
Photo by Tom Kluzak


Photo by Thom Wallace

Photo by Tom Pierce


Photo courtesy Soboba Casino

Photo by Tom Kluzak

PHOTOS: Music, birds and spring in the air
By Idyllwild Town Crier
The Idyllwild Master Chorale presented “Nocturnes” Saturday evening, April 1, at the Idyllwild Arts’ Lowman Concert Hall. Dwight Holmes conducted the chorale, which was accompanied by Edwin Hansen. The first piece was Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo.” Later, they put music to poems from a variety of authors.








“My problem is I’m too diversified,” smiled Dutch native Jan Jaspers-Fayer. Eighty-six years young, Jaspers-Fayer still creates, still exhibits and is still interested — in everything. From bronze-cast sculptures to pencil drawings to anything in glass, Jan finds something that catches his eye and sparks his interest. His palette ranges from charcoal grays to brilliant…
Dirt, dust, burned-out trees and new shrub growth is like a blanket across May Valley a year-and-a-half after the Cranston Fire ripped through the area, quickly chewing up anything in its path. The Santa Ana winds didn’t give way Saturday morning as about 25 volunteers worked tirelessly planting saplings as part of a reforestation project…
Do you have the same feeling that I do; most of the good things in life have come about through serendipity, pure dumb luck. There is no other name for how I met my wife, the center of my life. Stumbling across Idyllwild was similar happenstance. How lucky can one person be? Even luckier, it…
Steve Perez, Idyllwild Nature Center ranger, confirmed last week the Lemon Lily Restoration Day will not be occurring this year.Butterfly Daze also will not be happening this year.Some good news is that Trail of the Acorn is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.
Author, editor, journalist and public speaker Nana-Ama Danquah opens Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series on Sunday, July 10. This is year six for Santiago’s popular series, held at 4 p.m. Sunday, for five weeks, on the deck of Café Aroma. Danquah is a compelling choice to open the series. Born in Ghana, she immigrated to…
Michael Madrigal leads the ceremony celebrating the Autumnal Equinox in the gardens of Spirit Mountain Retreat. Among the crowd of Idyllwild locals was the featured choral local group Local Color (sitting).