Palm Springs will be the host city to a number of events featuring high-profile guests.

Here's a look at a few scheduled features, starting this weekend:

‘An Evening with Rita Moreno'

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winner Rita Moreno is scheduled to give a musical performance to benefit the Annenberg Theater Council.

Where: Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive

When: 6 p.m. Saturday

Cost: $265 for Annenberg Theater Council members ($140 is tax deductible) and $295 for nonmembers ($170 is tax deductible)

Information: (760) 325-4490

Judy Shepard book signing

The mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student who was killed in 1998, is scheduled to sign copies of her new book “The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed” in uptown Palm Springs.

Where: Just Fabulous, 515 N. Palm Canyon Drive

When: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday

Cost: Free

Information: (760) 864-1300

‘Daring Doubts' screening

The Palm Springs International Film Society is scheduled to present Janus Films collection's “Daring Doubts.”

Where: Palm Canyon Theatre, 538 N. Palm Canyon Drive

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday

Cost: Free to Palm Springs International Film Society members; $5 suggested donation from the public at the door

Information: (760) 323-5123