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A Musical History Of The World

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Bill Ford, Founder

JOSHUA TREE PHILHARMONIC’s “History Of The World” in 2013 Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday – May 16, 17, 18 & 19. Times are 7 p.m. and the Sunday show starts at 2:00 p.m. The amazing Joshua Tree Philharmonic (JPHIL) returns … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Culture & Music Forum, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged "History Of The World", 2 p.m., 2001, 7 p.m., black box, blak, box, Braveheart, center, Common, cultural, desert, Fanfare, Friday, hi, high, history, Hood, Joshua, Joshua Tree JPHIL, jphil, Jurassic Park, man, music, musical, Odyssey, Philharmonic, Prince, Robin, saturday, Some Nights, space, Sunday, Thieves, Thursday, ticket agent, tickets, Titantic, Tree, Vendini, world | 2 Comments

CASINO TO BREAK 29-PALMS GROUND

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Bill Ford, Founder

The following is a direct copy of the PRESS RELEASE excluding the graphic. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Therese Everett-Kerley / Lisa Herman 760-834-8599 / PR@CordMedia.com TWENTY-NINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS TO BREAK GROUND ON NEW CASINO Project Will Bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29, 29-palms, Affairs, architecture, Band of Mission, Basin, blackjack, California, card games, casino, coyote, craps, Dept of the Interior, desert, dice, die, gambling, indian, Indian Casino, indians, interior, Joshua, morongo, Morongo Valley, National, palms, Park, poker, reservation, slot machine, slots, Table, table game, Tree, twentynine, yucca valley | 5 Comments

Visiting our Southwestern Deserts – safely

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Four Essential Life-Saving Tips for Safe Travels in Dangerous Desert Heat Plan and Pack Right to Avoid Tragedy in Triple-Digit Desert Temps Author: Hillary Fox - While cruising north on I-95 in Nevada en route to Death Valley National Park, we encountered a … Continue reading →

Posted in A guide to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 92252, airports, American, arizona, bouldering, Canyon, danger, desert, heat, hiking, Joshua, las vegas, Mojave, National, native, nevada, news, Palm Springs, Park, red rock, road, security, tips, transportation, travel, Tree, trip, TSA | Leave a comment

Hi-Desert Cultural Center – June 2012 Lineup

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

The Joshua Tree Philharmonic has a nick-name: “JPHIL” and for JUNE 2012 they are presenting 8 musical performances at the Joshua Tree Blak-Box Theater Phantom of the Opera 8 Performances The Phantom Of The Opera – Joshua Tree Philharmonic Find … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Culture & Music Forum, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 1, 10, 2, 2012, 3, 8, 9, advanced, American, Andrew, Basin, black, blak, Blak-Box, blockbuster, box, Broadway, Cats, center, children, classic, cultural, desert, Evita, Fri, Friday, hi, Hi Desert, hits, Jarrod, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joshua, jphil, June, Lloyd, Maestro, map, matinee, Memory, morongo, musical, Opera, performances, Phantom, Philharmonic, Radnich, rhythm, Sat, saturday, sell-out, south, sun, Sunday, theater, tickets, Tree, Webber | Leave a comment

PhotoInterest – Interacting with our Wildlife

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Our Desert Critters - in and around Joshua Tree The desert is home to numerous varieties of wildlife from the tiniest of insects to big horn sheep, coyotes and Bobcats, and yes, lizards too. This is a 7-inch Desert Gecko sitting atop the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, Our Desert's Wild Critters, Reptiles, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29-palms, Basin, bird, birds, bunnies, bunny, cottontail, desert, desert wildlife, dove, endangered species, Gecko, iguana, insects, jack, Joshua, king, kingsnake, lizard, love, lovebirds, Mojave, morongo, rabbit, road, Roadrunner, runner, scorpion, snake, tortoise, Tree, turtle, Valley, wildlife, Yucca | 4 Comments

Great Story about Morongo Basin

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

A long time resident of 29-Palms alerted me to this story from the Los Angeles Times. Thanks Jeanne. Its a great, well documented story about 29-Palms, Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Morongo Valley, Landers and the many attributes of our Desert Wonderland. … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 29, 29-palms, angeles, Christopher, desert, Harriet, Hwy 62, Joshua, L.A. Times, los, Mojave, morongo, Morongo Basin, nat'l, National, palms, Pappy, Park, Pioneertown, Reynolds, Staff, Times, Tree, twentynine, Valley, Writer | Leave a comment

Alternative Energy – Boon or Boondoggle?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Alternative Energy Projects Zero in on Morongo Basin with Joshua Tree and 29-Palms in the forefront. Who benefits? Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:51 pm Energy projects zero in on Basin By Courtney Vaughn, Hi-Desert Star – Yucca Valley MORONGO … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 29-palms, alternative, Basin, bed, Courtney Vaughn, Dale, desert, dry, energy, generators, government, hi, Joshua, lake, megawatts, morongo, Our, power, sanction, Save, SEPV, sod, solar, Star, Sunfair, Tree, twentynine, Valley, wind, wonder, Yucca | 2 Comments

New Feature — Polls to vote your opinion

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

VOTE YOUR OPINION… a new feature to serve the Morongo Basin population I received software that will provide a simple “poll” concerning various “issues” within the sphere of influence of the general Morongo Basin region — as a public service — and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Meetings, public or private, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Local Public Safety, Local Senior Citizen Forum, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 29-palms, 92252, 92256, 92268, 92277, 92278, 92284, 92285, 92286, air, architectual, archive, association, Basin, building, caltrans, casino, chp, citizen, city, clean, closed, clubs, commercial, Community, conservation, controversal, County, court, desert, design, development, fauna, flora, foliage, gardening, government, group, highway, incorporate, incorporated, issue, issues, johnson, Joshua, land, landers, landscape, local, meeting, morongo, municipal, nat'l, National, no, open, palms, Park, Pioneertown, poll, preserve, public, registered, reserve, residential, retail, roads, scenery, Senior, sheriff, structure, survey, tourism, tourist, town, traffic, Tree, twentynine, undecided, Use, utilities, utility, Valley, visitor, vote, voter, warehouse, wash, water, wildlife, yes, Yucca | 13 Comments

Desert Stories V – A photo album

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Joshua Tree California – Saturday January 28, 2012 Blak-Box Theater on the 29-Palms highway The Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s parking lot in the heart of Joshua Tree was packed to the brim as was the theater during performances. Intermissions found hundreds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 2012, 28, black, blak, box, center, cultural, desert, event, fund, help, hi, high, January, Joshua, kruse, raising, restoration, saturday, shaun, stories, tent, theater, Tree, V | Leave a comment

BLAK BOX “Desert Stories V” SOLD OUT

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon, joins exciting slate of artists performing for Desert Stories V in Joshua Tree, Saturday, January 28, 2012. The theater doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with performances beginning after 7:00 p.m. Details … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 2012, 28, 5, arts, Basin, center, cultural, desert, high, January, Joshua, morongo, saturday, stories, theater, tickets, Tree, V | Leave a comment

2012 Travel/Adventure show features Calif Deserts

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

California Deserts Visitors Association returns from the 2012 Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show January 21, 2012 By Steve Brown The California Deserts Visitors Association has returned from the 2012 Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show, marking the association’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged 2011, 2012, Adventure, calif, California, California Deserts Visitors Association, desert, deserts, Los Angeles, media, operators, promote, promoting, Show, SoCal, southern, tour, tourism, tourist, Trave, travel agents, United States, USA, visitor | Leave a comment

Desert Photo Contest

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

Amateur & Pro SAVE OUR DESERT photo competition 2012 Permanently attached to your camera? Out in all weather clicking away? Then here’s your chance to share your outdoor photos with the world. Save Our Desert is pleased to announce … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds, Cats 'n Coyotes, Insects, Local Community Happenings, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, Our Desert's Wild Critters, Our Deserts Wild Scenery, Rabbits, Reptiles, Rodents, The Local Things, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region | Tagged 2012, 29-palms, 30, amateur, april, Basin, Black Lava, butte, California, competition, context, desert, Flat, gallery, illustration, johnson, Joshua, mesa, mojave desert, monday, morongo, Our, photo, photograph, photography, pic, picture, Pioneertown, pix, prize, professional, render, rendering, Save, snapshot, southern, still, Top, Tree, trophy, Valley, win, winner, Yucca | Leave a comment

Joshua Tree Barnstormer reveals Desert projects

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bill Ford, Founder

New Blog presents deep research into Desert construction projects Numerous solar energy projects, chain-stores and similar issues are at the heart of a new WordPress blog, the “Joshua Tree Barnstormer“, hosted by a well written, albeit mystical author, “The Strategist“. The “blog” … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Government Issues, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Misc Topics, The Local Things | Tagged Barnstormer, BLM, BLM Solar PEIS, blog, California, California Desert Protection Act, California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, chain stores, Community, construction projects, CREZ, desert, dollar general, DRECP, Environment, Feinstein, General Plan, impacts, Iron Mountain CREZ, Iron Mountain SEZ, joshua tree, National Environmental Policy Act, planning, projects, public involvement, public lands, renewable energy, RETI, Rice, Rice Solar, right-of-way, SEPV2, SEPV8, SEPV9, SEZ, solar energy projects, southern California, The Strategist, transmission lines, twentynine palms, yucca valley, Yucca Valley California | Leave a comment

NEWS FLASH !! Joshua Tree Nutcracker HELD OVER

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Bill Ford, Founder

Extended by Popular Demand… 2 more performance dates scheduled Joshua Tree – Sunday, Dec 11, 2011 — 6 p.m. This website received confirmation Sunday, December 11, 2011 at about 6 p.m. from Bonnie Schwartz (Joshua Tree) one of the professional violinists in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Community Happenings, Local Culture & Music Forum, Local Meetings, public or private, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, The Local Things, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged blak box theater, California, cultural center, Dec 2011, desert, holiday spectacular, Inland Empire, joshua tree, mojave desert, Morongo Basin, music, nutcracker, phillharmonic orchestra, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, theater arts | Leave a comment

Philharmonic at the Blak Box – This Weekend

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Bill Ford, Founder

THE NUTCRACKER – PHILHARMONIC SPECTACULAR! My next-door neighbors, Bonnie and Charlie Schwartz, asked me to provide a bit of information the community would be interested in. Bonnie is one of dozens of orchestra members; a professional violinist involved in this one-of-a-kind production. … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Artists Forum, Local Community Happenings, Local Culture & Music Forum, Local Miscellaneous Topics, Local Public Messages & Announcements, Misc Topics, Tourism in our Morongo Basin region, Visitor/Tourist Resources | Tagged blak box theater, California, cultural center, Dec 2011, desert, holiday spectacular, Inland Empire, joshua tree, mojave desert, Morongo Basin, music, nutcracker, phillharmonic orchestra, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, theater arts | Leave a comment

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