

Photo by Steven King



Photo by Steven King




Photo courtesy Idyllwild Library

Photo by Steven King

Photo by Marcia Waldorf


Photo by Pauline Costi

Photo by Tom Kluzak




Photo by Halie Wilson
The Week in Photos: July 19, 2018
By Idyllwild Town Crier

The Wind Symphony, composed of students at the Idyllwild Arts’ Summer Programs, performed Saturday, July 14. Photo by Steven King


















Accessible with miles of easy to moderate hiking trails and surrounded by views of the entire valley and mountains, this premier Nature Center has so much to offer the community …
Paul Riggi views lights intended for the Community Christmas Tree. Above, a climber in the top of Idyllwild’s Christmas Tree pulls the tree lights into place.
Zhen “Edmund” Yang, new owner of the Gastrognome, plans a steady course as he moves the flagship restaurant forward. Yang took over from longtime owners Lanny and Jane Wagstaff on Feb. 20. “I am asked by every customer if I am going to make changes,” said Yang. “What I tell them is ‘If this is…
Gary Parton presented his ideas for an Idyllwild Lilac Festival to the Garden Club at its May 6 meeting. Parton is devoted to establishing Idyllwild as the lilac center of Southern California and the festival would be a celebration of lilacs. Over the past four years, he has organized the planting of more than 1,000…
This weekend will mark the inaugural season for a new Idyllwild event, the Lily Rock Chamber Music Festival. It is a project of the Manhattan Chamber Players (MCP), three of whose members will perform, augmented by a roster of guest artists. This first year, two concerts are scheduled: Saturday, Sept. 24, at a home on…
Ken’s Big Band Staff returns to Idyllwild Thursday, Aug. 15. Led by Ken Dahleen, the creator and producer of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series, the Big Band Staff will sweep you off your feet with luxurious harmonies and rhythms beyond 3/4. The heyday of big bands was the 1930s and 1940s. But they are neither…