

Photo by Peter Szabadi

Photo by Peter Szabadi


Photo by Peter Szabadi





Photo by Jenny Kirchner
An Idyllwild holiday weekend with a new twist
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Santa Claus also was present at the Tree Lighting and listened to many children’s holiday wishes. Photo by Peter Szabadi










Brian D. Cohen became president of Idyllwild Arts Academy (IA) on July 1. One of his stated goals is to expand outreach to the Idyllwild community and create more avenues of cooperation and connection between town and gown. “The town’s [residents] are welcome here and I hope they take advantage of it,” he said. Cohen…
The second-annual Pursuit of Happiness begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Idyllwild Library’s Community Room. Anyone interested in increasing personal happiness is warmly invited to attend. It was in January 2015, that four women convened in Idyllwild for the first Pursuit of Happiness course. “It’s not that we weren’t already happy,” said…
The first of 2023’s Thursday night free Idyllwild Summer Concerts is set for July 6 at the Butterfield Amphitheater. It will feature series veteran Frank DiSalvo and his classic country band the Sundowners. The Sundowners feature “the good old boys: Willie, Waylon, Cash, Buck, Merle, George Jones … no new country!” Like all the headliners,…
The 19th Annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting will be Saturday, Oct. 8 — only three weeks away! It is the largest event held in the center of town, with net proceeds supporting the missions of both the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation. Member galleries and art hot spots, along…
Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series will bring more audiencefavorites to the Butterfield Amphitheater this week and next, with TheBroken Hallelujah’s on the 15th, and The Blue Breeze Band on the 22nd.In the Lenny,t will open the first concert, and Terry Jo and Lenny thesecond. The Broken Hallelujahs are based in Joshua Tree, and the CoachellaValley…