

Idyllwild Community Acupuncture marks Chinese New Year
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Short-story writer Ben Loory begins at the beginning and ends at the end, with no preconceived notion of what’s in between. He said he is fully and happily in the moment when he writes. “I just write beginning to end, with no idea how it’s going to turn out,” he noted. “It’s very organic, somewhat…
Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, for Idyllwild Arts’ 25th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival. This year’s event honors Marshall Hawkins, festival co-founder and director of Idyllwild Arts’ jazz program. Many alumni-turned-professional jazz musicians are returning to honor Hawkins, their mentor. As always, crafts, jewelry and artwork are for sale in the festival…
Phyllis Curington Brown, owner of The Prairie Dove, a perennially popular Idyllwild ladies’ boutique, creates what is beautiful and has done so in many forms and iterations. She has a nuanced and sophisticated perspective, having flown internationally as a flight attendant for TWA for many years and having graduated first in her class from Le…
The Rustic Theatre hosts INHALE, a reggae/rock/punk/ska band from Riverside, this Friday, March 28 at 10 p.m. The show is part of the Rustic’s effort to bring more live music to Idyllwild and establish the theater as a local music venue. INHALE already has a strong local following. The band was formed in 2005 and…
Popular R&B band City Beat, incorporating the six-member Main Street Horns section, returns to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series determined to keep the music professional and up tempo. Leader Ed Riojas, guitar and vocals, talked about the band’s reorganization and its expanded horn section. In previous appearances, City Beat was an all law-enforcement band composed…
Idyllwild’s Fourth of July celebrations begin with the 53rd-annual parade sponsored by the Idyllwild Rotary Club for the 16th year. This classic small-town parade, large on substance, will originate from Fern Valley Corners and proceed to the town center at 10 a.m. with more than 75 participants. Organizers suggest viewers pack breakfast, park and set…