PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Photo by J.P. Crumrine
The Wallow Fire burned nearly 540,000 acres from late May until its containment on July 21.
Thunder bellowed for hours and the lightning resembled the strobe lights at a discotheque early Tuesday.
Idyllwild resident author Joy Sikorski, writing with co-author Michael Silversher, changes the fare for this fourth season of Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series when she and Silversher present their biblical historical novel, “Tamar of the Terebinths” (Whispering Voices Publications, 2013). It is the first time the series has featured an historical biblical novel. Sikorski calls…
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” in Spanish, was what started Eduardo Santiago on his career path. “I was confined in bed for two months with hepatitis when I was 7,” said Santiago remembering his boyhood in Cuba. “It felt like two years.” The gift of the book from his uncle not only helped Santiago through…
‘Truth and integrity are important in the creation of art’ Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts Chair David Reid-Marr is the next speaker at the Spotlight on Leadership series at the academy. The series, part of the academy’s outreach to the community, and its desire to build bridges of understanding and communication between campus and community,…
Butterfly Mint Bush, (Monardella antonina), a California native plant, is a real butterfly magnet.