PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
Pete “Pedro” Anderson, a much-loved Idyllwild musician, storyteller and artist, died suddenly and unexpectedly from the rapid onset of massive pneumonia. According to his sister Sue Anderson, Pete had played local gigs only days before he died. Friend Rick Barker said he was in fine voice and ebullient spirits at a recent Higher Grounds engagement….
The first of 2023’s Thursday night free Idyllwild Summer Concerts is set for July 6 at the Butterfield Amphitheater. It will feature series veteran Frank DiSalvo and his classic country band the Sundowners. The Sundowners feature “the good old boys: Willie, Waylon, Cash, Buck, Merle, George Jones … no new country!” Like all the headliners,…
Mountain Pottery will be hosting an event to create clay beads to represent each of the 7,209 deaths that have occurred in the last 20 years among migrants crossing the southwestern border of the United States. The beads will be incorporated into a work of art made by Cannupa Hanska Luger at the Mesa Contemporary…
The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema awards ceremony showed a new level of sophistication and seamless management. Especially polished were the full-screen graphics behind each award, the music played as award recipients walked from the audience to the stage and the seamless sharing of award introductions. Sharing introductions were guest host Anne Archer, Festival Founder,…
Nearly a year ago, much of the Hill was engaged in controversy regarding the residential fate of Sunny, a female cat who long had lived at the county-owned Nature Center on Highway 243 about three-quarters of a mile north of Idyllwild. The controversy, reported in the Town Crier, extended to the Riverside County Regional Park…