Idyllwild celebrates autumnal equinox

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autumn equinox — The sounds of drums beating began the celebration of the autumnal equinox for more than 70 men, women and children at Idyllwild’s Spirit Mountain Retreat on Sunday, Sept. 18. Drummer Mark Berres, along with popular community singing group Local Color provided music, as residents and visitors reflected on the meaning of this special time of the year. Photos by Cid Castillo

equi-frntpg — Spirit Mountain Retreat Director Esther Kennedy addresses the audience.

Local Color Director Anna Ancheta leads the group.

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Rene Eram, filmmaker and author, counsels on breaking addictive patterns: ‘A part of our being wants to be free’
By September 23, 2015February 19, 2016 Reading Time: 4 minutes

Rene Eram, filmmaker, author and local gallery owner, once made $10,000 a day as a sought-after commercial TV director. He painstakingly sought to compose the perfect visual balance between a glass of orange juice and a bowl of cereal to satisfy ad execs and their clients. While achieving perfect balance on the small screen, he…

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Santa’s Mail Box is back
ByWilson, Johnny & Halie November 26, 2014January 19, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

Evelyn Teel, 3, is the first to drop her letter to Santa in the North Pole-bound mail box at the Idyllwild Post Office. Helping Santa are post office employees Julie Stanford and Christina Reitz (front), Kelsi Lehman, Postmaster Kelly Gates, Mom Theresa Teel and John Aussenhofer. The mail box will be in the Idyllwild Post Office lobby until Friday, Dec. 12, for children to send Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa allows the Town Crier to print the letters in the Christmas edition for readers to enjoy. Photo by Halie Wilson” width=”720″ height=”480″ /> NORTH POLE MAIL: Evelyn Teel, 3, is the first to drop her letter to Santa in the North Pole-bound mail box at the Idyllwild Post Office. Helping Santa are post office employees Julie Stanford and Christina Reitz (front), Kelsi Lehman, Postmaster Kelly Gates, Mom Theresa Teel and John Aussenhofer. The mail box will be in the Idyllwild Post Office lobby until Friday, Dec. 12, for children to send Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa allows the Town Crier to print the letters in the Christmas edition for readers to enjoy.

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Rustic Theatre upgrades to digital projection
By March 23, 2012January 30, 2013 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Beginning Monday, April 16, the Rustic Theatre will shutter for four days to convert from long-dominant 35 millimeter to state-of-the-art digital projection. The era of reels of film is ending. For movie houses that cannot afford the upgrade to digital, it is also the end. Conversion is forcing the closure of nearly 1,000 smaller movie…

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PHOTO ROUNDUP: March 16, 2017
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Hawkins & Jazz: Together in town
By August 23, 2011January 23, 2013 Reading Time: 2 minutes

This weekend, Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28, is the first ever Town Jazz concert

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Past Tense: April 3, 2014
By April 3, 2014May 6, 2014 Reading Time: 2 minutes

65 years ago – 1949 The snow survey team discovered about 6 feet of snow in Tahquitz Valley. 55 years ago – 1959 A new gateway marked the entrance to Idyllwild Pines Camp. Eighty tons of rock were used in the 19-foot-high supports. A 12-ton pine timber measuring 42 feet in length rested on…

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