
2022 in Review
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Barnaby Finch is a well-known name in Idyllwild. A talented musician, Finch can be heard playing at Ferro with Paul Carman and Marshall Hawkins, or past Jazz in the Pines festivals. While Finch is known here for mostly playing jazz, his talents stretch well beyond that. Finch grew up in the…
Ten Idyllwild Middle School students displayed their work at a nicely mounted art show on the stage of the Idyllwild School gymnasium. Faculty advisor Lenore Sazer proudly noted that of her graduating eighth grade featured artists, five are applying to Idyllwild Arts.
University of California at Riverside’s Pipe Band once again joined Idyllwild’s Fourth of July Parade. The Band also performed at several other events during the week, including a service at the Rustic Theatre Saturday commemorating Maggie Morphett …
On Thursday, Feb, 8, a select group of Idyllwild Arts Academy students flew east to Boston, Massachusetts. On Friday, they toured the town and the university scene near the Berklee College of Music, which happens to be on the opposite side of the Charles River from Harvard and MIT. Within a 15-minute walk, the students…
Just in time for the flu season, the annual Idyllwild Health Fair will make available free flu shots for Idyllwild residents. Co-sponsored by Dr. Ken Browning’s Fern Creek Medical Center and the Idyllwild HELP Center, the annual fair provides counseling and health screenings for a variety of health markers — blood sugar, blood pressure, body…
The Town Crier sat down with Chris Bayer, proprietor of Black Mountain Coffee Roasters, at his new location in the basement of the Owl Pine shop. Bayer opened his first location, in Oakwood Village, now known as Forest Haven, in 2017. The Owl Pine’s basement seems an unlikely spot for a coffee house, but Bayer…...