PHOTOS: Last week in Idyllwild
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.
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What classifies a Christmas ale?
By Jared Dillon Idyll Awhile beer expert The style of Christmas ale can be classified as a unique one. Even to name the style after Christmas is a misnomer. Historically, cultures around the world have created some form of fermented beverage to celebrate the change from autumn to winter. Many civilizations around the world have…
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Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2015
The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema returns for its sixth time next month. From opening day, Tuesday, Jan. 6, through the awards ceremony, the evening of Sunday, Jan. 11, festival participants once again will be offered a panoply of dozens of films — from features through documentaries and shorts. Idyllwild 2015, now the sixth rendition…
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Joanne Bischof presents newest novel at libary event
Idyllwild author Joanne Bischof presented her new book to a mostly young audience at a book signing at the Idyllwild Library last Thursday. Bischof has established a frontier romance and coming-of-age niche through her earlier books, which her latest novella, “This Quiet Sky,” (Heartfelt Press, 2014) continues. “When I started with my first book, ‘Be…
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Life-long world travel inspires couple’s art
By Shanna Robb Special to the Town Crier Peace on Earth is a popular theme that resonates during the holiday season. Yet for Patrick and Ginette Barry, their life-long quest as a family focused on peace that touched underdeveloped countries scattered around the globe. In the end, the journey they and their three children encountered…
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Idyllwild Arts graduate Richelle Gribble returns to teach
Richelle Gribble, townie, hillbilly and optimist, is a 2013 bachelor’s of fine arts graduate of the University of Southern California with a minor in social entrepreneurship and marketing. She went to Idyllwild Arts for high school, completing in 2009 what she called an immersion in making art that continues to influence her today. For the…
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Idyllwild Master Chorale and Art Alliance join for holiday celebration
The Idyllwild Master Chorale and the Art Alliance of Idyllwild, two of Idyllwild’s most prestigious arts organizations, reprise their successful holiday pairing of last year with a magical fusion of music and fine art — a Winter Solstice Celebration. Once again, IMC and AAI members will transform the Idyllwild School Gymnasium into a beautifully lit…
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RIP Idyllwild Ghost Town
Kathy Wilson has concluded the labor-intensive burden of erecting a walk-through haunted house each Halloween, replete with expensive animatronic features and live actors. Billed as “an eerie step back in time — a guided walk through a maze of 20 scenes — an experience of sight, smell and sound, and a perfect blend of both…
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Mel Goldfarb retires from practice
Mel Goldfarb, pharmacist, counselor and quiet avuncular presence at the Idyllwild Pharmacy, decided not to renew his license and is leaving the profession after 58 years of practice. “As of Dec. 1, I am no longer a pharmacist,” said Mel. Even though Mel no longer owns the pharmacy he founded in Idyllwild in 1977, he…
