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PHOTOS: This Week in Idyllwild: December 1, 2016
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“Louie, Take a Look at This! My Time with Huell Howser” is the subject of a talk Luis Fuerte will give at the Idyllwild Library from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 8. David Duron wrote the book based on what Fuerte told him. Howser, the exuberant, popular host of “California’s Gold” and other California…
With trumpeter Stan Watkins and vocalist Sherry Williams, the Keith Droste Quintet wowed the capacity crowd at its Thursday, Aug. 4 performance as part of Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Keith Droste, on keyboard, along with Luther Hughes on bass and Sinclair Lott on drums played a medley of Broadway show tunes, old standards and jazz and pop selections.
Palm Springs Aerial TramwayContributed Historical records of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will soon be revealed in an episode of the popular Empire/KVCR PBS series “Uncovered in the Archives.” Series host Brad Pomerance travels to Palm Springs to sift through the tramway’s archives to learn how this world-renowned Southern California attraction came to be. The…
Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, for Idyllwild Arts’ 25th-annual Jazz in the Pines festival. This year’s event honors Marshall Hawkins, festival co-founder and director of Idyllwild Arts’ jazz program. Many alumni-turned-professional jazz musicians are returning to honor Hawkins, their mentor. As always, crafts, jewelry and artwork are for sale in the festival…
Dirt, dust, burned-out trees and new shrub growth is like a blanket across May Valley a year-and-a-half after the Cranston Fire ripped through the area, quickly chewing up anything in its path. The Santa Ana winds didn’t give way Saturday morning as about 25 volunteers worked tirelessly planting saplings as part of a reforestation project…
BBVD returns to Jazz in the Pines …