The second Saturday Art Crawl will be taking place in downtown Joshua Tree at various participating galleries and businesses, all showings free and open to the public. The Beatnik Lounge presents The Ēkhṓ B&B Show, featuring the works of Brenda Littleton and Bruce Carleton facing each other across the gallery space. Ēkhṓ is the Ancient Greek root of our “echo,” and was also the name of the mountain nymph who had only the ability to reflect sounds back to their source. From the pre-echo of…

Last night, the Morongo Valley Community Services District Board of Directors held a special meeting in Covington Park’s multipurpose room, where they accepted Morongo Valley Fire Chief James Brakebill’s notice of retirement. Citing his 69-years of age and looming health issues, Brakebill said retirement was a hard decision and that leaving the position felt like “leaving a family.” Finance Director Johnny Tolbert made a motion for the Board to accept Brakebill’s retirement letter with the…

Update - we previously uploaded the shorter version of this story below. The longer version is now in it's place. Listen to the longer version here: One of the highlights of the upcoming Morongo Daze music festival is “desert legend” Sean Wheeler, a longtime veteran of desert rock and a deep-rooted influence on its surrounding culture. Fronting bands like Throwrag, Sean and Zander, The Reluctant Messengers, and countless projects for the last 40 years, Sean Wheeler’s deep baritone often…