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Joshua Tree Music Festival - This Weekend!!

2008-05-14T00:22:39Z

dance it up. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Ghostland Observatory, JJ Grey & Mofro, Zilla, BLVD, Trombone Shorty, Dubconscious and more. howl at the moon. dance under the stars.

tix and info: www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

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ROOTS fest locals discount

2007-10-12T19:25:09Z

Hey Hey Hi Dez Neighbours,

the joshua tree roots music festival is happening oct 20 & 21. a limited number of discounted tix for locals are available at RICOCHET or COYOTE CORNER in Joshua Tree.

for festival details log onto: www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

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What's going on on the Coachella side of the mountain?

2007-09-22T00:08:59Z

Hop in your car (or ride the local metro) and hit something on the Coachella side of the 10...

http://www.ranchomiragelibrary.org/events/exhibits.aspx

And here's something else, both UC Riverside and CSU San Bernardino have satellite campuses in Palm Desert, alongside the area's College of the Desert. So, you can pursue an MFA there if you want...

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What's going on in the hi-dez this week, +?

2007-09-19T23:15:02Z

From: The Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council's weekly "E-Flash":

Grubstake Days
May 26
Grubstake Days Community Fair. Noon-6 p.m. Family concert: 6-9 p.m. Yucca Valley Community Center grounds. May 26 - The 57th Annual Grubstake Days Parade. Marching bands, floats, equestrian units, community entries. 10 a.m. Highway 62 from Apache Trail to Dumosa Ave., Yucca Valley . Call (760)365-6323 for more information. May 26 - Table Tennis Tournament. Ping Pong in a tournament setting, This double elimination tournament will follow the USTTA official rules. Awards will be given for 1st and 2nd place winners in each division. 12:00 p.m., at the Yucca Valley Community Center . $10 singles $18 Doubles. There will even be a “Rally Contest!” All participants will receive an event T-shirt. For more information call the Town of Yucca Valley Community Svcs. Dept. at (760)369-7211. May 27 - Grubstake 10K, 5K & 2K Run. Awards will be presented in the 10K and 5K run. The 2K is a non-competitive event. Registration forms are available at the Yucca Valley Community Center . 5K & 10K begin at 8 a.m., 2K begins at 8:30 a.m. $25. $23 under 12 & 60+. Fees include t-shirt. California Welcome Center , 56711 29 Palms Hwy. , Yucca Valley . Call (760)365-6323 for more information.

Fouth Annual Chuckwalla Festival, June 1-3, 2007
Three Evenings of Great Live Music Under the Mojave Moon
Support Arts Education in the Morongo Basin and have fun doing it! Chuckwalla Fest, the evenings of June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, will be held once again at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown under the full Mojave moon in the outdoor theatre and is presented by High Desert Living Arts. The festival will feature over 30 local bands on two stages and an arts fair each evening. Cost is only $5 at the gate. Just $20 can treat four of your friends, employees or customers! Proceeds will be used for arts education locally. Visit www.Chuckwallafest.com or call 760-333-0542 for more information.

Printmaking with Found Objects Workshop
MAY 26 , Saturday, 10am to Noon
Bring your treasures to create one-of-a-kind prints. The only requirement is that your objects must be flat enough to run through the etching press, about 1/8” thick or less. Gretchen will instruct you how to make monotypes with the aid of your flat treasures. Join us at the 29 Palms Creative Center & Gallery located at 6847 Adobe Road . Cost is $50 per person. Call 760-361-1805. http://29palmscreativecenter.com/printclasses.html

Theatre 29
Looking For Backstage Volunteers
Have you ever wanted to be involved in the arts, but terrified to tread the stage? Find you like the mechanics of what goes on behind the scenes? Now is your chance to involve yourself in your community and the arts family in the Morongo Basin . Theatre 29, the premier live theatrical performance venue in the Morongo Basin , is seeking volunteers to serve in a variety of technical and support duties. As an all-volunteer organization, what goes into producing the quality theatre events staged at Theatre 29 takes the efforts of many people in various facets of the production process. While the actors take the bows, it s the people who shine the lights, control the sound, direct the spotlights, sell the concessions, build the sets, create the costumes and man the wings backstage that make the shows happen, every night. Theatre29 is are looking for motivated individuals, experienced or not, who have an interest in the technical and support elements of a live theater to work in a variety of capacities. We are seeking technical support in the realm of lighting and sound technicians, designers, spotlight technicians, backstage technicians, set construction crews, set designers, set artists, painters, costume construction, seamstresses (ers), Make-up artists, hair stylists, Properties personnel. Theatre 29 is also seeking assistance on a continuing basis as concessions workers, ushers and Box Office personnel. We also seek individuals interested in stage management, assistant direction or production direction for the 2008 theatrical season to be chosen in the next couple months. Anyone interested in volunteering in any capacity is asked to contact Gary Daigneault at 760-366-8471 or Brian Tabeling at (760) 367-9338.

Little Women
Opens June 1st At Theatre 29
Theatre 29 and Director Butch Pelfrey are hard at work getting ready for the June 1st opening of the theatrical adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic Little Women. The dramatization by Peter Clapham, has been called brilliant with the structure of the play faithfully covering that of the novel. Little Women interweaves the lives of the March Girls, Meg, played by Courtney Swanson, Jo, portrayed by Shelby Art, Darian Dill as Beth, Asia-Nicole Nielsen as Amy, and the boy next door, Laurie, played by Graham Cooley, as they grow up happily together. The story is brought to life in a way which is both accurate and dramatically satisfying. The role of matriarch Marmee is being performed by Virginia Sulick. Rounding out the experienced cast is Kathy Ferguson as Aunt March, Ron Bryant as Mr. March, Les Taylor as Mr. Laurence, Cheryl Gilon as Hannah, and Dan Tabeling as Mr. Brooke. Little Women is the second play for Director Pelfrey, who staged the acclaimed Plaza Suite last year also at Theatre 29. He has assembled a seasoned Production Team with Assistant Director Susan Brundage, Stage Manager Fabianna Borghese, Costumes by Kathy Ferguson, Lighting Design by Ken Palmer and Sound by Tom Highfill. Pelfrey designed his own set and production. Little Women will run for five weeks from June 1, 2007 until June 30, 2007 at the John Calveri Theater with performances at 7:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays. There will be one Thursday Performance on June 14 and a Sunday Matinee at 2:30pm June 23. Tickets are $10.00 for regular admission, $8.00 for Seniors, Military and DAN Members, and $6.00 for children under 12 and students with ID. Reservations can be made by calling the Theater 29 Box Office at 760-361-4151. The John Calveri Theater of Theatre 29 is located at 73637 Sullivan road in the City of Twentynine Palms , right around the corner from Barr Lumber. Theater 29 is a non profit 501(c)3 arts Organization operated by an all-volunteer Board of Directors and staff in premises provided For the Public Good by the City of Twentynine palms.

The Hafler Duo
Is Proud To Announce Their New Web Site
http://www.thehaflerduo.com. Jeff and Jamie will also be doing a live interview and performance on z107.7 fm, on Saturday, May 26th at 6:00 pm with Mindee J and will be having two CD release parties. Thurday, May 31st at the Palms Restaurant in Wonder Valley, 8:00 pm, and Friday, June 1st at the 29 Palms Inn in 29 Palms, 7:00 pm. Both parties will be open to the public and all are welcome to come help The Hafler Duo celebrate the release of their new CD, HduO!

“Chicken Little” Sculpture Exhibit: Randy Polumbo
Exhibits from May 4 – 31, 2007
New “ Americana ” including work inspired loosely by the legend of “Chicken Little”, who presumed the world was coming to an end when he was hit on the head by an apple. Sculptor, Randy Polumbo, conjures a modern version of this tale, with today’s more compelling “apples” and an accordingly more credible apocalypse. Tons of rubber chickens are the harbingers of hard times and an indelible image of hope in the face of adversity. 29 Palms Creative Center, located at 6847 Adobe Road , 29 Palms, CA (760) 361-1805. Refreshments will be provided. http://29palmscreativecenter.com/may2007.html

IN-DIFFERENCE IV
Lets Explode These Bodies Of Ours (Call For Submission)
This year’s edition of IN-DIFFERENCE festival is dedicated to various interpretations of the body in all artistic medias (performances, installations, video, photography, music…). Also includes demonstrations of body modifications or photo documents of body modifications (piercing, tattoo, suspensions, branding, scarping, bodybuilding…). The festival covers accommodation and production of the works, a travel expanse has to be covered by the chosen applicant. Participation on the festival is free. All interested to participate please send a proposal of your work(s), short statement (only English) and CV (CV is not obligatory) to following e-mail: vipartgallery@yahoo.com. If you have any kind of questions don’t hastate to ask. The deadline for application is July the 1st. Festival takes place in November 2007 in V.I.P.Art Gallery of Students Cultural Center (www.skc.org.yu) in Belgrade . IN-DIFFERENCE festival was founded four years ago by Gabrijel Savic Ra as festival that nurtures all artistic expressions. It hosted many artists and it was declared as one of most innovative and daring festival on Balkans. Festival changes it’s concept each year which makes it always fresh and intriguing for the audience. Last years edition of the festival was visited by more than two hundred people and that gives great promotion to the artists.

Bob Dylan’s 66th Birthday Bash!
May 24
Local and visiting musicians salute the songs of rock legend Bob Dylan on his 66th birthday. This is the sixth annual event of it's kind, organized by Joshua Tree songwriter Ted Quinn. This event serves the dual purpose of celebrating the birthday of local music writer and painter Judy Wishart. "Salute her when her birthday comes," as Dylan sang. Those interested in performing a favorite Dylan song at the event are asked to attend Ted Quinn's Reality Show at Pappy's on May 21 or the Joshua Tree Beatnik Cafe's Open Mic on May 23 or contact Quinn by email at TedQuinn@Nomadhouse.com. 7 p.m. Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, 53688 Pioneertown Road , Pioneertown. (760)365-5956.

Mandala Circus
May 25 - 5-7 p.m
Artist party hosted by gallery artist Marlana Moench, and guest artists Luanna Lynch, Cat Lynch and Rik Livingston, who will present original Mandalas and prints in a variety of their possible manifestations. Food, wine, music, and friends celebrate 2007. Costumes desired but not required. Living Arts Gallery, 55840 29 Palms Hwy. (next to Water Canyon ), Yucca Valley . (760)369-5040.

Giant Bear, No More Kings, and The Hero Factor
May 25
8 p.m. Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace , 53688 Pioneertown Road , Pioneertown. (760)365-5956.

Noise Night!
May 25
Experimental instruments, mostly percussion, are arranged by Piano Bob for your playing (and venting!) pleasure. Grab a drumstick and bang away! Harmonize with others, and discover the musician within you. Audience participation is awesome. 9 p.m. Joshua Tree Beatnik Cafe, 61597 29 Palms Highway , Joshua Tree. (760)366-2090.

The Thriftstore Allstars
May 27
6 p.m. Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace , 53688 Pioneertown Road , Pioneertown. (760)365-5956. www.pappyandharriets.com.

Morongo Basin Stock Photography
Call for Photographers
The Chambers of Commerce for Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley and 29 Palms are looking to put together a DVD of high resolution still photographs shot by area photographers that will be made available to travel writers and other publishers wishing to utilize stock images for articles about the Morongo Basin . The Morongo Basin is defined for this project as including Morongo Valley , Pioneertown, Yucca Valley , Landers, Johnson Valley , Joshua Tree, Joshua Tree National Park, 29 Palms. and Wonder Valley. The DVD will be given away at a high profile travel conference to be held at the Morongo Casino this November 27 through 30. The DVD will feature approximately 100 outstanding photographs by a group of between 12 and 20 photographers working with digital formats. We are looking for stock images of the sort that would be useful to adventure writers and others exploring the travel possibilities of our unique section of Hi-Desert in the Mojave Desert . We will look to make a collection of compelling images that portray the scenic, cultural, architectural, entertainment, and shopping opportunities in our area. Examples would include local museums, shopping districts, cultural sites like Christ Park and Noah Purifoy’s outdoor sculpture installations, architectural landmarks like the Integratron, and of course Joshua Tree National Park including it’s 2 principal visitors centers. All content will be available free for one-time use with specified terms. This means that credit will be given to the photographer along with notification of publication. After any one time use by a particular publisher, further use of the photo will be permitted by negotiation only. You will be paid $5 for the inclusion of each photograph that is placed on the DVD. It is important that the images be of the highest quality and that they meet all of the criteria posted below. The terms of use and all relevant information (including but not limited to name of photographer, title, description, keywords, copyright, terms of use, credit line, special instructions) will be embedded in the digital files using industry standard IPTC and EXIF formats. You need Photoshop or similar application to accomplish this embedding of file info. Please send your entries, limited to up to 12 individual shots, on either CD or DVD disc to the Joshua Tree Chamber of Commerce at P.O. Box 600 , Joshua Tree , CA 92252 . Entries are due in the Joshua Tree office by Wednesday September 26th. A photo jury comprising the respective executive directors of the participating Chambers, Cheryl Nankervis, Gail Dallas, and Christina Dooley, and project designer Spelman Evans Downer will judge the works and pick the strongest 100 photographs that show the diversity in the Morongo Basin . At that point, all the file info particulars will need final completion and it is recommended that the selected photographers attend one of the last two workshops mentioned below. After the 100 best shots are chosen, Spelman Evans Downer will design and edit a professional quality multi-media slide show that will be included on the DVD, be shown at the travel conference, and also posted on the Chamber’s web site. Entering your work for judging also includes granting permission to use the photos in this multi-media project. For those needing assistance in meeting all these criteria, Spelman Evans Downer from Copper Mountain College will conduct 3 two hour free workshops at the dates listed below. All aspects listed on the Basic Criteria will be explained and using Photoshop to imbed your file info will be demonstrated. Bring all your photos in TIFF format on a USB drive to the CMC computer lab 119A on the days listed below.
Basic Criteria:
Photos of general interest that are likely to be useful for travel writers and editors.
Photos well exposed and correctly focused.
Photos in TIFF format at 300 ppi resolution.
Photos optimized for exposure and contrast (with levels adjustment if needed), appropriately sharpened and flattened.
Photos have all pertinent info embedded in IPTC and EXIF file info.
Using and tagging the most professional color spaces will also be presented
Optional watermark systems will also be introduced.
Stock Workshop One
September 5 th 4 to 6 p.m. in room 119 A, Phase 2 at Copper Mountain College
Stock Workshop Two
October 3 th 4 to 6 p.m. in room 119 A, Phase 2 at Copper Mountain College
Stock Workshop Three
October 5 th 6 to 8 p.m. in room 119 A, Phase 2 at Copper Mountain College

The Cracked Eggs
Upcoming Exhibit and Performance
May 31 - Cracked Eggs Perform. The Cracked Eggs are a culturally diverse avant-garde performance group of mentally disabled adults and children directed by Linda Carmella Sibio. Included will be a showing of B&W drawings and paintings, shown through July 21. includes food, fun and festivities. The Hi-Desert Nature Museum , 57116 Hwy. 62, Yucca Valley . (760)369-7212.

A call for artists/vendors:
The High Desert Living Arts Center
“The High Desert Living Arts Center , is presenting Chuckwalla Fest” the evenings of June 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Showcasing the incredible variety of local art and music (art fair and over 30 local bands throughout the weekend), this accessible ($5 at the gate) festival will be held at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown under the full Mojave moon. Proceeds will be used for arts education locally. For more information, visit www.chuckwallafest.com If you would like to participate as a vendor for this event, please contact Dianna Durr, Art Director, HDLAC at 760-799-2276 or write to DiDurr@earthlink.net. See you there!

Call for Artists for Art & Science
Entry Deadline is Sunday, June 10, 2007
Eligibility -All artists living in California . All media except film and video. All work submitted for consideration must be available for exhibition July 28 – September 6, 2007. Entries can be submitted online by sending images and entry information to 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net, by slides or photographs/digital prints (5" x 7" minimum size). Please obtain prospectus from www.2ndcitycouncil.org. Entry Fees are $10 per entry for members and $20 per entry for nonmembers. Join now and get one free entry. Volunteer hours accepted in lieu of entry fee. For a complete prospectus please visit our website at www.2ndcitycouncil.org. For questions, please email 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space, 435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802, (562) 901-0997 * 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net

The Ritmo Loco Afro-Cuban Jazz Quintet
In Concert At The River At Rancho Mirage Saturday, June 2, 7:00 – 10:00 Pm
The exciting Ritmo Loco Afro-Cuban Jazz Quintet, featuring Bob Garcia on guitar and vocals, Owen Willingham on keyboards, Marv Schmelling on bass, Dennis McDade on drums and timbales, and Sam Sloneker on congas and percussion, will perform a program of sizzling Salsa and Latin Jazz on Saturday, June 2, from 7:00 – 10:00 PM in the Amphitheater at The River at Rancho Mirage. The high desert’s finest Latin Jazz group, Ritmo Loco (Crazy Rhythm) will play selections from early Gregorian chant to show tunes (George Gershwin, Cole Porter), pop and jazz standards (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie), Latin classics (Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Antonio Carlos Jobim) and their own original compositions, all set to infectious, body-groovin’ Afro-Cuban Rhythms. “If you can sit still to this music, take your pulse.” The River at Rancho Mirage is located at the intersection of Highway 111, Bob Hope Drive and Rancho Las Palmas Drive in the city of Rancho Mirage . For more information: www.myspace.com/ritmolocojt; www.theriveratranchomirage.com; www.ckmanagement.com; Christine at (760) 408-3285 or Sam at (760) 369-9972.

Ted Quinn's Reality Show
Pappy & Harriet's
time : MONDAYS 7pm
place: PAPPY & HARRIET'S
event: TED QUINN'S REALITY SHOW
"everyone's a winner, everyone's a star"
"He's local but he belongs to the world. Joshua Tree's psychedelic folk/rock bard whose music runs strong and deep" (The Sun Runner), Ted Quinn performs and presents a great assortment of local and visiting talent, from 7 to 11pm.

Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace
Live Music
Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace – Live music every week, great shows, great atmosphere! Check out their event listings at: http://pappyandharriets.com/index2.html

The Palms – Wonder Valley
Local music/Open Mic every Thursday
Local music every Thursday at the Palms in Wonder Valley . Join The Hafler Duo for live music at the Palms.
Show starts at 8:00 p.m. followed by an open mic at 9:00 p.m.
The Palms Restaurant 83131 Amboy Rd.
760-361-2810

Beatnik Café
Open Mic Night
A reminder of the open mic night at the beatnik cafe, still one of the most popular destinations for local and visiting artists and musicians. If you haven't experienced the beatnik open mic, please do!! Be amazed at the variety of great talent that takes the humble stage in order to share their souls for the sake of free, personal expression. a couple of cozy sofa's, along with good, inexpensive food and drinks, help to make it the place to spend Wednesday evenings.

Please remember to keep press release submissions for the weekly E-Flash concise and at a maximum 250 word count for greatest impact. Submissions in by 3pm on Wednesdays are greatly appreciated, and can be emailed to info@morongobasinarts.com with “E-Flash” in the subject line simply by clicking on the E-Flash logo at the top of the page. Don’t forget to send your logo or image too (85 width gif file is appreciated)!

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The Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) arts organization that relies on membership revenue to maintain the volunteer based programs that are provided throughout the year.

For additional information on local art, cultural events, news and opportunities, or to learn more about the arts council, visit our website at www.morongobasinarts.com.

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JT ROOTS MUSIC FEST 10/20 & 21

2007-09-03T18:05:29Z

dance under the stars and howl at the moon!

a rootsicana newgrassy folkadelic experience featuring the Avett brothers, Hot Buttered Rum, Uncle Earl, Dan Bern, the Greencards, Jake Shimabukuro, South Austin Jug Band, Martha Scanlan, Merle Jagger w/ Tim Easton, Reverend Peytons Big Damn band and more.

for early bird tix and info log onto:

www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

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The former Wonder Valley post office on Amboy Rd.

2007-05-16T20:58:45Z

... seems to be morphing into some sort of new, social-art locale for the area...

stay tuned for details...

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High Desert Acoustic Music Festival May 11th-13th

2007-05-06T21:06:31Z

You're invited to three days of great acoustic music in the beautiful Village of Joshua Tree May 11, 12 &13 . National and local artist sharing their talents and time. Camping available. Music, art, food and fun. Tickets are $15 for Saturday. Friday and Sunday are Free! Call for tickets or questions, 760-366-5660
Ralph

p.s. some vendor space still available.

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The Joshua Tree desert needs your help ! Please read!

2007-05-02T23:13:40Z

Attention cactus huggers!

The Joshua Tree desert needs your help !

Please call or email to help enforce the current laws restricting off-road vehicle abuse (illegal riding, riding in restricted areas, illegal riding on private / protected lands, etc):

details are cross-posted at:
http://virtualjoshuatree.tribe.net/thread/28c7c1c3-6916-4268-9b30-6a51bbb61e6b?newpostingid=0bdc8bde-9f4e-4dc7-a572-09b973282eed#0bdc8bde-9f4e-4dc7-a572-09b973282eed

Thank you!

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High Desert Test Sites - May 12-13/ 07

2007-04-29T04:39:57Z

Here's the link:

http://www.highdeserttestsites.com/

see you there!

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New Desert Magazine developing feature on high desert happenings and life

2007-03-20T15:18:27Z

I'm the editor of a new lifestyle publication due to launch in October for the California Desert Communities. I am developing a feature on High Desert Hijinx, Entertainment, Unique Experiences, Dining, Art/Music Scenes, Development and Design. Anyone wanting to get the word out on anything unique or worthy of exposure please feel free to contact me. I am also cultivating writers and contributors if you have story ideas.

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Seeking Fabulous Video Editor

2007-03-07T16:56:47Z

I have projects in production and need a fabulous video editor in the Joshua Tree area.
Let's connect.
May all be well and in love,
MonaDiva

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Yuma Symposium, weekend of Feb. 24 -- fantastic & cheap! :)

2007-02-16T16:48:26Z

I'm headed to an art symposium I go to every year, called the Yuma Art Symposium, about 3 hours southwest of the hi-desert. It's smaller and more substantial artistically than burningman, and much less expensive.

For $125, you get 3 days of presentations, demonstrations, comraderie, campfires and a big barbeque dinner (included!) on Saturday night. It's even cheaper if you have any kind of student ID ($75), and you can camp for free in a designated area if you want to save money on lodging. :)

Here's the link to check out this year's presenters, they are always world-class professionals, in media ranging from jewelry making and sculpture, to painting, photography and environmental art.

http://www.yumasymposium.org/

If you want to carpool or caravan, contact me :)

Also, there is a cute tradition they have of making any sort of pin or brooch (or anything else you wish to make to gift / trade) and trade these with others on Thursday afternoon, at the official start of the event.

Hope to see you there!

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Friday night art seminars at Copper Mtn College

2007-01-23T22:25:58Z

Link:
http://www.morongobasinarts.com/artseminars.html

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Wonder Valley Music Fest Jan 27th 2007 at the Palms

2007-01-23T22:23:05Z

Details on the Sibley's myspace page -- look on the right hand side of their page for schedule:

www.myspace.com/thesibleys

See you there!

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Be sure to check the Virtual Joshua Tree tribe

2007-01-18T20:59:16Z

sometimes I post art stuff over there & forget / don't have time to cross post over here :)

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Art news in the Morongo Valley (YV/JT/29/WV)

2007-01-15T19:57:16Z

Here's the link:

http://www.morongobasinarts.com/artnews.html

Well-worth joining!

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joshua tree music fest tix on sale

2007-01-04T22:55:21Z

early bird ticket prices for the joshua tree music festival are on sale now.

www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

hope to see ya there !

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joshua tree roots music festival oct 21 & 22

2006-10-12T23:35:50Z

Greetings friends of the high desert. the joshua tree roots music festival is happening oct 21 and 22. all proceeds go to local fire disaster relief. also, a silent art auction benefit will be held FRI OCT 20 at the festival site. amazing music (railroad earth, dave alvin, anne mccue, trampled by turtles). brilliant works of art (ed moses, andrea zittel, bobby furst). all info can be found at:

www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

come howl at the moon and watch the meteor shower at the festival !!

hope to see ya there,

barnett

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meteor shower & other night sky info (link)

2006-10-12T23:31:50Z

Check out this site (or even subscribe!) to get the info on what to watch for in the spectacular desert sky:

http://spaceweather.com/

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NYT article about art & happenings in JT area / April 2006

2006-05-23T15:43:02Z

Art Blooms in the California Desert

By Julia Chaplin | April 21, 2006
New York Times

A FEW squat concrete buildings and a whole lot of dust. That's what you're likely to notice first while driving through Joshua Tree, at the foothills of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. The scorched land still feels like a rugged frontier with nonstop wind and king-cab pickup trucks hauling rusted washing machines and groceries.

There's nothing remotely charming or quaint about it. But hidden among the cactus, creosote and tract housing is a full-fledged art scene, with striking works by contemporary artists like Andrea Zittel, Jason Rhoades and Jack Pierson. (Mr. Pierson likes to put the old roadside sign letters he collects for his artwork out in the soil behind his house to get that vintage sun-baked, weathered look.)

Set roughly 125 miles east of Los Angeles and 35 northeast of Palm Springs, the high-desert towns off Route 62, including Pioneertown, Twentynine Palms and Wonder Valley as well as Joshua Tree, have long been a haven for rock climbers who pilgrimage for the weirdly shaped boulders at Joshua Tree National Park. But over the last few years established artists, architects and musicians in search of lower mortgage payments and wide open space have been trickling out and setting up studios in old ranch houses, shipping containers and geodesic domes left over from the 1970's.

Now it has become a weekend destination for cultural foragers, whose idea of a fun getaway is exploring outdoor sculpture gardens, artists' studios and experimental architecture like an igloo made of sandbags.

"Joshua Tree is like the art world's Palm Springs," said Lisa Overduin, the director of Regen Projects, the Los Angeles gallery that represents Ms. Zittel and Mr. Pierson. "It's funny to see collectors in spiked Manolo's teetering around the desert looking for art."

Ms. Zittel's "High Desert Test Sites," an annual art happening (this year on May 6 and 7), is the best opportunity to experience Joshua Tree's contemporary-art scene. Ms. Zittel, the conceptual artist who helped kick-start the Joshua Tree migration when she expanded her studio here from Brooklyn six years ago, invites artists to trek out to the desert and install large-scale site-specific works among the boulders, caves and cactus. (Some of this year's participants include Katie Grinnan, Amy Yao and Ryan McGinley.) Onlookers and revelers are given booklets with maps so they can track the whimsical creations in a sort of zany scavenger hunt that includes extracurricular activities like stopping for hamburgers at local cafes and dancing the electric slide at Pappy & Harriet's, a local honky tonk.

The artist Ed Ruscha, the musicians Eric Burdon and Victoria Williams, the performance artist Ann Magnuson and a cross section of Los Angeles screenwriters and set designers have all bought homes in Joshua Tree in recent years, perhaps drawn by its openness both in attitude and in space. With its sweeping plateaus, car-chase roads and big wandering skies, it's sort of like that other desert art outpost, Marfa, Tex., where the elemental landscape and slow-motion pace are themselves like a surreal artwork.

"It's like there aren't any rules here, just survival," said Thom Merrick, an artist who moved from New York several years ago because he was feeling "compressed" in the city. "I go hiking every day up on the hill," he said. "And if I need to think I rake rocks."

The towns themselves have an authentic, survivalist quality refreshingly devoid of slick, trendy accouterment. Many of the artists furnish their homes from the dusty thrift shops along the highway. (Oversize kitschy lamps and coyote-howling-in-the-moon paintings are hot items.) In the evening, artists gather at sleepy bars like the Palms, with it's scratched pool tables and country-western jukebox. At the Beatnik Café, local youth with piercings and black-dyed hair mingle under a sci-fi sculpture of an H. R. Geiger-esque deer spirit with tree roots. Banks of computers against the wall have intentionally snarled cords that add to the desert "Blade Runner" effect.

LOCALS like to say that Joshua Tree has always been a haven for "entrepreneurs." The area was originally a stopover for gold prospectors in the 1870's who camped by the Oasis of Mara in Twentynine Palms. In 1938 the government passed the so-called Baby Homestead Act in an attempt to populate the barren federal lands, offering a free five-acre parcel to anyone willing to slap up a small structure. The homesteaders who showed up were a motley cross section of desperadoes willing to start anew in the middle of nowhere, which over the years included a good number of artists, outcasts and U.F.O. enthusiasts.

Many of the original homestead cabins are still standing. Some have been renovated by new owners, like Mr. Pierson and Ms. Zittel, who painted hers a minimalist art-gallery white, furnished it with foam rocks and brought in two shipping containers to create an experimental live-work compound she calls A-Z West. To complete the modern pioneer idea, Ms. Zittel built dozens of "Wagon Stations," small steel capsules inspired by station wagons strewn about the rocky hillside and containing single sleeping mats. She had her artist friends customize them with designs like hot-rod flames. (Several of the wagons are on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria in New York City until June 18.) Other homesteader cabins lie abandoned and are spooky looking, with their flapping shreds of wallpaper and old bedsprings.

"The great thing about the desert is we can all project our fantasies on it," Ms. Zittel said. "I came here looking for a part of myself, a connection to who I would have been if I hadn't been an artist."

The earth artists from the 60's and 70's like Michael Heizer and James Turrell also headed to the desert, but to remote parts in Nevada and Arizona. Their projects, like Mr. Turrell's "Roden Crater," required big budgets and grand-scale land manipulation. The artists and architects who are colonizing Joshua Tree seem more interested in creating do-it-yourself mini-utopias. That's very much part of the pervasive Wild West spirit here that lets neighbors, rugged enough to settle in the desert and brave the elements, do as they please. This is also a town where military personnel (the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center is nearby), Roswell-minded conspiracy theorists, hippies and bikers all seem to coexist.

"Joshua Tree is the perfect place to be visionary and experimental," said Linda Taalman of Taalman Koch, a Los Angeles architecture firm. "There's a sense of remoteness and anything goes."

The apocalyptic sculpture garden of one prominent artist, Noah Purifoy, suggests just that. Mr. Purifoy, an installation artist and co-founder of the Watts Towers Art Center in the 1960's, moved to the desert in 1989 and spent the last 15 years of his life blanketing the two-and-a-half-acre tract of parched land with sculptures made from recycled junk like pastel plastic lunch trays, outdated computers, toilets and my favorite a train track with trains made of old bicycle wheels, VCR's and beer kegs.

Progressive architects, who like to play with utopic philosophy, have also set their sights on Joshua Tree as a promised land where aesthetic building regulations are few and neighbors don't complain. This fall visitors will be able to visit the iT House, a prefabricated aluminum and glass structure being built by Taalman Koch Architecture. The firm is collaborating with artists like Sarah Morris and Liam Gillick to create graphic strips of wallpaperlike vinyl that will surround the house for changing views and filtering sun.

Another firm, Ecoshack, operates a design lab near Joshua Tree where environment-minded guests can test experimental temporary dwellings like thermal-wing tents and cocoon sleeping capsules.

George Van Tassel, a self-proclaimed U.F.O. abductee, built a dome in the 1950's that he named the Integratron. It was bought by Nancy and Joanne Karl, two sisters from New York, a few years ago, and now it's open to the public.

If you time it right, you can attend a U.F.O. convention and concerts featuring local bands like Concrete Blond and Bauhaus (for some reason there's a large concentration of 1980's Los Angeles bands living out in Joshua Tree). It's also a sort of shrine for everyone from didgeridoo players to the singer Robert Plant to a professor who, according to Joanne Karl, showed up with a herd of sheep and goats.

Consider spending $10 on a "sound bath." You go upstairs in the dome, crash out on a mat, close your eyes and zone out for a half hour while one of the sisters creates a surround sound symphony using several crystal bowls. (It's a bit like a Pink Floyd laser show without the lasers and Pink Floyd.)

Pioneertown, developed as a movie set in 1946 by Roy Rogers and other Hollywood investors, is also in many ways a living art installation. It's where classic Westerns including "The Cisco Kid" and "Annie Oakley" were filmed, but now it's a semifunctioning town that feels more like a David Lynch set. Off the dusty main street with its fake jail and general store are a functioning bowling alley, houses to rent and most important, Pappy & Harriet's, an Old West-style saloon with antlers and pool tables that is the hub, along with the Palms in Wonder Valley, of the local music scene.

Run by the ex-New Yorkers Linda Krantz and Robyn Celia, Pappy & Harriet's is a must stop for musicians like Lucinda Williams, PJ Harvey and Leon Russell. Sunday afternoons are when the local desert rock bands come out, among them Gram Rabbit, Angel Thrift and Queens of the Stone Age. On a recent Thursday afternoon, Jessica Von Rabbit, the lead singer of Gram Rabbit, was drinking a mug of beer at the end of a long wooden bar, outfitted in a fur-lined coat and big red sunglasses.

In any other small desert town her midday vampy-rock star appearance might have caused hostile stares. But in Joshua Tree, she was just another local.

If You Go

WHERE TO FIND THE ART

High Desert Test Sites, 310-276-5424; www.highdeserttestsites.com; May 6 and 7. Andrea Zittel's annual art invitational where a collection of artists descend on Joshua Tree and install works in the desert.

Integratron, 2477 Belfield Boulevard, Landers; 760-364-3126; www.integratron.com. A dome built in the 1950's by a self-professed U.F.O. abductee. Tours, by appointment, are $15.

Noah Purifoy museum, Blair Lane, Joshua Tree; 213-382-7516, www.noahpurifoy.com. An outdoor sculpture park filled with strange creations made from junk by Noah Purifoy.

Ecoshack, Joshua Tree, 323-646-5375; www.ecoshack.com. An architectural design lab where prototypes like a thermal wing tent that looks like a giant moth are demonstrated by appointment.

iT House, Joshua Tree; 213-380-1060; www.tkarchitecture.com. Taalman Koch Architecture, the Los Angeles firm behind the Dia: Beacon art museum in Dutchess County, N.Y., is building a prefabricated glass house that will be open for tours and rentals in the fall.

Desert Art Studio, Twentynine Palms; 760-361-2305; www.desertartstudio.com. The muralist and painter Chuck Caplinger runs a gallery exhibiting his semi-psychedelic desert paintings and ephemera. By appointment.

Beauty Bubble Salon & Museum, Wonder Valley; 760-361-5617. This salon is in a private home so call for an appointment and directions. Jeff Hafler, a Los Angeles hairdresser who owns the homestead house/salon, also operates an awe-inspiring hair museum with treasures like a 1970's mod Ken doll and an 1880's kerosene-heated curling iron.

WHERE TO STAY

29 Palms Inn, 73950 Inn Avenue, Twentynine Palms; 760-367-3505; www.29palmsinn.com. This classic desert inn with abode-style bungalows was built in 1928. The rooms don't have telephones, but several have fireplaces and private patios. Double bungalows start at $100.

Spin and Margie's Desert Hideaway, 6920-6923 Sunkist Road Joshua Tree, 760-366-9124. www.deserthideaway.com. A hacienda-style inn with four suites that come tricked out with quirky Wild West ephemera, bright Mexican textiles, beaded curtains and lots of spots to laze among the cactuses. Suites start at $115.

WHERE TO EAT AND DRINK

Crossroads Cafe & Tavern, 61715 Route 62, Joshua Tree; 760-366-5414. Fine cuisine may not be Joshua Tree's strong point, but the no-frills Crossroads Cafe serves up hearty sandwiches, soups and salads. Breakfast is a must with full-all-day plates of eggs and home fries and extra-strength coffee. Dinner for two with wine is $25.

The Palms, 83131 Amboy Road, Wonder Valley; 760- 361-2810. An Old West dive bar, The Palms has a great pool table, an outdoor patio and a local music scene that features the Sibleys.

Pappy & Harriet's, 53688 Pioneertown Road, Pioneertown; 760-363 5956; www.pappyandharriets.com; closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Built as a Western movie set in the 1940's, Pappy & Harriet's is the catalyst of the desert music scene, with local bands and the likes of Robert Plant taking the stage for wailing beer-fueled sets in front of long wooden picnic tables.

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