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…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation (IAF) will present the Founders’ Concert Saturday, July 8, at the Harvey House B&B, 54420 South Circle Dr. This benefit performance will honor the original founders of Jazz in the Pines: Lin Carlson, Dr. Marshall Hawkins and Barbara Wood. The Yve Evans Quartet, featuring Yve Evans and Dr….
For several years, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) was on a quest to find a new president. At its latest board meeting Wednesday, June 28, Haleigh Lavy was unanimously elected as the new president with immediate effect, believing she is the perfect fit. Lavy has been organizing Art in the Park events for the…
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…
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,…
By Holly ParsonCorrespondent With the world-renowned Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the back country, this stunning collection of gorgeous vistas and character driven stories of lore is an ideal coffee table book for San Jacinto Mountain dwellers. The Pacific Crest Trail Association and Rizzoli New York published “The Pacific Crest Trail — Exploring America’s Wilderness…
Saturday June 17, the weather was perfect, everyone was rocking and many people left happy carrying art they had won at the “Eye of the Artist” and “Call of the Wyld” events. Town Hall’s outdoor stage was the venue for an art gallery and a concert. The “Eye” event is the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s…
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….
Last Saturday, Robyn Winks (LMFT) and Chris Perrault lead a meeting at Town Hall to launch their new project, Idyllwild Love. Fifteen other community members gathered in a circle to help the sponsors brainstorm. Present were members of Idyllwild Community Center, Idyllwild Fire Protection District, the Idyllwild Help Center, Friends of the Idyllwild Library, Friends…
