Palm Springs Life Magazine March 2007

ON THE COVER - Dennis Hopper, Frank Gehry (seated), and Ed Ruscha at Ruscha’s studio. Photography by Michael Childers.

FEATURES

The Hell-Raisers
By Steven Biller. Photography by Michael Childers.
Shock and awe mark the better part of 50 years of now-iconic work by Dennis Hopper, Frank Gehry, and Ed Ruscha — honorees at Palm Springs Art Museum’s second annual Artists and Legends Gala.

Cirque Fantastique
Photography by Michael Childers. Wardrobe styling by Susan Stein.
Fashion, fantasy, and fine art create an aura of mystique on the eve of Fashion Week El Paseo.

Going Green
By Ann Japenga. Photography by Kyle Martin/Sherrill & Associates.
Working quietly and almost invisibly, the Desert Mountain Land Trust is acquiring and protecting land for wildlife; Ted Lennon straddles the line between development and open space.

Keys Open Doors
By Janice Kleinschmidt.
Classical piano performances inspire young people to greatness.

DEPARTMENTS

PSL Online
News from palmspringslife.com.

Editor’s Letter
By Steven Biller.
Icons and everyday heroes.

First Takes
By Janice Kleinschmidt and Joan Page McKenna.
JazzTrax meets the Indian Wells Arts Festival; Cactusberry owners take Al Gore’s warnings about global warming to heart; Narendra Patel’s "sustainable, humanistic architecture"; Wear your art on your sleeve. Plus: Intelligencer.

Wheels
By Patrick Deveraux. Photography by Andrew Yeadon.
Lamborghini’s open-air Gallardo Spyder offers a new realm of luxury.

Galleries
By Jude Camillone and Steven Biller.
John Divola points his lens toward the odd and isolated; Ted Gall serves up his worldview in small sculptures; Mazal and Marin fiesta in Palm Desert.

Wine
By Janice Kleinschmidt. Photography by Mark Davidson.
Celebrities lend their names, faces, and time to wine.

Wealth
By Ellen Paris.
Apply corporate management principles to your personal finances.

Rear View
By Ann Japenga.
Eccentric Cabot Yerxa wooed a teacher of metaphysics and symbolism.

Datebook
Special events and promotions.

Valley Observer
By Hank Stokes.
Our man in Riverside.

Sand to Sea
By Gloria Greer.
The social circuit.

Horoscope
By Sherryl Nova.
Warmer days enter the equation.

SPECIAL SECTIONS

Home
Edited by Lisa Marie Rovito.
Living green.

McCallum Theatre Program

Luxe Living
A guide to new residential development in the Coachella Valley.

Desert Guide
Edited by Joan Page McKenna.
The official guidebook of the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority. Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the desert.