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.

Annamarie Padula wins Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award

Town Crier readers voted Pine Cove resident Annamarie Padula recipient of the 2014 Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. The award is given in memory...

In the hot seat with Eduardo Santiago

By Richard Barker Special to the Town Crier   I arrived at Eduardo Santiago’s house to find him hunched over his kitchen table pounding down shots of...

Blue Breeze bringing soul, R&B, Motown and blues

Harold Wherry and his 6-piece Blue Breeze Band return to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series with their distinctive vocal harmonies and happening horn section,...

Idyllwild invited to ‘Meet and Greet’ at Town Hall

Riverside County Regional Park & Open–Space District staff have expanded service in Idyllwild by now operating Idyllwild Town Hall. RivCoParks also operates Hurkey Creek...

Smokey Bear plans birthday party in Idyllwild

Smokey Bear celebrates his 70th birthday Saturday, Aug. 9, in Idyllwild. “Our Wildfire Prevention campaign has helped children and adults throughout the country understand their...

Noted anthropologist featured speaker at Historical Society

Dr. William “Pete” Lee’s resume, rather than being a dry recital of credits and plaudits, reads like an adventure story — so many universities...

Jazz fest showcases Idyllwild Arts alums

Just back from Cordova, Alaska, Marshall Hawkins, the music director for the 21st-annual Jazz in Pines, is relaxed and ready. While he played some...

PHOTO: O’Neill’s photography at Idyll Awhile

Erin O’Neill and fellow photographer Francoise Frigola enjoy a well-attended opening of O’Neill’s photography exhibit Sunday at Idyll Awhile Wine Shoppe & Bistro.

Fisher to life

Historical lecturer and Hemet resident Penelope Engard engages the crowd at the Idyllwild Library with stories of late food author MFK Fisher. Fisher once owned 90 acres of land in Hemet with her second husband and authored such books as “How to Cook a Wolf” and “The Art of Eating.”
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