

Idyllwild Francophonies celebrate Bastille Day
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Idyllwild Francophonie, a local French-speaking group, met at Café Aroma on July 14 to celebrate Bastille Day. Enjoying the camaraderie, from left, Hubert Halkin, Karen Fina, Claudine LaForce, Francoise Frigola, Bronwyn Jones, Summer Brown and Marie-Charlotte Henderson. Photo by Cid Castillo

Larry and Janet Everitt, artist owners of Idyllwild’s Everitt’s Minerals and Gallery on North Circle, met by chance and formed a relationship based on a shared fascination with rocks, stones and fossils. “We met in D.C. I walked into Larry’s gallery in Georgetown,” said Janet. “He had these antique Japanese woodblock prints. One of our…
The longest-running, community-wide sporting event on the hill — the annual 5K/10K Run Walk — will be on Saturday, Aug. 24. The Idyllwild Race Committee moved the event from its early June date to Aug. 24 due to the limited Highway 74 pilot car hours at that time. The start times are 5K at 7:15…
By Dawn MillerMountain Quilters Angels don’t always have wings, but they can still fly in and save the day when it matters most. That is the case with Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild’s Quilt Show, called Idyllwild Strong. No matter how resilient Mountain Quilters has been, 2020 brought us all to our knees when all activities…
“Nunsense,” the durable musical that has spawned either four or eight sequels, depending on your math, returns to Idyllwild as “Meshuggah-Nuns!”
Do you have the same feeling that I do; most of the good things in life have come about through serendipity, pure dumb luck. There is no other name for how I met my wife, the center of my life. Stumbling across Idyllwild was similar happenstance. How lucky can one person be? Even luckier, it…
Summer session special One of the great pleasures of living in Idyllwild is the year-round availability of world-class live entertainment, much of it free to attendees. The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program hosts three evenings of Chamber Music, headlined by the renowned Pacific Trio, artist-in-residence for the series. With pianist Edith Orloff, violinist Roger Wilkie and…