Art & Culture

The Idyllwild Summer Concert Series continues this Thursday night, July 28, with a tribute to the Grateful Dead from the Coachella Valley’s...

Ken Dahleen and his Big Band Staff perform at last Thursday’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series.

Justin Holmes, Lancelot, singing “If Ever I Would Leave You” to Guinevere, Dimyana Pelev ...

The Idyllwild Arts Theatre Department cast of “The Miss Firecracker Contest, written by Beth Henley and directed by Jeannette Knight is seen here in a celebratory moment. From left, Michelle Belain, Galen Patterson, Dakota Shapiro, Maia Alexander, Omid Yaldai-Albir and Samantha Son-Dokadis. The comedy opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 at the IAF Theatre. The Idyllwild Arts Theatre Department cast of “The Miss Firecracker Contest, written by Beth Henley and directed by Jeannette Knight is seen here in a celebratory moment. From left, Michelle Belain, Galen Patterson, Dakota Shapiro, Maia Alexander, Omid Yaldai-Albir and Samantha Son-Dokadis. The comedy opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 at the IAF Theatre.

Idyllwild’s traditional Pumpkin Carnival and Parade will begin at 4 p.m. at Fern Valley Corners ...

Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” was a sold out event at the Caine Learning Center for the three nights it played this weekend. Below, Chris Maxson, right, guides two visitors, Cathy Vasilev, left, from Los Angeles and Idyllwild resident Patty Kaplan, center, on a personal tour of her studio as part of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild Member Studio Tour.

Not only do the Forest Folk eat potluck and watch movies, but they travel. Here a group is seen at the 20th Annual Christmas Festival of Lights at Mission Inn in Riverside ...