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Around town photos
By Idyllwild Town Crier





Pine Cove resident Michele Bryant had big dreams — to run the San Diego (Suja) Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon and raise money for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital. The event, both marathon and half marathon, takes place Sunday, June 5. It starts at 6th and Quince at Balboa Park, runs through historic downtown neighborhoods, and…
American Legion Post 800 hosts Memorial Day ceremonies beginning at 11 a.m. Monday, May 26, with the Honor Guard presenting the national flag and the flag of each of the armed forces. A speaker had not been announced at press time. The Ladies Auxiliary will serve a free lunch following the ceremony. The Legion is…
At the end of a phenomenally successful year with several headliner events, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild will hold a ‘Winter Solstice Art Show’ December 16 at Town Hall from noon to 8 pm. Christine Dodd, publisher of two magazines — Palm Springs Art and Laguna Beach Art — will judge the new, one-day show-and-sale. …
The secret is out. Idyllwild is a major travel destination, second in a top-10 list of “must see” small cities “that should absolutely be on your travel bucket list” (www.bustle.com). Bustle, a visually flashy daily online news, entertainment and fashion community with a nod toward women readers, selected Idyllwild and the other nine destinations because…
Pixar creative director in Idyllwild to explain his creations The magic of the Pixar stories told in Disney parks takes you to different worlds — worlds so compelling that they can seem real to both children and adults. The man behind the magic, Roger Gould, will talk about his tricks at the invitation of the…
Easter Sunday is the culmination of Lent and of Holy Week, the week beginning with Palm Sunday. Holy Week contains three of the most important days in the Christian calendar — Maundy or Holy Thursday remembering the Last Supper or Christ’s last Passover feast with his disciples; Good Friday, commemorating Christ’s crucifixion, passion and death;…