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.

Hawkins expands Town Jazz

Idyllwild jazz icon Marshall Hawkins, one of the founders of Jazz in the Pines, now in its 19th year, is adding venues and artists...

Local arborist talks about the art and science of trees

John Huddleston at Mt. Palomar Observatory. Photo courtesy of John Huddleston By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed “Trees...

PHOTOS: “Political Suicide” timely, witty

In the spirit of the campaign season, this past weekend Isis Theatre Company delighted its audiences with the very funny “Political Suicide” ...

Lisa and her Kats storm Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines

Cajun fiddler Lisa Haley and her Zydekats arrives in Idyllwild with the force of a major weather front ...

Dore’s Mountain Art Garden comes alive

The Art Garden was the setting for an “End of Summer Art Fair,” which saw dramatic works of art on display.

Dream big at Idyllwild Library

The Idyllwild Public Library is sponsoring a summer reading program with the the “Dream Big — Read!” to encourage and to promote reading and...

Lecturer to discuss women authors

Penelope Engard, history buff and educator, will give a free lecture on American women authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries at 2 p.m....

Richard Thompson joins Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra

Critically acclaimed songwriter and musician Richard Thompson performed with the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra in the world premiere of “Interviews With Ghost” which consisted of three songs, “Weak Signal,” “Forgive and Forget” and “I’ll Take All My Sorrows to the Sea.” Thompson wrote all three.

Summer Concert Series starts with parade and a big band

The 13th annual Idyllwild Summer Concert Series begins with a musical preview in the Fourth of July Parade. Six float-borne members of Ken Dahleen’s Big Band Staff, this season’s opening act, will send out an instrumental invitation along the parade route. As the series’ pied pipers, Dahleen’s combo will use its music to entice attendees to the July 5 concert at the Idyllwild Playground and Community Center site.
s2Member®