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Photos: This week in Idyllwild: February 4, 2016
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Ken Dahleen opens season 14 of the Idyllwild Summer Concert series with a Dixieland combo in the Fourth of July Parade and his Big Band Staff on the concert stage that night at the Idyllwild Community Center. “It’s the first time we’ve opened the series on the Fourth of July,” said Dahleen. His Dixieland six,…
Annual juried show sure to attract collectors “Landscapes of the Mind” is the intended inspiration for artists entering the “Eye of the Artist” juried competition, an annual Art Alliance of Idyllwild event. From noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 15, participating artists’ work will be featured in a show at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society…
By David PelhamContributed Pamela Arellano was invited to perform in Idyllwild last year, but the denial of a visa to the United States forced her to cancel the performance. However, this year she has a visa as does her entire family, and they are all coming to watch her perform. Arellano is that new breed…
In 1965, 16-year-old Bill Lowman came to Idyllwild to sing in Robert Holmes’ celebrated choir as part of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts Summer Programs. He stayed for a lifetime. First and longtime president and headmaster of the Idyllwild Arts Academy, Lowman concludes the free Throwback Summer Lecture Series. The series celebrates…
Birthright freedoms and rolling freight cars intersect Composer and multi-instrumentalist Braden Diotte brings his piece “General Manifest” to the William M. Lowman Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. About this composition for varied ensemble, Diotte has written on his website: “I wanted to create a piece to pay tribute to the fleeting music…