

Rachel Resnick shares her story with Idyllwild audience
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Rachel Resnick, author of “Love Junkie,” discusses her book with the audience at B’s Mountain of Books during the last session of the Idyllwild Authors Series. Photo: Cid Castillo

“Beyond Therapy,” Christopher Durang’s 1981 play, will be Conor O’Farrell’s next production for the benefit of the Idyllwild HELP Center. The previous productions — “The Odd Couple” and “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” — were performed on Memorial Weekend, but, this year, late September is when the curtain rises. O’Farrell hopes the season will not…
By Art Alliance of Idyllwild The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) is grateful to the Ruth & Joseph C. Reed Foundation for a $10,000 grant. This grant allows the AAI to benefit the youth of Idyllwild and beyond. This financial support will be used to offer fused glass and pottery workshops and an origami STEAM…
Bob Lewis, former Town Hall recreation director under the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council, returned Friday, April 1, to a slightly reconfigured job. Lewis, a long familiar presence in community recreation, was hired by the Riverside County Parks and Open Space District, the current recreation managers under contract with the county. He began a one-year probationary…
By Stephanie YostIdyllwild Community Center Board President Although temperatures are dropping and the first snow has arrived, the Farmers Market will remain open. It is moving indoors at Town Hall beginning Sunday, Dec. 1. Market hours will be the same as they have been, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday. Both the vendors and the…
Editor’s update: The Marine band on 8/17, Fritz Coleman is on at 5:30 p.m. and the band starts at 6 p.m. Dahleen is playing a recording of last year’s Marine Band performance from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series (ISCS) at the Butterfield Amphitheater continues Thursday, Aug. 17, with another tradition, the…
The “Center of Idyllwild” mural on the side of The Fort facing Highway 243 has been restored to its original beauty under the direction of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI). According to AAI representatives, the mural had not had any restoration work since it was built in 1992. AAI member and artist Darcy Gerdes, left, presents a check for the completion of work, ahead of schedule, to artist J.R Darwin, second from left. Others present for the occasion are, from left, Gary Kuscher, AAI vice president, Reba Coulter, AAI treasurer, and Jan Bruner, AAI member and artist.