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Photo by Tom Kluzak
The week in photos: Feb. 1, 2018
By Idyllwild Town Crier







Idyllwild’s free outdoor Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) in the Butterfield Amphitheater continues Thursday, Aug. 3, with The Ghost Notes, a Grateful Dead tribute band, and openers Sandii and Friends. Music begins at 6:05 p.m., with the headliners taking the stage at 7 p.m. The Ghost Notes are ISCS veterans; this will be their third…
Danceable music of the 1920s and 1940s Editor’s note: This band was originally scheduled the week of the Cranston Fire. The Idyllwild Summer Concert Series was extended to allow the band to return for the last concert of the summer. Singer and bandleader Ginger Pauley does not just perform popular music of the flapper and…
Gathering donations to aid needy families is a sporting affair at the Community Presbyterian Church. On Super Bowl Sunday, members of the congregation vote for their favorite team by placing a donated item in either team’s barrel at the entrance to the church. Coordinating the worthy effort is Ned Roberts, left and Pastor Dick Olson, right. Every year the Church holds its donation Super Bowl, the bin receiving the most items is the team that wins Super Bowl. This year the Giants’ bin had 137 items donated and the Patriots had 82 items. By noon Super Bowl Sunday, all the items were given to the Idyllwild Help Center.
‘Mindfulness is a great tool’ For those who care about their personal health and their interpersonal relations and want to improve them, Val Velez is prepared to offer actions that will help you achieve those goals. Mindfulness and meditation are simple tools that anyone can adopt and she is trained to share these tools with…
The opening of the Idyllwild Brewpub is still in the future. But when its taps do pour many special-craft brews, residents should enjoy the local libations as well as be proud of the effort to build one of the most technologically advanced and environmentally considerate businesses on the Hill. From providing the purest water available…
Eduardo Santiago was the guest author at the Jan. 30 meeting of the Idyllwild Community Center Bookclub, held monthly at the Creekstone Inn. Santiago’s new novel, “Midnight Rumba,” had been chosen as the club’s book for January, and the novelist was gracious enough to agree to attend the discussion.