By Evan and Robin MillsContributed The pandemic has wrought hard times for the arts in the world at-large and in a beautiful little corner of it known as Idyllwild, our famous art town.    Idyllwild’s Courtyard Gallery has been continuously operated since its founding in 1980 by artist Carol Mills, making it the longest-standing gallery…

Conversations over gin rummy in Pulitzer Prize-winning play Who wants to wind up in a nursing home and how does one adapt to the stasis and inactivity? In the 1978 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Gin Game,” two elderly residents, bored with the residence routine, strike up a friendship. He offers to teach her gin rummy….

Chicago native Chris Scott serves the community by volunteering. With ongoing service to the Idyllwild Community Fund, the U.S. Forest Service, Idyllwild Arts and the Rotary Club, Scott is part of the pulse of the community. “Being from Chicago, I never lived in a small town before and didn’t know what to expect,” Scott said….