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Idyllwild Nature Center’s Junior Naturalist program was “The Budding Botanist” in which youngsters learned about flowers, planting, soil and seeds. Nature Center volunteer Susie Hampson assists, An Lin, Liam Walsh, William Taylor and Meixing Lin. Photo by Cid Castillo

By Ann SmithReporter Longtime Idyllwild resident and musician Ken Dahleen will open the 2021 season of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) July 8. As per a press release issued by Dahleen, concerts are scheduled for eight Thursdays in July and August from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. and will be held at the Butterfield Amphitheater…
Ann SmithReporter What is the Idyllwild Songwriters Retreat and Festival and who is Brett Perkins anyway? Perkins is a very interesting chap who was born in San Gabriel, California, and brought up in Arcadia. His grandmother had an undeveloped piece of property in Idyllwild during the 1960s. “I was brought to Idyllwild when I was…
Rabbi Malka Drucker has deep ties to Idyllwild. But she has only recently returned to Idyllwild to live, having spent the last several decades in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she founded the synagogue HaMakom, the Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism. Drucker has had a cabin in Idyllwild for more than 40 years. A…
Whenever the occasion arises for a live music concert here in the various set locations in Idyllwild, hope issues forth for a glorious outpouring of sound which, given the opportunity, should be able to roll down the mountain ridges with the fluid ease of the many creeks and rivulets now in evidence. Thus, Monday, May…