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Rachel Haynes and Marcia Krull serve up spaghetti during the annual free spaghetti dinner and basket raffle Thursday night at Buckhorn Camp. Photo by Jenny Kirchner












At Saturday’s Award Ceremony for the 2015 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, Allan Katz received the Lifetime Achievement Award. “He was genuinely taken aback and surprised by the honor,” said IIFC Chair and founder Stephen Savage. Katz’s career included several years writing for “M*A*S*H”, which Savage says was enough alone to qualify him for the…
Modern dance legend Bella Lewitzky, 1996 National Medal of Arts recipient, built a career that eschewed then-prevailing standards. She crafted a dance career based in Southern California rather than in New York, the dance citadel of the period. She cofounded Dance Theatre in Los Angeles in 1946 as an interracial school and company that artistically…
Bill Sheppard was there. Right in the center of West Coast rock and roll. Right when it was all happening. And not many know how big his career was. It turns out, Bill is so modest even his wife and sons did not know how close to the sun he flew with the groups with…
Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery, is once again introducing a new art exhibit in its 4,000-square-foot gallery. “The Idyllwild Collection: Wanderlust” features a variety of works that capture the many wonders of adventure and the creative, inquisitive mind. Defined as an irresistibly strong desire to travel or explore, the word wanderlust conjures up romantic visions…
10:56 A.M. UPDATE: The Mountain Fire did not destroy Mountain Center. At this time, we do not know if any structures in that area were affected. However, vegetation on both sides of Highway 243 were destroy.
Teaches mindfulness Monique Zander hosts Idyllwild meditation workshops that help connect and center her participants in the now, in each person’s particular present. “The past is recrimination and the future is what might happen,” said Zander. “What is important is the present. It is important to be mindful of this moment and to live in…