

First ever Midsummer Music Festival a success
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Gemini Anderson entertained music lovers on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the first Midsummer Music Festival at the Quiet Creek Inn. Funds were raised for the Earthwitness Foundation, Art Alliance of Idyllwild and the Idyllwild Community Fund. Photo courtesy of Jim Newcomb


In a short meeting, on Sunday, June 26, five board members of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and 12 members met to revise current bylaws. The five attending board members included President Shanna Robb, Veda Roubideaux, Del Marcussen, Darcy Gerdes and Peter Szabadi. Proposed by motion was a move to lower the minimum number of…
By the Associates of the Idyllwild Arts FoundationContributed The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. In the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room in the Nelson Dining Hall — a comfortable setting — Marianne Kent-Stoll, vice president of educational programs, Heather Companiott, director of the…
The free Idyllwild Summer Concert Series comes again to the Butterfield Ampitheater this Thursday night, July 7, with Coachella Valley favorites and Summer Concert veterans Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs. The show starts at 6:15 p.m. and is free to all. The first concert opens with globe-trotting, one-man band Nathan James.Since 2000, local big…
The Dixie Machine, next at the Idyllwild Summer Concerts, are longtime veterans of Disneyland, having collectively logged 220 years of experience playing for the Walt Disney Company. The sextet, co-led by Rich Watson on drums and Brian Bettger on trumpet and vocals, played at all the Disneyland venues in many Disney iterations — the Disneyland…
Patriotic music and themes from stage and screen Ken Dahleen and his Big Band Staff open season 19 of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series with a patriotic tribute to the Fourth of July and songs from Broadway and the movies. The popular eight-week series, in a nod to locals, takes place on Thursday nights, not…
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild awarded nearly $9,000 in scholarships and grants to local women and girls in the last 12 months. Club members and awardees celebrated their success at a dinner hosted by Ferro on Thursday, April 25. The club received four applications for the annual Live Your Dream Award and all four were awarded…