enjoy a specially prepared 12-part editorial series that will be published in Palm Springs Life and posted online. Each installment will focus on a specific aspect that has made the city a legendary destination known throughout the world. Here you will be enthralled by a combination of archival and contemporary photography that demonstrates the city’s rich heritage.
Included on this site is a complete go-to list of 2013 Palm Springs city events. And you can enter to win contests for exciting citywide package prizes, entries are valid now through November 1, 2013.
PALM SPRINGS 75 YEARS CELEBRATION PACKAGES INCLUDE:
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HISTORY
Stars Align to Lead - Celebrities discovered Palm Springs long before it was incorporated 75 years ago. Here they let their hair down, relaxed in the sun, and began supporting local civic and charitable activities.
75 Things We Love About Palm Springs - People to our east may have the Grand Canyon, Gateway Arch, and Broadway, but they also have intolerant immigration rules, tornadoes, and stressful traffic. People to our west may have Pacific Ocean beaches and Sunset Boulevard, but they also have fog and stressful traffic.
Women With Vision - The mention of Palm Springs usually conjures up images of Hollywood movie stars, a playground for the rich and famous, or the golf capital of the world -— certainly not a hub of women’s...
Men on the Forefront - The expeditions passing through the desert in the mid- to late-1800s saw only arid, barren land. It took vision and grit to see the possibilities of this land. What follows are some of the...
The Woman Leads - She led an all-women council that changed the financial destiny of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the California resort communities of Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage.
Building on Last Century’s Innovation - In the mid-20th century, desert architects eagerly worked in a new, modern idiom — and Palm Springs provided fertile ground for their brilliant designs.
Bringing Presence to the Past- Today’s architects take inspiration from early masters and run with it.
The Beat Goes On - Sonny
Bono, Palm Springs’ celebrity mayor, did more for the city than launch
one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. With a revivalist
vision and an anti-bureaucratic cause, the star with a common touch
embodies the city’s cultural and economic transition.
Courtship Among the Pros - More
of the world’s No. 1 tennis players hit balls at the Racquet Club: In
addition to Budge and Marble, Ellsworth Vines in the 1930s; Bobby Riggs,
Jack Kramer, and Pancho Segura in the 1940s and ’50s; Rod Laver, Roy
Emerson, Ken Rosewall, Stan Smith, Bob Lutz, Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert,
Pancho Gonzales, Arthur Ashe, and Billie Jean King in the 1960s and
’70s.
Creating a Racquet (Club) - The
story has oft been that the Racquet Club began when Farrell and Bellamy
had trouble getting on the tennis courts at the El Mirador Hotel. The
actors formed a partnership, bought 200 acres at $30 an acre, and told
the finest tennis court builder they could find to build the best two
tennis courts money could buy. When it was finished, their young
celebrity friends came, relaxed, and played tennis.
Bringing Fame to Palm Springs - Since the early 1900s, the desert has lured celebrities who came to play, stay, and live. Many stars who came here to work found themselves checking out real estate afterward.
The Birth of a Fountain - A Mexican father, a pioneer godmother and a staff of desert midwives brought the airport terminal's new "baby" into existence.
Howard Hughes - Howard Hughes was a frequent visitor to the Palm Springs area for more than 30 years beginning around 1925. He stayed in a leased house or suites at the Racquet Club or Ingleside Inn, usually in the company of a
young Hollywood starlet.
Snow in Palm Springs? Snow That Stayed?? - Yes Virgina, it has snowed in Palm Springs.
El Mirador - A Grand Hotel - It had 165 rooms to start with, and it once was advertised, with
exuberant use of words, as "a magnificent palace of splendor." More
simply stated — a true luxury hotel
PALM SPRINGS EVENTS
ONGOING
The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, January-May and November-December, 760-327-0225, www.psfollies.com
VillageFest, every Thursday evening, www.villagefest.org
Certified Farmers Market, 760-322-3521, www.psculturalcenter.org
Free Second Sundays at Palm Springs Art Museum, 760-322-4800, www.psmuseum.org
Continuing through Nov. 3: Contemporary Glass Exhibition, 760-322-4800, www.psmuseum.org
Continuing through March 31: Picture This: Photographic Portraits of Place Exhibition, 760-322-4800, www.psmuseum.org
APRIL 2013
Apr. 27: Palm Canyon/Bugs, Palm Canyon, 760-833-8169, www.accmuseum.org
April 28-May 3: Palm Springs Photo Festival, 800-928-8314, www.palmspringsphotofestival.com
MAY 2013
May 16-19: Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, 760-325-6565, www.arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com
May 11: Evening Under the Stars, 760-325-8481, www.aidsassistance.org
May 17-26: Bye Bye Birdie, Palm Canyon Theatre, 760-323-5123, www.palmcanyontheatre.org
May 27: Memorial Day Flower Drop, 760-778-6262, www.palmspringsairmuseum.org
May 3: Mr. Horn, Annenberg Theater, 760-325-4490, www.psmuseum.org
May 31-June 16: Palm Springs Restaurant Week, 760-625-1544, www.palmspringsrestaurantweek.com
JUNE 2013
Dates TBA: Palm Springs Power Baseball, 760-778-4487, www.palmspringspowerbaseball.com
Jun. 1: Forever Marilyn Park, “Goodbye Marilyn” Elton John Tribute Artist and Special Guests Free Concert, 760-778-8415, www.visitpalmsprings.com
June 6: Leather and Lace, Annenberg Theater, 760-325-4490, www.psmuseum.org
June 18-24: Palm Springs International Shortfest, 760-322-2930, www.psfilmfest.org
JULY 2013
Dates TBA: Palm Springs Power Baseball, 760-778-4487, www.palmspringspowerbaseball.com
July 4: Palm Springs Independence Day Celebrations, 760-323-8299, www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us
760-325-8481, www.aidsassistance.org
July 15-18: Kids Explore! Summer Classes Agua Caliente Cultural Museum,760-833-8169, www.accmuseum.org
July 12-21: Pippin, Palm Canyon Theatre, 760-323-5123, www.palmcanyontheatre.org
AUGUST 2013
Aug. 5-8: Kids Explore! Summer Classes Agua Caliente Cultural Museum,760-833-8169, www.accmuseum.org
SEPTEMBER 2013
Sept. 19-22: Cinema Diverse, 760-325-6565, www.cinemadiverse.ning.com
Sept. 27: California Native Americans Day, 760-778-1079, www.accmuseum.org
OCTOBER 2013
Dates TBA: American Heat Bike Weekend, 775-329-7469, www.road-shows.com/american_heat.php
Oct. 12: Dinner in the Canyons, 760-778-1079, www.accmuseum.org
NOVEMBER 2013
Nov.: National Native American Heritage Month, 760-778-1079, www.accmuseum.org
Date TBA: Winter Wonderland Ball, 760-323-7676, www.strokerecoverycenter.org
Date TBA: Day of the Dead, 760-322-4800, www.psmuseum.org
Dates TBA: Palm Springs Open Tennis Tournament, 760-325-8481, www.aidsassistance.org
Date TBA: Palm Springs AIDS Walk, 760-323-2118, www.desertaidsproject.org
Date TBA: Palm Springs Pride Run and Walk, 760-416-8711, www.pspride.org
Nov. 2-3: Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival and Parade, 760-416-8711, www.pspride.com
Nov. 22-24: McCormick’s Classic Car Show and Auction, 760-320-3290, www.classic-carauction.com
Nov. 29-Dec. 2: Desert Arts Festival, 818-813-4478, www.westcoastartists.com
DECEMBER 2013
Date TBA: Walk of the Inns, 760-422-4800, www.psmuseum.org
Date TBA: Streetbar’s Annual Wreath Auction, 760-325-8481, www.aidsassistance.org
Dec. 7: Festival of Lights Parade, 760-323-8276, www.psfestivaloflights.com
Dec 14-15: Desert Arts Festival, 818-813-4478, www.westcoastartists.com
75th SPONSORS
CONTACTS:
For information regarding being a vendor or participant event information regarding the
City of Palm Springs 75th Birthday Free Celebration,
Saturday, April 20, 2013 at O’Donnell Golf Club, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., please contact:
Larry Abel or Jenn Crindoli
larry@abmcd.com
jenn@abmcd.com
323-934-4704
For information about the City of Palm Springs 75th Birthday Free Celebration, please contact:
Amy Blaisdell
Communications Director
City of palm Springs
Amy.Blaisdell@palmspringsca.gov
760-323-8250
For information about posting an event to the www.palmsprings75.com, please contact
Lisa L. Laddusaw
Marketing Director
Palm Springs Life
lisal@palmspringslife.com
760-325-2333
