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Don StollContributed David Reid-Marr’s schedule remains full even in semi-retirement. Two years after stepping down as Chair of Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Visual Arts Department, he’s teaching only two classes. “But that means you can give as much time to two classes as you used to give to four or five,” he smiles. “Besides which I…
Camp Alandale on Highway 243, a Hill fixture for 35 years, had been facing the threat of closure over the expense of upgrading current facilities to meet code and expanding the camp to serve greater numbers of abused youth. But in what camp managers call a gift from God, they were able to purchase a…
During last weekend’s Lemon Lily Festival, a lemon lily bloomed along Strawberry Creek.
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) opened its community gallery in March of 2018 in the Courtyard building. The nonprofit organization has been helping artists, allowing them to gain exposure for years through various events and programs and, with the Courtyard Gallery, a year-round place to sell their work. With the COVID-19 pandemic, events to…
I apologize to Brendan Steele and his family — including his parents, Kent and Jana Steele here in Idyllwild — and to our readers for my blunder in this week’s Town Crier. I was under the very mistaken impression that a player not only needed to score high enough on the FedExCup list to advance…