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From left, Will Whitaker, piano and Paulina Kurtz, vocals closeout the Songwriting Concert at Idyllwild Arts with “But I Always Look Back” written by Whitaker. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

This week, the Crier met Marla Sparks, proprietor of Art Department, which shares with Mountain Pottery the newly remodeled building at the corner of Pine Crest Avenue and Maranatha Drive, one of local developer Shane Stewart’s projects. Together, the two businesses make up a “creative corner” where locals and visitors alike will find the unexpected,…
For those of us in the fire suppression business, winter presents a paradox. Once the rain and snow come we, and the citizens of our mountain, relax our hyper vigilance for wildland fire. Statistically however, the biggest threat to life and property in our mountain communities has been cold temperatures, ice and snow. We’ve never…
Beginning this week, Idyllwild Arts is reviving the oral tradition of sharing and learning history. For each of the next four weeks, a different speaker will tell a story about the early years of the school and the creation of the Academy. The idea originated with Pamela Jordan, President, Idyllwild Arts Foundation, who arrived on…
The Idyllwild Summer Concert Series’ 16th season ends with great dancing music from one of pop music’s greatest eras — Harold Wherry and his Blue Breeze Band return with their high-energy Motown, R&B, soul, funk and jazz. This year, Wherry adds singer Laia Jones who will mix it up with some of the biggest hits…
Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Bonnet Contest, Inspiration Point Sunrise Service and church services … Easter Sunday is just around the corner this year as it falls on April Fools’ Day, April 1. Here’s what churches and organizations have planned around this holiday: Saturday Easter Egg Hunt The Idyllwild Community Center, with Chris Perrault as chair,…
Friday Café Aroma hosted a night of “The Dating Game,” based on the former ABC television series from the 1960s to1980s. The bachelor (left) asks the four bachelorettes questions in order to decide whom to ask on a date.