Saturday, April 18 - April 24, 2015

LATE ENTRY:

FRIDAY, April 17, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Professor Spelman Downer is currently showing his unique works of Art, in Bruce's Coyote Kitchen on Copper Mountain College Campus, in Joshua Tree. An Open Reception will be held and refreshments will be served. At 5:15pm, Spelman will do a "Walk-around Talk", about his "History of Southern California Landscape" Artworks. This is a beautiful show, in Spelman's signature, unique style and well-worth a visit.

Spelman Downer.   Proto Colorado River, poured enamel.

SATURDAY, April 18

OPENING DAY Joshua Tree National Park – FREE admission Saturday and Sunday! Flowers are still blooming – what are you waiting for? GO! tinyurl.com/hdstar-free

Your kids can be sworn in as Junior Rangers!

9:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.: Household Hazardous Waste Disposal, 62499 29Palms Hwy. Info: (800) 645-9228.

7:38 p.m.: (Dis)embodied - Wilsons Ranch House, 61589 Division St., JT. Ocular spectacle, astral lounge, a multimedia throw down!

8:00 p.m.: LA author JOHNNY ANGEL WENDELL reads from his novel, Looking For Lady Dee: A Punk Rock Mystery. Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29Palms Hwy, JT.

SUNDAY, April 19, 5:00 – 9:30 p.m.: Songwriters Scott Pinkmountain and Grant Earl Lavalley with a screening of an experimental documentary by Don Edler. Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29Palms Hwy, JT.

MONDAY, April 20, 8:00-11:00 a.m.:  JT Commodities Food Distribution, JT Community Center, 6171 Sunburst Ave. Low income San Bernardino residents self-certify on site.

TUESDAY, April 21, 10:00 a.m.: San Bernardino Board of Supervisors. Participate via videoconferencing at Bob Burke Government Center, 63665 29Palms Hwy, JT. AGENDA: tinyurl.com/hdstar-bos

EARTH DAY!!! – WEDNESDAY, April 22

6:00 p.m.: High Desert Homegrown Poultry Association quarterly meeting at Yucca Mesa Improvement Association's Community Center. The center is on Balsa just off Aberdeen north of Yucca Valley, CA. I will give a presentation on starting and raising baby chicks with many tips on care and feeding. I will also show sprouting grains and raising forage (fresh grass) for your chickens and other poultry. I started this organization just over two years. ago. Everyone is welcome, including children. Get the little ones started with chickens early! We encourage raising your own chickens for better health and wellbeing. Please also check out our members page for discussion and questions: RAISING HOMEGROWN POULTRY.

7:30 p.m.: Nourishing Tree & Transition JT present a screening of INHABIT, A Permaculture Perspective. Furstwurld, 8528 Desert Shadow, JT. $5. Please carpool. Very limited on-site parking. Carpool meet-up starting at 7:15 p.m. at vacant lot at Hwy 62 and Sunburst, between The Nourishing Tree and Mojave Sands. More: TheNourishingTree@gmail.com

Midnight: Lyrids Meteor Shower runs annually from April 16-25. It peaks this year on the night of the 22nd and the morning of the 23rd. Meteors sometime produce bright dust trails that last for several seconds. The moon sets shortly after midnight, leaving dark skies for what could be a good show.

FRIDAY, April 24, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.: Desert Earth Day reading with Ruth Nolan, Chris Clarke, Caryn Davidson and Cynthia Anderson. Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29Palms Hwy, JT.

Check out Ruth Nolan's  fab book, No Place for a Puritan: The Literature of California's Deserts

Joshua Basin Water District Plant of the Month is Jerusalem Sage. Think butterflies, birds & bees, and it IS edible - a strong replacement for regular sage. tinyurl.com/hdstar-sage

All of April is DISTRACTED DRIVING MONTH. Peoples! PAY ATTENTION! No texting while driving! Cut it out!! Be safe!

GOT BEES?
Charla and Michael Shamhart are local beekeepers who do bee removals / rescues.  The Shamharts do not charge and cannot handle all removals. Individuals are responsible for any repairs needed to get the bees out of the location if wood or walls are impacted (we don't do most of those).  Call Charla and Michael Shamhart 760-401-0689