Palm Springs offer a wide range of Halloween celebrations throughout the rest of October, with events spanning from library programs to air museum festivities to downtown dance parties.
The $500,000 project dedicated at a Friday morning ceremony was funded primarily through private donations, with Palm Springs Pride and individual donors providing 88% of the funding.
The annual Palm Springs Pride event generates an estimated $38 million economic impact for local businesses, with approximately 200,000 attendees visiting each November.
The tour serves as ONE-PS's only major fundraising event of the year, supporting all the organization's activities throughout the year, including the citywide picnic in March.
The awards highlight what Mayor Ron deHarte called the small business people who "are truly the backbone of our community and our economy."
The three-day show at the Palm Springs Convention Center runs Oct. 17-19 and features new exhibitors alongside returning favorites during Modernism Week.
At 67, the fitness icon who once dominated daytime TV in the 1990s will recount her remarkable journey at Oscar’s on Oct. 2.
The honorees include activists, journalists and community leaders who embody this year's theme of "Be Heard."
The free cultural celebration moves to Downtown Park after a successful 2023 debut that drew thousands.
The ceremony came after the City Council unanimously approved a new flag ordinance on June 26 that allows the POW/MIA flag to be displayed at all city buildings on designated holidays.
The project will see existing space inside the library reorganized and updated to better meet current needs and serve future generations with expanded resources, modern technology and collaboration spaces.
The production features a cast of 41 and runs Oct. 3-12 using the 2017 Broadway version of the beloved Roald Dahl musical.
