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Guests gather during the HELP Center’s benefit concert Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Quiet Creek Inn in the Village. Barnaby Finch and Friends treated concert-goers to live music. Photo by John Drake

Celtic sessions, informal gatherings of musicans playing together, are becoming a tradition at the Creek House. The next session will be Jan 25., and all musicians are welcome to sit in.
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff was the invited speaker at the Idyllwild Rotary Club weekly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Although he is up for re-election in November, he was careful to avoid any semblance of campaigning, prohibited by law and departmental regulations when in uniform. Nevertheless, he is proud of his department and what…
By Ann SmithReporter There is literally a new game in town! Longtime resident Jenny Kirchner and partner Nicole Smith-Merry will be opening Gidget’s Game Room Friday, July 2. In the past, the space housed a video store. As it happens, Kirchner is a former journalist and photographer for the Idyllwild Town Crier. She learned much…
Those who know Barbara Rayliss hope that is not the case Musician, singer and actor Barbara Rayliss said she has done everything in her life that she has wanted to do but one — perform her own, one-woman show. And although she is calling her upcoming show her last hurrah, those who know her as…
Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery is celebrating harvest and winemaking with its newest rotating gallery exhibit called “The Idyllwild Collection: Art Uncorked,” where artists uncork their talent with works as intriguing as harvest in the vineyard. The show kicks off with an “Afternoon with the Artists” from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. The…
Idyllwild local Cory Lavy wasn’t always the artistic type. While he was born and raised in Idyllwild, Lavy was more interested in the fire and medical world than he ever was with the arts. While in high school, Lavy volunteered for the U.S. Forest Service, and when he graduated in 2003, he was immediately picked…