Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series (ISCS) continues Thursday, July 27, with Terri Olsen and The Perfect Blend. Opening will be a trio of Idyllwild jazz stalwarts, Paul, Bob and Bill (Carman, Boss and Saitta.) The music begins at 6:05 p.m., with the headliner taking the stage at 7 p.m. Olsen is a summer concert veteran,…
Brian Parnell’s Audiowild continues to book surprising talent in a tiny space. Friday, July 21, singer Morgan Myles will include Idyllwild in a national barnstorming tour. Myles appears at Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada the next night. Other upcoming shows at Audiowild cover quite the range, from Punk Rock Night to Paul…
Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) fans should note that Thursday, July 13, the concert begins at 6:10 p.m., not 7 p.m., as last week’s story had it. Ken Dahleen and the Big Band Staff will open, then stay around to back up Sharon Owens as Barbra Streisand. It’s hard to think of a band that…
This week the Crier sat down with the new owners of Café Aroma, Eric and Adrienne Edmunds. The couple take over the storied “Café, Bistro and Social Club” from Erica and Stewart Klair, who made a lot of friends in their brief tour of duty here, and, like Aroma’s many guests, the Edmunds have only…
Idyllwild’s 2023 free Summer Concert Series (ISCS) continues Thursday, July 13, when the Big Band Staff backs up Sharon Owens in a “Tribute to Barbra Streisand.” There will be no opening act, and the music starts at 7 p.m. The concerts are free to all and have been a big draw for locals and visitors…
Tuesday, June 20, California’s full parole board granted parole to Thongxay Nilakout, who was convicted of the murder of German tourist Gisela Pflegger during a robbery at Indian Vista Point in 1994, in which he also shot her husband Klaus three times. Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended the board reconsider the December 2022 decision of a…
The first of 2023’s Thursday night free Idyllwild Summer Concerts is set for July 6 at the Butterfield Amphitheater. It will feature series veteran Frank DiSalvo and his classic country band the Sundowners. The Sundowners feature “the good old boys: Willie, Waylon, Cash, Buck, Merle, George Jones … no new country!” Like all the headliners,…
Birte Pflegger provided the Crier with an update on the parole process for convicted murderer Thongxay Nilakout, the man who killed her mother and nearly killed her father during a botched robbery at Indian Vista Point near Lake Fulmor in 1994. In December 2022, a state hearing panel recommended Nilakout for parole. The full board…
Last week the Crier took a tour of Idyllwild Water District’s (IWD) wastewater treatment plant, in service since 1970. IWD recently approved a five-year program of rate increases to pay for a replacement for the facility, at a projected cost of over $7 million. Funding also is being sought from the state to lift some…
David Hunt is celebrating 50 years of service to Idyllwild’s biking community at his Bike Route shop on Pine Crest Avenue. The Crier visited him there recently to hear his part of the saga and that of his family. TC: How did all this start? DH: It started in eighth grade at Idyllwild Elementary School….
