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Photos: Last Week in Idyllwild: October 15, 2015
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“Life always gives more than it takes away,” mused Gary Kuscher with a wistful glance. Born into a family of artists, his parents both Broadway actors, Kuscher majored in music, he even blew the sax with Ernie Watts — but piano was his first love. “While I can no longer caress my piano with that…
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed In response to the health pandemic, Idyllwild Arts announces that the 2020 Summer Program is moving online. While so much has changed so rapidly, Summer Program Reimagined is expanding on Idyllwild Arts’ role as a leader in 21st century arts education. For the first time in the program’s 71-year history, Idyllwild…
Dr. Susan Foster is trained in clinical psychology, but her interest in species’ behaviors and actions began with animals. “I started working with animals in nature, in marine biology,” she said. In studying whales and dolphins in the Sea of Cortez, Foster noticed the vibrational energy generated by these species, and it is this use…
Ken DahleenContributed Idyllwild Summer Concerts Inc. has scheduled the 2021 summer series of family concerts. Concerts are scheduled for eight Thursdays in July and August from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. at the Butterfield Amphitheater, located at 54201 Ridgeview Dr. We expect California and Riverside County to fully open on June 15, but we cannot wait…
Mary Morse, the new director of Idyllwild’s Spirit Mountain Retreat, stresses that the center is non-denominational and a place for personal discovery and renewal for men and women of all beliefs and practices. “It is a place for people to get in touch with who they are, a place to find that their personal story…
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, May 26• Jazzercise, 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Camp Maranatha, 54162 Maranatha Dr.• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild…