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Photos: Last week in Idyllwild: October 22, 2015
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“Little Shop of Horrors” is the final 2013-14 production of the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Theater Department. The musical was first performed in 1982 and has become a favorite throughout this country and internationally. For those unfamiliar with the movie, the plot is simply about a florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on…
Barbara Longbrook, Idyllwild School K-1 teacher, retired at the end of this school year after a 40-year teaching career. “I knew from the age of 5 that I wanted to be a teacher,” said Longbrook. “It was my very first day at kindergarten. When I saw what was going on, what the teacher was doing,…
Riverside County Regional Park & Open–Space District staff have expanded service in Idyllwild by now operating Idyllwild Town Hall. RivCoParks also operates Hurkey Creek Park, Idyllwild Park, Idyllwild Nature Center, McCall Memorial Park, Lawler Lodge and Lawler Alpine Cabins. RivCoParks staff will be hosting a Meet and Greet with Idyllwild community members during the summer…
Both native and non-native plants, and two greenhouses Kenny and Eva Gioeli will open what promises to be a marquee business in Idyllwild — a beautifully designed and staged nursery with plants, flowers, herbs and vegetables for all seasons and occasions, open year-round — Idyllwild Gardens. And it will be a family run enterprise, with…
The Idyllwild Library Summer Reading Program ends Saturday, Aug 10. The awards ceremony and storytime is at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 17, at the library. The free event will feature international foods and stories.
This Thursday’s Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) Songwriting Concert, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., presents an excuse to mention an appointment that may have flown under the radar last fall: Kasaan Hammon’s promotion to assistant chair of IAA’s Music Department. Hammon has brought “exceptional efficiency and problem-solving skills” as well as “warmth and humor” to her…