

Crews ready new ice rink for Thanksgiving weekend
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A much-anticipated ice rink is taking shape on the same grounds on which the Idyllwild Summer concerts were held. Hosted by the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC), the ice rink plans to be open for business on Thanksgiving weekend. Photo by Cid Castillo

Idyllwild Arts Academy honors Black History Month with a concert featuring the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and jazz faculty head Marshall Hawkins’ Seahawk Modern Jazz Orchestra.
The first snow landed in Idyllwild Friday …
Local author and United Kingdom native Sabrina Verney found paradise in 1966 on a beach in the Yucatan at the age of 19 with a dedicated group of truth seekers called The Process. The Process sought, according to Verney, to “peel away all your social training up to that point and replace it with what…
The Idyllwild Haunted Hotel moved to Lake Hemet and has expanded this year to a Haunted Village, complete with the Haunted Hotel, Boneyard Maze, Abandoned Mine and music stage featuring live bands every night. A preview tour led by Young Idyllwild’s Vice President Arn Hancock revealed an expanded Hotel, with additional themed rooms cast with…
Brian D. Cohen became president of Idyllwild Arts Academy (IA) on July 1. One of his stated goals is to expand outreach to the Idyllwild community and create more avenues of cooperation and connection between town and gown. “The town’s [residents] are welcome here and I hope they take advantage of it,” he said. Cohen…
‘Inspiration by the Human Voice’ showcased on Nov. 11 Oleh Krysa explains that he “became a musician because of Ukrainian folk music” sung to him by his mother decades ago. That bottomless well of personal and popular memory will spill over Krysa’s audience in William M. Lowman Concert Hall on Nov. 11, when he brings…