"It's All About Love" features six professional singers offering selections from Opera and Broadway accompanied by local favorite Kurt Jordan on the piano. Sopranos Michelle Fiore and Ana Rangel, tenors Andrew Bird and Christian Quevedo, baritone Paul Kowal, and bass-baritone Doug Nagel will perform arias, duets, and trios from Traviata, Phantom, Bohème, On the Town, Carousel, Tannhäuser, Into The Woods, to name some. Ms. Fiore is the 2019 Desert Theater League's Outstanding Supporting Female Performer, and Second Place Winner in the McCallum Open Call Talent Competition. Ms. Rangel has her Master's in Voice from the U. of Redlands. Mr. Bird sang in the Chicago & LA Symphony Chorales and sings in A Cabbello. Mr. Quevedo, who studies at UC San Bernardino, will make his operatic debut as Narraboth in Rimrock Opera's Salome in 2023. Mr. Kowal sings with Modern Men and A Cabello. Mr. Nagel is the former artistic director of Rimrock Opera, and a retired University Professor, residing in the Coachella Valley. This program is made possible by the Bartush Performing Arts Fund. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkCqj8oFX8M

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Sunnylands’ newest exhibition, A Place at the Table: Dining at Sunnylands, celebrates Walter and Leonore Annenberg’s remarkable history of diplomacy and social gatherings through an exploration of the fine china and tableware they used to entertain guests for decades. In this presentation, India Hicks, a goddaughter of King Charles III, will discuss the fine art of elegant settings for diplomacy. Like Leonore Annenberg before her, Hicks entertains thought leaders at her homes in London and the Bahamas. A designer and an entrepreneur, she is a board member of Global Empowerment Mission, a disaster relief nonprofit, and the best-selling author of four design books, including her latest book, An Entertaining Story, published by Rizzoli in 2020. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-wxBb1nO3M

In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to study giraffes in wild. In The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, Anne (at 86) retraces her steps, and, with letters and stunning, original 16mm film footage, offers an intimate window into her life as a young woman, juxtaposed with a firsthand look at the devastating reality that giraffes are facing today. Both the world's first "giraffologist,' whose research findings ultimately became the foundation for many scientists following in her footsteps, and the species she loves have each experienced triumphs as well as setbacks. The Woman Who Loves Giraffes gives us a moving perspective on both. Following the screening, the subject of the film, Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, will take the stage in person alongside local zoology and conservation experts to discuss the film and answer audience questions. This program is presented in partnership with The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiZFia5_Rrc