PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
Idyllwild CinemaFest Director Stephen Savage premieres his latest feature film, “Vertical,” as a special festival event on Saturday, Jan. 12, at the fourth year of the festival he founded. “It’s the final film in my Idyllwild trilogy,” said Savage, whose previous features “Cosmic Radio” (2007) and “Legacy” (2010) were also shot on location here.
For 11 years, Kathy Wilson’s Idyllwild Ghost Town has frightened and delighted fans of the phantasmagorical from on and off the Hill. Now, year 12 is in doubt. Wilson’s month-long Halloween attraction, a walk through live action and animatronic spook fest, had firmly established itself as a major audience draw at the Idyllwild Community Center…
Sherry Williams and her honey voice will be heard again in Idyllwild next week. Keith Droste and his quartet join her Thursday, July 25, as the next performers at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series staged at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Williams is not a newcomer to the Idyllwild music scene. She performed at the…
The office of Mayor Max III informed the Crier that last weekend, two video crews were on the Hill documenting the activities of the animal referred to in The Guardian as “California’s Dog Mayor.” The first crew consisted of two film students from Notre Dame University in Indiana, Riley Mandell and Ben Bailey, who are…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation are proud to present an afternoon of classical music, MUSICALE! The music, played by the Levy and Speltz families, will be performed outdoors at a beautiful Idyllwild home. The afternoon benefit performance will include complimentary beverages, appetizers and desserts. MUSICALE, presented by the Associates, is a fundraiser supporting…
In 1991, Keith Froehlich and his late wife Bonnie founded the Idyllwild chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gays) in support of their gay son Ted. Froehlich opens this season’s Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC) Speaker Series with a talk titled, “The Power of One.” Froehlich reflects on the challenges in founding…