Jan Priestly’s pottery was selected for the recent 2013 Potters Council show entitlae “Green.” The show was last week in Houston, Texas …

Mountain Folk: Priestly’s pottery and Davison’s music
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Peter Davison at his Idyllwild home studio. Photo by Marshall Smith
Jan Priestly’s pottery was selected for the recent 2013 Potters Council show entitlae “Green.” The show was last week in Houston, Texas …

John Graham of Idyllwild received the 2022 California Teachers Association (CTA)/National Education Association (NEA)-Retired Ellen Logue We Honor Ours Award in June. Graham was a member of the Hemet Teachers Association for many years, holding various positions. He served on CTA State Council, was an alternate NEA director and has been president of the San…
On Saturday, July 7, Idyllwild resident and Idyllwid Arts faculty member Steve Hudson unexpectedly passed away. Among his many talents, such as teaching and lecturing about art history, Steve created a cartoon strip for the Town Crier. He had several collaborators who did the drawing and Steve provided the humor. He will be missed…
Dr. Richard MacNeal, a co-founder of MSC Software and former Garner Valley resident, died at age 94 on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. A one-hour memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Lake Avenue Church, 393 N. Lake Avenue, Pasadena. MacNeal was important in the history of Idyllwild Arts, especially during the…
By Kelliey Matthews Office Manager and Executive Board Secretary High Valleys Water District The High Valleys Water District celebrated the ending of an era Thursday, Nov. 22. Long-time director and former Vice President Hannelore “Anne” Clemens (right), who began her service to the community in December 1993, retired her position. Clemens is a…
Idyllwild’s Temple Har Shalom is pleased to announce the appointment of Malka Drucker as its new rabbi. Rabbi Malka, as she asks her congregants to call her, returned to Idyllwild from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is the founding rabbi and rabbi emerita of HaMakom: “The Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism.” “What I…
After her 80th birthday, Marge Muir said, “Think … only in Idyllwild can you have a surprise birthday party when you turn 80 and it makes you feel young. … It did, and I do! “I got a birthday wish from Arizona and France, today folks read it in the Town Crier!” she exclaimed …