Library centennial celebration kicks off

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Marla Moore stands beside the quilt with the new Idyllwild Public Library logo. Saturday was the kick-off of the yearlong celebration of the 100th year of the Idyllwild Library. Photo by Peter Szabadi

The new library logo is the sculpture of “Mary reading Dickens.” Here are the gentlemen behind its creation, (from left to right) Doug Austin, Jan Jaspers-Fayer, the designer, and Dori Capitani, the sculptor. Photo by Peter Szabadi

Idypark was the location for the kick-off of the Idyllwild Library’s 100th anniversary. Here are four of the many organizers (from left to right) Susan Judkins, Jean Stein, Joye Schiemdt, and Marcia Krull. Photo by Peter Szabadi

The library celebration just as it was getting started. The Rotary was there cooking hot dogs for the event. Photo by woody henderson

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Art Alliance stages Art and Treasures Weekend
By August 20, 2014October 2, 2014 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The Art Alliance of Idyllwild, one of the busiest and most visible of local nonprofits, presents a weekend of outdoor art. The Art and Treasures Weekend, envisioned as a mini Sawdust Festival (with a nod to Laguna Beach), gives AAI member artists an outdoor venue for two full days, from 10 a.m. to 5…

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Tea amidst an acre of lilacs at their blooming best
By April 25, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Lilacs reach their peaks of bloom and fragrance based on weather conditions. And since weather conditions vary, scheduling annual lilac festivals can be tricky. But this year, Gary Parton and his Idyllwild Garden Club associates are celebrating. The hundreds of lilac varietals at Parton’s Alpenglow Gardens on Fern Valley Road will be at their peak…

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Ferro presents summer series of performances
ByIdyllwild Town Crier July 12, 2022August 30, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Idyllwild hot spot Ferro Restaurant, already known as the home of weekly Jazz Nights with the Ferro Jazz Trio featuring Paul Carman, Barnaby Finch and Marshall Hawkins, invites guests to enjoy a special summer series of performances from Aug. 2 through Labor Day Weekend. Access to the performances, and cocktails on the patio, are available…

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Ember mug’s spark began at Idyllwild Arts
ByIdyllwild Town Crier January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Drop into a Starbucks and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll run across something invented by Clay Alexander, who graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in 1994. Nearly 4,600 Starbucks stores carry the temperature-controlled Ember Ceramic Mug (named by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2017), and about a thousand stores carry the Ember Travel Mug.

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Art’s Corner
ByIdyllwild Town Crier September 14, 2021September 28, 2021 Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Art ConnorMusic Reviewer In recalling the past few months of both fateful and less world-shaking events, it comes as almost a relieving reprieve for this reviewer to reflect on the missing opportunities for live music in a community so favored and well-respected for those causes. So at a particularly salient moment, here at the…

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From kindergarten student to sixth-grade teacher
By August 29, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Nicole Picchiottino returns to her K-6 alma mater Nicole (Hoffman) Picchiottino, along with other first- and second-grade students at Idyllwild School, used to slide her lunchbox down the long hall from the cafeteria to the kindergarten classroom to see whose could go farther. “I’m sure I won occasionally,” said Picchiottino. “I’m very competitive.” The game…

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