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Principal Matt Kraemer (left) was dressed in the traditional kilt and learned to play the bagpipe on Friday. Instructor Mike Terry (right) played the notes while Kraemer worked on the wind portion of the instrument. Photos by Jenny Kirchner


The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) board has hired a new recreation and program director and an assistant director. The duo will manage programs at Town Hall and ICC’s other facilities. Speaking with ICC President Stephanie Yost and her two new team members at Town Hall, the impression is that their jobs change every day, and…
Editor’s note: Much of the genesis of this Idyllwild Artist series is to tell the back stories of many of our local friends and neighbors — stories we don’t know. And, inasmuch as Idyllwild is an arts destination, many of the stories are of careers either in or connected with the arts. This is another….
By Pete Pedro Anderson Special to the Town Crier Now, in addition to screening first-run films, Idyllwild’s Rustic Theatre is following a new direction — live, hi-def, big-screen events, delivered from a state-of-the-art sound system. Next up is the 87th Academy Awards show, live from Hollywood. The event is free. As locals found out just…
A year-long program of celebratory events The Idyllwild Library celebrates its centenary on July 27, 2020. The library staff are planning a year-long schedule of celebratory events to mark the 100-year anniversary. The current library in Strawberry Plaza is the sixth iteration of Idyllwild’s public reading center. The first was in Claudius Emerson’s historic Idyllwild…
Idyllwild Arts alumnus and American Idol veteran Casey Abrams is bringing his brand of jazz and pop improv to the 2015 Jazz in the Pines festival as the Sunday, Aug. 16, main stage headliner. “Some jazz stuff, diving into some horn stuff and bringing in some new musicians with some surprises,” said Abrams when asked…