

Dick Halligan reflects on a life in music
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Dick Halligan, founding member of “Blood, Sweat and Tears,” Grammy Award winner, composer of music for film and television performed on Sunday night at Idyllwild Arts. The Idyllwild Master Chorale sponsored the event. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

By Sally Hedberg Special to the Town Crier If you are a movie buff, a TV watcher, reader of books or just an Elvis aficionado you won’t want to miss Michael Dante’s author talk and book signing at the Idyllwild Library. Branch Librarian Shannon Ng has a series of events planned all around…
Local resident David Salk has called our mountain community home for 50 years, having moved here in the fall of 1970. In that time, his one-of-a-kind pieces of art have graced the tables and cabinets in people’s homes all over the country. Salk has been working with clay since his early years. He attended Laguna…
By Kate Kramer Special to the Town Crier Last month I gave a presentation about the Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival at the state meeting for the California Native Plant Society in San Jose. Native plant lovers from across California were a receptive audience for the story of the festival and the local efforts in conserving…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s ambitious project to install public art in Idyllwild and Pine Cove moved from page to reality when 22 nearly life-size aluminum deer arrived at Forest Lumber Wednesday, June 12. Twenty-three mostly local artists and representatives of the Idyllwild School smARTS program began picking up deer assigned to their creative care…
Idyllwild hot spot Ferro Restaurant, already known as the home of weekly Jazz Nights with the Ferro Jazz Trio featuring Paul Carman, Barnaby Finch and Marshall Hawkins, invites guests to enjoy a special summer series of performances from Aug. 2 through Labor Day Weekend. Access to the performances, and cocktails on the patio, are available…