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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Yve Evans brings soul, humor
An Idyllwild favorite, Yve Evans sings at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. She drew a packed house with her soulful voice and humor.
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Grupo Bohemio, Santana cover band at concert series
Hot music, a hot summer night and hot dancing driven by popping percussion. That is what you’ll experience when Grupo Bohemio, Santana cover band, returns for its fourth Idyllwild Summer Concert Series appearance. Six musicians, united by their Latin roots and love for beat-driven music, take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Jancito…
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Author Dete Meserve finds decency in the dark
Author Dete Meserve asks in her novel “Good Sam” (Melrose Hill, 2014) whether acts of kindness would ever make the nightly news or front pages of print media. “We are constantly bombarded with stories about senseless murders, natural disasters, tragic accidents, massive fraud and the dark side of the American dream,” she notes on her…
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Stratford Players to perform comedy
Called a “sublime state of hilarity” by New York Magazine, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a Tony Award-winning comedy by Christopher Durang, opens at 7 p.m. Friday, July 25, at the Caine Learning Center, 54835 Pine Crest Ave. It continues at 7 p.m. Saturday July 26, Friday, Aug. 1, Saturday, Aug. 2 and…
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Concert hall groundbreaking
Bruce Ryan, Building and Grounds Committee chair; Bill Lowman, past Idyllwild Arts president; Faith Raiguel, immediate past board chair; Pamela Jordan, Idyllwild Arts president; Lillian Lovelace, Board of Governors and Buzz Holmes, campaign co-chair, pose for a photo and sing some songs Saturday during the Groundbreaking Celebration of the William M. Lowman Concert Hall.
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Rob Roberge next in series
Rob Roberge writes gritty, lean and powerful prose, drawing on his own struggles with alcohol and drug addiction, and the difficulty of balancing a day-to-day grip on sobriety. Eduardo Santiago, author and founder of the Idyllwild Authors Series, will interview Roberge 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 27. In his fourth novel, “The Cost of Living”…
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PHOTOS: Art Alliance of Idyllwild
Alice Lindsey eyes the utensil chimes at the 2nd Saturday Art Fair held at the Idyllwild Community Center and sponsored by the Art Alliance of Idyllwild.
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Yve Evans returns, just for the locals
Yve Evans, locally popular jazz chanteuse, returns to the Hill “just for the locals.”
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New businesses, ownership changes
Family members of Jo and the late Don Shinkle, long-time Idyllwild residents, have opened a new nursery in the location of The Green Trees nursery on Highway 243. John and Lisa Shinkle, landscapers in Lake Arrowhead and part-time residents, opened Four Seasons Nursery in April. Lisa said, “We always wanted a nursery.” John grew up…
