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Photo by Thom Wallace

Photo by Thom Wallace

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PHOTOS: This week in photos – March 23, 2017
By Idyllwild Town Crier







The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema returns for the fifth time next month. From Jan. 7 to 11, festival participants will once again be offered a panoply of dozens of films — from features to documentaries to shorts. “We really focused on quality this year,” said Idyllwild Director Steve Savage. “Our standards are through the…
Bert Upson is a lucky man. He recounts how instinct and fortune saved him on multiple occasions on 9/11 in his book “On a Clear Day” (Thunderbird Press 2012). He escaped the South Tower of the World Trade Center in the last express elevator to the ground floor minutes after the first plane hit the…
Every day dogs can be seen walking the Idyllwild streets. It is not uncommon to see a few cats either. But Dr. John Laundré, assistant director of the University of California, Riverside’s James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, and the next Idyllwild Community Center speaker, will show the audience that the cats, which he has seen…
With two wine bars, both upper and lower decks were filled. Multiple wines and tapas were served throughout the event Saturday.
Idyllwild’s own organic and health-centric emporium, Sky Island Natural Foods, is hosting a health fair. Owner Michael Wangler urged residents, “Come to Sky Island to meet local health and wellness practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines. Enjoy networking, bodywork, massage, health testing, lifestyle coaching and free samples classes in yoga, martial arts and more.”…
Ken Dahleen has inked Fritz Coleman to do stand-up on the deck of Uncle B’s Smokin’ Bar-b-que. Coleman’s Saturday, July 9, appearance kicks off a comedy series Dahleen plans to hold throughout the summer. Coleman appears in two shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. Coleman previously regaled Idyllwild audiences emceeing a…