

Photo by John Drake

Photo by Tom Kluzak




Photo by John Drake

Photo by Tom Kluzak

Photo by Jack Clark

PHOTOS: This week in Photos: June 30, 2016
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The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema enters year eight strong and healthy with 11 days and two weekends in which to see all films. IIFC opens on Thursday, Jan. 5 and runs through Sunday, Jan. 15. Stephen Savage’s idea for an independent film festival began as a valentine to Idyllwild — a way to bring…
There’s good news this week for local and visiting pickleball players. Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has repaired the pickleball court fence. The court was significantly damaged in a Thanksgiving windstorm in 2021 when a large pine tree on Idyllwild Pines’ grounds, where ICC’s pickleball court is located, snapped and fell across the two courts. It…
(Some of this story was taken from a Climate Science Alliance press release) Climate Science Alliance South Coast Director Dr. Amber Pairis was among eight recipients honored nationally on May 8, for helping safeguard America’s valuable natural resources. Pairis is a former Idyllwild resident. “I grew up in Idyllwild (age 5 and up) and lived there until…
Annual lilac festival and Victorian Tea will not continue Idyllwild became a lilac tourism destination during the years that the late lilac hybridizer Reva Ballreich dedicated her energy and her family’s property to planting, hybridizing, cultivating and eventually displaying more than 887 lilac varietals. Each spring, Ballreich opened her garden to the public — her…
Inland Empire-based SouthBound and Company was last here two years ago with a Buddy Holly tribute. They return in Creedence Clearwater form for Ken Dahleen’s 2016 Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Taking the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14, are SouthBound leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Darryl Reed; guitarist and backup vocalist Michael Finn;…