

Spirit Mountain Retreat hosts Day of the Dead celebration
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On Saturday, Nov. 3, Spirit Mountain Retreat celebrated Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, where altars were created honoring those we love that have died. About 25 people gathered in the great stone circle sharing in ancient ritual style about friends and family, honoring their lives, and welcoming their presence among us. Photo by Careena Chase

The fourth-annual Idyllwild Interfaith Service of Solace will be 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church (25525 Tahquitz Drive in Idyllwild). The service is an acknowledgement that not everyone is gleefully jubilant in this “happiest time of the year.” Many carry the burden of loss — whether recent or long-standing — during…
April 15 marks 104 years since the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, an event that shocked the world over and inspired decades of searches for its wreckage and the treasures she concealed. In commemoration, Soboba Casino is bringing the memory of the Titanic back to the forefront with…
“The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later – an Epilogue” will be Isis’s next 2013 production. Idyllwild’s Howard Shangraw directs this provocative and insightful piece that reverberates beyond Laramie. On Nov. 6, 1998, gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard left the Fireside Bar with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. The following day he was discovered…
Brendan Steele finished in a tie for 30th place last week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, posting an 11-under par 69-69-67-72 — 277. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged over 320 yards while finding 66% of the fairways, and he hit a sparkling 87.5% of the greens in regulation, but his putter cost him…
After a one-year hiatus, the 20th annual Idyllwild Easter Egg Hunt is back in private hands …