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Photos: Last Week in Idyllwild: October 15, 2015
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There are changes wafting in the wintry air for this year’s Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. The biggest of them is that this year’s festivities will be managed by the Idyllwild Community Center, with Chris Perreault chairing the entertainment activities planned for the event. The second is that the tree that will be brilliantly lit is…
Submit listings and changes to melissa@towncrier.com. All events are subject to last-minute changes. Note: Some events, meetings and office hours may be canceled or modified due to precautions being taken to limit the spread of COVID-19. Wednesday, June 23• Jazzercise, 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Town Hall, 25925 Cedar St.• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild…
Ann SmithReporter David and Heather Landeros had been coming up to Idyllwild for at least 10 years. For this real estate broker from Long Beach and wife Heather, also a broker, Idyllwild was a welcome respite from the hustle and traffic of Long Beach. They have been full-time residents of Idyllwild for three and half…
Idyllwild Arts Academy held its annual Black History Month Concert Saturday night in the William M. Lowman Concert Hall on campus. The hall was filled to capacity with jazz fans, as well as students, faculty and staff. “Afro-American Symphony” by William Grant Still and special performances by Seahawk MoJO (Modern Jazz Orchestra) featuring music from Duke Ellington, Thelonious Sphere Monk and Daniel Jackson rounded out the evening. At left: Black History Month Concert Founder, Conductor, Arranger and Composer Marshall Hawkins (right) watches with the orchestra as the percussionists and traditional dancing take to the stage before intermission. Above: Idyllwild Arts Academy music major Sumi Onoe performed as the piano soloist with the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra, opening the Black History Month Concert with “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin. Sumi and the orchestra received a standing ovation for the performance.
Two of 23 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant recipients for 2012 have Idyllwild connections — mandolin virtuoso, singer and composer Chris Thile grew up in Idyllwild and showed talent as a musician at a very early age. Thile is a New York City resident currently on a national tour with the Punch Brothers. Claire Chase,…
Aimed at curbing nuisance and noise activity, Ordinance 927 adopted by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors requires owners of short-term rentals in the county’s unincorporated areas to register their properties. Short-term rental owners must pay an annual registration fee, be subject to a 10 percent annual transient occupancy tax, and comply with guidelines to…