

Photo by Peter Szabadi

Chorale performers.
Photo by Peter Szabadi

Photo courtesy AAI
PHOTOS: Idyllwild Master Chorale’s 2014 holiday concert
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Phil Calderone, Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chairman, expressed excitement about the addition of two new venues for fourth year of the independent film festival. Joining the festival’s anchor venue, the historic Rustic Theatre, recently upgraded to the highest quality digital projection and sound, are Astrocamp’s 100-seat Galaxy Theater and the Idyllwild Town Hall, which…
Mountain Paws owner Diane Thompson celebrated the store’s one-year anniversary on Sunday.
The American Legion Post 800 in Idyllwild hosts its annual “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” with food, boom-box music of the era and happy-hour drink prices. Intended to honor the more than three million Americans who served in one of the longest conflicts in America’s war history, Vietnam Veterans Day was created by proclamation of…
The year of the dragon, Chinese Year 4710, began on Jan. 23 and is considered the luckiest year in the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle. Red is the dragon’s color, and wearing red is said to ensure good fortune. Each day of the 15-day holiday comes with its recommended traditions, all designed to bring happiness, prosperity…
Doug Austin is a presence in the community that everyone knows. Austin, a gentleman, is master of ceremonies at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series, appears on stage with the Olde English Theatre or Stratford Players and always goes out of his way to greet friends and strangers with kind words and a humble personality. His…
A new shop opened in the Village Lane on North Circle Drive. The store is one that hasn’t been seen in Idyllwild before — a skateboard shop.Build a Board Skate Shop opened Sept. 18.Carlos Mercado, of Cathedral City, who was born and raised in the Coachella Valley said, “I’ve been coming to Idyllwild since I…