The Idyllwild Master Chorale’s spring concert, under the baton of Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, features soaring melodies and heavenly harmonies by some of America’s most revered contemporary composers. It is the first choral concert at the newly opened William M. Lowman Concert Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus — a hall specifically designed for orchestral and…
It’s that time of year again, when, with the promise of spring, or snow, Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers begin arriving in Idyllwild. Friends of the Idyllwild Library is hosting a talk at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, by two veteran PCT thru-hikers, Paul and Alice Bodnar. Paul has completed the 2,650-mile trek three times, the…
Idyllwild Arts’ Theatre Department next presents “Hotel Cassiopeia,” playwright Charles L. Mee’s dreamlike evocation of the life and carefully calibrated creations of American “sculptor” and collector of found objects Joseph Cornell. Famously reclusive, Cornell is best known for his juxtapositioning of delicate found objects in glass-fronted shadow boxes. His “memory boxes” arranged iconic objects in…
Over the past year, hundreds of pines have succumbed to the drought and bark beetle attacks. One of the most affected sites is the Idyllwild Community Center. ICC is popular with visitors and children, even now before any of the proposed improvements have been constructed. With dozens of dead and dying trees, the ICC Board…
A Cold Warning is being issued for Idyllwild. The Idyllwild Town Hall Warm Center will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, through Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Temperatures are expected to reach 40° and below. Individuals susceptible to cold, such as the elderly, disabled and families with young…
On Feb. 24, Jeff Allen Major of Idyllwild pleaded guilty to a felony charge for failing to register within 30 days as a transient sex offender. He had been arrested on June 19, 2015. Judge Helios Hernandez sentenced Major to 363 days in Riverside County jail and one year of probation. He will likely be…
On Feb. 23, the California Department of Parks and Recreation rescued two lost hikers in Mt. San Jacinto State Park. At about 4:30 p.m., State Parks received a phone call from two male hikers, ages 51 and 39, both from Indiana. The hikers said that they had taken the Palm Springs tram to Long Valley…
The Finance Committee for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District has begun discussing and preparing a tax measure that may go before voters in November. The committee believes IFPD’s budget is inadequate to fund programs and initiatives in the future. At the Feb. 24 meeting, committee members focused first on the need for more revenue for…
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…
