


PHOTOS: Town Hall kids have castle fun
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Before seeing “The Sword in the Stone” at the Rustic Theatre Wednesday, Feb. 18, King Darrell Gillett knights Rylan Righetti.



While COVID-19 has impacted all of us adults, children have endured many challenges as well. Idyllwild has always supported the arts. For being such a small town, we are full of artists who use all different mediums. smARTS, a 501c3 volunteer group, is dedicated to helping students learn about art, encouraging them to nourish their…
For many years, Sasha Fisher had struggled as a single mother to raise her two children, always maintaining a positive “can do” attitude as a model for her children. “I wanted to show my children that nothing is impossible if you have enough love for yourself and are willing to work hard.” Originally from Minneapolis,…
Idyllwild local Cory Lavy wasn’t always the artistic type. While he was born and raised in Idyllwild, Lavy was more interested in the fire and medical world than he ever was with the arts. While in high school, Lavy volunteered for the U.S. Forest Service, and when he graduated in 2003, he was immediately picked…
Derrik Lewis, newest member of Idyllwild’s Stratford Players, has a storied background in stage, television and film that began when he was 15 with his first professional performance. Lewis is now a regular member of the Stratford Players and can be seen in its Idyllwild productions. At age 18, Lewis made his debut as an…
Members of the Idyllwild Garden Club, (from left) Antje Banks, Club President Antoinette (Toni) Berthelotte and Wendy Read groom the Town Hall grounds. Monday, May 14, is the club’s next work day (volunteers needed), also at Town Hall.
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society, a rich repository of Hill history, holds its annual ice cream social on the IAHS grounds from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3. Although one visits the IAHS to sample things old, longtime IAHS volunteer Bob Smith assures the public the ice cream will be deliciously new. “It’s a…