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“I am an artist. For me to not create every day, to not make something, something is missing. I must create.” And for that voice with a name like “Mountain Mike,” certain expectations must follow. Looking the part, complete with beard, longer hair and well-worn hands that look strong enough to have wrestled a mountain…
Only two of the selections for the upcoming Chamber Music in Idyllwild Series bare the name “Fantasy.” But even when they’re not performing Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces for Cello or Saint-Saëns’ Fantaisie in A Major, the Pacific Trio and their handful of superb string, wind, brass, and piano collaborators from the Idyllwild Arts Chamber Festival faculty…
Marshall Hawkins, popular and renowned in Idyllwild as jazz bass musician, teacher and human being, received an honorary doctor of music performance degree Friday night from California Baptist University (CBU) in Riverside where, with Director of Jazz Studies and professor Dan St. Marseille, he co-led the CBU Jazz Ensemble together with Hawkin’s own Seahawk Modern…
The Idyllwild Master Chorale and the Art Alliance of Idyllwild, two of Idyllwild’s most prestigious arts organizations, reprise their successful holiday pairing of last year with a magical fusion of music and fine art — a Winter Solstice Celebration. Once again, IMC and AAI members will transform the Idyllwild School Gymnasium into a beautifully lit…
The nonprofit Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild presents its 11th-annual Quilt Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday at Buckhorn Camp on Highway 243 in Idyllwild. More than 101 quilts will be on display, with many up for special awards, including “People’s Choice.” This year’s show will be one of only a…
Labor Day on the Hill has its own quintessentially small-town vibe. Although conceived as a federal holiday to acknowledge and honor the American labor movement, celebrated on the first Monday in September, the three-day weekend has morphed into an unofficial end-of-summer ritual — a last chance to vacation and party as a family before kids…