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The Hub and Siren Bicycles co-owner Mary Metcalf-Collier leads a basic bike maintenance workshop and demonstration at the shop Sunday during a ladies’ brunch, attended by about 20 local bike-loving women.
George Snyder (right), the guest novelist on Sunday at the weekly Author Series, is being interviewed by one of our local published authors Eduardo Santiago at the INK Book Gathering. Snyder shared with the audience his love for writing about small communities, communities within communities, and his fascination about what draws people together within a community. His third novel, “Into Deeper Waters,” is almost complete and ready for press. His fist two novels are available at INK.
Kathy Wilson has concluded the labor-intensive burden of erecting a walk-through haunted house each Halloween, replete with expensive animatronic features and live actors. Billed as “an eerie step back in time — a guided walk through a maze of 20 scenes — an experience of sight, smell and sound, and a perfect blend of both…
From Toulon in Southern France to Idyllwild in Southern California, Françoise Frigola has experienced a life just as diverse as the two communities. Born in the Mediterranean region similar in climate to San Diego, Françoise (pronounced France-wis), when asked why she left, gave a practical answer, “I needed a job.” She attended college in Marseilles,…
By Ann SmithReporter When former Idyllwild resident Kelsey Makida was featured in the May 20 issue of Travel + Leisure magazine in an article about a Hawaiian resort with a 1.8-million-gallon aquarium, we had to catch up to find out how this all came about. Makida grew up in Idyllwild. She attended Idyllwild School and…