The Color Guard from American Legion Post 800 leads the Fourth of July parade down North Circle Drive last Thursday morning. Photo by J.P. Crumrine Mark Dean, Pine Cove resident, waves to the spectators from the Pine Cove Property Owners Association’s float during the Idyllwild Rotary’s annual Independence Day Parade. Dean ran in the Boston Marathon this year. Photo by J.P. Crumrine Rob May, Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit president, waves to the crowd from the RMRU squad. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The American bald eagle is commemorated during the Independence Day Parade. Larry Edwards (left) is joined by Kevin Baar (center) and Dominique (right) wearing patriotic garb and garnishing eagles. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The Idyllwild Mountain Quilters float displays an array of red, white and blue quilts. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council Independence Day entry warns parade spectators of the impending threat the goldenspotted oak borer poses. Doris Lombard (center) is dressed as an oak and Stacy Grant is costumed as a GSOB, while Janice Fast wields a hammer. Eliott Taylor is in the background. Photo by Edwina Scott No one’s taking Abby’s plate until she’s licked it clean during Mountain Community Patrol’s annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday morning at Town Hall. Photo by Barbara Reese Riley Arnson seems suspended in mid-air while doing Irish dances during the second Pipes in the Pines event July 3 at Alpenglow Lilac Gardens. She was joined by her sister Brooke and Breanna Lewis. Photo by Jenny Kirchner The University of California, Riverside, Pipe Band performed at Idyllwild’s Alpenglow Lilac Gardens on the evening of July 3. Photo by Jenny Kirchner Audrey Stavroplus, Allan Morphett’s daughter, and husband Lou attended the second Pipes in the Pines concert. Morphett organized both concerts and passed away recently. This year’s concert was dedicated to him. His wife, Maggie, passed away last year and that concert was dedicated to her. Photo by J.P. Crumrine Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz grills hot dogs at the Idyllwild Town Crier & Visitors Center’s grand opening following the parade. Photo by Becky Clark The Livingroom Ramblers, Don Reed and Scott Foster entertained a large crowd who turned out at the Idyllwild Town Crier & Visitors Center’s grand opening following the parade last Thursday. Photo by Becky Clark The Llanos de Michoaban mariachis entertain the patrons at La Casita on the Fourth of July. Photo by J.P. Crumrine The guys have a silly moment while barbecuing for the American Legion’s annual Fourth of July BBQ on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Barbara Reese Singer Troy Clarke belts out the songs of Frank Sinatra with Ken Dahleen and his Big Band Staff during the inaugural concert of the 2013 Summer Concert Series the July 4th evening. Photo by Barbara Reese
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center president The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) is reopening the Sunday Farmers Market at Town Hall this coming Sunday, April 25. Market hours will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Please note that all COVID-19 restrictions remain in place for the market, so mask-wearing and social distancing will be enforced for vendors…
The Idyllwild Community Fund Advisory Committee honored its 2016 grant recipients at its annual reception on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Rainbow Inn. A capacity audience was on hand to hear ICF officers discuss the fund’s mission and to honor the local nonprofits to which ICF awarded grants this year. The Idyllwild Community Fund was…
With “Chapatti,” Idyllwild Actors Theatre (IAT) brings a heartwarming Irish tale of older animal lovers finding each other to the Rustic Theatre. The title refers not to the delicious Indian flat bread, but to a man’s best friend, an adopted stray dog. The play, set in Dublin, has been described as a “deft mix of…
Whenever the occasion arises for a live music concert here in the various set locations in Idyllwild, hope issues forth for a glorious outpouring of sound which, given the opportunity, should be able to roll down the mountain ridges with the fluid ease of the many creeks and rivulets now in evidence. Thus, Monday, May…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild continues its mission of keeping art vitally alive in Idyllwild with its annual judged art show from Friday, May 20, to Sunday, May 22. Appropriately titled “Front and Center,” the show features adjudicated art in four categories — 2D, Wearable Art, Photography and Digital Art, and 3D. Judging the show…
