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SWIFT FOX - The Untold Stories of Willie Boy
Sat Jun 20, 2009 7PM
"Swift Fox - The Untold Stories of Willie Boy" is a play that will be presented ...
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VINCENT VAN GOGH
Sat Jun 27, 2009
The Hi-Desert Cultural Center and Groves Cabin Theatre present Vincent Van Gogh, the famed impressionist painter ...
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Cultural Center Offers Groves’ One Night Only Encore Performance of “Vincent van Gogh”
By special arrangement between the two theatres, the Hi-Desert Cultural Center and Groves Cabin Theatre create special encore performance at the Blak Box Theatre
JOSHUA TREE, CA – Due to sold-out performances, the Hi-Desert Cultural Center and Groves Cabin Theatre have arranged a special encore performance of the original play “Vincent van Gogh” at the Blak Box Theatre for one-night only this Saturday. This original drama on the life of the renowned Dutch painter has been a six or seven year labor of love for playwright Trost-Becker. Long an admirer of Van Gogh’s ... MORE INFO
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Reading for a national play “Swift Fox”
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS
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JOSHUA TREE, CA – "Swift Fox - The Untold Stories of Willie Boy" is a play that will be presented on the exact 100th Anniversary of Willie Boy incident this fall at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center. Written by International Actor/Director/Playwright Ron House, "Swift Fox" presents a side of Willie Boy that is rarely presented in the media. ... MORE INFO |
Auditions and Reading for a national play “Swift Fox”
AUDITIONS ON JUNE 6TH, WITH A PUBLIC READING ON JUNE 20TH AT THE BLAK BOX THEATRE
JOSHUA TREE, CA – The time was 1909. Mexico was on the brink of Revolution. Women could not vote. Indians were not citizens. There were no airplanes, few automobiles, even fewer telephones, little electricity, and no television nor radio. “Yellow journalism” in newspapers was rampant, featuring exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, and sensationalism... MORE INFO |
Unique Orchestral Concert to perform at Blak Box SOLD OUT!
ONE OF THE DESERT’S BEST KEPT SECRETS, THE JUNIOR PHILHARMONIC IS GARNERING NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR ITS UNIQUE PROGRAM
JOSHUA TREE, CA - The Hi-Desert Cultural Center and the Desert Music Foundation will be presenting a special concert one night only featuring one of the Desert’s best kept secrets: the Junior Philharmonic, or “J-PHIL.” Performing this Saturday night, May 23 at 8PM, the J-PHIL will be performing several pieces from some of Hollywood’s most beloved films.... MORE INFO |
“Crimes of the Heart" plays at Blak Box
DIRECTED BY DESERT THEATER LEAGUE “BEST DIRECTOR 2008”
JOSHUA TREE, CA – Meg MaGrath just left one, Lenny MaGrath never had one, and Babe MaGrath just shot one. Needless to say, the MaGrath sisters sure have a way with men at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s theatrical production of “Crimes of the Heart” playing April 3rd through the 19th.
According to Director Rebecca Havely, who was just awarded the coveted Best Director 2008 from the Desert Theatre League, “The play is both hysterical and touching as we see each sister forced to face the consequences of the "crimes of the heart" that she has committed.”... MORE INFO |
A Musical “Elixir” for all that ails you
PRESTIGIOUS “ELIXIR PIANO TRIO” TO TEACH AND PERFORM
AT THE HI-DESERT CULTURAL CENTER
The Elixir Piano Trio is winner of the “Most Distinguished Musician Award” at the 2005 IBLA International Competition in Italy, performs both traditional and modern repertoire with classical, folk and jazz influences. The Elixir Piano Trio has become instrumental in promoting works by modern composers. Known for their unique and exciting interpretations and passionate performances, the Los Angeles based ensemble has concertized nationally and internationally, dazzled audiences with their amazing energy and sensitivity... MORE INFO |
Hilarious Comedy about life in a small TEXAS town to play at the Blak Box Theatre
JUSTIN BLAKE AND HIS TROOP ARE BACK FOR ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
JOSHUA TREE, CA – Theater-goers will get a dose of small-town Texas in a hilarious yet touching play at the Hi-Desert Cultural Center. "Lone Star," by Louisiana playwright James McLure, is a 1978 tragic-comedy that gives us a glimpse into the vociferous but stunted lives of three backwater Texas good ol' boys as they ponder the meaning of life, their futures, their dreams and their women. ... MORE INFO |
Cultural Center Executives Design Shows for Disney
DISNEYLAND UNVEILS $15 MILLION DOLLAR DREAM HOME
JOSHUA TREE, CA – Starting June 30th, 2008, thousands of people a day experience the artistic musical talents and software creativity of local area entrepreneurs Jarrod Radnich and Craig Knudsen in a brand-new, interactive exhibit to be unveiled at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Earlier this year, Mr. Radnich and Mr. Knudsen were asked by Disney and Yamaha to create two very different shows for Disneyland guests at “Innoventions,” an exhibit that features futuristic and exciting new technologies of the future, housed in a rotating building in the middle of Tomorrowland. |
"A Handful of Nickels"
A HEARTFELT VALENTINE TO THE BYGONE DAYS OF VAUDEVILLE
JOSHUA TREE, CA – The Hi-Desert Cultural Center rings in 2009 with a full bodied, raucous and uproarious production of A Handful of Nickels as the third production of the 2008/09 "Comedy Through the Ages" series. Originally commissioned by the City of Rancho Mirage, these special performances are co-produced by the award-winning California Desert Regional Theatre and the Hi-Desert Cultural Center ... MORE INFO |
Desert Stories II - Popular Spoken Word Event Returns to Blak Box
FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCE, DESERT STORIES II WILL FEATURE NEW ARTISTS AND RAISE MONEY TO REBUILD THE HISTORIC HI-DESERT PLAYHOUSE
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Last year's Desert Stories sold-out and featured some of the Desert's best writers and performers. |
JOSHUA TREE, CA - Back by overwhelming demand from last year’s sold-out performance, Desert Stories returns to the Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s Blak Box Theatre Saturday January 24, 2009 at 7pm. Featuring new eclectic artists, Desert Stories II is a benefit fundraiser to help rebuild the historic Hi-Desert Playhouse ... MORE INFO |
Cultural Arts Council and Cultural Center to host Benefit Concert featuring musician Ted Quinn
THE MORONGO BASIN CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL AND THE HI-DESERT CULTURAL CENTER WILL HOST A SPECIAL WINTER SOLSTICE BENEFIT CONCERT
JOSHUA TREE, CA – The Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council and the Hi-Desert Cultural Center are teaming-up to present a special benefit concert featuring Ted Quinn's "Winter Wunderground” one night only, December 21, 2008 at 7pm. The personal, the political and the spiritual collide with the subconscious in the work of Joshua Tree's psychedelic folk bard Ted Quinn. "He's local but he belongs to the World," says SunRunner Magazine ... MORE INFO |
BREAKING NEWS! – Santa to land sleigh "up on the rooftop" of Blak Box Theatre
KRIS KRINGLE GIFTS 7.1 SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM TO HI-DESERT CULTURAL CENTER
JOSHUA TREE, CA – Santa secretly arranged for the sound system on loan from YAMAHA to become a permanent feature of the new Blak Box Theatre located directly behind the Historic Playhouse ... MORE INFO |
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