PHOTOS: Idyllwild's Tree Lighting ceremony

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The Children’s Choir enthusiastically belts out a carol at the Idyllwild Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Saturday night. Photo by Peter Szabadi

Julie, Cheri and Andrew Selva Photo by Cheryl Bayse — Julie, Cheri and Andrew Selva
Photo by Cheryl Bayse

Kymberlea, JT, and Craig Davis Photo by Cheryl Bayse — Kymberlea, JT, and Craig Davis
Photo by Cheryl Bayse

Albert and Annette Basye Photo by Cheryl Basye — Albert and Annette Basye
Photo by Cheryl Basye

The moment the crowd is waiting for ... the tree is lit. Photo by Cheryl Bayse — The moment the crowd is waiting for … the tree is lit. Photo by Cheryl Bayse

The Caroling Company Director Diane Burt leads the crowd in song. Photo by Cheryl Bayse

Many visitors flooded the 48th-annual Harvest Festival sponsored by the Idyllwild Rotary at Town Hall Friday and Saturday. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

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‘Word of Mouth,’ a new backyard club
BySally Hedberg July 24, 2012April 12, 2013 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Wanting to be a positive force in the community, Peter Buhl is inaugurating a new concept to enable folks interested in art, music and literature to come together …

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‘The Red Pill,’ IIFC opening-night film, a difficult pill for filmmaker
By December 28, 2016 Reading Time: 4 minutes

Making “The Red Pill,” Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema opening-night film, was a difficult and extraordinarily personal journey for documentarian Cassie Jaye. When Jaye founded Jaye Bird Productions in 2008, her goal was to produce feature-length documentaries that would expand the mind and encourage critical thought on politically polarizing issues. But with “The Red Pill,”…

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Native American Arts Festival starts June 18
ByIdyllwild Town Crier May 31, 2023August 23, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Idyllwild Arts Foundation presents its annual Native American Arts Festival (NAAF) Week at the Idyllwild Arts campus from Sunday to Friday, June 18 to 23. The weeklong event, which has run each summer for over two decades, is designed to enhance and enrich the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program with Native American arts-based programming, including an…

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America’s sweetheart Dawn Wells is coming to Soboba Casino
ByIdyllwild Town Crier March 28, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Remember Mary Ann from “Gilligan’s Island?” She’s coming to Soboba Casino. Dawn Wells made history as the first woman to sport “short shorts” on national television, and has been making hearts pound ever since. If you are one of the many fans who tuned into “Gilligan’s Island” every week, you have the chance to get…

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Third time’s a charm for Idyllwild film festival
By January 17, 2012January 25, 2013 Reading Time: 7 minutes

It worked and it worked very well, according to attending patrons and filmmakers …

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Idyllwild Arts evacuates students and faculty to Palm Springs during fire
By July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Reading Time: 5 minutes

Brendan Constantine has been teaching with Idyllwild Arts summer poetry and creative writing programs for most of the last 17 years and agreed to tell his class’ evacuation story. More than 200 kids plus teachers and counselors were abruptly moved off campus. Subsequently, many students were picked up by their parents in Banning that afternoon….

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