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Town Hall Recreation sponsored a trip to the Bowers Museum in Orange County this past weekend. Here the group visited the “Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands” exhibit. Photo courtesy of Jack and Carolyn Pairis

Youth at Idyllwild Middle School are learning philanthropy with the help of the Idyllwild Community Fund. Jayne Davis of ICF is overseeing a group of about 25 students. How it works: ICF makes grants up to $4,000. A grant request must benefit the youth of the mountain community. The limit any one grantee may receive…
The winner of this year’s Town Crier Snow Guessing Contest is Maggie Kieffer of Indio. Kieffer entered her son’s birthday, Nov. 27, at Merkaba Tea Co., one of this year’s store participants. Hers was among 15 entries that got the date correct and was picked from a hat by Town Crier employee Katy Kirkpatrick….
A ‘musical smoothie’ blending eclectic sounds and songs To say that Gigi “Gee” Rabe knows music is an understatement. This virtuoso accordion and steel drum player holds a Master of Arts in ethnomusicology from the UCLA, and has completed her Ph.D. coursework in the same field. Her areas of research, which influence and drive her…
Ticket sales and attendance held steady Straight-ahead and cutting-edge jazz held center stage at the Idyllwild 2017 Jazz in the Pines festival. Each of the three venues offered new acts and interesting arrangements and sounds. And, according to John Newman, Idyllwild Arts Foundation director of business operations, ticket sales and attendance were remarkably consistent with…
Max and the Wild Things (a.k.a. Jacob, Evelyn and Theresa Teel) were popular parade-goers this year.