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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21st Jazz in the Pines another huge success
The 21st Jazz in the Pines festival is history and another demonstration of the multiple talents residing on the Hill. Not only of artists and musicians, but of individuals with other talents and skills able and willing to produce a jazz fest of this stature year after year who reside here, too. “The festival was…
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Quilt Show promises a visual feast
The nonprofit Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild presents its 11th-annual Quilt Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday at Buckhorn Camp on Highway 243 in Idyllwild. More than 101 quilts will be on display, with many up for special awards, including “People’s Choice.” This year’s show will be one of only a…
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The Desert Sun/Elliott-Pope school reunion
More than 100 people affiliated with the Desert Sun School (later the Elliott-Pope Preparatory School) in Idyllwild from the year 1942 to the school’s closure in 1990 held a reunion last Saturday. The reunion was on the school campus, now the site of Astrocamp. Some Idyllwild notables who attended were Marshall Hawkins, who taught sports…
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A plan to complete Scott Foster’s documentary
Reko Moreno, lead cameraman on the late Scott Foster’s Idyllwild Herd Gathering documentary, needs local collaborators to help finish the ambitious project. Moreno, a friend and professional associate of Foster, is based in Los Angeles and needs help locally to coordinate postproduction of the valentine to Idyllwild and its artists that Foster fought to complete…
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Lisa Haley closes the 2014 Idyllwild Summer Concert Series
Lisa Haley (right) returned to Idyllwild with her Zydekats last Thursday for the final of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. The foot stompin’ concert also featured David Fraser on accordion.
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Mountain Mike founded his art in the outdoors
“I am an artist. For me to not create every day, to not make something, something is missing. I must create.” And for that voice with a name like “Mountain Mike,” certain expectations must follow. Looking the part, complete with beard, longer hair and well-worn hands that look strong enough to have wrestled a mountain…
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Irish Red Ale SoCal style
By Jared Dillon Ireland is synonymous with beer, specifically stout. Another style Ireland is known for is the Irish Red Ale. Originating in the town of Kilkenny, it finds its history in the style of an English Pale Ale. The primary difference between the two styles is color. A roasted barley is traditionally used…
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Art Alliance stages Art and Treasures Weekend
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild, one of the busiest and most visible of local nonprofits, presents a weekend of outdoor art. The Art and Treasures Weekend, envisioned as a mini Sawdust Festival (with a nod to Laguna Beach), gives AAI member artists an outdoor venue for two full days, from 10 a.m. to 5…
