
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Yve Evans brings soul, humor
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An Idyllwild favorite, Yve Evans sings at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. She drew a packed house with her soulful voice and humor. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

In the United Kingdom, community theaters are called amateur dramatic societies, but the challenges remain the same as in the U.S. What, other than sex and musicals, can draw audiences to amateur productions? That is the conundrum facing a theater group in a small English town — dwindling audiences, meager ticket sales and competition from…
By Pete Pedro Anderson Special to the Town Crier Now, in addition to screening first-run films, Idyllwild’s Rustic Theatre is following a new direction — live, hi-def, big-screen events, delivered from a state-of-the-art sound system. Next up is the 87th Academy Awards show, live from Hollywood. The event is free. As locals found out just…
Law enforcement officials visit Idyllwild Aug. 6 On Tuesday evening, Aug. 6, officers from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Hemet station and the California Highway Patrol’s San Gorgonio station will be in Idyllwild for the National Night Out. This is the third consecutive year that law enforcement, with its other public safety partners, is reaching…
Four guest students from Hemet’s sister city, Marumori, Japan, visit …
“There are many reasons to use native plants locally,” said horticulturist Harold Voorheis. He, along with co-presenters Jackie Lasater and Ben White, will discuss the virtues of planting natives in local gardens at the Thursday, May 16, Idyllwild Community Recreation Council’s Speaker Series. As the title of their talk, “The Importance of Native Plants in…
Rebekah Louisa Smith, Ph.D., “The Film Festival Doctor,” could have used her doctorate from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, to teach. Instead she carved a niche career as a matchmaker – marrying films to particular international film festivals. She recommended three films for screening at the sixth year of Stephen Savage’s Idyllwild International Festival of…