PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
When Max and Bee Krone founded Idyllwild Arts 70 years ago, they envisioned a place where people from around the world would come to create art, and through their creativity, fashion a better and more egalitarian society. Said Max, “The arts provide the best common ground for friendly cooperation among the peoples of the world….
The Riverside County Fair and Date Festival will be held Friday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 26 in Indio. Although it’s a county fair, it is also a celebration of the Indio area’s history and prominence as a major international producer of dates. As part of that celebration, some of the entertainment is unique to…
Readers have voted, and the recipient of this year’s Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award is Leslie Moon Gin. The award recognizes those who, through their own tangible effect on the community, represent EMax’s own spirit of community and volunteerism, and inspire others to join in. Les came to Idyllwild after a long career in banking…
The 2022 Idyllwild Arts (IA) Native American Arts Festival came to a close with a concert in Holmes Amphitheatre featuring Alaska’s most popular Inuit band, Pamyua. Opening the evening of Friday, June 24, were the Mountain Cahuilla Bird Singers. As the sunset filtered through the forest, the assembled locals and festival attendees were welcomed by…
Gene Thorpe (right), the beneficiary of Saturday’s Jam Benefit, joins John King (left) and Paul Carman on stage to rock the audience …
For Kathleen O’Boyle Walker, soon to star in Stratford Players’ “The Lion in Winter,” acting was the beginning — of everything. “In school I was very shy,” she recalled. “There were problems at home and I just went into a shell.” And as it has been with many artists, personal demons and difficulties can be…