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Joshua Tree developer Ida Alwin on What Makes Modernism Work So Well in the Wild

Modernism Week Palm Springs

  A childhood in South Africa instilled a love of wild landscapes in Ida Alwin. While it lay dormant during her dozen years in London, a visit to Joshua Tree reignited it with a fervor that prompted her to relocate. Her company, Desert Developments, channels her enthusiasm for the desert through the lens of sustainable living

Modernism Week — October, Oct. 13-16, 2022

Modernism Week — October, Oct. 13-16, 2022   The Fall Preview is a four-day long “mini-Modernism Week” featuring more than 50 events, including tours, talks, and parties in unique locations not regularly open to the public. It also includes the Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale Fall Edition, including an opening night preview party on

SEX – By Mae West

Written and performed by Mae West (under the pen name Jane Mast) premiered in 1926, the play was deemed by a grand jury to be such “obscene, indecent, immoral, and impure drama” that it might corrupt “the morals of youth”.  This is the play that brought Mae West to the world after her arrest was