Art & Culture

Jazz in the Pines, Art Alliance of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts and other arts and entertainment, theatre, live music and visual arts coverage. The most comprehensive arts and entertainment calendar covering the Idyllwild area.

Reporter takes national award

  Idyllwild Town Crier Staff Reporter Marshall Smith has garnered another honorable mention this year, this one for Best Sports Feature Story for “Todd Carpenter...

Dr. Amber Pairis receives climate leadership award

(Some of this story was taken from a Climate Science Alliance press release) Climate Science Alliance South Coast Director Dr. Amber Pairis was among eight...

Associates celebrate 50th year

(This story is from an Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation press release.) An organizational meeting in January 1968 created the Associates of Idyllwild School...

Pianist, composer and teacher is a phoenix rising

Second-place winner in 2017 McCallum Theater’s Open Call competition Some think artists are self-indulgent egotists glorying in their creative pursuits. The reality is often far...

Idyllwild Soroptimists host comedy night at Brewpub

This night it’s all for laughs, although the annual Soroptimist International of Idyllwild fundraiser raises money to combat a dangerously pervasive and serious social...

Idyllwild becomes a vibrant outdoor art studio

Art Alliance presents Plein Air 2017 For one weekend annually, painters create art outdoors in four designated gardens and in other locations throughout Idyllwild, taking...

Lemon Lily Festival one week earlier

In hopes of having blooming Lemon Lilies on display during this year’s festival, organizers moved it a weekend earlier than it has traditionally been...

Paws for Rhythm and Brews and Pet Parade benefit ARF

Katie Jones and Barb Reese compete in the Ladies Stein Holding Contest at the Animal Rescue Friends’ Paws for Rhythm and Brews fundraiser at the Nature Center on Saturday. Jones held it the longest and even beat the men by a few minutes.

From ocean to mountain, Lareé Gibson chronicles her life in song

“I have a message in my music,” said singer/songwriter and Idyllwild resident Lareé Gibson. “It is, ‘Live for today. Every day is a gift.’” Gibson’s...
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