

Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Howard Cheng (right) gives Chelsea Sik a spin during the Idyllwild Arts’ Spring Fashion Show Friday night at Rush Hall on campus.
Photo by Jenny Kirchne
PHOTOS: Last week at Idyllwild Arts
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This week the Crier sat down with the new owners of Café Aroma, Eric and Adrienne Edmunds. The couple take over the storied “Café, Bistro and Social Club” from Erica and Stewart Klair, who made a lot of friends in their brief tour of duty here, and, like Aroma’s many guests, the Edmunds have only…
Idyllwild’s Rotary Club volunteers are planning another big Independence Day parade this Thursday. Organizer Bob Parish said the parade has about 80 entrants and people are still calling him with more entries. That compares to about 60 entrants last year. Grace Moore, 91, of Gracie’s Thrift Shop, is this year’s grand marshal. On a sad…
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Founder and Director Steve Savage said of his friend’s movie before it played Saturday afternoon, “It is very special, very poignant, very moving,” and left the stage for the audience to witness themselves. “A Man Called God” is the story of a handsome, 14-year-old American boy who lost his innocence…
This Thursday’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series will continue as planned with the Lauren Koval Sextet at 7 p.m., and Robbie and Bill at 6:15 p.m. ISCS organizer Ken Dahleen said this will be a celebratory concert with all emergency personnel involved in the Cranston Fire being invited up on stage. The concert originally scheduled for…
Lanny and Lorraine Hardy are the new owners …
Erin Crites, new full-time Idyllwild Arts Academy theater faculty member, knows improvisation, physical storytelling, Commedia dell-arte, and clowning — yes, clowning. Crites received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre, took a master class from John Gilkey and has been an ensemble member. She is an ensemble member and current…