
2022 in Review
By Idyllwild Town Crier

It’s mystifying when the forces of nature come together to create a dynamic whose time has come. Women moving into self-determination on a global scale is one such example. The emergence of Germany’s Leica Camera Company resulting in “the Freedom Train” during WWII, establishing a progressive culture for more than 100 years, is another. As…
Always a highpoint of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS), the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band stationed at 29 Palms returns as the closing act for the 12th season, on Thursday, Aug. 18. The 51-member band has been such a popular part of Ken Dahleen’s series that its annual appearance is almost synonymous…
The second-annual Pursuit of Happiness begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Idyllwild Library’s Community Room. Anyone interested in increasing personal happiness is warmly invited to attend. It was in January 2015, that four women convened in Idyllwild for the first Pursuit of Happiness course. “It’s not that we weren’t already happy,” said…
The many visitors to Idyllwild over Memorial Day weekend will be able to enjoy the art in action that is Plein Air, the act of painting outdoors. Dotted throughout town beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday will be Art Alliance of Idyllwild Plein Air artists competing for a first-, second- or third-place ribbon with cash prizes…
By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) held its “Eye of the Artist” event on Saturday, Oct. 17. Jasmine Peck judged over 60 pieces of art in four categories: 2-D, 3-D, wearable art and photography with ribbons also going to the Best of Show and Best Theme. Peck is the ceramics teacher…