
Photo by John Drake
Photo: Autumn Equinox celebration
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Michael Madrigal leads the ceremony celebrating the Autumnal Equinox in the gardens of Spirit Mountain Retreat. Among the crowd of Idyllwild locals was the featured choral local group Local Color (sitting).

The iconic “Ramona” pageant has been re-written. Local resident Stephen Savage, who assumed the role of executive creative director for Hemet’s Ramona Bowl Amphitheatre in June, has revised the historic script, submitted it to the state, scheduled a premiere reading, and maintains the pageant’s unique place in the state as “The California State Outdoor Play.”…
Wendy Winks, newly hired marketing director at Idyllwild Arts, is focused on “telling the story” of what makes the Idyllwild Arts Academy unique in high school arts education. Prior to moving to Idyllwild in October of last year, Winks had lived and worked in the Los Angeles and Pasadena areas. But she has been coming…
“Café Aroma hosted “Burlessence” Friday night, July 15. It featured several choreographed dances.
Idyllwild harpist Christian Chalifour is hosting an ongoing small orchestra rehearsal group from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at Idyllwild Center for Spiritual Living on Ridgeview Drive in The Courtyard. He is seeking any string players (violin, viola, cello or bass) who perhaps haven’t played their instruments in a while, and would like to join…
Back at Idyllwild Summer Concert Series with its winning formula of hard-hitting horns and pulsating power blues …
By Mary KnabContributor Idyllwild, the place we all call home is a literal idyllic place where folks find peace, centering and healing.Surrounded by nature we find these things in the beauty and majesty in which we are immersed daily.But did you know that here in our little town is a labyrinth, an ancient practice for…