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Marsha Lytle, chair of the 19th Annual Idyllwild Jazz in the Pines, is tired but excited about the 2012 edition of the local jazz festival. For example, she is looking forward to Mary Stalling’s performance on Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Barn. “I haven’t seen her in about 35 years. The last time was…
The Center for Prayer Mobilization hosted a retreat for artists this weekend. Janet Hyun from Upland,who leads an artist’s group in Los Angeles, brought 26 women from all over the state to participate in workshops and an art show throughout the weekend.
Hannah Johnson, 8, made a butterfly mask at the Idyllwild Nature Center Butterfly Daze event on Saturday.
Piano man and arranger Keith Droste and jazz chanteuse Sherry Williams wrap the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series’ 13th edition with some sounds sweet, stirring and swinging.
Connie Kupka, violin, Edith Orloff, piano, David Speltz, cello and David Peck, clarinet played Peter Schickele’s music written for those four instruments at the first concert of the Distinguished Artist Chamber Music at Idyllwild Arts last week.
Brian Bromberg, headliner for the 19th Jazz in the Pines, has taken bass playing where no player has gone before, firmly establishing it as a melody instrument. He credits an epiphany that came early in his career with allowing him to find his musical calling and path. “I started playing drums as a kid,”…
Idyllwild’s Pookie, of the Deesing family, is caught in the hair and makeup department prior to shooting a TV commercial last Monday Aug. 6 in Los Angeles. Pookie is no stranger to television; several years ago, she was also on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” in a clip shot while visiting Paris.
During the Jr. Naturalist program on Saturday morning, kids sat down for a puppet show having to do with the many aspects of nature and learned about deer.
On Thursday, Aug. 2, the Open Recreation program at Town Hall took the kids to visit the Idyllwild Fire Station. While there, summer camp aide Marcia Gawecki got to play with the hose.
