



IPA beers sampled at Idyll Awhile event
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The six different IPA beers that were served on Thursday night at Idyll Awhile Wine Shoppe. Photo by Jenny Kirchner




“Music for every era” is how New Sensations leader Don Hoeber describes pop music genres his family band will be playing when it makes its first appearance at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Based in Palm Springs, New Sensations features Don on guitar, wife Mary on keyboards and son Alex on drums. They are joined…
Patriotic music and themes from stage and screen Ken Dahleen and his Big Band Staff open season 19 of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series with a patriotic tribute to the Fourth of July and songs from Broadway and the movies. The popular eight-week series, in a nod to locals, takes place on Thursday nights, not…
Ron Singerton, next speaker for the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series, is an accomplished artist whose art evinces a fine attention to detail. That attention to detail served him well when he began researching his first historical novel, “Villa of Deceit” (Penmore Press, 2015) and its sequel “The Silk and the Sword” (due out this…
The Valentine’s Day storm that dumped historic levels of rain with accompanying wind and snow, caused massive damage to Hill infrastructure closing two of the main arteries into Idyllwild — highways 243 and 74. Continued post-Feb. 14 rain and snow complicated Caltrans’ efforts to repair both roads, causing setbacks that, until Monday, Feb. 18, caused…
Gary Kuscher is this year’s Veterans Day speaker at American Legion Post 800 at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11. Kuscher is the current 1st vice commander of Post 800. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1970. While serving at the 676 Radar Squadron in Antigo, Wisconsin, he became active with the…