PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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Holly Bratten stunned the judges at the Southern California Fair at the Perris Fairgrounds with her recipes and submissions in the food and baked goods categories. Bratten, who has submitted every year since 1992 at the SoCal Fair (previously the Farmer’s Fair), took home Best of Show for her pickled onions, 25 1st place awards,…
In an effort to raise awareness about the impacts of neurological disorders, Idyllwild Arts Academy Inter-arts student Jackson Bujnosek’s family decided to take this idea directly to campus. “With my personal passion for art, and the importance of certain social issues within my family circle, we’ve found it best appropriate to combine the two aspects…
Ann SmithReporter What is the Idyllwild Songwriters Retreat and Festival and who is Brett Perkins anyway? Perkins is a very interesting chap who was born in San Gabriel, California, and brought up in Arcadia. His grandmother had an undeveloped piece of property in Idyllwild during the 1960s. “I was brought to Idyllwild when I was…
The Los Angeles Music Center announced 108 semifinalists from Southern California high schools as part of its 27th annual “The Music Center Presents Spotlight Program” that included three Idyllwild Arts Academy students. More than 1,600 high school arts students in various disciplines auditioned for this prestigious program. Semifinalists were named in seven arts categories —…
Chicago native Chris Scott serves the community by volunteering. With ongoing service to the Idyllwild Community Fund, the U.S. Forest Service, Idyllwild Arts and the Rotary Club, Scott is part of the pulse of the community. “Being from Chicago, I never lived in a small town before and didn’t know what to expect,” Scott said….
The Town Crier sat down with Chris Bayer, proprietor of Black Mountain Coffee Roasters, at his new location in the basement of the Owl Pine shop. Bayer opened his first location, in Oakwood Village, now known as Forest Haven, in 2017. The Owl Pine’s basement seems an unlikely spot for a coffee house, but Bayer…...