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PHOTOS: Welcoming spring
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In the garden at Spirit Mountain Retreat and with locals in attendance, Executive Director Mary Morse lights a ceremonial candle to commemorate the spring solstice on Sunday




Whatever the circumstances were involved in the delay of Idyllwild Master Chorale’s regular spring concert presentation to nearly two months after the Easter season were quickly mitigated by last Saturday night’s performance in Lowman Concert Hall and in the chorale’s subsequent follow-up on Sunday at St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church’s Labyrinth area. Artistic Director Dwight Holmes’s…
Lineups announced, planning complete In less than four months, the sounds of music — and clapping, dancing, singing — will fill Strawberry Valley. The 24th-annual Jazz in the Pines starts Aug. 11 and ends Aug. 13. Once again, the magic of jazz — America’s music — will excite the mountain and fill the town with…
Submit listings and changes to melissa@towncrier.com. All events are subject to last-minute changes. Note: Some events, meetings and office hours may be canceled or modified due to precautions being taken to limit the spread of COVID-19. Wednesday, Apr. 21• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild Pines Camp, 26375 Highway 243.• La Leche League, 10 a.m. Call 951-659-8321.• Garner…
Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz is the featured speaker at the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership. Reitz will speak on his personal background and the fire department’s history in Idyllwild. With fire season upon us, Reitz will speak to residential abatement, highlighting what can be done to protect neighborhoods and, time permitting,…
Author’s press release An Idyllwild author has written a book-length R.S.V.P. — a heartwarming invitation for readers that shows them a way out of whatever’s keeping them from enjoying life. Judy Leighton has been a pain and stress consultant for more than 30 years, helping hundreds of people not only find relief from traumatic memories…
Idyllwild Arts now streams concerts and events on a website www.ustream.tv/channel/idyllwild-arts-live. A calendar of events that will be streamed through the end of the academic year, is also available at www.idyllwildarts.org/calendar-q10523-c10048-Live_Performances.aspx. Darren Schilling, Idyllwild Arts marketing director, said the project was launched in October with donor funding to show off-Hill audiences the vibrancy of artistic…