PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
Justin Holmes (center) adds tap dancing into the mix during the “History of the Drum” event Thursday at Idyllwild Arts. Musicians providing rhythm for Holmes are (from left) Bob Boss on guitar, Marshall Hawkins on bass, Toby Williams on drums and Najite on African drums …
Ticket sales and attendance held steady Straight-ahead and cutting-edge jazz held center stage at the Idyllwild 2017 Jazz in the Pines festival. Each of the three venues offered new acts and interesting arrangements and sounds. And, according to John Newman, Idyllwild Arts Foundation director of business operations, ticket sales and attendance were remarkably consistent with…
Trudy Levy is exhibiting her newest ceramic piece, “Moving Through Time and Space,” at The Palm Springs Museum of Art. The opening reception is from 6:15 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Elrod and Meyerman Sculpture Gardens. The exhibit runs from Oct. 20 to Dec. 9. Levy, discussing her inspiration for her most…
Danceable music of the 1920s and 1940s Editor’s note: This band was originally scheduled the week of the Cranston Fire. The Idyllwild Summer Concert Series was extended to allow the band to return for the last concert of the summer. Singer and bandleader Ginger Pauley does not just perform popular music of the flapper and…
Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines will be returning, said Anne Erikson, president of the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, who produce the event. The 20th Jazz in the Pines was another success, and Erikson is very positive about the upcoming 21st festival. The dates will be Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 16 and 17, and the…
“Some people think lilacs are just an Eastern thing,” said Gary Parton, Idyllwild’s lilac patron. But even though most longstanding lilac festivals are in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S., Parton and his new committee want to establish Idyllwild as a nationally known lilac town. This year, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2, the Idyllwild…