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Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” was a sold out event at the Caine Learning Center for the three nights it played this weekend. Below, Chris Maxson, right, guides two visitors, Cathy Vasilev, left, from Los Angeles and Idyllwild resident Patty Kaplan, center, on a personal tour of her studio as part of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild Member Studio Tour. Photo by Cid Castillo

Justin Holmes, Lancelot, singing “If Ever I Would Leave You” to Guinevere, Dimyana Pelev …
Dwight “Buzz” Holmes conducts the Idyllwild Master Chorale in its annual concert at the Idyllwild School gym over the past weekend. The Winter Solstice Celebration combined music and fine art, collaborating for the second year with the Art Alliance of Idyllwild …
Young combat veterans, who have recently completed their military service and are now enrolled in the Veterans’ Learning Collaborative program at Pasadena City College, began their academic careers by enjoying a weekend retreat in Idyllwild.
This year marks the 124th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We try to reprint it each year for the enjoyment…
The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting will be Saturday, Nov. 28. Despite the four-year drought, the Idyllwild Christmas Tree — a sequoia at Jo’An’s — is well and looking forward to another holiday season. The drought has raised concerns about the tree’s health and Phyllis Mueller, chair of the Soroptimist’s Tree Lighting Committee, has been actively…