The Art Alliance of Idyllwild invites the community for an evening of wine, nibbles, live music, an art raffle and silent auction at 5 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Town Hall, for the annual “Eye of the Artist” event. The price of a raffle ticket may win someone a valuable piece of art. Those attending…

Idyllwild Arts Academy graduate Sable Summerfield recently helped rescue a green sea turtle from poachers in Costa Rica. She volunteered at the Cano Palma Biological Station in Tortuguero National Park to assist with the work they do for turtle research and conservation.   A local individual discovered a huge green sea turtle bound, turned on…

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…

Annamarie Padula is a local resident and a brilliant quilter. For the second year, she and friend Nancy Borchers have collaborated in designing a quilt to be raffled to raise money for lemon lily propagation (see cover photo). “Nancy drew the flowers,” said Padula. The checkerboard blue background was Padula’s pick. “It looks like the…