
Photo by JP Crumrine

Photo by becky clark



Photo by Tom Kluzak

Photo by Tom Kluzak
PHOTOS: This week in Idyllwild: March 3, 2016
By






“I am an artist. For me to not create every day, to not make something, something is missing. I must create.” And for that voice with a name like “Mountain Mike,” certain expectations must follow. Looking the part, complete with beard, longer hair and well-worn hands that look strong enough to have wrestled a mountain…
Mr. Duffy Hudson’s presentation of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” will be at 10 a.m., Saturday Sept. 29 at St. Hugh of Lincoln, Episcopal Church in Idyllwild. The original performance was scheduled at a different time and place. The Friends of the Library is sponsoring Hudson’s one-man production. For further information, please call Ed…
Ken Luber, one of the first American Film Institute fellows, is a writer and director with a long film and television career in Los Angeles. Since relocating to the Idyllwild area in 2003, Luber has continued to write. He has penned the novel “Match to the Heart,” a book of poetry “Everybody’s Shadow” and a…
By definition, nocturnes are pensive, dreamy and appropriate to the night or evening. The Idyllwild Master Chorale presents a gently evocative evening graced with a little night music for its April 1 Spring Concert. Set to the music of Morten Lauridsen and David Dickau, the haunting and touching texts of the featured nocturnes are penned…
By Kate Kramer Special to the Town Crier Last month I gave a presentation about the Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival at the state meeting for the California Native Plant Society in San Jose. Native plant lovers from across California were a receptive audience for the story of the festival and the local efforts in conserving…
For many, the palm tree symbolizes Southern California. But for any who are from colder climes, seeing outsized Christmas snowflake decorations hanging next to palm trees is not the Currier and Ives Christmas that has become enshrined in the U.S. as the “perfect” Christmas. For this writer, it has always been a stretch to feel…