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The popular band “City Beat’ brought its hard-hitting sound to the Hill on Thursday, July 21 as part of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Locals, visitors and friends crowded onto the dance floor to dance to City Beat’s playlist of Chicago, Tower of Power, Blood Sweat and Tears and other favorites. Photo by Cid Castillo

The Crier sat down with Shane Stewart to talk about his latest project,Tahquitz Pines. Stewart served as general contractor during theproperty’s extensive and thorough renovation and is now Managing Partnerof Idyllwild’s newest resort and event venue. First opened in the 1930s, Tahquitz Pines was, until now, always achurch camp. The public got their first look…
For nearly 40 years, Dr. Eric Barr taught acting, directing and writing at the University of California, Riverside. For 30 years, he chaired UCR’s Theater Department. A key architect of UCR’s master’s degree in fine arts in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, Barr was responsible for launching the program at the UCR,…
Before seeing “The Sword in the Stone” at the Rustic Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 18, King Darrell Gillett knights Rylan Righetti.
The Riverside County Fair and Date Festival will be held Friday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 26 in Indio. Although it’s a county fair, it is also a celebration of the Indio area’s history and prominence as a major international producer of dates. As part of that celebration, some of the entertainment is unique to…
Friday afternoon at Idyllwild Pines Camp was a perfect day for a water slide and lots of local kids took advantage of it …
The Village Lane is once again part of Idyllwild’s night life, aspartners Taryn Scanlon and Rick Caughman opened Taryn’s Place, their artgallery and tavern, Friday, March 22. They told the Crier they did asoft opening earlier in the week but were now ready for everyone. Evenbefore 5 p.m., the place was full. We interviewed Scanlon…