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PHOTOS: Lemon Lily Festival 2014
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They’ve rocked Idyllwild before, and up they come again with horn-blasting pop, soul, rhythm, blues and rock ‘n’ roll. City Beat, a high-energy gang of mostly law enforcement personnel, will have Summer Concert Series enthusiasts jumpin’ and jivin’ at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Leader Ed Riojas’ motley-blue crew…
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The Mayor’s office was invited to speak on The Kelly Clarkson Show during her National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month episode that aired on NBC this last Friday afternoon. Clarkson asked, “How did Max II become the mayor of Idyllwild?” The mayor’s Chief of Staff Phyllis Mueller told Clarkson that the election came about as…
Idyllwild’s Steven Leigh Morris, former LA Weekly critic and founding editor of Stage Raw, wrote a play, “Red Ink,” on stage now at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles. In a press release, Morris writes “Red Ink looks at the corrosive pressures of click-bait journalism and cut-throat competition on an imploding newspaper recently purchased…
Editor’s note: throughout the year, we will cover events and write articles celebrating IAF’s 70th anniversary. Idyllwild Arts began in the early 1940s with one man’s dream of a peaceful mountain idyll where people could experience the civilizing influences of art and music in extended summer sessions. The Idyllwild Arts Foundation will celebrate its 70th…