

Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Jazz and drums at Idyllwild Arts
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Justin Holmes (center) adds tap dancing into the mix during the “History of the Drum” event Thursday at Idyllwild Arts. Musicians providing rhythm for Holmes are (from left) Bob Boss on guitar, Marshall Hawkins on bass, Toby Williams on drums and Najite on African drums. Photo by Jenny Kirchner



Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer nominated Doug Austin for a Hemet Unified School District Good Apple Award. Kraemer, in his write up to the district for the nomination, wrote how Austin, and his late wife Mary, started the Charles Dickens Poster & Essay Contest 15 years ago for the 8th grade students at Idyllwild School….
The Crier sat down this week with Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) Film and Digital Media Chair Catalina Alcaraz-Guzman to discuss her recent Teacher of the Year award at the All-American Film Festival in New York City. The festival, now in its 10th year, is dedicated to high school film students and receives thousands of submissions…
Idyllwild’s 24th-annual Earth Fair this Saturday is themed “Born to be Wild!” The event is from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its traditional venue — Town Hall.
Town Jazz, the three-day in town event serves up a bountiful menu of jazz designed to add additional hours of pleasure and entertainment to its venerable progenitor, Jazz in the Pines. Jazz luminaries from all over Southern California have answered the call of Idyllwild jazz icon Marshall Hawkins to play at Town Jazz. The Idyllwild…
Last week in The Days of Our Nine Lives, the ARF dogs and cats welcomed two new adult cats to the cattery. King Kitty: (hollering to the cats from the office) I have news! Leia: Don’t make us wait. Spit it out! King Kitty: Steve the dog got adopted on Saturday. Girlie Girl: What a…