ABOUT THE CULTURAL CENTER
The Hi-Desert Cultural Center is a many-faceted, multi-venue facility for performing and visual arts. It is the largest arts organization in the region and the Center and its facilities are not government owned or subsidized.
The Hi-Desert Cultural Center was started by retired actors, directors, and producers from Hollywood and first began serving the cultural needs of its surrounding communities in 1964. In 1967, the Center was officially incorporated as a not-for-profit under the name Hi-Desert Playhouse Guild, Inc. and by 1980 construction on its main theater building was completed. The Center rapidly became a cultural icon and landmark for the area, drawing visitors from throughout southern California. The Center then added a second theater and rehearsal hall to accommodate the growing needs of the area.
The Center’s art complex contains its main 300-400+ seat theater, which will re-open this coming season after extensive renovations, and its 100-200+ seat Blak Box Theater located in its Palmer Performance Hall.
MISSION
The mission and purpose of the Hi-Desert Cultural Center is to operate a Cultural Center that provides venues, support facilities, funding, promotion, leadership, organization, innovation, education, and other resources for programs and productions whose focus is on the aesthetic arts – including the dramatic, musical, visual, and other forms of artistic expression. The Cultural Center also unifies and coordinates community cultural activities in these fields of art for the local area known as the Morongo Basin Division of the San Bernardino Municipal Court District. The Center will also serve as a center for innovative learning and recreational music-making programs (including wellness programs) for the Western United States.
