Make This Weekend All About Art

...& Music...& Food....& Fun!

Rancho Mirage Festival of the Arts is this Saturday & Sunday!

Saturday, November 5 from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Sunday, November 6 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

Rancho Mirage Community Park

71560 San Jacinto Drive | Rancho Mirage

Admission to the Festival of the Arts, Center Court Stage, and Jazz Under the Stars, is free, as well as complimentary valet parking.

Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. 

Rancho Mirage Festival of the Arts

Jazz Under the Stars

Rancho Mirage Amphitheater

Goodfellas Jazz Band 5:30 p.m.

Amanda Castro Band 7:00 p.m. 

For more information, visit RMFestivaloftheArts.com. 

For questions, email [email protected] or

call (760) 324.4511 ext. 228

Desert Theatricals' Junior Theatre

Desert Theatricals Youth Theatre, sponsored by the Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory Foundation and funded through a generous gift from the Richard Brooke Foundation, will bring Aladdin Jr. to the Rancho Mirage Amphitheater on November 19 & 20, 2022.  

Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show about the “diamond in the rough” street rat who learns that his true worth lies deep within.

The story you know and love has been given the royal treatment! Aladdin and his three friends, Babkak, Omar, and Kassim, are down on their luck until Aladdin discovers a magic lamp and the Genie who has the power to grant three wishes. Wanting to earn the respect of the princess, Jasmine, Aladdin embarks on an adventure that will test his will and his moral character. With expanded characters, new songs, and more thrills, this new adaptation of the beloved story will open up “a whole new world” for the young performers!

This event is free to the public however, registration is required. 

Desert Theatricals' 2023 Broadway Musical Series

General Admission ticket sales for Desert Theatricals' 2023 Broadway Musical Series, the original Theatre Under the Stars at the Rancho Mirage Amphitheater, on sale now! 

Questions? Email [email protected] or call (760) 620-5993.

February 17 - 19

March 17 - 19

April 14 - 16

Rancho Mirage residents can purchase general admission tickets for a 15% discount in-person at the Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory. Proof of residency is required.  

Resident discount tickets on sale until February 1, 2023 for South Pacific, March 1, 2023 for Beauty & The Beast, and  April 1, 2023 for Joseph.

Visit desert-theatricals.com for details and ticket purchasing.  

Rancho Mirage Community Park Closures

Please be aware that beginning today, November 1, portions of Rancho Mirage Community Park located at 71560 San Jacinto Drive will be closed to the public in preparation for the Festival of the Arts event on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6, 2022.

The park, basketball and handball courts will be closed to the public however, the children's play area, tennis and pickleball courts will remain open during this time. All park amenities will reopen on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

If you have questions regarding park closures, please contact our Public Works Department at (760) 770-3224). 

Department of Fish & Wildlife Conducting

Bighorn Sheep Recovery  

The City of Rancho Mirage wants residents to be aware of possible helicopter activity in the city on Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday, November 10, 2022.  

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) will be performing a helicopter capture of Peninsular Bighorn Sheep within the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains, which includes Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians reservation, BLM non-wilderness, City of Palm Springs, and State lands. This activity is expected to begin at 7:00 am and complete around 5:00 pm each day. This is part of the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) efforts to support the Peninsular Bighorn Sheep Recovery Plan. They will fit the bighorn sheep with brown collars and colored ear tags.

Above: Ewe being helicoptered back to its release site; Right: Ewe after being collared and tagged.  Photo credit: Bighorn Institute

For questions regarding the Bighorn capture efforts, please contact Project Leader Erin Schaeffer at [email protected].

Even Pumpkins Deserve a Second Chance!  

For more information, visit RanchoMirageChamber.org. 

Museum CEO Turns Weeks of Training & Practice

Into $20,000 for CDMoD

Each year the Regional Access Project Foundation (RAP) Inc., NPO Centric and their generous sponsors host the Desert Fast Pitch Competition, where representatives from Valley non-profits take part in an eight-week course that gives them the opportunity to develop fundraising materials and ultimately emerge from the training with a three-minute pitch that each will compete with. 

This year, of the 27 applicants, 12 were selected to compete at the Semi-Final Level and the final 6 competed for a total of over $65,000 for their charities. 

Cindy Burreson, CEO of the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert, was the winner of the Grand Prize of $20,000 to help a project at the Museum that will make a notable difference in the lives of a segment of the population that often goes overlooked.  

The $20,000 win will get CDMoD closer to their 2023 goal of reopening and reimagined experiences and programs.

Congratulations Cindy and CDMoD!  

If you would like to make a donation to CDMoD, click here

This Week at the Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory

All Rancho Mirage residents and donors who contribute $100 or more annually to the Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory Foundation, can take advantage of priority seating for Premier programs by arriving early.

Look for the ram's head icon that marks Premier programs.

This series is made possible by a generous gift from the

Rancho Mirage Writers Festival Foundation.

The first 200 people at this event will receive a FREE copy of Ike and Dick

Although we try to include all Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory events and programs in our weekly update, we want to make sure you don't miss a thing. To subscribe, click the icon pictured here to receive emails directly from them!

Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory | 71-100 Highway 111 | Rancho Mirage

(760) 341-7323 | ranchomiragelibrary.org

Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday | 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Closed Sunday

General Municipal Election ~ November 8, 2022

For your convenience, a quick link button has been added to the city website homepage for easy access to information about drop-off locations, vote center locations, voter registration, ballot measures, and more.  

Visit RanchoMirageCA.gov and click on the "Vote" button shown above

A direct link to the City’s election information page can be found here: https://ranchomirageca.gov/our-city/election-information/