This Weekend at Modernism Week — May

Modernism Week Showcase Home: Casa Tierra
May 12-15

Enjoy breathtaking panoramic views from this hidden hillside estate with details that integrate seamlessly into the colors and textures of the desert. Designed by Bobby Berk, design expert and Emmy-nominated host of Netflix’s Queer Eye, you don’t want to miss this. Tickets here. 

Twin Palms Estates Walking Tour –  Krisel with the Alexanders
May 12 & 14

Enjoy breathtaking panoramic views from this hidden hillside estate with View stunning modern architecture with its iconic soaring “butterfly” rooflines in the first midcentury neighborhood built by the Alexander Construction Co. in Palm Springs. Tickets here.

(Photo: @scooper212)

Midcentury Mixology Cocktail Clinic at Mr. Lyons
May 12-15

Shaken or stirred? Learn how to make classic midcentury cocktails and tipple in style. This hands-on mixology class will explore the process of making high quality hand-crafted cocktails while you follow along with the experts and make your own for sampling. (Includes 3 drinks). Tickets here.

Hidden Paradise – Show Biz Legends’ Hideaways
May 12-14

Tour a secluded neighborhood whose hillside hideaways were once home to Hollywood’s elite. From romantic Spanish Colonial Revival to dramatic Contemporary Modern, The Mesa also showcases a stunning architectural anomaly, the Santorini House. Tickets here. 

(Photo:  Kelly Peak Photography)

Temple Isaiah – The Evolution of Classical to Extreme Modernism
May 13

Tour a secluded neighborhood whose hillside hideaways were once home Tour Temple Isaiah, an architectural masterpiece featuring E. Stewart Williams modernist-designed 1950s Liberman Chapel and the 1980s Bochner brutalist style by Architect David Christian. Enjoy magnificent panoramic window view of the San Jacinto Mountains.  Tickets here.

The Beat
May 13 & 14

Travel back with us to the Summer of Love. Enjoy a four-course dinner and a show that recreates the era of TV variety programs, showcasing tunes by your favorite bands of the time including early Rock ‘n’ Roll, Motown Soul and Woodstock. Hand-crafted cocktails will be flowing. Tickets here.

Golden Era Hollywood Homes
May 14

In old Las Palmas, Spanish Colonial architecture abounds alongside classic examples of dramatic midcentury architecture. Docents from the Palm Springs Historical Society will share tales of the stars who lived and martini-ed here. Tickets here.

(Photo: @scotgentry)

Heart of the City – Pioneers to Playground of the Stars
May 13-15

Walk through the heart of downtown in a new light as you learn about the forward thinking women who built this town and the midcentury architects whose Modernist vision launched this alluring oasis. See historic buildings from our past meld with the emerging future. Tickets here.

Midcentury Mixology Cocktail Clinic at Mr. Lyons
May 12-15

No better way to beat a hot day than an ice cold cocktail. This hands-on mixology class will explore the process of making high quality hand-crafted cocktails while you follow along with the experts and make your own for sampling. (Includes 3 drinks). Tickets here.

Modernism Week Showcase Home: Casa Tierra May 12-15

Enjoy breathtaking panoramic views from this hidden hillside estate with details that integrate seamlessly into the colors and textures of the desert. Designed by Bobby Berk, design expert and Emmy-nominated host of Netflix’s Queer Eye, you don’t want to miss this. Tickets here. 

Rat Pack Playground
May 13 & 15

Discover the trendy midcentury neighborhood Vista Las Palmas, once nicknamed the “Beverly Hills of Palm Springs” and view the homes now called “Alexanders” developed by George and Robert Alexander. See the Kaufmann house, designed by Richard Neutra. Tickets here.

Neutra’s Neighborhood: Tour Six Richard Neutra Works in LA 
May 15

Explore Neutra’s Neighborhood in Los Angeles. A walking tour through the most concentrated collection of Neutra works in the world including interior home tours, Neutra VDL and Reunion House, now owned by the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design. Tickets here.

Stories Untold: Black Modernists in Southern California

Black designers, builders and developers helped shape Palm Springs and Southern California for more than a century. This series pays tribute to this important design legacy. Watch here.

(Photo: Paul Revere Williams/Courtesy Palm Springs Life)

Vera: The Art and Life of an Icon

ExCelebrate the lifework of famed artist, tastemaker, entrepreneur, and American fashion industry icon Vera Neumann with Susan Seid, Trina Turk, Elissa Auther, and Alexander Gray. Watch here.

(Photo: Vera Neumann/Courtesy Palm Springs Life)