





Five unique Idyllwild homes featured on home tour
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Saturday the Idyllwild Historical Society held its 12th Annual Home Tour with 5 homes graciously opened to the public for viewing. This incredibly gorgeous, colorful, warm living room is full of art, musical instruments, spirituality, and personality belonging to two local artists and their artistic daughter that grace our mountain. Photo by Careena Chase






“Nailbiter,” a horror film involving a tornado, is the first feature from director Patrick Rea who last year contributed the very well-received short “Get Off My Porch” (you remember the Girl Scouts and their oddly compelling cookies?). Rea, who grew up in Nebraska, used his experience running from a tornado as a boy as inspiration…
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) students will present works they were unable to show last spring — the “Lost Works” — during a special Zoom session at https://idyllwildarts.zoom.us/j/92973371767 beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. The premature closing of the IAA campus in March, because of the pandemic, pushed the rest of…
Fundraiser for lost and abandoned cats and dogs The fourth-annual Paws for Rhythm and Brews will be Saturday, June 2, at the Idyllwild Nature Center. There will be plenty of beer, 16 different brewers, a winery, a bigger and better Kids Zone, and an intriguing silent auction. All of the proceeds help “keep the doors open,”…
The votes have been tallied and the recipient of the 2022 Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award is biologist Jon King. The award is given to recognize those who have demonstrated a tangible, perhaps physical, effect on the community. The honor is given to an individual or group who represents EMax’s spirit of community and volunteerism….
Dr. Jenny Rechel, U.S. Forest Service geographer, is the next speaker for the Idyllwild Nature Center’s “Nature of Nature” spring speaker series. For 20 years, Rechel has tracked, mapped and documented the effects of climate change, fire and drought on resident and migratory birds. She will talk about her research conducted on the San Jacinto…