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Idyllwild Actors Theatre (now in its 20th year) announces its upcoming annual Christmas show “Ho! Ho! Ho! Our annual Christmas Show! From heartwarming to hilarious!” The event offers all new stories, poetry and music with stories from John Cheever, David Sedaris, John Updike and others. Music Director Brian Parnell (Throw the Goat) is putting together…
Do It Records/Sony will release Darien Martus of Idyllwild’s rock epic poem “Rockaxeon” Friday, Oct. 1. It will be available on all streaming platforms. Martus said, “A whole new experience in rock recording, Rockaxeon is a 70-minute rock epic poem, spanning the life of our solar system. The poem centers around an ancient stone ax,…
Idyllwild School has a new reading intervention teacher. This is Inh Chomthanath’s first year as a reading teacher, but she has 13 years experience as a classroom teacher. This is also Chomthanath’s first year with the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD). She moved to California from North Carolina to be closer to her husband’s mother,…
The recent passing of Mayor Max II has left Idyllwild without canine leadership, but Phyllis Mueller, Max’s chief of staff, is doggedly seeking a successor.Several readers have inquired as to the role of Animal Rescue Friends (ARF) regarding a new mayor, seeing as how ARF originated the idea of an animal mayor for our town…
As summer warms and August begins, the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) heats up. Lisa Haley, local favorite and Grammy nominee, and the Zydecats return to Idyllwild. This is not the second or third time they have performed. They have performed 14 concerts as part of the ISCS, as well as several times during the…
By Sally Hedberg Special to the Town Crier This Saturday at the Nature Center, the Junior Naturalists will be learning “What’s Beneath the Earth.” This program will focus on geology and is open to ages 6 to 12. Mentor Sherri Domenigoni will present the program, along with Monique Grover and Lyric Hemmer, summer interns provided…