Tue + Sat

Rat Pack Playground

Name: Rat Pack Playground
Brand: Tue + Sat
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.

Modernist Homes
Discover the trendy midcentury neighborhood Vista Las Palmas, once nicknamed the “Beverly Hills of Palm Springs” and view the homes now called “Alexanders” developed by George and Robert Alexander.

Celebrities like Debbie Reynolds, Elvis Presley, Kim Novak, Dean Martin and the Rat Packers lived and frolicked here in the 50s and 60s. Experience the architectural genius of Palmer and Krisel in a collection of stunning homes that were mass-produced but appear to be custom designed. See the Kaufmann house, designed by Richard Neutra, a true masterpiece of midcentury Modern architecture.

Neighborhood: Vista Las Palmas
Days: Tue + Sat

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.

Further Questions text or call Tour Coordinator at 760-844-2242 or EMAIL

Starting Location:
N Via Monte Vista and W Stevens Rd

Park:
Free street parking.

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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.