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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Crier sat down with Idyllwild Summer Concert Series founder KenDahleen to hear about this year’s lineup as the series marks its 25th,or “Silver” anniversary. Darlene says that this will be a season ofcelebration, there will be lots of surprises, and “You’ll have to cometo all the concert to see all the surprises.” In past…
Nathan Masters is a recent Idyllwild transplant. He and his wife KseniyaMelnik are both writers. Master’s just won the Mystery Writers ofAmerica Edgar Allan Poe Award for “Fact Crime” for his first book,Crooked:The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a CrusadingSenator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal. The book isnon-fiction, but…
Saturday was “May the 4th Be With You” day at the Rustic Theatre. “StarWars” fans from near and far congregated for showings of “PhantomMenace” and the original trilogy. A “Star Wars” trivia contest was heldon the patio with Luke Byers. Steve Shelala of Ace Comix brought thecollectibles, and a Mandalorian was available for photo ops….
