Immersive Theater Visionary Justin Zsebe Appointed Playhouse Artistic Director
The Joshua Tree Cultural Center proudly announces the appointment of Justin Zsebe as Artistic Director of its prestigious Playhouse Division. An acclaimed immersive director, writer, and educator, Zsebe brings...
I’ll Be Your Mirror: Michael Wadleigh’s Woodstock: Three Days of Peace, Love & Music
It's a miracle that someone like Wadleigh wound up in charge of the massive enterprise of Woodstock, and it endures because it is the work of someone with a...
Hi-Desert Cultural Center Presents Groundbreaking Generative Documentary Film: ENO
The Hi-Desert Cultural Center is proud to present a special screening of ENO, the first-ever generative documentary film in a one-night-only event featuring an introduction by Orian Williams, one...
The Devil In Disguise: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis
Elvis, the award-winning 2022 musical spectacle by master showman Baz Luhrmann, remains fresh and vital in 2025. Looking back at the criticism of the film, high praise as well...
Lost, Lost, Lost: Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up and The Swinging Sixties
The American film director William Friedkin, a devotee who introduced Blow-Up to audiences numerous times over the course of his life, described the film as “a mystery without a solution.” The...
Perfect Days—Savoring perfection of the fleeting and ephemeral
Filmed in only 16 days and earning the coveted Best Actor award at Cannes, Perfect Days tells the story of a quiet and alert man who lives in solitude...
Adam Villacin Exhibition Draws Art Collectors
The exhibition's opening gala proved to be not just a showcase of exceptional art, but also a highly successful night of sales—further solidifying the gallery as a vital destination...
“STOP MAKING SENSE” Packs Joshua Tree Theater
As soon as David Byrne walked onto the screen with his boombox, the energy in the room was electric.
HAPPENINGS: 02.2025
Our desert has once again opened its arms, welcoming both short- and long-term visitors. Many families who sought solace here in the wake of these tragedies have decided to...
Adam Villacin Art Exhibition—Opening Gala FEB 8
Influenced by late 20th-century illustration and subcultural signifiers, Adam Villacin's work explores contemporary iconography and hagiography with sharp, wry humor.
Insight Into a Truffaut Masterpiece
Throughout Francois Truffaut's 1973 masterpiece Day For Night, a callow movie star played by Jean-Pierre Leaud asks "Are women magic?" The most agreed-upon interpretation is that Leaud's character, Alphonse,...
We Are Mortal—Workshop with Kara Hoppe
We spend so much time avoiding our mortality and denying that we were born terminal and one day will die. But what happens if we run with care, tender...