
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Idyllwild Arts dance recital
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Juan Posada plays “Escamillo” in Carmen, the final performance of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Spring Dance Concert over the weekend.

This weekend is the 20th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival and third festival Marsha Lytle has chaired. “I feel great about it,” Lytle said Friday, Aug. 9. “Ticket sales are exceeding expectations. I’m sure the special two-day deal helped. The last two weeks have been huge. I don’t remember sales this strong this close to…
Lanny and Lorraine Hardy celebrate their one-year anniversary of their ownership of The Creek House restaurant with Chris and Melody Johnston of Middle Ridge Winery, Temecula, on Saturday afternoon. Middle Ridge Winery held a wine tasting on the deck in celebration of the anniversary.
By Dr. Jennifer Gee Director, UC Riverside James Reserve Allison Roth, a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Nick Keiser’s lab at the University of Florida, will be launching a project with Dr. Jennifer Gee, the resident director of The James Reserve, on California quail. Roth comes to us fresh from the University of Oxford where she…
Photos of the activities and events in Idyllwild last week.
By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) held its “Eye of the Artist” event on Saturday, Oct. 17. Jasmine Peck judged over 60 pieces of art in four categories: 2-D, 3-D, wearable art and photography with ribbons also going to the Best of Show and Best Theme. Peck is the ceramics teacher…
At the Sunday, Aug. 7 annual meeting of the Idyllwild Area Historical Society (IAHS), the featured speaker, aviation archeologist Gary “Pat” Macha, spoke of crash sites in local mountains. Prior to Macha’s talk, Treasurer Bob Smith reported that IAHS was flying high financially on a strong course with good instrument ratings. “We feel fortunate to…