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A happy birthday celebration took place at the popular La Casita Restaurant for Charlotte Anthony, fourth from left, on Friday, July 29. Also attending the festive event, from left, La Casita owner Robert Garcia, Mo Farrell, Janice Fast, Bill Sperling, Lori Parker, Donna Barucza, and La Casita staff Rebecca Garcia and Kris Barnes. Photo by Cid Castillo

Long-time journalist and Coachella Valley resident Bruce Fessier will be speaking at the Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery on Saturday, July 27 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Idyllwild Storytellers. Fessier will be speaking about his life among the Palm Springs elite and how he went from outsider to the go-to for all things arts…
Art Alliance of Idyllwild President Zack Steinhuas presided over the annual membership meeting. Twenty-three members attended the Friday, March 3, meeting, at the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church. Active volunteerism, as with many Idyllwild nonprofits, was the common thread throughout the evening. Highlighting the benefits of membership and where members can get involved was the message,…
Idyllwild Assembly of God is celebrating its first year of ministry in Idyllwild. At 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, Town Hall will be the site for IAG’s special service with guest speaker Fred Rodriguez and a home-style lunch to follow, marking the first year as a congregation in Idyllwild. The entire community is welcome. IAG…
Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, Idyllwild Master Chorale musical director and conductor, likes to mix it up. Recently, IMC’s biggest successes have been Holmes’ fusion concerts. Examples include the Winter Solstice celebrations mixing traditional Christmas carols and sacred music and a second half with jazz soloists and a jazz combo; the spring concerts where Holmes combines traditional…
If there were a Shangri-La, the dreamed-of mystical country of James Hilton’s “Lost Horizon,” it would probably be Bhutan. Public radio reporter Lisa Napoli moved there in 2007 to help develop a national radio station to engage Bhutanese youth in the country’s transition from absolute to constitutional monarchy. Bhutan, a remote Himalayan kingdom, has only…
On Thursday, March 21, the Idyllwild Community Fund Youth Grantmakers made presentations to five local recipients in a ceremony at Idyllwild School. YGM is a group from Idyllwild Middle School being sponsored by ICF. Any young person between sixth and eighth grades can participate. The program gives the youth a chance to learn about how…