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New this year was a Canine Costume Contest (far left) at Idyllwild Vacation Rentals. Juneau, pictured here, dances with Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer.

New this year was a Canine Costume Contest at Idyllwild Vacation Rentals. Juneau, pictured here, dances with Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer.

Halloween teen dance night at Town Hall was festive event as about 25 teens celebrated by playing games and of course, dancing on Friday, Oct. 28. Photo by Cid Castillo

The front office at Town Crier was filled with costumed youngsters from Town Hall trick or treating their way through downtown on Halloween day. Photo by Cid Castillo

Children join a dance contest during the American Legion Post 800’s Halloween party on Sunday. Photo by Cid Castillo

Jo’An’s Restaurant was filled with a myriad of characters for its Halloween Costume Contest held on Saturday, Oct. 29. Photo by Cid Castillo

Scary surroundings and very real monsters and characters greeted visitors at Idyllwild haunted Ghost Town on Halloween weekend. Photo by Cid Castillo

Story time for youngsters held on Halloween Day morning at the Idyllwild Library was a scary but fun time as Idyllwild Witch Rachel Torrey held the audience spellbound with fairy tales and scary stories. Photo by Cid Castillo

The Halloween Canine Costume Contest winner was “Pixel,” being held by happy owner Jenny Kirchner. Photo by Cid Castillo

Café Aroma was the place to be Sunday night, Oct. 30 as it held its Halloween Costume and Dance Party. Photo by Cid Castillo

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King of the Cage returns to Soboba
By February 25, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 2 minutes

King of the Cage, an internationally broadcast Mixed Martial Arts company, is returning to Soboba Casino in San Jacinto on Sunday, March 15. In a broadcast event in the 10,000-seat Soboba Arena. In 2008, after 43 events and eight years of watching both Soboba Casino and King of the Cage grow as companies together, it…

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CSA 36 Advisory Council holds first meeting: Public opportunity to learn about community recreation
By July 7, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

The reconstituted County Service Area 36 Advisory Council holds its first public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 7 at Town Hall. The advisory council acts as the “eyes and ears” within the community for Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington on matters concerning street lights and parcel tax-funded public recreation. The council’s public meetings offer…

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AAI annual judged art show is ‘Front and Center’
By May 12, 2016 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The Art Alliance of Idyllwild continues its mission of keeping art vitally alive in Idyllwild with its annual judged art show from Friday, May 20, to Sunday, May 22. Appropriately titled “Front and Center,” the show features adjudicated art in four categories — 2D, Wearable Art, Photography and Digital Art, and 3D. Judging the show…

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Jennifer Singer performing Aug. 10 at summer concert
ByDavid Jerome August 1, 2023August 23, 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes

Idyllwild’s free Summer Concert Series continues Thursday, Aug. 10, when the Butterfield Amphitheater will host Jennifer Singer, with locals Bryan and Lareé Goodhead opening. The music begins at 6:05 p.m. with the headliner taking the stage at 7 p.m. Singer was a special treat at the end of last summer’s series. Series producer Ken Dahleen…

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Beer fest and home brewers competition to help ARF in June
By February 4, 2015December 4, 2015 Reading Time: 2 minutes

A very special fundraising event for Idyllwild’s Animal Rescue Friends is scheduled for June 6. ARF has announced a beer festival and home brewers’ competition to be held at the Riverside County’s Idyllwild Nature Center. Attendees will purchase admission, which will give them tastings offered by some of the finest craft brewers in Southern California,…

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Spotlight on Leadership features Cristie Scott
By November 6, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Parks Exhibition Center manager Cristie Scott is the next speaker at the Association of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s ongoing series Spotlight on Leadership. She is the new manager of the campus gallery, the Parks Exhibition Center. Scott will speak about the gallery’s many-faceted roles in enriching the artistic lives of the Summer Program and Arts Academy…

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