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On Thursday, Aug. 2, the Open Recreation program at Town Hall took the kids to visit the Idyllwild Fire Station. While there, summer camp aide Marcia Gawecki got to play with the hose. Photo courtesy of Amy Rhighetti

Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz is the featured speaker at the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership. Reitz will speak on his personal background and the fire department’s history in Idyllwild. With fire season upon us, Reitz will speak to residential abatement, highlighting what can be done to protect neighborhoods and, time permitting,…
July 6 is the first concert in the 2017 series The 2017 Idyllwild Summer Concert Series that once looked as if it would be cancelled is set to go. Some lineup details are still being worked out, including the closing act for the series, but most of the lineup is in place. Because the Idyllwild…
Dirt, dust, burned-out trees and new shrub growth is like a blanket across May Valley a year-and-a-half after the Cranston Fire ripped through the area, quickly chewing up anything in its path. The Santa Ana winds didn’t give way Saturday morning as about 25 volunteers worked tirelessly planting saplings as part of a reforestation project…
As John Newman and Idyllwild Arts continue to add spice to the Jazz in the Pines menu, one of the most unusual and eclectic of first-time festival acts is Besos de Coco. Arguably the act with the most interesting name (translation from Spanish, “coconut kisses”) Besos also has perhaps the most unusual instrumentation and genre…
Gathering donations to aid needy families is a sporting affair at the Community Presbyterian Church. On Super Bowl Sunday, members of the congregation vote for their favorite team by placing a donated item in either team’s barrel at the entrance to the church. Coordinating the worthy effort is Ned Roberts, left and Pastor Dick Olson, right. Every year the Church holds its donation Super Bowl, the bin receiving the most items is the team that wins Super Bowl. This year the Giants’ bin had 137 items donated and the Patriots had 82 items. By noon Super Bowl Sunday, all the items were given to the Idyllwild Help Center.
As always in the past, the specific contours of Idyllwild Arts’ Lowman Concert Hall prove more than receptively ideal for the projection and preservation of string sonority, whether in chamber music or in a full orchestral complement. Thus, the stage was set for the Idyllwild debut of that intriguingly-titled ensemble known as “Delirium Musicum” this…