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Throw the Goat brought in a sold-out crowd to the Rustic Theatre on Friday night. CPA and PIE preceeded the hard-rock band’s last local concert before heading across the pond to the UK for a mini tour. Members are Brian “Puke” Parnell, guitar; Michael Schnalzer, bass; Johnny Wilson, guitar; and Tim Olivier, drums, all local residents. Here, the crowd cheers for PIE. Photo by Jenny Kirchner







The Coachella Valley Repertory is beginng auditions for its production of the Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone. The repertory is seeking a 25- to 35-year-old women to portray the nervous and flighty Rose, and a 35- to 40-year-old man to portray Cliff, a hard working, hard drinking truck driver. The auditions will be held from 11…
Idyllwild local Cory Lavy wasn’t always the artistic type. While he was born and raised in Idyllwild, Lavy was more interested in the fire and medical world than he ever was with the arts. While in high school, Lavy volunteered for the U.S. Forest Service, and when he graduated in 2003, he was immediately picked…
Brendan Constantine has been teaching with Idyllwild Arts summer poetry and creative writing programs for most of the last 17 years and agreed to tell his class’ evacuation story. More than 200 kids plus teachers and counselors were abruptly moved off campus. Subsequently, many students were picked up by their parents in Banning that afternoon….
Millions of free books were hand-delivered to unsuspecting individuals on Monday, April 23, around the U.S., U.K. and Ireland as part of World Book Night 2012 — “Spreading the love of reading, person to person” — including in Idyllwild. These happy Café Aroma customers were visited by “Book Fairies,” representing INK Book Gathering in Idyllwild, who gave them a few titles from a list of 30. A discussion of World Book Night followed on Tuesday at INK.
Laurie Maxwell (top left) and family gather at the Ernie Maxwell Scenic trailhead in Humber Park prior to the Friday EMax hike
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, Mar. 31• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild Pines Camp, 26375 Highway 243.• Alcoholics Anonymous, noon. St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church,…