PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
The idea for an Earth Fair, hatched last year by members of the Idyllwild Arts Environmental Club, fermented all summer in the minds and hearts of IAA Seniors Maeve Gillespie and Linda Payne with the view of becoming an annual collaborative event with the Idyllwild community. Under the supervision of the clubs’ advisor Jennifer Murdock,…
In theater, musical theater especially, one is a “triple threat” if one can sing, dance and act with equal facility. Pine Cove resident Matthew Shaker does it all. He also plays piano, composes, orchestrates and is writing the book, music and lyrics for a new musical. He recently won the 2015 Desert Theater League Award…
The Idyllwild area has trails to meet every need.
This weekend, the 10th-annual Aroma Spring Jazz Festival will be a tribute to New Orleans jazz and food, according to Paul Carman, festival producer. Carman, local saxophone and bass musician, usually goes to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. “This year I wasn’t able to go, so I decided to bring the music here,”…
“I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it than live a thousand years.” — Jack London On a very dark night on Friday the 13th, two white wolves visited the Idyllwild Nature Center as part of an “Ambassador Wolves” program presented by Project Wildsong, a nonprofit located in Murrieta. Called “The…