PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
By falling on Friday, the Fourth of July creates an extended holiday weekend that begins Thursday with the inaugural Idyllwild Summer Concert Series and the annual Pipes in the Pines, and extends through Sunday. Two events on Thursday, July 3 herald holiday celebrations. The University of California, Riverside Pipe Band will present a the Pipes…
Paul Riggi views lights intended for the Community Christmas Tree. Above, a climber in the top of Idyllwild’s Christmas Tree pulls the tree lights into place.
Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery is celebrating harvest and winemaking with its newest rotating gallery exhibit called “The Idyllwild Collection: Art Uncorked,” where artists uncork their talent with works as intriguing as harvest in the vineyard. The show kicks off with an “Afternoon with the Artists” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. The…
Modern dance legend Bella Lewitzky, 1996 National Medal of Arts recipient, built a career that eschewed then-prevailing standards. She crafted a dance career based in Southern California rather than in New York, the dance citadel of the period. She cofounded Dance Theatre in Los Angeles in 1946 as an interracial school and company that artistically…
The Blue Breeze Band, with its finger snappin’ rhythms will close the 20th annual Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) on Thursday, Aug. 29. Ken Dahleen, founder and producer of the ISCS, promised the favorites and most popular would perform this summer, and he has kept his word. The Blue Breeze Band has been part of…