Frank Capra – La Quinta Museum Exhibit
It’s no secret that filmmaker Frank Capra loved La Quinta and considered the La Quinta Hotel his lucky charm after collaborating with Robert Riskin on the screenplay for “It Happened One Night” while staying in one of the casitas. The 1934 movie, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, won five...
New LQ Museum Exhibits
Museum exhibit showcases Hollywood trailblazer and La Quinta resident Dorothy Arzner. La Quinta has long been a destination for Hollywood celebrities, many of whom have made their homes here. Among them is Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the Golden Age of Hollywood, who to this day has the...
Drought Friendly Landscaping and Ideas for Residents
Erin Vaughan Imagine buying 38 water cooler jugs, hauling them home, and then dumping them out one by one on your lawn. Now you have a picture of how much water the average California household used every day for landscaping in 2011. As you’re probably aware, one of the biggest...