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“Life always gives more than it takes away,” mused Gary Kuscher with a wistful glance. Born into a family of artists, his parents both Broadway actors, Kuscher majored in music, he even blew the sax with Ernie Watts — but piano was his first love. “While I can no longer caress my piano with that…
Brendan and Mary Collier, inveterate cyclists and owners of Idyllwild Hub Cyclery, are planning and GPS mapping a 400-mile mountain to desert bicycle course for an end of April event. “It’s a ride, not a race,” Brendan stressed. “No prizes, no fees, just a group of friends getting together for a ride.” Both Mary and…
There are changes wafting in the wintry air for this year’s Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony. The biggest of them is that this year’s festivities will be managed by the Idyllwild Community Center, with Chris Perreault chairing the entertainment activities planned for the event. The second is that the tree that will be brilliantly lit is…
Author Dete Meserve asks in her novel “Good Sam” (Melrose Hill, 2014) whether acts of kindness would ever make the nightly news or front pages of print media. “We are constantly bombarded with stories about senseless murders, natural disasters, tragic accidents, massive fraud and the dark side of the American dream,” she notes on her…
“Love, Loss and What I Wore” will be Isis’s initial 2013 production. The Ephron sisters — well-known Nora and Delia — wrote a series of monologues based on Ilene Beckerman’s 1995 book of the same title. The subjects range from relationships to wardrobes, and women’s clothing serves as a time capsule of her life. Nora…
Memories — fond, good, great and loving — are all that remain of the 22nd-annual Jazz in the Pines. Once again, the Hill has been graced with rhythm, mirth, blues and improvisation of beautiful jazz music. The festival’s popularity continues to attract thousands to Idyllwild for the two special days and to depend on the…