Mar 25 - Mar 31
by Buzzard
March 25, 2010

The Desert’s advertising community awarded its highest honors, the ADDY Awards, at the American Advertising Federation Palm Springs-Desert Cities annual ceremony held Friday evening, March 12, 2010, at The Palm Springs Riviera Resort & Spa. This year’s competition included 210 entries judged on creativity, originality, and creative strategy by a team of three top advertising and creative professionals from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. Copper Mountain Broadcasting, the Morongo Basin’s home of Country KX96 (KXCM) and Top 40 radio station KQ92 (KQCM), was given the highest award received by radio.

They received the Silver ADDY in the category of Local Radio Campaign. Gary De Maroney, President and General Manager of Copper Mountain Broadcasting, stated that this award shows the caliber of production that originates from our Morongo Basin. Copper Mountain Broadcasting is proud to have been the only Radio Broadcaster to win creative recognition at this annual event. The American Advertising Federation includes graphic designers, illustrators, copywriters, creative directors, direct mail specialists, marketing professionals, media sales representatives, research analysts, promoters, printers, media buyers, photographers, videographers, scriptwriters and public relations professionals.

Looking for the perfect way to spend your Saturday? Check out The Starlite in Joshua Tree. The patio is a beautiful oasis for relaxing, meeting friends, hanging out or sipping lattes . Come do yoga, eat and shop! You can even get the hard to find New York Times there. Stores in this groovy complex include: Instant Karma Yoga -Start your Saturday in Zen mode at 8:00am Fusion Yoga with Jonathan, a dynamic variety of yoga styles combined with elements of dance and martial arts . A strong practice that is fun and will challenge you.

Teacakes Bakery: Treat yourself to delectable baked goods and organic coffee. Pick from the ever changing, tempting array of delicious baked goods that are making Teacakes a cherished part of downtown. The True World Gallery: Sacred Connection, works by Amy Komar + Elena Ray. Get your fine art fix and shop for handcrafted jewelry and funky trailer tags by Christy Anderson and other cool stuff.

www.trueworldgallery.com Mount Fuji General Store: A tiny jewel box of a store in The Starlite Courtyard selling an eclectic selection of art, japanese gifts, art and architecture books, music, jewelry, specialty soaps, trendy magazines, housewares and more. www.fujibird.com

Joshua Tree’s ace axe man singer songwriter award-winner guy Tim Easton was in Austin, Texas for SXSW. Showing his guitar art and playing some choice gigs, Tim snapped this picture of a bizarre encounter with heavy metalesque band Gwar on an escalator. Does it get any weirder? Tim promises to let us know when he gets back… Also the fab Lynda Kay hit SXSW and played a choice opening slot for Hank III.
The Official Fashion Week El Paseo Closing Event is at Melissa Morgan gallery. Join them as they celebrate art, fashion, food & wine at Fashion Week El Paseo’s closing party march 28th from 6 to 9pm! The Gallery is featuring the photo based works of Peter Gurnz and Ben Cope, and the architectural designs of Tuesday’s ASID Runway Show. Melissa Morgan, 73040 El Paseo, Palm Desert.

The Joshua Tree Retreat Center’s open Community Drum Circle for this month celebrates the beginning of Spring and the Full Moon on Monday, March 29, from 7:00 – 9:00 PM in Friendship Hall. Popular Morongo Basin percussionist Sam Sloneker will facilitate the gathering.

Charities from around the valley will be tuning into Team 1010 Sports Radio this Monday to find out if they’ll have a shot at winning $1 million at the Toyota/Kraft Nabisco Championship Celebrity Hole-in-One Shootout in one week. Terry Wilcox with the Kraft Nabisco Championship will make a live announcement on Julie Buehler’s “Sports Buzz” show on Monday at 4 p.m. to announce the names of the non-profit organizations selected to compete in the first-time event. The Toyota/Kraft Nabisco Championship Celebrity Hole-in-One Shootout on Monday, March 29, at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., is the final leg of the Kraft Nabisco Championship’s new Integrated Wealth Management Tickets Fore Charity program. More than 90 charities participated in the fundraising program this year in which 100 percent of the proceeds from ticket sales are being donated back to the charities.