

Photo by Steven King



Photo by Steven King




Photo courtesy Idyllwild Library

Photo by Steven King

Photo by Marcia Waldorf


Photo by Pauline Costi

Photo by Tom Kluzak




Photo by Halie Wilson
The Week in Photos: July 19, 2018
By Idyllwild Town Crier

The Wind Symphony, composed of students at the Idyllwild Arts’ Summer Programs, performed Saturday, July 14. Photo by Steven King


















Owner Don Zeigler enjoys the celebration of Fern Valley Emporium’s 10th anniversary Sunday afternoon on the antique store’s deck. As well as food and good company, several musicians performed for a large crowd, including Chuck Alvarez and Bill Saitta.
Mayor Max celebrated his 12th birthday with about 100 of his closest friends, human and four-legged, on Sunday afternoon at the Nature Center. Many people brought their dogs to help Max celebrate and even the Nature Center’s bunny showed up to wish him well. Max greeted people and posed for pictures all through the festivities.
At 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, a groundbreaking celebration will mark the official start of construction for Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s new $6.5 million concert hall. The 298-seat facility will become the centerpiece of IAF’s 200-acre, mountaintop campus and is named in honor of Idyllwild Arts’ first president, William M. Lowman. The construction process is estimated…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy jazz combo took first place for the second consecutive year at the prestigious Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival, now in its 44th year …
In 2017, Hollywood writer, director, actor and entrepreneur Morgan Higby Night made a bet — that imagination and a spirit of fun, playfulness and adventure could turn a rundown Pine Cove motel into a travel destination. His bet has paid off in spades — Night’s Hicksville Pines Chalet Bud and Breakfast in Pine Cove won…
On the Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center home page, there is a quote. “Before enlightenment: chop wood carry water, after enlightenment: chop wood carry water.” No matter the level of enlightenment, the work of living continues. That was especially true for Zen Center Abbot Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi after the disastrous Mountain Fire of July 2013. A…