PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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On Sunday, Roger Bates and Barbara Rayliss perform the night’s theme song “Let Me Entertain You” to start off Stratford Players Black Tie Bash, which thanked supporters and patrons of the theater company at the Caine Center.
The 25th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival is only weeks away — the weekend of Aug. 10 to 12. For several years, Marshall Hawkins, the creator of the festival, had an idea to spotlight jazz, America’s music, and feature Idyllwild Arts Academy students at the same time. He wanted more than an evening recital or…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts Department held an opening for the first of the winter semester’s three senior shows last Friday. The theme, “Solitude,” drew varied and surprising responses from the artists. Works expressed the positive and negative aspects of solitude; peace and freedom to dream, but also mortality, vulnerability and disability. Eight seniors…
Steve Perez is the new ranger at the Idyllwild Nature Center. His appointment is only about a week old, but he has been acting in the position for most of the fall. He comes to the Idyllwild position from Riverside County’s Hidden Valley Nature Center, which is along the Santa Ana River between Riverside and…
Winner of the snow guessing contest revealed The second snowstorm of the season brought quite a bit of snow with the majority hitting Thanksgiving Day. The Cal Fire Pine Cove station recorded 22 inches of snow Thanksgiving Day and Idyllwild Fire Protection District recorded 13.25 inches of snow for the entire storm. According to…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society’s annual membership meeting is at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, in the Idyllwild Library Meeting Room 2. Afterwards, members and guests are invited back to the museum for refreshments and a tour of the Archive Building … Adults are invited to the Presidential Book Club’s fourth meeting about U.S. presidents…