Students learn about roots of American music

The Rotary Club’s 53rd-annual Idyllwild parade will kick off festivities in town on the morning of Thursday, the Fourth of July. Cathy Lopez, organizer of the parade activities, along with Nacho Garcia, relates that the parade will begin at Four Corners in Fern Valley at its usual 10 a.m. starting time. The parade will include…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society (IAHS) will hold its annual Idyllwild home tour, “A Timeline of Treasures,” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16. Six homes will be on the tour, taking visitors from early 20th century cabins to mid-century moderns and beyond, and from careful preservation to imaginative remodeling. The tour is…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy jazz combo took first place for the second consecutive year at the prestigious Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival, now in its 44th year …
The second-annual Pursuit of Happiness begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Idyllwild Library’s Community Room. Anyone interested in increasing personal happiness is warmly invited to attend. It was in January 2015, that four women convened in Idyllwild for the first Pursuit of Happiness course. “It’s not that we weren’t already happy,” said…
By Ann SmithReporter Did you know that Idyllwild has its own niche in the geode market? Geodes, you say? What in the world is a geode? A visit to The Rock Shoppe will earn you the opportunity to learn about geodes, rocks and crystals. Cindy and Karl Lende opened their unusual shop in November 2020….