Desert Hearts DVD events: June 19–21 in NYC
and L.A.

Patricia Charbonneau, star of the 1986 film Desert Hearts, will make three appearances with director Donna Deitch to promote the lesbian film's release on a special two-disc DVD. Charbonneau and Deitch will sign copies at the Virgin Megastore Union Square in New York City. They then head to Los Angeles on June 20 to judge a look-alike contest of the film's two main characters, Chardonneau's bad girl Cay Rivers and Helen Shaver's Vivian Bell. Deitch will also participate in a Q&A with attendees.

Fans in Los Angeles can get their DVDs signed by Charbonneau, Deitch, and Shaver on June 21 at the Virgin Megastore before an after-party at the East|West Lounge.

In Desert Hearts, Shaver stars as an uptight Columbia University professor who travels to Reno for a divorce. Charbonneau plays a feisty, much younger casino worker who meets Shaver on the road and tries to woo her.

June 19, 7:30 p.m., Virgin Megastore, 52 E. 14th St., New York

June 20, 10 p.m., Shotgun, 4219 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles

June 21, 7:30 p.m. Virgin Megastore, 8000 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles (signing)

June 21, East|West Lounge, 8851 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood (after-party) (The Advocate)