Beatnik Lounge

Beatnik Lounge The Beatnik Lounge is a space for Art, Music and, Community in downtown Joshua Tree. WHAT IS THIS PLACE ANYWAY? Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy Joshua Tree.
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It's a meeting place for the 'rest of us' in this gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. The Beatnik, as it has been known for most of the 21st Century, formerly Red Arrow Gallery, Radio Free Joshua Tree Listening Lounge - aka the Love Lounge - the space is many things in one. Onetime headquarters for the now defunct, locally programmed online radio station Radio Free Joshua Tree (www.rfjt.org & ww

w.radiofreejoshuatree.com); The Beatnik - and it's non profit org Joshua Tree Cultural Preservation Center is always open to new possibilities for expanding it’s mission, having served as host to concerts, active community groups, movement workshops, meditation, worship service, lectures, dances and much more. Major monthly events are Second Saturday Art Opening; Beatitude; Songwriters In the Round; Food not Bombs Dinner; Marijuana Anti Prohibition Project meetings and more. The Lounge has been home to Music and Art lessons; Ike and Lula’s Dance Party for Kids; sustainable gardening events; tarot card and psychic readings, and much more. Originally named Jeremy's Cyber Cafe, the space was the first place within 50 miles to provide internet access - indeed, it was the home to the original T-1 line in the Joshua Tree area, popular with international tourists, mostly climbers, largely for it's selection of imported beers, espresso drinks, homemade sandwiches, milkshakes and cheesecake. In the early 21st century it was renamed the Beatnik Cafe, which became world renown for the musicians who passed through - and in particular, for its Open Mic nights. As Red Arrow Gallery, it was home to local and international artists work until closing in 2012, when it became Radio Free Joshua Tree Listening Lounge, which continued the tradition of a casual, friendly creative center to downtown Joshua Tree. The familiar name, the Beatnik, took hold again in 2014, with various associated artists abbreviating even that, to the Beat. Feel free to bring your ideas and your events to us. Please support the space by visiting www.jtcpc.org. Ted Quinn

Love words? Come play Banagrams at the Beatnik last Mondays at 7 PM. Tonight!
05/25/2026

Love words? Come play Banagrams at the Beatnik last Mondays at 7 PM. Tonight!

Come boost your compassion! This Friday, 5/29, at 6 PM join us for the last event of the Like a Dog exhibition at the Be...
05/25/2026

Come boost your compassion!
This Friday, 5/29, at 6 PM join us for the last event of the Like a Dog exhibition at the Beatnik: Compassion Training. We'll be discussing Brenda Littleton's compassion training course, which you can access at aikiaccess.org/like-a-dog-selective-compassion. And you can see the art show through Sunday, June 7.

Host: Francis WhetsawArt: Francis Whetsaw
05/23/2026

Host: Francis Whetsaw
Art: Francis Whetsaw

FREE FOOD at the J.T. BEATNIK LOUNGETonight until approx. 8 PM PT AND... SATurday Morning & SUNday Morning Approx. 9 AM ...
05/21/2026

FREE FOOD at the J.T. BEATNIK LOUNGE

Tonight until approx. 8 PM PT AND... SATurday Morning & SUNday Morning Approx. 9 AM PT On...~!~ ONIONS..! white & whole wheat rolls & bread, tomatoes, ginger root, limes & lemons... whole milk, mucho half & half, cream, etc... and oh yeah, ONIONS..~!~ - = =- (For more info- email conchustimes@yahoo dot com )

05/11/2026
This month's Power of Love theme is "Boundless Boundaries." How can we protect ourselves without just building walls whi...
04/12/2026

This month's Power of Love theme is "Boundless Boundaries." How can we protect ourselves without just building walls which isolate us? Come join us at the Beatnik Monday 4/13, at 6 PM to explore this. Everyone welcome!

What is the Power of Love? Love is more than a word or a feeling. It is an action. It is easy to say the right words, even to feel them, but can we act on them? When life is difficult - when people are difficult - can we actually act in a way that agrees with our best values and beliefs, and stay calm as we do it? In Power of Love workshops, which are based on the art of Aikido, "The Way of Harmony," we explore and practice physical responses to what life throws our way so that we can act and live with love - effectively and peacefully. — at Beatnik Lounge.

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61597 29 Palms Highway
Joshua Tree, CA
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