Brendan Constantine has been teaching with Idyllwild Arts summer poetry and creative writing programs for most of the last 17 years and agreed to tell his class’ evacuation story. More than 200 kids plus teachers and counselors were abruptly moved off campus. Subsequently, many students were picked up by their parents in Banning that afternoon….

The Friends of the Idyllwild Library is hosting a talk with nationally recognized author and recent Idyllwild transplant Mallory O’Meara at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 13 at the library. O’Meara came to California to work in the film industry, becoming a producer of horror films, before she found her voice as an author. Her first…

Storme Freeman has been a teacher for 35 years, having taught kindergarten through sixth grade throughout her career. She also taught a multi-age classroom with first through third graders for three years. Freeman started her education at Mt. San Jacinto College in the early 1980s. From there, she received her teaching credential and a bachelor’s…