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Idyllwild’s popular Bake Shop & Brew anticipates opening its “Back Room” bar in three to five weeks. Some construction remains to be completed in this expansion of the restaurant’s seating capacity. Owner Paul White also noted more paper work needs to come back from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control. The new space, outfitted to be…
The sign went up last week; Alpaca’s is once again the Mile High Café. Monday, Feb. 5 was the first day open under the new (old) name. After a well-earned, two-year break, Mile High founder Nam Park is “happy to come back.” Nam managed the restaurant for 14 years before “retiring” and leaving her son…
Fireside Book Club This month, the club has moved from the third Wednesday to the fourth Wednesday due to the holiday. They liked “Frankenstein” so much, they thought they’d like “Dracula” even better. Everyone is invited from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Idyllwild Library to discuss the novel. Amazon said, “The…
Idyllwild’s own organic and health-centric emporium, Sky Island Natural Foods, is hosting a health fair. Owner Michael Wangler urged residents, “Come to Sky Island to meet local health and wellness practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines. Enjoy networking, bodywork, massage, health testing, lifestyle coaching and free samples classes in yoga, martial arts and more.”…
Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center As youth soccer kicked off the last week of regular-season games, our first match between the undefeated Red Hawks and the Kraken proved to be a nail biter, with outstanding defense by Mateo Whitmer of the Kraken keeping it a scoreless game going into halftime. The Red…
Jonah Tolchin will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, in Stephens Recital Hall at Idyllwild Arts Academy. The concert is free and open to the public. The 25-year-old has three acclaimed albums and several extended play records to his credit, but the vital statistics and recent accomplishments offer a snapshot only of the Princeton,…