Over 20 local nonprofit organizations participated in a Non-Profit Expoin IDY park on Wednesday, August 7. Groups were there to educate andmake friends, handing out literature and small gifts. The expohighlighted the variety of opportunities to volunteer and help ourcommunity, from preventing, preparing for and responding to disasters,to preserving our history, supporting the arts, and…
The Idyllwild Nature Center will be hosting the annual Butterfly DazeSaturday August 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entry is free. The event is byorganized by Riverside County Parks and the Friends of the San JacintoMountain County Parks. There will be a live butterfly tent with monarchsand painted ladies. There will be a lecture at…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild will be holding their annual Here and Nowart show at the Art Dept and Mountain Pottery on Saturday, August 17from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s theme is “Everyone Welcome.” Artists have submitted works in2 and 3 dimensions. Prizes will be awarded for various categories: 2D,3D, photography, and wearable…
Dr Marshall Hawkins’ Seahawk Modern Jazz Orchestra presented theconcluding headline concert of the 30th and final Jazz in the PinesFestival on Friday July 12. Idyllwild Arts Academy President PamelaJordan dedicated the evening to the memory of the “late jazz guitargiant, our beloved Bob Boss.” Jordan presented Boss’ wife of 44 years,Vicki, with a plaque and…
Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series continues its 25th Anniversaryseason on Thursday, July 18, with SouthBound and Company’s Classic RockDouble Shot. Locals Sandy Castleberry and Lily McCabe will open theshow. Next week, on the 25th, Sharon Owens performs as Barbra Streisand,backed up by Ken Dahleen’s Big Band Staff, who will also open that show. SouthBound and…
The Friends of the San Jacinto Mountain County Parks held their annualLemon Lily Festival at the Nature Center on Saturday, July 13. Thismonth’s record-breaking heat wave meant an early blooming season, andfewer human visitors to the event. Those who made it enjoyed crafts andgames for kids, a story walk, free face painting and “bounce house,”…
Sammy Busby offers acting classes at Hilltop Music and Acting Studio foradults and teens. He is calling his enterprise SHB Acting Studio, usinghis initials and making a nod to his training at New York City’s HBStudio with Uta Hagan, whose book A Challenge for the Actor will be thetext for the classes. The classes will…
The Directors of Pine Cove Water met on Wednesday, June 26, as there hadbeen no quorum on their usual date. With board members Vicki Jacubac andLou Padulla absent, three directors were present to make a quorum,President Robert Hewitt, Becky Smith, and Rose Venard. The board heardgood news about water loss figures, began discussions about replacingtheir…
With its 30th anniversary, the Jazz in the Pines Festival is ending. Thefestival has brought mainstream jazz and crossover artists, as well asregional jazz greats, to audiences who came up the hill for the day orweekend and has been the major fundraiser for scholarships to theIdyllwild Arts Academy. The festival has, in recent years, turned…
On Wednesday night, June 19, the Rustic Theater hosted a meet and greeton for Will Rollins, Democratic challenger to incumbent Ken Calvert. This will be Rollins second effort to unseat Calvert in 2022 and he camewithin 11,100 votes. Rollins invoked the future of republic, saying that because of all theissues on the ballot in November…
