Skylee Shelby takes a moment to hang out with the Easter Bunny that visited the American Legion Post 800’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Shane Fender
Skylee Shelby takes a moment to hang out with the Easter Bunny that visited the American Legion Post 800’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Shane Fender Children race to find that Golden Egg at the American Legion Post 800’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Shane Fender After the countdown, kids run for the eggs during the annual Idyllwild Easter Egg Hunt and festivities, held on Saturday afternoon at the Community Center site. Photo by Barbara Reese Making memories with the Easter Bunny at the Annual Easter Egg Hunt festivities on Saturday at the Community Center site. Photo by Barbara Reese this little bunny looks for the right colors for her Easter egg at Saturday afternoon’s Easter Egg Hunt. Photos by Barbara ReeseUnlike 2011, the sun arose and humans came to the traditional Idyllwild Easter Sunrise Service and heard Pastor Dick Olson, from the Community Presbyterian Church deliver his message of God’s love. Photo by Careena Chase Pastor Wally Boer (on the right), from Chapel of the Pines, presenting an Easter sunrise message at Inspiration Point to a large number of early rising worshippers. On the left is the “Worship Team” from Chapel of the Pines. Its members are: Noah Bischof, Myla Davis, Sharon Aeder, Jeff Hale, Matt Bischof, Tom Moses, Diane Bloom and Susan Gray. Photo by Careena Chase
On Easter Sunday the Idyllwild Spiritual Living Center held an Easter Bonnet Parade following their morning service. Showing off their uniquely beautiful hats are (from left) Rev. Sheila Weldon (funniest hat), Phyliss Curington-Brown, Celeste Mann, Avianna Jones, Patty Morgan, Karen Metz, Charmane Mitchell, Rev. Patty Spicer (most creative hat), and Christina Taylor (most beautiful hat) holding her son Brian. In the background is Practioner Elaine Balkman-Latimer. Photos by Careena Chase Rev. Patty Spicer, donning her beautiful Easter Bonnet, won the award for the most creative hat. She chose butterflies as the theme for her bonnet, since they are a symbol for Idyllwild Spiritual Living Center as well as for rebirth and transformation. Photo by Careena Chase
Ticket sales and attendance held steady Straight-ahead and cutting-edge jazz held center stage at the Idyllwild 2017 Jazz in the Pines festival. Each of the three venues offered new acts and interesting arrangements and sounds. And, according to John Newman, Idyllwild Arts Foundation director of business operations, ticket sales and attendance were remarkably consistent with…
Robert Ferguson is a contemporary impressionist painter in the mode of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Paul Cézanne. He is opening a studio in Pinyon Pines that backs onto national forest land with an unobstructed view of the mountains and a light-enriched environment. Ferguson’s paintings are rich with color, as were those of the old…
Piano man and arranger Keith Droste and jazz chanteuse Sherry Williams wrap the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series’ 13th edition with some sounds sweet, stirring and swinging.
