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Nicole Picchiottino returns to her K-6 alma mater Nicole (Hoffman) Picchiottino, along with other first- and second-grade students at Idyllwild School, used to slide her lunchbox down the long hall from the cafeteria to the kindergarten classroom to see whose could go farther. “I’m sure I won occasionally,” said Picchiottino. “I’m very competitive.” The game…
Idyllwild’s 2023 free Summer Concert Series (ISCS) continues Thursday, July 13, when the Big Band Staff backs up Sharon Owens in a “Tribute to Barbra Streisand.” There will be no opening act, and the music starts at 7 p.m. The concerts are free to all and have been a big draw for locals and visitors…
“Beyond Therapy,” Christopher Durang’s 1981 play, will be Conor O’Farrell’s next production for the benefit of the Idyllwild HELP Center. The previous productions — “The Odd Couple” and “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” — were performed on Memorial Weekend, but, this year, late September is when the curtain rises. O’Farrell hopes the season will not…
The Town Crier has been unable to capture a photograph of this year’s winners of the Town Crier’s annual snow guessing contest. The winners voted the correct date of Dec. 12, 2022, at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery. Their names were picked from a hat. The winners are Bernie Hoffinger and Jill Murphy. Sadly, Murphy…
Idyllwild Master Chorale Director Dwight “Buzz” Holmes has programmed a festive holiday concert, featuring beautifully arranged holiday carols performed by the chorale, a jazz set with Marshall Hawkins’ quartet, vocalists Sherry Williams and John Fleming, pianist and conductor John Rodby and a “Hallelujah” chorus sing along with chamber orchestra. All of this musical excellence is…