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When Chris and Melody Johnston thought to open a gallery and tasting room in Idyllwild, they thought the official permitting processes might take several months. They envisioned a gathering spot where patrons could relax, taste Middle Ridge wines, experience art from Idyllwild’s own and purchase wines to take home. Fifty-one weeks later, they received final…
Submit listings and changes to melissa@towncrier.com. All events are subject to last-minute changes. Note: Some events, meetings and office hours may be canceled or modified due to precautions being taken to limit the spread of COVID-19. Wednesday, June 9• Jazzercise, 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Camp Maranatha, 54162 Maranatha Dr.• Coed Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Idyllwild…
On Sunday, Roger Bates and Barbara Rayliss perform the night’s theme song “Let Me Entertain You” to start off Stratford Players Black Tie Bash, which thanked supporters and patrons of the theater company at the Caine Center.
The Inland Valley String Institute, which serves string players from Idyllwild, Hemet, San Jacinto and surrounding areas, just received a very generous grant from the Mary Austin Scholarship Grant program. Here Institute founding director, Anna Pechanec Ancheta accepts the check from Doug Austin.
If Idyllwild is a top-100 art town, Richelle Gribble, raised in Idyllwild, is the poised and precocious product of that milieu. At 24, she stands on the cusp of becoming a major voice in art and social entrepreneurship. A 2009 graduate of Idyllwild Arts Academy, Gribble received the Richard H. MacNeal Award for Outstanding Graduating…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation will present the theatrical performance of “The Guys,” a play by Anne Nelson. “The Guys” stars Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria, both leading actors of television, stage and film. The play tells the story of a NYFD fire captain who lost eight men in the collapse of the…