The Dixie Machine, next at the Idyllwild Summer Concerts, are longtime veterans of Disneyland, having collectively logged 220 years of experience playing for the Walt Disney Company. The sextet, co-led by Rich Watson on drums and Brian Bettger on trumpet and vocals, played at all the Disneyland venues in many Disney iterations — the Disneyland…

‘Gods and Monsters’ a collaborative and multi-media production Three Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty members are performing a multi-disciplinary and collaborative production, “Gods and Monsters,” written by Dr. Jeannette Louise Yaryan, composer, pianist, arranger and author, that will be presented in Pasadena. Joining Yaryan are Marshall Hawkins (jazz faculty) and David Reid-Marr (visual arts chair). “It…