
PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
Christmas day caroling
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Town Crier readers voted Pine Cove resident Annamarie Padula recipient of the 2014 Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. The award is given in memory of Town Crier founder, publisher, editor and cartoonist Ernie Maxwell whose community and environmental activism added significantly to the growth and identity of the Hill during its post-World War II heyday….
Idyllwild Arts senior Yixuan “Maisie” Luo is known to her classmates and teachers to be thoughtful, contemplative, soft-spoken and considerate of others. She is also, at the age of 17, recognized as a major artist, one not afraid to take risks and color outside the lines. Maisie, a native of Shenzhen, China, recently won two…
Pipes in the Pines, featuring the University of California, Riverside, Pipe Band, returns to Idyllwild, Wednesday, July 3. The evening event was sold out last year and this year’s return engagement is also quickly selling tickets. The Pipe band will present an evening of Celtic entertainment from shortly after the gate opens, at Gary Parton’s…
Marine Gunnery Sergeant Joel Daniel, Thursday night’s emcee for the summer concert, brought the crowd to its feet during a rousing performance of an original piece traditional bagpipes.
Tatyana Kut is one of the new teachers coming into Idyllwild School this fall. A long-time resident of Hemet, Kut has been in the community for 23 years. Originally from Ukraine, Kut moved to Hemet with her family when she was 10 1/2 years old. Neither she nor her parents spoke English. She depended on…
Gemini Anderson, daughter of the late Pete “Pedro” Anderson and Betty Ginsberg Anderson, is heading to the New York City theater district for an invitation-only talent showcase. Anderson, a 2012 Idyllwild Arts musical theater graduate, is also a 2015 honors bachelor’s degree graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales….