Art & Culture

Jazz in the Pines, Art Alliance of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts and other arts and entertainment, theatre, live music and visual arts coverage. The most comprehensive arts and entertainment calendar covering the Idyllwild area.

High school senior shares musical dream

Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) is an environment that nurtures arts exploration — a place for high school students to hone their art...

Rescued mountain lion seeking name

Back in late September 2020, a mountain lion cub was found motionless on the side of the road in the Idyllwild area...

Families who build together, stick together

There are many inns, lodges and Airbnb’s in Idyllwild, but not many that are run by a family, three generations deep, at...

Brian Michael Tracy releases country album

Brian Michael Tracy, poet and founder of Idyllwild Storytellers, has a country album, “Drinking My Tomorrows,” set to release Feb. 14. Tracy...

Idyllwild Community Center: board member and officer updates

By Stephanie YostContributed As part of its annual governance, the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has recently made changes to...

Hands-on learning solution for agricultural mechanics students

By Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed Cassidy Steenbock, Career Technical Education (CTE) instructor at Hemet High School, found a creative...

Steele plays in Phoenix this week

Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the $7.3-million Waste Management Phoenix Open on the TPC Scottsdale course in Scottsdale,...

Doug Austin receives Good Apple Award

Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer nominated Doug Austin for a Hemet Unified School District Good Apple Award. Kraemer, in...

As we were saying …

By Ernie MaxwellTown Crier founder Editor’s note: This originally ran Jan. 29, 1981.

COVID-19 testing Feb. 4

Another COVID-19 testing date has been announced. Riverside County Public Health has scheduled COVID-19 testing in Idyllwild from 8 a.m. to 3...
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