2023 saw an ever-widening variety of live productions in our Morongo Basin. Theatre 29 brought “Peter & the Star Catcher”, “My Son Pinocchio”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Disney’s Frozen Kids & Jr” versions with their summer youth program, Roald Dahl’s “The Witches” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” encapsulating a busy year. The community theatre captured 18 Desert Star Awards nominations for their 2022-23 season, with one win for Larissa Rodney for the previous season’s summer program,…

Listen here: Theatre 29 opened their yule-tide stage offering this past Friday with “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. What is your favorite winter holiday time ritual? While there are many yuletide customs celebrated around the world (enhanced by religious practice, cultural convention or idiosyncratic family regimes), for the better part of the last sixty years such routines have also included seasonal holiday entertainment. Every year broadcast television trots out the old holiday favorites on…

The 29 Palms Art Gallery will host an art reception on Saturday, Dec 2nd, to celebrate their latest exhibition. The gallery will be open all day, and reception hospitality will be served on the gallery patio from 4 to 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend and meet the artists. Admission is free. Featured in the West Wing is artwork by Yucca Valley artist Nancy Miehle. Her show, “The Colors of the Desert,” is a collection of works in oil, based on her own photographs – with artistic license for…

Back by popular demand, the Second Annual Holiday Art Market at the 29 Palms Art Gallery is Saturday, November 25, 9 AM – 3 PM. 25 local artisans will set up on the gallery grounds selling handcrafted jewelry, homemade soaps, ceramics, woven fiber arts, hand drums, stocking stuffers, personalized gifts, photography, and original artwork. Looking for unique yard art? Cowboy Attic will be there with pieces large and small. View artists creating artworks live on site, truly an opportunity to view…

As 2023 draws to a close, Theatre 29’s resident improvisational comedy troupe, The Rotating Players, have a great big present for the adults in the room. The Rotating Players are proud to close out their premiere year of improv at Theatre 29 with their infamous "Naughty" improv show. Get ready for ribaldry and off-color hilarity. Improvisers Graham Cooley, Jesse Worstell, Benjamin Bees and Charles Harvey will put a little "Ha Ha Ha" in your "Ho, Ho, Ho". The “Black…

The 13th annual Yucca Valley Art Festival is happening this weekend November 18 & 19, featuring handcrafted items from local, regional and international artists which will be on sale Saturday from 10 to 4 and Sunday from 10 to 2.Sponsored by the Yucca Valley Chamber of Commerce, the festival will host artisans creating ceramics and glass, whimsical wood carvings, unique clothing, and hand-crafted jewelry. Gourd artisans from all over the world will show their sculpted, woven carved and…