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More than 200 Idyllwild residents came to the open house held by Fern Creek Medical Center on Saturday, June 2. The medical center festooned its premises with half a dozen gazebos housing live entertainment by the Bill Sheppard & Max Gringo Ensemble, wine by local vintners Middle Ridge Winery, BIA testing, musical entertainment by violinist Dottie Goldfarb and delicious catering served by local Gary’s Deli. Photo by Cid Castillo

Lanny and Lorraine Hardy celebrate their one-year anniversary of their ownership of The Creek House restaurant with Chris and Melody Johnston of Middle Ridge Winery, Temecula, on Saturday afternoon. Middle Ridge Winery held a wine tasting on the deck in celebration of the anniversary.
Beginning this week, Idyllwild Arts is reviving the oral tradition of sharing and learning history. For each of the next four weeks, a different speaker will tell a story about the early years of the school and the creation of the Academy. The idea originated with Pamela Jordan, President, Idyllwild Arts Foundation, who arrived on…
Janet Fitch’s mega-bestselling 1999 debut novel “White Oleander” makes her well qualified to lead the April 5 to 7 Spring Writers Retreat (idyllwildarts.org/spring-writers-retreat/) on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The course description promises an attempt to “reinforce participants’ connection with their creative sources, and explore aspects of craft,” and the craft that Fitch lavished on “White…
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed “Even though I’m super-busy, I had to do this one,” Brooke Manning says. “It’s too important not to do.” The Idyllwild Arts Academy twelfth-grade dance major will give the Friday night, Dec. 13 IDYTalk at the Idyllwild Town Gallery. Manning was talking about her role in the academy’s Environmental Club, of…
Paws for Rhythm and Brews, the first Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild beer festival, is Saturday, June 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Idyllwild Nature Center. Thirteen craft beer and cider brewers will be featured that day. During the festival, results of a home brewers competition will be announced. Submissions may be…
Samantha Dunn, the next presenter in Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series, grew up with horses in rural hardscrabble New Mexico. Riding, dance, growing up poor in parched Southwest landscapes, her mother’s brilliance and alcoholism, and Dunn’s journey to redefine herself as a grown woman are key themes in her writing. “At the age of 3…