Upcoming Events at Just Fabulous in Palm Springs, CA

Meet Author James Garvin, critically acclaimed author of the biography: Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne Saturday, May 8th, from 3 to 5 pm.

Meet The Authors at the Friday Night Gala, 6 to 9 am and Saturday 1 to 3pm.

“MEET THE ARTIST” AT JUST FABULOUS BOOTH WITH GOOGIE ARTIST NAT REED, SUNDAY 12-2PM.

SUNDAY FROM 12-2PM.

Meet Barbara Benjamin Marcus, author of the award winning book Inside Out

When: Saturday, April 10 3 to 5PM

Join us at Just Fabulous on Saturday, April 10th from 3 to 5PM as we welcome Barbara Benjamin Marcus, author of the award winning book Inside Out. The event includes a book signing, reception and refreshments.

Inside Out was the winner in the Gay & Lesbian category at the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival Awards, and official runner up in the Photography/Art Category at the 2009 New York Book Festival.

Another Fabulous Book Signing Party! JOIN US Saturday, April 3, 2010 2-5pm

BOOK SIGNING, READING & RECEPTiON WITH BEST SELLING AUTHOR WADE ROUSE (author of "Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler")

WADE WILL READ & SIGN HIS FABULOUS NEW BOOK AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM "MISADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF THE SIMPLE LIFE"

PALM SPRINGS MODERNISM WEEK FEBRUARY 12-21, 2010

Just Fabulous is the "official book store" of the 10th Annual Palm Springs Modernism Show and Sale at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

LOCATION: Palm Springs Convention Center, #514 (view map)
WHEN: Friday to Sunday February 12-14, 2010
SHOW HOURS:
VIP Preview Party, Friday, 6-9PM
SATURDAY, 10am to 6pm
SUNDAY, 11am to 5pm

DON'T FORGET TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
(tickets available at www.modernismweek.com)

Special Book Signing and Reception Saturday, February 13th: 12N-2pm with Peter Moruzzi

LOCATION: Palm Springs Convention Center, Booth #514
WHEN: Saturday, February 13th: 12N-2pm with Peter Moruzzi

Join us at The Palm Springs Convention Center for a special book signing with Author Peter Moruzzi, author of "Havana Before Castro--When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground". Peter will be signing his new book: "Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea"!

Saturday, February 20, 10am to 3pm: Book Signing with Author Bruce Littlefield and Vintage Trailer Tours

LOCATION: The Ace Hotel and Swim Club (view map)
WHEN: Saturday, February 20, 10am to 3pm

Joins us poolside at The Ace Hotel and Swim Club Poolside for a book signing with Bruce Littlefield, author of "Airstream Living". Meet the author and take the Vintage Trailer Tours. Location: Poolside at The Ace Hotel and Swim Club, 701 E. Palm Canyon Drive.

Saturday, February 20th 3-5PM: Book Signing and Reception with Orlando Diaz-Azcuy

Join us Saturday, February 20th from 3PM to 5PM at Just Fabulous for a very special book signing and reception for Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, whose mastery of the home interior has made him one of America’s most renowned designers.

Just Fabulous is honored to host this very special book signing with one of the most well-respected and prolific designers on the West Coast. Regarded by professionals as a "dean of interior design" and a pioneer of minimalist design since the early 1980s, don't miss this fabulous opportunity to meet Orlando Diaz-Azcuy during Modernism Week.

Sunday, February 21st from 12N-2PM: Book Signing and Reception with Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg

Join us at Just Fabulous, Sunday, February 21st from noon to 2pm for a book signing and reception with authors/curators Frank Escher and Nicholas Olsberg, co-authors of "Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner".

During Modernism Week, the Palm Springs Art Museum is launching its fabulous new exhibit of one of America's most significant Modernist architects co-curated by Frank Escher, a practicing Los Angeles architect and the Administrator of the John Lautner Archives, and Nicholas Ohlsberg, former Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. See www.psmuseum.org for more information. Don't miss this fabulous opportunity to meet these distinguished guests and to have the companion book published by Rizzoli personally signed by them.

Sunday, January 24, 3-5 pm, Book Signing with Patrick Mc Grew

We are hosting a special Donald Wexler Tribute-Journal book signing by author Patrick McGrew.  This is the finale to Wexler weekend which we are co-sponsoring for the Palm Springs Preservation Foundation.  See this link to the Wexler Weekend here.

Sunday, November 8, 2 to 4pm: Meet Judy Shepard, author of The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed.

On Sunday, November 8, from 2 to 4pm, a very special book signing with Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard's mother, will take place at Just Fabulous immediately following the greater Palm Springs Pride Parade Shepard will be signing copies of her new book, The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed which tells her personal story in the wake of the brutal attack on her son Matthew in 1993. Please join us.

Saturday, November 7th, 4 to 7 pm - Book Signing with William J. Mann

Mark your calendar for another fabulous book event. Join us for a book signing featuring William Mann and his new book, How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood.

William J. Mann, a noted novelist, Hollywood historian and biographer, is best known for his biography of Katherine Hepburn, Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn. He is also well known for his popular gay fiction, such as The Men From the Boys, Where the Boys Are, All American Boy and Men Who Love Men.

Saturday, October 3 - 3PM to 5PM - Book Signing with Robert Julian

Meet the author of the "controversial" Postcards from Palm Springs, Robert Julian, who is launching the prequel: But the Show Went On San Francisco 1987-1988. Book signing, reception and refreshments.

From his home on the corner of Castro and Market Streets, as a journalist with the SF Sentinel, Julian witnessed one of the most trying times in contemporary LGBT history.

Saturday, October 17th, 4 to 7 pm - Book Signing with Peter Moruzzi

Mark your calendar for another fabulous book event. Join us for a book signing featuring Peter Moruzzi, author of Palm Springs Holiday.

Sunday, June 20th 3pm to 7pm - "Tiki-Rama" Anniversary Party!

"Tiki-Rama" Anniversary Party - Saturday, June 20th from 3pm to 7pm. Book Signing with Sven Kirsten, author of Tiki Modern. New atomic-age art of Nat Reed. Tiki cocktails and nibbly bits provided by Jensen's Event Catering.

Sunday, June 14th 2pm to 5pm - Book Signing / Reception with James Van Praagh

A special event will take place on Sunday, June 14th with producer, medium, and New York Times best-selling author James Van Praagh signing his new book Unfinished Business: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Life (Harper One, 2009) from 2pm to 5pm at Just Fabulous. Van Praagh, who is the Co-Executive Producer of CBS TV's #1 Drama, The Ghost Whisperer, will sign copies of his new book, which recounts his experiences communicating with those who have passed beyond. Refreshments will be served.

Sunday, April 19th - Book Signing / Reception: Ranch Houses: Living the California Dream (view flyer)

Mark your calendar for another fabulous event! Join us for a book signing and reception with David Weingarten and Lucia Howard for the book Ranch Houses: Living the California Dream.

Saturday, March 7, 2009 1-3pm

JOIN US FOR A FABULOUS BOOK SIGNING & RECEPTION WITH LOCAL AUTHOR RICHARD ALTHER "THE DECADE OF BLIND DATES".

THE DECADE OF BLIND DATES follows a divorced gay dad through sex and shenanigans, astride his painting career, until he discovers his soul mate.

Psychic Norbert - "Psychic Norbert's Astrology Guide" and "40 Days to Feeling Great"

Peter Moruzzi - "Havana Before Castro"

Leslie Jordan - "My Trip Down the Pink Carpet"

Feb 14th, 2009: Book Signings During Modernism Week.

Frank Lloyd Wright: The Buildings - Text by Alan Hess, Photographs by Alan Weintraub.

This is Alan Hess' companion volume to Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses, also published by Rizzoli. This new book features Wright's great non-residential masterpieces of architecture, including such seminal works as the Guggenheim Museum in New York; Price Tower in Bartlesville, OK; Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, CA; Unity Temple in Oak Park, IL; Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL; and Teliesin West in Scottsdale, AZ. Hess includes stunning archival imagery of great demolished buildings such as the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and Midway Gardens in Chicago, as well as inspiring visions conceived and drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright: The Buildings invites a reevaluation of Wright's work and is a must-have for anyone interested in this very important American Architect.

L.A. Modern - Photographs and Text by Tim Street-Porter

Recently published by Rizzoli, L. A. Modern presents Tim Street-Porter's fabulous collection of recent photos of some of L. A.'s architectural treasures. Arranged chronologically, the photos include extensive interior as well as exterior shots in color, ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House of 1920 through the Schindler, Neutra, Eames and Lautner years up to Frank Gehry's landmark Schnabel House of 1989.

Saturday, November 8th, 4pm to 7pm

David Wallace (noted author of "Lost Hollywood") “A City Comes Out-- How Celebrities Made Palm Springs a Gay and Lesbian Paradise"

Saturday, November 1st, 4pm to 8pm

Cheryl Crane (Lana Turner's daughter) “Lana, The Memories, The Myths, The Movies".

"ANOTHER PAGE-TURNER - The handsomest new book on a Hollywood celeb, hands down and thumbs up, is a 400-page coffee table extravaganza on Lana Turner called “Lana: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies,” by her daughter Cheryl Crane with Cindy De La Hoz. The copy is informal, informative and intimate — few knew or understood Turner better than her daughter —and the photographs are magnificent. . ."

Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter

Sunday, October 19th, 4pm to 7pm

Leslie Jordan (Star of Sordid Lives and Will & Grace) “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet"