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Fundraiser features 20 Southern California wineries The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI), on Oct. 12, welcomes 20 of Southern California’s premier wineries and hundreds of wine lovers from near and far. The 22nd-annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting features galleries and artist booths throughout the entire length of the village. Organizers hope this event brings…
Planning a Lilac Festival in spite of the vicissitudes of climate and weather patterns is a perilous endeavor. Just ask Gary Parton, who has fathered this celebration since 2009 and continues to propagate and promote Idyllwild as a lilac tourist venue. Each year, Parton and his committee set the date for the festival, hoping the…
Spirit Mountain Retreat will host a free event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, that the organizers, headed by Christina Nordella and her Mother Earth Healing Center (MEHC), are calling Idyllstock. The intent is to bridge the generations between Woodstock and what is called “Gen C.” Gen C has picked up two definitions, the…
By Rick Barker Special to the Town Crier The idyllic wilderness we call Idyllwild has long been a magnet for healers, whether of body, mind or soul. Several Native American tribes considered our mountaintop a place of healing, and even a sacred space. Our town’s first building, built in 1901, was a sanatorium. Seeking a…
At the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s annual membership meeting Friday, Jan. 23, it announced the schedule of events for 2015. • Feb. 7 — Under $100 Art Fair • Feb. 21 — Artist Series • March 7 — Eye of the Artist Show & Fundraiser • March 28 — Artist Series • April 11 —Community…
Some of the students were so little their feet did not reach the floor as they sat waiting for their chance at the microphone. At the beginning of the 38th-annual Hemet Unified School District Spelling Bee held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the HUSD Professional Development Service Center, Spelling Master Walt Pleasnick looked…