

Dark Desert: Ruby's Blood
Short fiction from our favorite hi-desert singer/songwriter and funeral director. As with his songs, it's sometimes difficult to know...


Dark Desert: Comfortable Illusions
Short fiction from our favorite hi-desert singer/songwriter and funeral director. As with his songs, it's sometimes difficult to know...


Dark Desert: The Old Man & the Goat
Short fiction from our favorite hi-desert singer/songwriter and funeral director. As with his songs, it's sometimes difficult to know...


Marta Becket's Incredible Amargosa Opera House
When Marta Becket died today at age 92, she left behind an incredible cultural legacy, built through her decades-long creative work with...


The Passing of a Legend: Marta Becket has died
She may have been, among so many other things, prophetic. In a smaller mural inside the Amargosa Opera House Hotel, Marta Becket painted...


Support Season 3 of Southwest Stories on KVCR PBS TV: Route 66 Through the Mojave Desert
We've launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of Season 3: Route 66 Through the Mojave Desert. We've filmed much of the...


Please Don't Join us for The Sun Runner's 22nd birthday celebration on Saturday, January 7,
We regret to announce that we are canceling this event due to a rather serious issue with the restaurant owner. Apparently, according to...


Letter from Standing Rock
A view of Turtle Hill on Thanksgiving morning. Police never left the area once and those lights burned all night every night. Note: The...


From Woodstock... to Joshua Tree: Sridhar Silberfein's Spiritual Journey
Most of us know his festivals—Bhakti Fest, in September, and Shakti Fest, in May. But not that many of us hi-desert folk know the man...


Heat Claims Life of Hiker in Joshua Tree National Park
A 56 year-old woman died while hiking in the Cottonwood area of Joshua Tree National Park this past Saturday, August 13, where...