2026 Angel Night opens Rancho Mirage Writers Festival with Ken Burns, Rick Atkinson

Shay Lawson

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ)  – Angel Night, a special opening evening of the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, returned Tuesday night.

The event is reserved for the festival’s “Angels” — major supporters whose donations help keep the nationally recognized literacy event running and accessible year after year.

Hundreds attending for a highly anticipated conversation between documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson.

For those interested in becoming an Angel for 2027, contact Debbie Green Miller at dmiller@rmwritersfest.org

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