

Idyll Awhile hosts first Idyllwild Bass Summit
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The first Idyllwild Upright Bass Summit was held Sunday at Idyll Awhile. Performers included Marshall Hawkins, Bill Saitta, Ron Van der Linden, Lenny Hansell, Harry Joe Reynolds, Sam Ostgaard, Bonnie Jean Scott and Idyllwild Arts students Forrest Webb and Owen Zorn. Photo courtesy Shannah Zorn

Business changes, fire fee, new Idyllwild Arts headmaster, Idyllwild Library and community dialogue …
By James SalesContributed Father Dan Rondeau was peppered by people asking, “Did you spill something?” Father Rondeau’s robe was stained. The vestry closet, where the vestments lived, was checked. No clue there, as all seemed right. Then the top of the closet was inspected and the figurines from the stored nativity scene were sitting in…
In 1965, 16-year-old Bill Lowman came to Idyllwild to sing in Robert Holmes’ celebrated choir as part of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts Summer Programs. He stayed for a lifetime. First and longtime president and headmaster of the Idyllwild Arts Academy, Lowman concludes the free Throwback Summer Lecture Series. The series celebrates…
Editor’s note: This is taken from an Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) press release. “Gavroche,” the new musical the Idyllwild Arts Theatre Department will perform to the public 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, is a fresh take on “Les Misérables.” The musical, to be livestreamed at https://idyllwildarts.zoom.us/j/95125102317, features a pop, contemporary score, and is told from…
Called one of the foremost chroniclers of the desert Southwest, Deanne Stillman writes of the inestimable beauty of the desert and of the madness that often shatters the stillness. For Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series, Stillman will discuss the true story of two young girls, residents of Twentynine Palms, who were brutally raped and murdered…