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PHOTOS: ARF’s first ever beer fest is a success
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“Dahlia” was one four-legged customer with her owner at the Paws for Rhythm and Brews Craft Beer Festival at the Idyllwild Nature Center Saturday. The Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild organized and sponsored the event …



First you dream. Then you act. Stories that inspire us begin with dreams, often seemingly impossible dreams. “Breathe Breana,” a feature-length documentary candidate for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2019 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chronicles a young girl’s daring dream — to become a tandem surfing champion while handicapped by cystic fibrosis….
Tod Goldberg is a much-lauded novelist with a wicked sense of humor. He returns to wrap up Eduardo Santiago’s fifth-annual Idyllwild Authors Series on Sunday, June 28. If you can’t decide whether to laugh or cry at life’s absurdities and enjoy a well-crafted piece of fiction — dark, zany and touching — Goldberg’s discussion of…
The 13th Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (IIFC) opens online Tuesday, March 8. The final official day for viewing the more than 80 film selections is Sunday, March 13. Again in 2022, restrictions due to the COVID pandemic have limited the festival’s presence in Idyllwild. While the awards ceremony will still be live, it also…