Kent Black, Author at Palm Springs Life

Best Handmade Tamales

Kent Black — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 16:38:00 +0000

Arriola’s Tortilleria in Indio has been supplying tortillas to the valley for almost 100 years, but it’s their tamales that captivate people.

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Best Places to Occupy Kids

Kent Black — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:28:00 +0000

The Living Desert immerses you and your kids in the animal’s habitat, make a splash at a resort pool, or visit a local public park.

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Best Quiet Bar for a Classic Cocktail

Kent Black — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:30:00 +0000

And for Best Use of Foam in a Cocktail? Bar Cecil has created a drink with a creamy foam that “almost looks like a lemon meringue pie when it comes out.”

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The Hills Are Alive

Kent Black — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 17:00:00 +0000

A few days in the local mountains turn up surprising culture, character, and adventure.

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Never Get Off the Boat

Kent Black — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:17:00 +0000

A strange and wonderful ride through the communities surrounding the Salton Sea.

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Big on Small Parts

Kent Black — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:52:00 +0000

How optimism, patience, and generosity propelled Pepe Serna into the leading role.

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Comfy and Cozy

Kent Black — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:27:00 +0000

Gift like the Danes and get that ‘hygge,’ blissful feeling all year ’round.

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Gotta Have It

Kent Black — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 03:28:00 +0000

The desert’s tastemakers have tried it all, so we asked where they dine and what they order. They responded with passion, and a little drool.

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Selling the Kaufmann House

Kent Black — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:31:00 +0000

The next owner of desert modernism’s Richard Neutra-designed crown jewel will need about $20 million and, as previous stewards attest, a passion for preservation.

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Against All Odds

Kent Black — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:47:00 +0000

Paul Revere Williams, the first licensed African-American architect west of the Mississippi, put his modernist mark on Palm Springs.

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The Art of Sound

Kent Black — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:22:00 +0000

Matthew Rotunda’s listening room in Cathedral City draws  serious music lovers into the rarified world of hi-fi systems.

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Corn or Flour?

Kent Black — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:28:00 +0000

In downtown Indio, Arriola’s has answered the question for five generations and counting.

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The Biggest Play You’ll Ever See

Kent Black — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:58:00 +0000

On a hillside in Hemet every spring, a couple of professional actors, a few horses, and an entire community bring a slice of California history to life.

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Bombay Beach Gets Lit

Kent Black — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 23:15:00 +0000

A festival and library bring another wave of culture to the resurgent town on the Salton Sea.

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The Rising Action

Kent Black — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 03:49:00 +0000

In the wee hours, the quest for the perfect baguette begins, and there is peace.

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The Comeback Kid

Kent Black — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:42:00 +0000

Beset by injury, Bianca Andreescu is fighting to return to Indian Wells and defend her BNP Paribas Open title.

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Desert Dreamers 9: The Environmentalists

Kent Black — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:59:00 +0000

Ninth in an ongoing series about Coachella Valley pioneers, innovators, and leaders throughout history.

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Eating the Desert

Kent Black — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 21:56:00 +0000

Ingredients once harvested by the Coachella Valley’s  first inhabitants continue to flavor local dishes and drinks.

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How Trumped is Our Valley?

Kent Black — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:40:00 +0000

Some people love him for the state of the economy and hard line on immigration, while others hate him for creating a climate of divisiveness and fear. But no one in the Coachella Valley is without an opinion about the 45th U.S. president.

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His Music is Golden

Kent Black — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:03:00 +0000

50 Years of Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson chats about the evolution of the group’s sound and whatever became of Gerald Bostock.

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Highway 74 Revisited

Kent Black — Fri, 31 May 2019 16:45:00 +0000

Trekking the coast-to-desert freeway in pursuit of the superbloom, a road-tripping duo marvels at a famous California mission, a theater that hosts the longest-running outdoor play in the United States, and a mysterious spaceship house.

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Mental

Kent Black — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 18:43:00 +0000

For almost a decade, the world has waited for John Isner to win at Indian Wells or one of the Grand Slams. He may finally put all the pieces together.

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The Sex Lives of Dates

Kent Black — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:17:00 +0000

How a love-struck Midwesterner made sweet blondes and brunettes a Coachella Valley icon — and a loyalist of me.

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Desert Dreamers 8: The Crooners

Kent Black — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:12:00 +0000

Dean Martin was known for saying yes when local charities asked him to perform at their fundraising events.PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY PALM SPRINGS LIFE ARCHIVESOne of the favorite pastimes among old-timers in Palm Springs is retelling the stories of the town’s glory days, when the Rat Pack and Hollywood’s brightest stars came to the desert for fun […]

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Not Forbidden Fruit

Kent Black — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:39:00 +0000

Figs aren’t just for filling up Newtons.

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