The 25th-annual Jazz in the Pines is barely over and already, another three-day music festival is planned for the following weekend. Brian Parnell of Throw The Goat is organizing Idyllwild Strong, a Cranston Fire benefit festival, from 3 to 10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, at various…
Harold Wherry returns to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series with his Motown, R&B and soul band Blue Breeze. A favorite of ISCS audiences, especially the dancing contingent, Blue Breeze sends up a high-energy mix of horn-infused, percussion-driven dance music. If your ’60s and ’70s songbook includes hits of Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Al…
Balance is often a nebulous goal, even for those blessed with a seemingly prescribed life. But its attainment becomes nearly impossible to manage during discordant times for an untrained mind. Stirring experiences such as wildfire evacuations lift personal issues like a river flooding a lake that causes sediment to churn imperceptibly within, inevitably rising visibly…
Done in by a double bogey at the 16th hole on Saturday, Brendan Steele missed the cut at the PGA Championship by a single stroke. For the two days, his drives averaging more than 305 yards found 67 percent of the fairways, and he hit 72 percent of the greens in regulation. But he gave…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the ARF cats chatted with Zeus and Bear. Panther: Where is Freda? Has anyone seen her? Tex: You didn’t hear? Freda has found her forever family! Panther: Wow. How did I miss that? What great news. Pepper: Since Tex is here, let’s give her the floor for…
Adult Coed Softball Town Hall Sports Coordinator Mike Holato gave this report on recent Adult Coed Softball games. Results of July 23 week: Ajax defeated Forest Lumber 14-12 and Patty Perez 11-7. Idyllwild Arts was defeated by Creekstone 13-8 and Patty Perez 17-8. Results of Aug. 9 week: Ajax and Forest Lumber split a double…
The Cranston Fire may be history, but its effects will be seared into the memories of Hill residents for years. Life here is gradually returning to normal. On Thursday, Aug. 2, the California Interagency Incident Management Team returned command of the fire to the San Bernardino National Forest. The team had been managing the response to the fire for a week
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz stopped by the Town Crier late afternoon on Tuesday, Aug. 7, to deliver a personal letter to the editor, Becky Clark, regarding action he’s taken over her concerns for tariff costs levied on newsprint, and an interview to outline current issues beginning to surface post-Cranston Fire. “Today’s purpose was to help…
The Cranston Fire affected lives on the Hill. It burned seven homes. It also threatened the Hill’s biggest entertainment and education event of the year.
In the July 19 issue of the Town Crier, Pamela Jordan, president and head of school for Idyllwild Arts, published a letter to the community. She described the origins of Jazz in the Pines, even before the first festival in 1994, its history and volunteers.
