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City Beat returns to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series to enforce the laws of pop, rock, rhythm and blues. City Beat, a hard-hitting horn band composed of serving and retired law enforcement personnel, bullhorns its percussively persuasive arrangements of Chicago, Tower of Power and other brass-heavy pop bands to the far reaches of the…
Soboba Casino in San Jacinto hosts its 21st-annual Inter-Tribal Pow Wow from Friday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 17, at the casino’s arena. Registration for a special contest begins at 4 p.m. Friday. The contest will be announced during the Pow Wow. Competitions also include dancing and drumming. A schedule of events includes Gourd Dancing…
The Idyllwild Assembly of God Church conducted its first service as an Idyllwild congregation on Sunday, Jan. 10. According to Pastor Mark Garrett, 38 people attended. “The next Sunday, Jan. 17, attendance had grown to 44 people,” said Garrett. Garrett had been associate pastor at Valle Vista Assembly of God in Hemet for five years….
Idyllwild Arts Foundation President Pamela Jordan announced a number of new hires for key management positions including film chair, music chair, chief development officer and director of programs. Each will be profiled in articles beginning this week. Heather Netz, current music faculty and assistant to the music chair, will take on greater responsibility as orchestra…
Award-winning Mohican composer Brent Michael Davids (wearing the top hat), taught four local native American youth how to compose a string quartet, which was played by a 12-piece ensemble Friday at Idyllwild Arts.
Leslie Zemeckis, actor, writer, producer and director, is very much of this time with a successful professional career in the disciplines in which she works. But she is fascinated by a major part of American entertainment history that few people today remember — vaudeville. And that fascination has imbued her project and career choices. As…