Connor reads Christmas stories

The quilt is the result of the “Lemonade and Iced Tea Charity Block Challenge” at Bluebird Quilts and Gallery in Grand Terrace …
Photo courtesy of Caroline Carlson
As he did last year, plein air artist Rich Stergulz concludes the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council’s popular speaker series. Plein air, for the uninitiated, is a movement in fine art that gained prominence in the late 19th Century when painting outdoors in natural light became a signature of French impressionist painters Claude Monet, Camille Picaroon…
On Oct. 30, Idyllwild was inundated with trucks, equipment, and a film crew taking over the center of town for the filming of the FX television pilot of “The Old Man” starring Jeff Bridges. While the consensus was positive, some businesses suffered financially during the filming. “They closed the roads down and we didn’t get…
Editor’s note: This feature ran in the Town Crier on Nov. 4, 1976. Gladys Humphreys died in January 1979 at age 83. “We used to have a view of Lily Rock and Marion Mountain, but the trees grew faster than this house,” laughed Gladys Humphreys, cozy in the modest home that she and her late…
Featured songwriters perform at the Dec. 5 at Stephens Recital Hall …
Just a little taste of some of the events on the Hill last week …