

Lowman concert hall nearly complete
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The interior of the nearly ready William M. Lowman Concert Hall, the new state-of-the-art music venue on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The beams visible in the ceiling are part of the acoustical design engineered by ARUP North America, the firm responsible for the designs of the world-famous Sydney (Australia) Opera House, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Tate Modern in London. The concert venue should open soon.

Idyllwild resident author Joy Sikorski, writing with co-author Michael Silversher, changes the fare for this fourth season of Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series when she and Silversher present their biblical historical novel, “Tamar of the Terebinths” (Whispering Voices Publications, 2013). It is the first time the series has featured an historical biblical novel. Sikorski calls…
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, which began in 1950, returns June 16 for its annual eight-week session …
In the higher regions of Idyllwild and Pine Cove, a light dusting of snow still covers the ground just days before Christmas – an unexpected present following last Friday’s heavy rainfall. As it does especially in the cool winter air, the mountain sparkles with sunlight dappling its pines during brilliantly clear days and smoke from…
The Michael Kabotie Lectures are named for artist Michael Kabotie (Hopi) who consulted with the Idyllwild Arts Native American Festival organizers for nine years until his passing in 2009. His work was grounded in the visual and musical rhythms of his tribe but was often compared to that of non-native artists including Picasso, Braque and…
By definition, nocturnes are pensive, dreamy and appropriate to the night or evening. The Idyllwild Master Chorale presents a gently evocative evening graced with a little night music for its April 1 Spring Concert. Set to the music of Morten Lauridsen and David Dickau, the haunting and touching texts of the featured nocturnes are penned…
Editor’s note: Last week, the Town Crier wrote about the Rent Party planned for noon to 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8. Since the story appeared, the Rent Party committee has changed the process of distributing the proceeds. See Piper Dellums’ explanation below.