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Choirs sung holiday songs, Santa Claus was taking official gift requests, bonfires were blazing and hot cocoa was available. Photo by Jenny Kirchner









To: Santa I love Santa. May I please have a Frozen Tea Party. Emily Jones Dear Santa I’ve been a very good boy and I’m doing well in school. I want new mittens, vr gogles for ps4, golden p24 controller.. A. great game to go with vr. Demolisher, Ice Centurion Blaster, Doomlands Double Dealer…
By Christian ChalifourContributed Chamber orchestra is back. Two rehearsals start this month: two groups in two different locations.Desert Chamber Orchestra (DCO) rehearsals will resume Thursdays (for the summer) from 7 to 9:30 p.m. beginning July 22 at Metropolitan Community Church Coachella Valley, 32150 Candlewood Dr., Cathedral City, CA 92234. Rehearsals will be every other week…
Under music director Peter Askim, the annual spring New Music Concert is very often just that — new, very new.
Strawberry Creek and beautiful gardens featured On Sept. 14, the Idyllwild Area Historical Society (IAHS) will host its 19th-annual home tour. It will include five homes with the oldest home built in 1927 and the newest home, with magnificent views, built in 2004, said Charlotte Groty, president of the IAHS. Strawberry Creek is the focus…
Submit listings and changes to melissa@towncrier.com. All events are subject to last-minute changes. Note: Some events, meetings and office hours may be canceled or modified due to precautions being taken to limit the spread of COVID-19. Wednesday, May 19• Jazzercise, 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Camp Maranatha, 54162 Maranatha Dr.• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild…
Idyllwild Arts’ Theatre Department next presents “Hotel Cassiopeia,” playwright Charles L. Mee’s dreamlike evocation of the life and carefully calibrated creations of American “sculptor” and collector of found objects Joseph Cornell. Famously reclusive, Cornell is best known for his juxtapositioning of delicate found objects in glass-fronted shadow boxes. His “memory boxes” arranged iconic objects in…