Business leaders with an interest in promoting the arts and gaining recognition for Idyllwild as an art lover’s destination are sought by the Art Alliance of Idyllwild. “We are working to establish officers for this coming year’s board of directors,” offered Lea Deesing, current AAI president, adding, “I have a strong interest in the arts,…

Idyllwild Library is kicking off its annual Summer Reading program, a six-week reading party, from Monday, June 13, to Friday, July 22. An Idyll-Beast sighting is expected during the inaugural morning children’s session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first day. The theme this year is “Reading beyond the beaten path,” encouraging people (and…

Fourteen years ago, big band leader, clarinetist and Idyllwild resident Ken Dahleen saw a need for a summer concert series and persevered until he launched the first in 2000. Idyllwild is unincorporated, and in 2000 there were no civic budgets to provide summer concerts in the park. But Dahleen thought there should be free outdoor…