Save the Date: “Quema Del Diablo,” A Music and Arts Festival at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center – December 9th & 10th
Traditionally held at the town square, the Quema Del Diablo, annual celebration is a modern day version of an old Guatemalan tradition – the burning of devil effigies at the year end. The event signifies the clearing of bad energy from the previous year, and “rising anew from the ashes.” This year, there is a…
Desert Stars Music Festival in Joshua Tree
The Desert Stars Music Festival will take over legendary Joshua Tree spot Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown Palace on Sept. 6-7, 2013. Admission is free to see all bands, which include David J (of Bauhaus/ Love&Rockets), The Spyrals, and many more. If you can’t make it out to enjoy the beautiful clear night sky in Pioneertown,…
Photos: Bobby Furst, Rat Fink Opening at La Luz
Acclaimed Joshua Tree artist Bobby Furst and fans of Rat Fink filled La Luz de Jesus on Friday Jun 7 for the opening of a doubled barreled pair of shows packing a whallop. Furst’s assemblage–shown for the first time outside of his desert studio and curated by Billy Shire–displayed his passion and social conscience.…
Preview: Bobby Furst’s Desert Art Raises the Heat at La Luz de Jesus
Joshua Tree-based artist Bobby Furst has been creating assemblage since he was little boy growing up in Laurel Canyon. Decades later, after meeting George Herms, Furst brought a portfolio of his own work to Santa Monica College of Design Art and Architecture’s administration on the first day of classes, and was admitted into Herm’s…
Artist Interview: Scott O’Keefe on Mandalas, Joshua Tree and MRSA
Mandala artist Scott O’Keefe discusses art, spiritualism, Lightning in a Bottle, Joshua Tree and being stricken with MRSA