As Palm Springs’ iconic LGBTQ+ women’s festival celebrates 35 years, new owners Rose Garcia and Bella Barkow are carrying its legacy forward with a broader vision for queer community, representation, and joy.
The Coachella Valley Art Center (CVAC) hosts the 2nd Bohemian Café: A Reading Series on Saturday, January 23, 2016. The reading is part of the W.O.W. (Works of Wonder) series that takes place monthly at the CVAC. Bohemian Café is a local
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2015 EDITOR’S PICKS INTRODUCING: ALYCE TZUE, MAVERICK MOORE & BEN BRIAND interviews by JORGE PEREZCHICA SOAR director/writer ALYCE TZUE Can you tell us about yourself and background as an artist? I feel like I’ve gravitated toward film because it is a medium that
curated by MICHELLE CASTILLO artwork & photo CHRIS GRANILLO featured poets RAHSAAN DIAZ, SAMIRA R. NOORALI, DONNA FITZGERALD, JENNYLIZA RAMORAN, AMIE FISHER, MELISSA BOYD, ARTURO CASTELLANOS, FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ & MICHELLE CASTILLO ONE RIVER by RAHSAAN DIAZ Sounds like a river while she walks across a
LEONARD KNIGHT (1931–2014) SALVATION MOUNTAIN text CRYSTAL HARRELL photography AARON HUEY Salvation Mountain: A Beacon of Love in the Desert. The barren slopes of Imperial County’s desert plains can leave very little to the imagination. The typical frame of reference for the land
interview JORGE PEREZCHICA Tell us about yourself and your background as a photographer? Sure! My name is Sarah Elise Abramson and I’m a 28-year-old fine art contemporary photographer. I started photographing when I was 11 years old, which means I’ve literally had
text + photography LUNAFORA Meet Adam Enrique Rodriguez, a rising young artist from Indio, CA. Rodriguez’s work explores various themes that provoke social commentary from money, to water, to sex, to politics, and peace. Lately, his myriad of painted faces has become his
KURMANJAN DATKA QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS official selection of the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2015 text and photography JORGE PEREZCHICA Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains was released in honor of the 200th anniversary of Queen Kurmanjan of Kyrgyz Kaganat, national hero
POETIC KINETICS interview JORGE PEREZCHICA photography JOHNATHAN ROSS Tell us how Poetic Kinetics came together as a group of like-minded artists and craftsmen? We came together in 2008 as a bunch of skilled fabricators and artists who were working or had worked in
CHRISTIAN ALVAREZ KINDS OF BLACK interview and photography JORGE PEREZCHICA So, tell us about yourself and your new book of poetry. I’m from the Bay Area and was raised in Arizona. I performed music most of my life and writing really took
PUNK BABES & POPSICLES interview JORGE PEREZCHICA What is the Robin Eisenberg universe all about? Babes, food, space, and sex, and foxes! Tell us about your muses: mutant rock n’roll chicks, melting donuts, psychedelic pizza, and more? I like weird dream versions of