
Photo by Jack Clark

Photo by Jenny Kirchner



Photos by Jack Clark


Photo by JP Crumrine

Photo by Jack Clark

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Peter Szabadi
Labor Day weekend on the Hill
By Idyllwild Town Crier









For many, the palm tree symbolizes Southern California. But for any who are from colder climes, seeing outsized Christmas snowflake decorations hanging next to palm trees is not the Currier and Ives Christmas that has become enshrined in the U.S. as the “perfect” Christmas. For this writer, it has always been a stretch to feel…
This column was originally published in the Town Crier on March 6, 1984. The “Scenic Trail” would later be renamed the “Ernie Maxwell Scenic Trail” after the efforts of County Supervisor Kay Ceniceros. In honor of our 75th year of covering “Almost All the News — Part of the Time,” we will periodically reprint the…
Ken Dahleen’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series arrives with heat at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2. The diminutive Lisa Haley bows the first electric notes on her blue violin, lightning flashes, humidity intensifies and zydecosis spreads throughout the crowd. Zydecosis is a highly contagious condition prompted by Haley and her Zydekats’ foot-stompin’ joyous Cajun music. Symptoms…
By Idyllwild Actors TheatreContributed Idyllwild Actors Theatre is thrilled to be back in production after the long Covid hiatus. The upcoming play “SLOW FOOD,” a comedy by Wendy MacLeod, is coming to The Rustic Theatre and Entertainment Center, 54290 N. Circle Dr., Idyllwild, Aug. 6 and 7. Doors open at 7 p.m. and curtain is…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation sponsors Spotlight on Leadership, a series at which faculty members, chairs of academic and arts departments, discuss their curricula, challenges and student projects. At 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, Inter Arts/Fashion Design Chair Abbie Bosworth with talk about the one major at Idyllwild Arts that integrates various artistic…
Anne Kellogg, Expressive Art Therapist (second from left), offered a day of meditation, movement, writing and art on Saturday at Spirit Mountain Retreat Center.