

Photo: ICRC Speaker Series — Rich Stergulz
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Quiet Creek Gallery hosted the ICRC speaker series on Wednesday night with artist and guest speaker Rich Stergulz. The freelance artist shared his technique, especially with regards to portraiture. As he painted, he answered questions from the audience and demonstrated how he looks for the way light falls upon the face and the importance of half tones for depth and shape giving the illusion of 3D.

Historical lecturer and Hemet resident Penelope Engard engages the crowd at the Idyllwild Library with stories of late food author MFK Fisher. Fisher once owned 90 acres of land in Hemet with her second husband and authored such books as “How to Cook a Wolf” and “The Art of Eating.”
The 21st Jazz in the Pines performances begin Saturday, Aug. 16, but the traditional Patrons Dinner sounds the opening notes Friday evening, Aug. 15. This year, the Friday soiree will return to the French Quarter where it has been before, said Anne Erikson, one of three co-chairs of the jazz fest.
After months of anticipation, the 15 chairs for the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Chairs for Charity fundraiser are returning to Idyllwild. For one week only, May 21 to 25, the chairs will be on exhibit at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery before heading to the 50th-anniversary celebration on May 26. Event tickets to…
The 16th-annual Idyllwild Home Tour is only a week away. On Saturday, Sept. 17, the opportunity to visit and walk through several old (1930s and 1940s) Idyllwild residences, and a few new and very special homes will be available. Five extraordinary homes will open their doors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to benefit the…
There are many inns, lodges and Airbnb’s in Idyllwild, but not many that are run by a family, three generations deep, at the same time. The Root-Stone Lodge has been a tucked away lodge in the forest near Strawberry Creek for years. The lodge was originally bought as a single-family residence by Don Baldwin in…