Jazz and drums at Idyllwild Arts
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Justin Holmes (center) adds tap dancing into the mix during the “History of the Drum” event Thursday at Idyllwild Arts. Musicians providing rhythm for Holmes are (from left) Bob Boss on guitar, Marshall Hawkins on bass, Toby Williams on drums and Najite on African drums. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Café Aroma has organized a benefit concert for Rachel Welch and her children, Opal and Jasper Larkin, following the untimely death of her husband, James Larkin, who died June 3 at the young age of 39. The Art Alliance of Idyllwild organized a silent auction that is available for viewing at 3 p.m. Sunday, July…
Editor’s note: This is taken from a press release. Stratford Players, now in its 10th year entertaining Idyllwild, kicks off the holiday season with mystery and merriment. The theater troupe will perform “The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays,” winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for Best Play. After a long…
The Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers, Arizona imports, are award-winning practitioners of Western music — the music of the American West, composed by and about the people who worked and settled the western United States and Canada. The five-piece group appears next, Thursday, July 23, for Ken Dahleen’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Directly related musically to…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center Another week of intense coed volleyball games has wrapped up. On behalf of the Idyllwild Community Center and all of the participants, we want to extend a special thank you to this year’s team sponsors: Idyllwild Garage, Village Hardware, BBI Construction, Idyllwild Brewpub and Red Kettle. We…
There are many reasons to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. But one young man, Kyran Young, born in Zimbabwe on the African continent, is hiking the 2,663 miles of the PCT for a cause unfamiliar to his fellow hikers or most people in the United States. Raised in Africa until he was 12, Kyran seeks…
After a very tough 2012 school year, Hemet High parents have organized a summer, under-the-stars benefit concert. “Hope, Healing and a Brighter Future” takes place from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday June 29, at the Hemet High School Stadium. All proceeds from the “Brighter Future” Concert will create a scholarship fund to assist the eight…
