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Many have heard Idyllwild resident Hollis Fulmor sing — in local churches, theater companies and musical-comedy vignettes. She has one of those extraordinarily rich voices, defined by many shades and colors. Her deeply felt interpretative approach to singing has long moved local audiences. But, even having been professionally schooled in opera and musical theater, Hollis…
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, Mar. 31• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild Pines Camp, 26375 Highway 243.• Alcoholics Anonymous, noon. St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church,…
By Art Conner Apropos of an overall, underlying theme for the second Fall Concert offering of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra Saturday night at Lowman Concert Hall, both the Orchestral Director Daniel Bassin and Music Department Chair Kai Potts-Smith presented the heading “The Healing Power of Music — Vibrations Across Generations” at the top of…
By Christian ChalifourContributed Chamber orchestra is back. Two rehearsals start this month: two groups in two different locations.Desert Chamber Orchestra (DCO) rehearsals will resume Thursdays (for the summer) from 7 to 9:30 p.m. beginning July 22 at Metropolitan Community Church Coachella Valley, 32150 Candlewood Dr., Cathedral City, CA 92234. Rehearsals will be every other week…
Written and performed in1622 and first printed in 1653, “The Changeling,” is a joint effort between John Middleton (a protégé of William Shakespeare and co- writer and adapter of some of Shakespeare’s plays) and William Rowley (a collaborator/playwright best known as an actor) and is considered one of the best tragedies of the Jacobean period…
Singer and bandleader Ginger Pauley does not just perform popular music of the flapper and big-band eras, she embodies the style, elegant insouciance and zest of those popular periods. She is, to quote a popular catch-phrase of the times, the “Bee’s Knees.” She brings music of the ’20s and ’40s to her appearance on Thursday,…