The Bears Are Back
International Bear Convergence 2022 The Bears Are Back By Joe Cabello International Bear Convergence (IBC) is the premier winter event for Bears in Palm Springs, California, welcoming thousands of frisky, bears, muscle bears, cubs, chasers, chubs, admirers & their fans to have the time of their lives! The four-day event comes to life with DJs,...
The Standard Magazine: A Look Back to 2021
Compiled By Josh Furnell As we look toward a New Year we would like to revisit some of the articles featured on the pages of The Standard Magazine, highlighting excerpts from particular articles from each month that deserve a second gander. You can read the complete article by simply clicking on the link after each...
The Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus (PSGMC) is Back Led By New Artistic Director Jerry R. Soria-Foust
By Greg Torres The Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus (PSGMC) is back and ready to perform for its spectacular holiday show “Sparkle, Twinkle, Jingle!” at the Palm Springs Museum Annenberg Theater Friday, December 10, Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12. The Chorus is proud to welcome its new artistic director Jerry R. Soria-Foust, who...
Modernism Week
Modernism Week Announces Exciting Fall Preview 2021 Schedule By Bob Bogard Modernism Week’s 2021 Fall Preview will take place October 14-17 at various locations in the Palm Springs area of Southern California. A full schedule of events featuring more than 40 events may be viewed online at modernismweek.com as well as ticket sales. The events...
The Dinah is Back!
The Dinah Announces 2021 Fall Dates By Staff The Dinah is Back! Celebrating 30 years as the largest and most iconic all-girl music festival in the world, The Dinah will bring leading non-binary artist and actor Kat Cunning to the Friday Pool Party Stage. After endless months of lockdown, social distancing, pandemic...
100th Edition
Favorite Issue Retrospective For our 100th edition, we decided to do a retrospective of our favorite issues from the past 100 issues. Coming up with our top issues seemed like a major endeavor, so we asked several of our avid readers to give us what they considered their favorites. With that information we put together...
Palm Springs Pride 2020
Palm Springs Pride 2020 By Ron deHarte EXIST. RESIST. PERSIST. Pride Week will look and feel very different in Palm Springs but we have many opportunities to celebrate and be engaged. Our schedule of events will help you navigate what’s going on and connect in celebration. We come together under the theme “Exist. Resist. Persist.”...
The Future of Sports
The Future of SportsBy John Stanford A month or more of staying inside your house with restrictions on your movements, and no live sporting action to follow on the TV or on the Internet. No scores to check, no adrenalin surge in anticipation of a much-awaited match, no spending hours post matches to discuss what...
Main Street Palm Springs
Main Street Palm Springs Receives Grant From Public Arts Commission By Bob Bogard Grant will fund local artists to transform benches into works of art. Main Street Palm Springs, the city of Palm Springs’ Downtown and Uptown Business Association, announced that it has received a grant from the Palm Springs Public Arts Commission to fund...
Sir Elton John Comes to Palm Springs (Almost)
By Chris Astrala On May 2 2020, Meyer and his backup group, the Rocket Band, will bring pop classics such as “Tiny Dancer,” “Bennie and the Jets” and “Crocodile Rock” to Evening Under the Stars at the O’Donnell Golf Course in Palm Springs. The one-night event will showcase Sir Elton John’s most memorable musical moments...
Message from AAP/Food Samaritans Executive Director, Mark Anton
In these difficult and uncharted times, AAP – Food Samaritans’ focus on supplying nutritional support, as it has been for the last 30 years, is of #1 importance to us. Although these unprecedented times are proving to be a struggle for many, including us, we want you to know we fully intend to continue to...
Delicious Trends
By Chef Andre Carthen Today’s food trends are more inline with a fashion jungle profile. What was hot yesterday, might kill you today. Not so long ago, everyone was pushing ORGANIC. What was supposingly better for you, could kill your bank account. Then came SUPERFOODS and KALE, the new end all, be all. Kale Cesar...
