On Thursday, Feb, 8, a select group of Idyllwild Arts Academy students flew east to Boston, Massachusetts. On Friday, they toured the town and the university scene near the Berklee College of Music, which happens to be on the opposite side of the Charles River from Harvard and MIT. Within a 15-minute walk, the students…

By Sally Hedberg Special to the Town Crier This Saturday at the Nature Center, the Junior Naturalists will be learning “What’s Beneath the Earth.” This program will focus on geology and is open to ages 6 to 12. Mentor Sherri Domenigoni will present the program, along with Monique Grover and Lyric Hemmer, summer interns provided…

Built in 1921, the Historic Hemet Theatre is one of the oldest surviving movie houses in the country, according to CEO Susan Carrier. The first movie house in Hemet was built in 1913 across the street from the current theater where the Strawberry Bike Shop building stands. The theater was a vibrant cultural center of…