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FISHER TO LIFE: Historical lecturer and Hemet resident Penelope Engard engages the crowd at the Idyllwild Library with stories of late food author MFK Fisher. Fisher once owned 90 acres of land in Hemet with her second husband and authored such books as “How to Cook a Wolf” and “The Art of Eating.” Photo by John Drake

This story is about Art; that is, Art Connor. Since 2010, Art has been curator for The Record Collection here in Idyllwild on Lower Pine Crest Avenue, just paces down the road from the Idyllwild Water District office. Both Art and The Record Collection have interesting histories. Originally, I thought I was going to interview…
An Idyllwild favorite, Yve Evans sings at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. She drew a packed house with her soulful voice and humor.
From 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, a Day of the Dead Community Altar honoring all those whom we love and who have died will be created in the great stone circle at Spirit Mountain Retreat. The tradition of building altars remembering the deceased, using photos, flowers, candles, skulls, marigolds, favorite foods as gifts…
Elyse Snyder is Idyllwild School’s new middle school mathematics teacher. It has only been a few years since she left graduate school, but her dedication to the educational profession and to Idyllwild students, specifically, cannot be questioned. Snyder lives in Banning! She has to take Highway 79 through Lamb Canyon, and then through Hemet to…
Idyllwild’s hometown season 10 American Idol finalist will release his first CD on the Concord Music Group label …
“Nunsense,” the durable musical that has spawned either four or eight sequels, depending on your math, returns to Idyllwild as “Meshuggah-Nuns!”