

Idyllwild connection reunites old friends
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Café Aroma served as a gathering place for a group of residents and friends originally from Idyllwild. Seated, from left, R.J. Owens and Gracie Everhart, Tracy Apple Rogers, Anna and Lynn Johnson, Reunion Coordinator Adrienne Hayden, Kim Payne and Kannyn MacRae. Photo by Cid Castillo

By Middle Ridge Winery Tasting GalleryContributed Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery, located in the heart of the mountain arts community of Idyllwild, is once again introducing a new art exhibit in its 4,000-square-foot gallery. Appropriately titled “The Idyllwild Collection: Pursuit of Happy,” the exhibit provides an opportunity for the artists to share through their chosen…
David JeromeCorrespondent Sunday, Dec. 19, birders flocked to these mountains to participate in the 122nd-annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Started in 1900 to promote conservation by counting birds instead of hunting them, CBC has continued even during the pandemic. This early-winter national bird count is one of the most important bird censuses in the Western…
The crowd was estimated at “almost 1,000,” however locals interviewed simply said that all their neighbors and friends attended …
Idyllwild Arts Academy junior Ben Champion is in his second year as a fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship Program. Two weeks ago, Ben had the thrill of hearing his three-minute composition, “Migration,” played at the Walt Disney Concert Hall by the full Philharmonic under the direction of Christopher…
The Fire Lookout Volunteer Program, one of the many volunteer programs of the Southern California Mountains Foundation (SCMF), is now recruiting volunteers to staff fire lookouts for the 2022 fire season. Fire Lookouts help protect the forest, local mountain communities, as well as communities along the forest boundary from the threat of fire. Fire Lookouts…
By Stephanie YostPresident, Idyllwild Community Center Fall in the mountain communities welcomes two major traditional events, which in recent years the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has put on. The first is Idyllwild’s annual Great Pumpkin Carnival. With no sidewalks, few streetlights and many second homes, door-to-door trick-or-treating isn’t done much on the Hill. Instead, for…