There’s love and COVID-19 in the air this Valentine’s Day weekend. Just a year ago, I was on my way to New Zealand to start the Atlantis cruise to Sydney and Mardi Gras. The virus was in topping the news, and many could not pass through Asia to board. But we took few precautions other than using more hand sanitizer at the buffet.
By the time the trip was over, the world was quickly going into lockdown. It would be the last vacation I took, and when I got back to Palm Springs the landscape had changed dramatically. My parents, visiting from Michigan, joined the mass exodus of snowbirds who left for home.
Fast forward a year and we are slowly emerging from our International nightmare. On Thursday,
members of the media toured the Palm Springs Convention Center’s new COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Jimmy Boegle, from the Coachella Valley Independent, commented that he had not been in that particular space since White Party two years earlier. We saw socially-distanced public officials show how the cavernous space is now being used to save lives.
So off we go into the second half of February with a reimagined Valentine’s Day weekend and what would normally be one of the busiest with President’s Day on Monday. Keep up with all the happenings in ##ILoveGayPalmSprings with this newsletter and our blog linked below.
Oh, a happy Lunar New Year. It’s 4719, the Year of the Ox. Or as my friends, Henry and Bob put it “OXOXOXOXO” with love in the new year!
Brad Fuhr, your Gay Desert Guide
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This Weekend in #ILoveGayPalmSprings
February 12–14, 2021
We’re keeping you updated on the weekend’s Top Events: From Broadway with Love—Backwards! Valentine’s themed fundraiser, Evenings with Ophelia presents The Improvables of the Desert, 2021 HUMP! Film Festival, LGBTQ Love Stories of Paris and LGBTQ Love Stories of Berlin, Valentine’s Day Weekend Drive-In Movies, “Best of Modernism” Online Auction wraps up, and more!
From Broadway with Love…Backwards!Fri & Sat, Feb. 12 & 13 – The annual fundraiser from Palm Canyon Theatre is doing something different this year—flipping the script so male performers will sing female parts and vice versa. This rare opportunity will have everything from traditional ballads to fun unconventional love songs, all with a Valentine’s Day theme! Streaming online two days only. Get tickets
The Improvables of the Desert
Sat. Feb. 13 – “Evenings with Ophelia” is a fundraising show benefiting the Ophelia Project, mentoring teen girls in the Coachella Valley. This one-hour Zoom performance by The Improvables of the Desert will take audiences on a freewheeling journey with lots of laughs, embracing whatever happens along the way. It’s a unique comedy show every time they perform! Get tickets
LGBTQ Love Stories of Paris
Sun. Feb. 14 – On Valentine’s Day, here’s a great way to explore the history of LGBTQ love in the “city of love.” Learn about the deep mutual love of Proust and Venezuelan-French composer Reynaldo Hahn; the tumultuous relationship of poets Verlaine and Rimbaud, the marriage avant la lettre of Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, and more. Get tickets
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I Love Gay Palm Springs Podcast: Episode 84
Join us for a Facebook Live where we will debut the latest episode of the #ILoveGayPalmSprings podcast at its new time, Fridays at 11:00 a.m.! This week: This week: This week: Happy Valentine’s Weekend! John Taylor, comedian Shann Carr and GayDesertGuide.comBrad Fuhr are joined by #ILoveGayPalmSprings regulars Dr. Laura Rush and Jimmy Boegle of CVIndependent.com + Bob Wills of GrandCentralPalmSprings.com + actors Mandahla Rose & Haviland Stillwell from the Revry.TV series BIFL …and longtime pal TV host Bryan Gallo stops by to talk about his podcast Do Your Part. [Listen] or [Watch]
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