Julius Shulman Exhibit at The Palm Springs Art Museum

The Palm Springs Art Museum

Julius Shulman Exhibition to Debut
February 15th - May 4th, 2008

The exhibition Julius Shulman / Palm Springs will focus on Shulman’s extensive and historically lengthy (70 year) documentation of the modern architectural movement in the Palm Springs area. The spectacular desert landscape provided inspiration to numerous superb architects, whose vision and output created a unique architectural mode in the Southern California Mid-Century Modern movement; and Shulman made it his passion to document these buildings and homes. The exhibition will consist of over 150 photographs. "Julius photographed the rem aining imporant architectural properties in the Palm Springs area and the excitement around those new works is already creating much anticipation.", said Exhibition Curator Michael Stern. The photos are compiled from the holdings of The Getty Museum and Palm Springs Art Museum, as well as private collections.

The Palm Springs Art Museum is located downtown in an architecturally-significant E. Stewart Williams designed building.

For more information, call 760.332.4800 or CLICK HERE.

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"One Night Only"

“One Night Only” will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the McCallum Theatre. The new beneficiary this coming year is Jewish Family Service of the Desert (JFS).

Michael Childers and a host of other incredibly generous people are working to bring back "One Night Only". It has developed a reputation for delivering a powerful evening of entertainment. This past April, five time Emmy award winner Doris Roberts hosted the best of Broadway and Hollywood, including Stephanie Powers, Andrea Marcovicci, Bruce Vilanch, Sally Kellerman, and numerous other show stopping performers.

I'm working to help them make this the most successful event to date and hope to see you there. Please RSVP to Ken Katz, Event Director, at kkatz@dc.rr.com.

For more information on Jewish Family Service of the Desert, CLICK HERE.

Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.

Modernism Week in Palm Springs

Modernism Week is an annual collaboration between the Modernism Show, Palm Springs Preservation Foundation, Palm Springs Historical Society, Palm Springs Modern Committee, Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Palm Springs Art Museum focusing on design and architecture events and programs in Palm Springs California.

Thursday, February 15 - Saturday, February 24 2008.

An assortment of scheduled events are detailed on the link provided.

To learn more CLICK HERE.

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Discover your carbon footprint

What is a carbon footprint? Basically it is an estimate of how much carbon dioxide we emit through the burning of fossil fuels for activities such as household energy consumption and transport use (e.g. car and plane).

GE has done a great job of creating a site to learn your consumption use.

To learn more CLICK HERE.

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Palm Springs Art Museum Launches New Website

The Palm Springs Art Museum has launched a new website that is much easier to navigate, is vibrant and interactive, and allows for access to an instant calendar of all current events.

DID YOU KNOW: The Museum's permanent collection of more than 55,000 objects features art of the Americas and 20th-century California art. The collection includes modernist and contemporary painting and sculpture, Western American art, Native American and Mesoamerican art and artifacts, contemporary studio glass art, photography, modern architecture and design, and graphics/works on paper.

Take some time to not only peruse their new site, but tour the museum as well. You won't be disappointed.

Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.

Write In Post - Recycling

This information was submitted in the comments to a recent posting on recycling within our blog and we thought you'd like checking it out...

Palm Springs City Council has passed two resolutions in November to make single stream recycling a reality in 2008. A contribution of $2,000,000 was made to PSDS for containers and trucks to pick up the new containers. Hopefully by July 2008, we will no longer have to separate our recycled items. Now we also need to work on a plan to use solar power on our homes...the Resource Conservation Committee is looking for ways to use renewable resources and cut our power bills especially in our summer months when we use our air-conditioners. Wouldn't it be great to use the sun to cool our house? Talk about thinking outside the box!

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Green Tip Of The Week - Global Green

Global Green USA is a national environmental organization addressing three of the greatest challenges facing humanity:

- Stemming global climate change by creating green buildings and cities.
- Eliminating weapons of mass destruction that threaten lives and the environment.
- Providing clean, safe drinking water for the 2.4 billion people who lack access to clean water.

To learn more or show your support CLICK HERE.

Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.