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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Broken Hallelujahs this week at Butterfield Amphitheater, next week BlueBreeze Band
Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series will bring more audiencefavorites to the Butterfield Amphitheater this week and next, with TheBroken Hallelujah’s on the 15th, and The Blue Breeze Band on the 22nd.In the Lenny,t will open the first concert, and Terry Jo and Lenny thesecond. The Broken Hallelujahs are based in Joshua Tree, and the CoachellaValley…
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Idyllwild Nature Center to host the annual Butterfly Daze
The Idyllwild Nature Center will be hosting the annual Butterfly DazeSaturday August 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entry is free. The event is byorganized by Riverside County Parks and the Friends of the San JacintoMountain County Parks. There will be a live butterfly tent with monarchsand painted ladies. There will be a lecture at…
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‘Everyone Welcome’ theme of Art Alliance Annual Here and Now Show
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild will be holding their annual Here and Nowart show at the Art Dept and Mountain Pottery on Saturday, August 17from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s theme is “Everyone Welcome.” Artists have submitted works in2 and 3 dimensions. Prizes will be awarded for various categories: 2D,3D, photography, and wearable…
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Summer Concert Series Brings More Great Music to Idyllwild
Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert series continues its 25th anniversaryseason Thursday, July 11 with Sherry Williams and Friends, backed by anorchestra led by series founder Ken Dahleen. Next week, on the 18th,series veterans SouthBound and Company will bring their classic rocktribute, Double Shot. Sandii Castleberry and Lily McCabe will open thatshow. Sherry Williams has been part…
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Bella’s Mountain Poppy is a Blooming Success
The Crier spoke with Bella Gioeli, proprietor of Mountain Poppy Florals,as she approaches her one year anniversary at the Collective. “June 15thI opened. We are going to be having a special event for our one yearanniversary, I’m hoping to start an annual flower festival. This yearmight be the start of it.” Gioeli says there will…
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Tahquitz Pines reopens as Idyllwild’s Premiere Resort
The Crier sat down with Shane Stewart to talk about his latest project,Tahquitz Pines. Stewart served as general contractor during theproperty’s extensive and thorough renovation and is now Managing Partnerof Idyllwild’s newest resort and event venue. First opened in the 1930s, Tahquitz Pines was, until now, always achurch camp. The public got their first look…
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Raven Hill Bagels & Deli Market Brings Fresh Bagels to Idyllwild
The Crier sat down with Kristi Wright of Raven Hill Bagels & DeliMarket, in the Collective. They’ve been open for almost a year, but arereally getting up to speed now with the completion of their kitchen, andplans for a deli menu. “We started in 2020, with a cottage permit, we were baking from home. Ireally…
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Dick’s Dogs, Idyllwild’s permanent food truck
Amy and Richard Hawley are the proprietors of Idyllwild’s only foodtruck, the cheerful and cheeky Dick’s Dogs. Amy sat down with the Crierto fill us in. “Both of us worked in the restaurant business up here,until with COVID, like many people, we were sent home for months. Wewanted to think, ‘What would sustain us through…
