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Angel Tree up
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The Idyllwild HELP Center’s annual Angel Tree is up and decorated with the names of many children. Helping this year are (from left) Teagan White, Brynnley Meyer, Caden Meyer, Peyton Manchee and Colleen Meyer, at the HELP Center. This year, two Angel trees are available. Besides the tree at the Library (shown here), the second tree is at Fairway Market. “We have the most kids on the Angel Tree that we have ever had,” wrote Colleen, the HELP Center’s client services administrator.

Michael Kearns, actor, writer, producer, teacher and gay activist, is prolific, having built an astonishingly deep resume of work over a 40-year career in Hollywood. He will talk about his career, political activism and book, “The Drama of AIDS: My Lasting Connection With Two Plays That Survived the Plague,” as part of Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild…
Electricity. That’s what emanates from Lisa Haley’s blue violin. Dressed in her signature homespun and singing, playing and dancing with joyful intensity, Haley is a force of nature. And don’t be surprised if storm clouds gather when Haley and her Kats take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. The humidity of the Louisiana…
By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) wants to stimulate the creativity and imagination of local children during California’s “Stay-at-Home” order. To support this goal, the AAI purchased art materials and kits costing over $1,000. The aim is to distribute these art kits to local families with children. The AAI…
Michael Jaime-Becerra (right) was the featured author on Sunday afternoon at the INK Bookstore’s 2nd Annual Author Series. Becerra talked about his book of short stories, “Every Night Is Ladies’ Night” and his novel, “This Time Tomorrow.” Eduardo Santiago (left), who also grew up in El Monte, Calif., organizes the series and asks the first questions.