


Photo by Tom Kluzak

Rare eclipse had us all looking up (with protection)
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Idyllwild Librarian Shannon Ng handed out solar eclipse viewing glasses at the library Monday morning for locals to come enjoy watching the eclipse safely. People were thrilled, some seeing a solar eclipse for the first, and maybe last, time in their lives …



Photo by Tom Kluzak

More than 100 people affiliated with the Desert Sun School (later the Elliott-Pope Preparatory School) in Idyllwild from the year 1942 to the school’s closure in 1990 held a reunion last Saturday. The reunion was on the school campus, now the site of Astrocamp. Some Idyllwild notables who attended were Marshall Hawkins, who taught sports…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild announced that the 112 silent auction items at the “Call of the Wyld” Benefit Concert raised $5,000. AAI will send a donation check to the Idyllwild Community Fund that will match the funds. This means even greater benefit to those who lost the most during the Cranston Fire. The items…
In a short meeting, on Sunday, June 26, five board members of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and 12 members met to revise current bylaws. The five attending board members included President Shanna Robb, Veda Roubideaux, Del Marcussen, Darcy Gerdes and Peter Szabadi. Proposed by motion was a move to lower the minimum number of…
Local video producers and life partners Marcia Waldorf and Jim Crawford are featuring Idyllwild in a soon-to-be-released national infomercial. Recognized internationally for their production, writing and video expertise, Waldorf Crawford is a powerhouse in direct-response marketing. Their company creates ad campaigns from creative concept and scripting to finished video for use in broadcast, cable, satellite…
Idyllwild Arts senior Yixuan “Maisie” Luo is known to her classmates and teachers to be thoughtful, contemplative, soft-spoken and considerate of others. She is also, at the age of 17, recognized as a major artist, one not afraid to take risks and color outside the lines. Maisie, a native of Shenzhen, China, recently won two…
Patriotic music and themes from stage and screen Ken Dahleen and his Big Band Staff open season 19 of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series with a patriotic tribute to the Fourth of July and songs from Broadway and the movies. The popular eight-week series, in a nod to locals, takes place on Thursday nights, not…