
Ella Fors, 3, is fascinated Friday by the G-scale railroad running high inside Jo’An’s restaurant. She, her parents and her brother, Nathan, visited from San Clemente.
Photo by Jack Clark
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Ella Fors, 3, is fascinated Friday by the G-scale railroad running high inside Jo’An’s restaurant. She, her parents and her brother, Nathan, visited from San Clemente.
Photo by Jack Clark
Susan Lake creates fantasy worlds. She writes the stories and elaborately costumes the characters as collectible, ball-jointed dolls. With a background in visual and performing arts, as both a choreographer and costumer, Lake knows how to conjure and weave gothic tales of magic, the struggle between dark and light. And lifting the words from the…
Idyllwild School has a new reading intervention teacher. This is Inh Chomthanath’s first year as a reading teacher, but she has 13 years experience as a classroom teacher. This is also Chomthanath’s first year with the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD). She moved to California from North Carolina to be closer to her husband’s mother,…
Christina Reitz, a true Idyllwild ambassador, is in her final week as an Idyllwild resident. From the counter of the Idyllwild Post Office, Christina has brought smiles and aid to so many. In evenings and weekends, she has worked just as hard to bring pleasure and happiness to her community and its visitors. Now she…
May 12 and 13 will be a special weekend on the Hill. That’s because “Idyllwild’s Got Talent!,” a variety show and fundraiser, is being organized for the Idyllwild Community Center. The funds will be used for furnishings and games for the youth room at the ICC. Suzy Capparelli announced the show at Saturday’s public conversation…
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…
Idyllwild’s own Stratford Players present a holiday confection — something sweet, something tuneful, something thoughtful, and, of course, something merry, all designed to make spirits bright. “Our theme this year is making spirits bright and that is what we hope to accomplish with our Christmas performances,” said Stratford Artistic Director Marsha Kennedy. “We like to…