Friday and Saturday night the local band Change Required rocked the crowd at Jo’An’s Restaurant. Visitors and locals filled the dance floor keeping the band on stage for an encore. Band members (from left) are Vince Day, bass guitar, Steve Zaccardi, drums, Elaine Balkman Latimer, keyboard, and John King, lead guitar. Photo by Careena Chase Beautiful music filled Café Aroma on Memorial Day. Barnaby Finch (left) on the keyboard, Lily McCabe (center) violin, and Bill Saitta (right) electric stand up bass, entertained many visitors. Photos by Careena Chase Memorial Day weekend was full of yard sales around town, bringing people up from all over to find new treasures. Photo by Jenny Kirchner The Volunteer Idyllwild Fire Fighters held a yard sale at Idyllwild Fire Station 621 over the weekend. They also sold hot dogs and sodas to keep the customers happy. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Idyllwild Fire Station 621 had a large yard sale, despite the weather on Saturday, many came out looking for special finds. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Danny Davis of Riverside looks through what Animal Rescue Friends (ARF) had for sale over Memorial Day weekend. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Some good and unique pieces were out in front of Sara Oats home on South Circle Saturday. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Strawberry Creek Inn held a sale off Highway 243 over the weekend. Idyllwild Earth Fair also was selling shirts and tote bags from this year and previous years to benefit the annual event. Photo by Jenny Kirchner There was lots of furniture for all your needs at this home on Saunders Meadow Saturday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner David Salk had some of his ceramic pieces for sale at drastically reduced prices over the weekend. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Sunday morning a large crowd waited in line for the Rotary’s famous apple pancakes, a Memorial Day weekend tradition. The annual event was held at Town Hall. Photo by Barbara Reese Jerome Robinson, of the Second Generation Platters, performs at Jo ‘An’s on Saturday afternoon, providing some of the entertainment around town for Memorial Day weekend. Photo by Barb Reese Joe Baldino played at the Gazebo on Sunday afternoon entertaining all the folks visiting local shops or sitting outside drinking their coffee. Photo by Barb Reese
IAA is more than 50 percent international enrollment Jeni Sponseller, English as a Second Language chair at Idyllwild Arts Academy, is the next speaker at the academy’s Spotlight on Leadership talk. This series, sponsored by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, is designed to familiarize townspeople with the academy’s academic and arts curricula and how they…
In less than a month, the 10th-annual Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema opens its door for another week of exciting and new motion pictures, from full-length and shorts to documentaries and animation. More than 800 films from all over the world were submitted for inclusion in the 2019 IIFC. “There are more than 15 foreign…
At its apex, ancient Rome is believed to have had 1,000,000 inhabitants, monumental architecture and advanced infrastructure. It was also, according to Ron Singerton’s novel “Villa of Deceit” (Penmore Press, 2015), a dangerous labyrinth reeking of arrogance, corruption, abuse of power, and an environment where the fittest survived and others were trampled upon — a…
Dr. William “Pete” Lee’s resume, rather than being a dry recital of credits and plaudits, reads like an adventure story — so many universities attended, so many languages and native dialects spoken, so many research projects in fascinating parts of the world while working as an anthropologist and documentary film and television producer. Lee seems…
Piano man and arranger Keith Droste and jazz chanteuse Sherry Williams wrap the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series’ 13th edition with some sounds sweet, stirring and swinging.
