Visitors to Town Gallery enjoyed the 52 portraits and slideshow displayed at the opening reception of âFashionable Idyllwildâ Friday, July 1. The show featured 12 local models: Azali Cressler, Ginger Dagnall, Chylsea and Halayia Nuez, Ruby Flores-Verhagen, Liliana Charmoz, Cyn Grady, Lindsay Owen, Pamela Mayfield, Jennifer Savino, Julianna Poldi and Fiona McMullen. At the opening…
Ephemera, a âvintage pop culture wonderlandâ on the second floor of the Fort, will host an event with live music from 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9. The theme is âGet Lit with Ephemera,â and at sundown, its new âauthentic Vegas-style neon signâ on the side of the building will be lit.Los Angeles experimental artist and…
The free Idyllwild Summer Concert Series comes again to the Butterfield Ampitheater this Thursday night, July 7, with Coachella Valley favorites and Summer Concert veterans Lisa Lynn and the Broken Hallelujahs. The show starts at 6:15 p.m. and is free to all. The first concert opens with globe-trotting, one-man band Nathan James.Since 2000, local big…
The 2022 Idyllwild Arts (IA) Native American Arts Festival came to a close with a concert in Holmes Amphitheatre featuring Alaskaâs most popular Inuit band, Pamyua. Opening the evening of Friday, June 24, were the Mountain Cahuilla Bird Singers. As the sunset filtered through the forest, the assembled locals and festival attendees were welcomed by…
Think of Idyllwild and locals with jeans, T-shirts, fleeces, and any kind of hiking or running footwear might come to mind. But work through the dust and sweat, another vision of Idyllwild is revealed: beautiful and elegant local ladies.Proving this point will be Donna Elliotâs âFashionable Idyllwildâ portrait exhibition with an opening reception from 4…
The Michael Kabotie Lectures are named for artist Michael Kabotie (Hopi) who consulted with the Idyllwild Arts Native American Festival organizers for nine years until his passing in 2009. His work was grounded in the visual and musical rhythms of his tribe but was often compared to that of non-native artists including Picasso, Braque and…
Itâs summertime and the time is right for dancing, or just tapping a toe, at the Butterfield Amphitheater, as Ken Dahleen and the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) board bring back the Thursday night bands. The eight-week series starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 7, and is free to all. The series has been ongoing…
This week Idyllwild Arts (IA) Summer Programs presents its annual Native American Arts Festival, an institution-within-the-institution for more than 20 years, returning after a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shaliyah J. Ben, director of the IA Native American Arts program and coordinator of the festival, gave the Crier some background on this yearâs festival. She…
âFiddlerâs Journey to the Big Screen,â a new documentary about the making of the musical âFiddler on the Roof,â will be screened at the Rustic Theater at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. An informal Q and A session with Fiddler cast member and longtime Idyllwilder Michèle Marsh, who played the middle of Tevyeâs three marriageable…
