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Inns, Architecture and Glamour

Name: Inns, Architecture and Glamour
Brand: Thu
Price: 40.0 USD
Availability: InStock

NOTE: During the hot summer months from April-September we only do Private Tours. Please call or text our Tour Coordinator at 760.844.2242 to arrange the date and time you want. We resume the regular tour season in October.

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Visit some of the most charming and beautiful inns of Palm Springs. These unique boutique hotels have provided the Rich and Famous-for decades-with seclusion and relaxation in exclusive, luxurious settings. The stars of Hollywood's Golden Era along with today's hottest stars have partied and vacationed here-from Joan Crawford and Clark Gable to Miley Cyrus and Queen Latifah. Legendary celebrities have used the inns for honeymoon hideaways or celebrated weddings, including Frank Sinatra.

Experience a retro trip to a 1947 hotel designed by the famous Modernist architect William Cody. Along the way, you will see a variety of architectural styles, including Spanish Colonial Revival, Hollywood Regency, and Desert Modernism. The guest books of these inns is a who's who of celebrities, finance, industry and politics.

Neighborhood: Historic Tennis Club
Tour Time: Departs 9:30 am

Private tours can be arranged with our Tour Coordinator: To book a tour text or call 760.844.2242

Questions?
Please read the Know Before You Go so you can be prepared for your tour.

Starting Location: Palm Springs Historical Society - McCallum Adobe
221 S Palm Canyon Dr

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Meet the artists

Shag artwork

Attendees will receive a Shag exhibit poster and meet the artist Josh Agle, known as Shag, plus members of the Lopez family. The directors for the film, "My name is Lopez" P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, and producers Joan and Gary Gand will be in attendance.

live music by

JChris

Enjoy a pop-up live music performance by urban Latin singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Urquiaga known as JChris.

Lauded for his high energy Spanish-English performances infusing Latin, Afro and Brazilian influences.

Graciously on display

The Collection

The exhibit was created by Gary Gand with memorabilia from his personal collection, costumes loaned by the Lopez family, plus rare record albums and singles from the Ebersole-Hughes collection and original artwork by Shag.

Trini Lopez

With friends - ZZ Top Billy F Gibbons
+ The Gand Band

If I Had A Hammer

Listen to Trini's 1963 cover of "If I Had A Hammer" originally written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. With Trini's spin it took off selling over one million copies and awarded a gold disc.

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