


Dahleen leads Big Band
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Ken Dahleen and his saxophone lead his band. Photo: Cid Castillo



Do you have the same feeling that I do; most of the good things in life have come about through serendipity, pure dumb luck. There is no other name for how I met my wife, the center of my life. Stumbling across Idyllwild was similar happenstance. How lucky can one person be? Even luckier, it…
As always in the past, the specific contours of Idyllwild Arts’ Lowman Concert Hall prove more than receptively ideal for the projection and preservation of string sonority, whether in chamber music or in a full orchestral complement. Thus, the stage was set for the Idyllwild debut of that intriguingly-titled ensemble known as “Delirium Musicum” this…
The Idyllwild Mountain Quilters is holding its 16th-annual quilt show at Buckhorn Camp Oct. 12 and 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $8, but children under 16 years old and husbands are free. The theme for this year is “Deer Idy.” The two quilts created and donated to the Friends of the Idyllwild Library…
The partnership between humanitarians Karla Leopold, art therapist, and Sister Judith Brun, founder of Neighbor’s Keeper, a nonprofit group in Baton Route, Louisiana, has been years in the making. First meeting as child well-being responders after Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact on New Orleans, they quickly bonded in service of softening the impact on families. Soon…
County official Michael Franklin told the County Service Area (CSA) 36 Advisory Committee that its fiscal year expenses through November 2011 had been $63,000.