Editor’s note: This story is from a Friends of the Idyllwild Library press release. Idyllwild’s beloved acapella choral group Local Color will perform “The Many Faces of Wonder” at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, at the Rustic Theatre. Admission is free, but seating is limited to 80, so claim a seat early. Local Color resumes…

Idyllwild Arts Academy President Pamela Jordan spoke to an enthusiastic audience of students and community members at the first in a series of public discussions on the role of the artist in society, at the IAF Theatre on Friday, Feb. 13. Directly addressing her students, she said, “Idyllwild Arts is not only a place to…

Town Crier readers voted Pine Cove resident Annamarie Padula recipient of the 2014 Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. The award is given in memory of Town Crier founder, publisher, editor and cartoonist Ernie Maxwell whose community and environmental activism added significantly to the growth and identity of the Hill during its post-World War II heyday….

Lineups announced, planning complete In less than four months, the sounds of music — and clapping, dancing, singing — will fill Strawberry Valley. The 24th-annual Jazz in the Pines starts Aug. 11 and ends Aug. 13. Once again, the magic of jazz — America’s music — will excite the mountain and fill the town with…