Inappropriate, wrongful, dangerous or threatening behavior often elicits response from government. And now, today’s ground-bounded air navigators have crossed the line. Last week, state and federal legislators announced plans to control the use of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, over wildfires. Owners of these aircraft interfered with air resources battling the recent Lake…
At the July 7 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a budget for fiscal 2015-16. While the budget is currently balanced, several department heads, including the Sheriff and District Attorney, acknowledged that additional funding will be necessary before the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2016). But the Board Chair Marion…
Photos of the goings on in Idyllwild last week.
By Sally Hedberg Special to the Town Crier If you are a movie buff, a TV watcher, reader of books or just an Elvis aficionado you won’t want to miss Michael Dante’s author talk and book signing at the Idyllwild Library. Branch Librarian Shannon Ng has a series of events planned all around…
The Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers, Arizona imports, are award-winning practitioners of Western music — the music of the American West, composed by and about the people who worked and settled the western United States and Canada. The five-piece group appears next, Thursday, July 23, for Ken Dahleen’s Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Directly related musically to…
Photos from the Lemon Lily Festival.
CAFÉ AROMA (Ask your server for our daily soup/salad specials) Closed Tuesdays Wednesday July 15 Main: Green Mussels Streamers w/Sausage, Cherry Tomatoes & Kale Steak: 8oz Organic New York or 12oz Grass-fed Rib Eye w/Sun Dried Tomato Cream Sauce Thursday July 16 Main: Roasted Chicken with Pesto Sauce & Corn Succotash Steak: 8oz Organic New…
In 1965, 16-year-old Bill Lowman came to Idyllwild to sing in Robert Holmes’ celebrated choir as part of the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts Summer Programs. He stayed for a lifetime. First and longtime president and headmaster of the Idyllwild Arts Academy, Lowman concludes the free Throwback Summer Lecture Series. The series celebrates…
By Sally Hedberg Special to the Town Crier This Saturday at the Nature Center, the Junior Naturalists will be learning “What’s Beneath the Earth.” This program will focus on geology and is open to ages 6 to 12. Mentor Sherri Domenigoni will present the program, along with Monique Grover and Lyric Hemmer, summer interns provided…
For many years, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program has been known as a gathering place for some of the country’s finest poets and writers. This year, summer faculty Amy Friedman, Samantha Dunn and Ed Skoog launched the first Writers Week, a cross-discipline conversation among poets, fiction and non-fiction writers, memoirists, essayists and screenwriters. “For years,…
