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
Idyllwild Arts Academy sophomore Alex Bishop, creative writing major, is the next speaker at the academy-sponsored Idy Talks. The series is part of IAA’s “Art in Society” program designed to foster students’ commitment to using their art to contribute to society. Alex’s talk is timely. She just won a prestigious national award from the Poetry…
A local man, Bill Niedzwiecki, discovered that the rescue dog he adopted two years ago has a strange and terrible back story. The black Labrador, now known as Abby, was rescued by animal rights activists from an illegal South Korean dog meat slaughterhouse along with a number of other dogs. Members of that rescue team…
Marshall Hawkins has played with some of the greatest names in jazz. He has taught at Idyllwild Arts for 30 years. He tells the story of jazz by loving its place in world music as a distinctly American art form, born in the black community. He tells the story of jazz by loving the individuality…
Idyllwild’s free Sumer Concert Series continues tonight, July 17 with End of the Innocence and openers The Auroras. End of the Innocence is presently on a national tour titled “Eagle Wings and More.” Their Manager, Penny Green, told us that their show includes material from their tribute to the music of songwriters Don Henly and…
Danny Richardson oversees the barbecue last Saturday, filled with pork and beef to feed the many that came out for American Legion Post 800’s annual July 4th celebration event.
