PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
“I have a message in my music,” said singer/songwriter and Idyllwild resident Lareé Gibson. “It is, ‘Live for today. Every day is a gift.’” Gibson’s life has unfolded like a wave — with her life and career being carried literally from sea to mountain with music as the vehicle. Born in Long Beach into a…
Idyllwild’s Steven Leigh Morris, former LA Weekly critic and founding editor of Stage Raw, wrote a play, “Red Ink,” on stage now at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles. In a press release, Morris writes “Red Ink looks at the corrosive pressures of click-bait journalism and cut-throat competition on an imploding newspaper recently purchased…
Danny Richardson oversees the barbecue last Saturday, filled with pork and beef to feed the many that came out for American Legion Post 800’s annual July 4th celebration event.
If there were a Shangri-La, the dreamed-of mystical country of James Hilton’s “Lost Horizon,” it would probably be Bhutan. Public radio reporter Lisa Napoli moved there in 2007 to help develop a national radio station to engage Bhutanese youth in the country’s transition from absolute to constitutional monarchy. Bhutan, a remote Himalayan kingdom, has only…
Event charges may apply. See ads throughout the issue. Email editor@towncrier.com. Wednesday, Dec. 28 • Family Fun Day at the Library, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Idyllwild Library. • Shaolin Qui Gong & Chicks with Sticks, 10-11 a.m. Spirit Mountain Retreat. • Coed pickleball, 11 a.m. Idyllwild Pines Camp. • Idyllwild Chess Club, 5-9 p.m. Alpaca Brunch…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts Department Class of 2021 painted a family of deer with the buck “Camouflage,” a doe “Tribute” and a fawn “Diversions.” These will be installed on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus.