

Photos by Tom Kluzak
Strawberry Creek Village opens
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Joyce Schilling, matriarch of the family who own and operate the Strawberry Creek Village, cuts the ribbon on Saturday, March 25, signaling the official opening of the inn on North Circle Drive. Surrounded by well-wishers from the Rotary Club and friends, family members, in blue jackets, are (back row, from left) Kurt, Nicole and Joseph Jones, innkeepers Cindi and Rick Hinds; and (front row, from left) Brendan Jones, Schilling and Sean Jones.


Photos by Tom Kluzak
Laurie Maxwell (top left) and family gather at the Ernie Maxwell Scenic trailhead in Humber Park prior to the Friday EMax hike
Editor’s note: The following is taken from an Idyllwild Arts press release. Idyllwild Arts Foundation President Pamela Jordan has named Shaliyah Ben director of the Native American Arts Program. Under the guidance of Heather Companiott, the Native American Arts Program became a formidable player in the world of Native American arts in recent decades. Ben,…
Retired arts educator Ken Young, popular with Idyllwild audiences for his portrayals of famous painters, made his last Idyllwild appearance as French pointillist Georges Seurat Thursday night at the Rainbow Inn. The Friends of the Idyllwild Library and Idyllwild Community Recreation Council co-sponsored the event.
For the fourth year, the Idyllwild Library is holding a Children’s Film Festival in conjunction with the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. This year, mirroring the extended IIFC screening schedule, the Children’s Festival will be held on two weekends rather than one — from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 and 14, in the…
Idyllwild jazz icon Marshall Hawkins, one of the founders of Jazz in the Pines, now in its 19th year, is adding venues and artists to his second jazz festival creation — Town Jazz. Entering its second year, Town Jazz is Hawkins’ effort to bridge a division between the Idyllwild Arts location of Jazz in the…
A pack of letters that Kris Kringle himself let the Town Crier borrow. Instead of bringing you the usual news stories that fill the following page each week, we like to take a breather each year and let you look at the season through the eyes of the children in our community.