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PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s traditional Christmas Tree Lighting
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First there was the July fire with five days of evacuation, and then a February weather apocalypse that closed two of three major roads into Idyllwild. Even though January through March is normally a slower time for Idyllwild businesses, the two unforeseen events have significantly impacted local tourist traffic. With spring weather, and little rain…
If you’ve a taste for treasure and a thirst for adventure, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s Art and Treasures Weekend is certain to please. This Labor Day weekend, Idyllwild will be transformed into a treasure hunter’s paradise. Discover fine works of original art, enjoy lively musicians, and seek precious objects at community-wide yard sales. That…
As promising as the weather prognostications materialized for the gradual relief of summertime heat over the holiday weekend — happily enough for the various yard sale promoters — the prospects for the annual Levy and Speltz families’ benefit for the Idyllwild Arts Foundation were even greater, due not only to a better event venue, just…
By the Associates of the Idyllwild Arts FoundationContributed The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation has been recognizing a volunteer of the year since 1970. The honoree’s name is kept secret and is known only by the previous year’s recipient and the search committee. The Associates is proud to announce Suzie Bennett as its 2020…
The IDYTalk series featuring Idyllwild Arts Academy students returns at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, with Musical Theatre major Benjamin Biber speaking in person in the campus’ Krone Library to academy faculty and students, and on Zoom to everyone else. Ben and his family are long-time Idyllwild residents, and he has attended both the Idyllwild…
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit member and Town Crier columnist Helene Lohr creating art in front of her booth “Windwoodstone.”