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Photo by Jenny Kirchner


Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Photo by Jenny Kirchner
PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s 21st Jazz in the Pines
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It has been selected as one the world’s best films (regardless of category). It has been compared with the best efforts of any past literary endeavor (again, regardless of genre). It has been bent, spindled, folded, mutilated, diced, sliced, and spliced by the likes of everyone from Abbott and Costello to Andy Warhol in all of its 80-year existence, and has more than endured those and other tests of time.
Enclosed here are a sack of letters that Kris Kringle himself let the Town Crier borrow.
A local man, Bill Niedzwiecki, discovered that the rescue dog he adopted two years ago has a strange and terrible back story. The black Labrador, now known as Abby, was rescued by animal rights activists from an illegal South Korean dog meat slaughterhouse along with a number of other dogs. Members of that rescue team…
Jen Hajj doesn’t remember a time before she began singing. From a young age, it was among her favorite activities. “I use music to express beauty by telling stories that move me or to appreciate something simple, even stunning,” muses the Idyllwild lyricist and performing artist, who adds, “I have a strong feminist bent and…
65 years ago – 1950 A new attraction at the Labor Day carnival was Zeke’s hayride. A team of six horses pulled the wagon and took children on free rides. 60 years ago – 1955 After a cool summer, September arrived with a blazing 96 degrees. 55 years ago – 1960 Joe and Leona McGaugh…