The week in photos: Dec. 26, 2019 - Idyllwild Town Crier

Art & Culture | On The Town

*Special guest singer* **Sherry Williams** *performs during the jazz set with* **Bob Boss** *on guitar and* **Marshall Hawkins** *on bass. The Idyllwild Master Chorale performed its “I Remember Christmas” 2019 holiday concert Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

*The Idyllwild Master Chorale performed its “I Remember Christmas” 2019 holiday concert Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Photos by Jenny Kirchner*

*Idyllwild Master Chorale Conductor* **Dwight “Buzz” Holmes** *shakes hands with first violinist Dr.* **Todor Pelev**.
*Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

Little ones enjoyed decorating cookies after story time Monday morning at the Idyllwild Library. Story time was all about cookies this week, just in time for the holidays. Photos by Jenny Kirchner

*The Idyllwild Fire Protection District delivered toys to the HELP Center Wednesday as part of its Spark of Love toy drive. Photo by Melissa Diaz Hernandez*

*The kinders at Idyllwild School performed Christmas songs for family and friends Wednesday, Dec. 18. Photo by Halie Wilson*

*The Hot Flash Trio, featuring* **Don Reed**, **Kathleen Anne Johnson**, **and Sandii Castleberry,** *performed their fusion bluegrass at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery last Friday night.*
*Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

Many came out to enjoy some soups, bread and dessert during the community lunch at Town Hall Friday afternoon. The lunch is free and open to the public with the purpose of bringing the community together. The next community lunch will be Jan. 31 at 12:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 25925 Cedar St. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

*Musicians came out to perform during the weekly jam session at Leanna’s Idyll Awhile Thursday night.*
*Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

**Jeff Hixon** *and* **Terry Jo** *perform together as TimbreWoods. Their folk-rock, blues and country tunes filled Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery Sunday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

*Live Bait filled Leanna’s Idyll Awhile with tunes Saturday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

*Musician* **Keith McCabe** *performed at Café Aroma Friday and Saturday night last week entertaining the dinner guests with his mellow tunes. Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

*Students of Idyllwild School performed “Miracle on 34th Street” Saturday afternoon ringing in the holidays with the classic performance.*
*Photos by Jenny Kirchner*

**Patrice Morris** *and the Women of Soul trio rocked Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery Saturday with music from* **Aretha Franklin**, **Gladys Knight**, **Whitney Houston**, **Patti LaBelle**, **Chaka Kahn** *and many others. Photo by Jenny Kirchner*

**Jason Bogan** *(center) teaches students at Mountain Pottery last Saturday morning.*
*Photo by* *Jenny Kirchner*

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The Rustic Theatre opens for business
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Graham and Gail Sutherland purchased The Rustic Theatre, now renamed The Rustic Theatre and Entertainment Center, Oct. 24, 2020. In the middle of the pandemic, the theater was unable to open to show movies until last weekend. According to the website, the theater was originally opened as a side job for Nina and Glenn Froehlich,…

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Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series opens with Nana-Ama Danquah
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Author, editor, journalist and public speaker Nana-Ama Danquah opens Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series on Sunday, July 10. This is year six for Santiago’s popular series, held at 4 p.m. Sunday, for five weeks, on the deck of Café Aroma. Danquah is a compelling choice to open the series. Born in Ghana, she immigrated to…

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Seuss stops in
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Children’s author Dr. Seuss came to life when portrayed by Broadway and film actor Duffy Hudson for a large audience at Community Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Sept. 24. In the photo above, Dr. Seuss captivates the audience with “And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street,” one of many Seuss classics he performed.

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The lonely mountaineer and the geography of hope
By October 15, 2014December 5, 2014 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Dr. Jennifer Gee, James Reserve director, is the featured speaker at the upcoming Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series. She will talk about the Mountain Quail, called by John Muir, the “lonely mountaineer,” because of their elusiveness. Gee will speak and show slides beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Silver Pines Lodge. Gee…

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Chamber represents Idyllwild at Date Festival
By March 1, 2012January 30, 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

Donald Godbey of Hemet was “very impressed” to meet the “talking hairy beast” that staffed the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce booth at this year’s Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival. The Idyll-Beast, a.k.a. David Jerome, hosted the Idyllwild booth for the entire Date Festival, which set record breaking attendance marks this year. The Idyllwild Chamber Booth was virtually near pandemonium with the availability of the popular Visitor Guides and multiple photo-ops for families and school groups with Idyll-Beast, according to Jerome. “Idyllwild is the only resort community represented at the fair this year,” the Beast reported.

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Camp Alandale’s camper activities will move to new site: Business offices to remain in Idyllwild
By January 7, 2016April 2, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Camp Alandale on Highway 243, a Hill fixture for 35 years, had been facing the threat of closure over the expense of upgrading current facilities to meet code and expanding the camp to serve greater numbers of abused youth. But in what camp managers call a gift from God, they were able to purchase a…

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