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By Richard Barker Special to the Town Crier I arrived at Eduardo Santiago’s house to find him hunched over his kitchen table pounding down shots of what turned out to be Lemon Lily tea. “I just picked this up at Merkaba’s and it’s delicious,” he said. “Join me; we can drown our sorrows together.”…
By Idyllwild Actors TheatreContributed Idyllwild Actors Theatre is thrilled to be back in production after the long Covid hiatus. The upcoming play “SLOW FOOD,” a comedy by Wendy Mac-Leod, is coming to The Rustic Theatre and Entertainment Center, 54290 N. Circle Dr., Idyllwild, Aug. 6 and 7. Doors open at 7 p.m. and curtain is…
It’s almost noon, a hazy sunlight abounds, yet, the stars are already out in front of the Rustic Theatre in Idyllwild. This day, March 11, is awards day for the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema that has been reviewing and showing independent films since March 6. Which films, filmmakers and actors will receive awards has…
“It’s really important to me for some romantic reason to keep an independent bookstore in Idyllwild” …
Long planned, the inaugural Idyllwild Lilac Celebration serves up a festival for seeing, smelling, tasting, listening and learning on the first weekend in May, with events on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Centered at Gary Parton’s Alpenglow Lilac Gardens, 25025 Fern Valley Road, the celebration also includes events at the Idyllwild Library…