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Owner Don Zeigler enjoys the celebration of Fern Valley Emporium’s 10th anniversary Sunday afternoon on the antique store’s deck. As well as food and good company, several musicians performed for a large crowd, including Chuck Alvarez and Bill Saitta.
Ken Dahleen’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series arrives with heat at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2. The diminutive Lisa Haley bows the first electric notes on her blue violin, lightning flashes, humidity intensifies and zydecosis spreads throughout the crowd. Zydecosis is a highly contagious condition prompted by Haley and her Zydekats’ foot-stompin’ joyous Cajun music. Symptoms…
The Idyllwild Library Summer Reading Program ends Saturday, Aug 10. The awards ceremony and storytime is at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 17, at the library. The free event will feature international foods and stories.
Mountain Center resident and artist Dore Capitani was honored and a bit overwhelmed when his beautiful blue intricately cut steel sphere, “Betty,” was installed on the famous El Paseo in Palm Desert.
Conductor and Composer in Residence of Idyllwild Arts, Peter Askim, speaks at the ICRC speakers series on Wednesday evening at the Quiet Creek Gallery. As he gave his talk, “What’s New? The Latest, Greatest, Up-To-Date in Contemporary Classical Music,” he played examples of the music. The event was co-sponsored by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation.
By Ken LuberIdyllwild author Editor’s note: This is the last of several installments of a short story local author Kenneth Luber has written. See prior Town Criers for the other installments. Fortunately, Fred had decided to renovate the breakfast nook. He hired two workers to make the window looking out on the backyard larger, strip…