Art Alliance of Idyllwild Vice President Gary Kuscher said the 2012 Art Walk & Wine Tasting was the biggest yet, surpassing 2011 by several hundred visitors.







PHOTOS: 15th annual Art Walk & Wine Tasting
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Artist Marcus Thorne paints out in front of Quiet Creek Gallery during the Art Alliance’s Annual Art Walk & Wine Tasting. Record crowds tasted wines from San Diego to as far away as Paso Robles. Photo by Barbara Reese
Art Alliance of Idyllwild Vice President Gary Kuscher said the 2012 Art Walk & Wine Tasting was the biggest yet, surpassing 2011 by several hundred visitors.







In a new tradition, there will be a Children’s Tree Lighting Ceremony at 4:45 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, on the south side of the Fort, near Robin Oates Real Estate office. Idyllwild Town Hall children will decorate the tree. Town Hall is looking for pie tins to use as decorations. The children will sing carols…
Visitors to Town Gallery enjoyed the 52 portraits and slideshow displayed at the opening reception of “Fashionable Idyllwild” Friday, July 1. The show featured 12 local models: Azali Cressler, Ginger Dagnall, Chylsea and Halayia Nuez, Ruby Flores-Verhagen, Liliana Charmoz, Cyn Grady, Lindsay Owen, Pamela Mayfield, Jennifer Savino, Julianna Poldi and Fiona McMullen. At the opening…
Marshall Hawkins, dean of local jazz musicians, one of the founders of the annual Jazz in the Pines festival, will be honored next Friday, Feb. 22. The California Alliance of Jazz will induct Hawkins into its Hall of Fame in Fresno. Dr. Jeffrey James Tower championed Hawkins’ entry into the Hall of Fame. Tower was…
Saturday was “May the 4th Be With You” day at the Rustic Theatre. “StarWars” fans from near and far congregated for showings of “PhantomMenace” and the original trilogy. A “Star Wars” trivia contest was heldon the patio with Luke Byers. Steve Shelala of Ace Comix brought thecollectibles, and a Mandalorian was available for photo ops….
Pickleball is the newest racquet and court sport and its popularity is soaring. Its origin is credited to a group of Washington state dads trying to entertain their bored children over the summer. Since March 2010, when the number of places to play was fewer than 1,000, the number of sites has more than…
ISIS Theatre Company continues its 11th season Friday, May 2, with a reading of “Late: A Cowboy Song” by Sarah Ruhl. While “Late” is one of Ruhl’s earliest plays, this is not the first Ruhl work ISIS has performed. In April 2011, ISIS, the cast and its director Howard Shangraw were honored at the Inland…