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Tuesday night kicked off the 2015 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Betty Baily, center, hands her drink ticket to Mark Croudy behind the bar during the opening night party at the Creekstone Inn. Photo by Jenny Kirchner









The evening event raised $1,900 to fight human trafficking. The evening of art, music and information featured Marge Muir (back left) as emcee. Donated art, which local women created, was featured in a silent auction and — along with the admission fee — accounted for the money raised. Local musicians provided entertainment and local businesses donated food and beverages for attendees. The event drew more than 60 attendees.
Idyllwild’s Stephen Savage, founder of the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, has been asked to work with Ramona Bowl in Hemet, including its historic pageant, “Ramona.” “I’m excited to have the opportunity to fit in and to help,” Savage said last week. After Idyllwild 2014, Savage announced that the Idyllwild event would expand to include…
Random acts of kindness are occurring throughout Idyllwild this month. Opening a door for someone, donating a book at the Idyllwild Library, picking up litter, donating to the Help Center and many other kind acts are happening. While the concept, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty,” may be 35 years old,…
On the morning of July 3, Susie and Richard Hampson were recognized for their years of volunteering at the Idyllwild Nature Center. The recognition occurred during the unveiling of “The Birds of Idyllwild Nature Center” interpretive panel. This panel, sponsored by the Friends of Mt. San Jacinto County Parks and designed by Janet McAlpine, is…
Evelyn Teel, 3, is the first to drop her letter to Santa in the North Pole-bound mail box at the Idyllwild Post Office. Helping Santa are post office employees Julie Stanford and Christina Reitz (front), Kelsi Lehman, Postmaster Kelly Gates, Mom Theresa Teel and John Aussenhofer. The mail box will be in the Idyllwild Post Office lobby until Friday, Dec. 12, for children to send Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa allows the Town Crier to print the letters in the Christmas edition for readers to enjoy. Photo by Halie Wilson” width=”720″ height=”480″ /> NORTH POLE MAIL: Evelyn Teel, 3, is the first to drop her letter to Santa in the North Pole-bound mail box at the Idyllwild Post Office. Helping Santa are post office employees Julie Stanford and Christina Reitz (front), Kelsi Lehman, Postmaster Kelly Gates, Mom Theresa Teel and John Aussenhofer. The mail box will be in the Idyllwild Post Office lobby until Friday, Dec. 12, for children to send Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa allows the Town Crier to print the letters in the Christmas edition for readers to enjoy.
Conor O’Farrell, a member of the Idyllwild “glitterati,” is frequently expounding on his most recent idea at the Town Baker. The well-known stage and screen actor has just returned from Atlanta, where he was filming the pilot episode for “Game of Silence.” He spent three weeks in Georgia acting, visiting his like-named daughter, Georgia, and…