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PHOTOS: Last week in Idyllwild
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The Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series has become a local institution, whose arrival each fall is eagerly anticipated. For nearly a decade, the sponsors have scouted the region to find and then to bring interesting and unusual information or ideas to the Hill. One of these stalwarts has been Chris Singer, who returned to this…
At its monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 17, the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board approved Young Idyllwild’s Halloween Haunt, the Haunted Village on the Lake. The vote was unanimous. Kathy Sacher-Wilson, founder of the month-long Halloween actor and animatronic maze walk spook fest, said the new venue offers greater possibilities. “We posted our flier advertising…
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild will feature Opal Singleton, president and CEO of Million Kids (www.millionkids.org) and training and outreach coordinator for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti Human Trafficking Task Force at a Wednesday, March 18, event. Singleton will present “Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers” as part of Soroptimist’s focus on the growing crisis of…
Offering an opportunity to pause for reflection and worship during the hustle of the holiday season, most of Idyllwild’s churches host special Christmas Eve and Christmas services.
The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) announces its 2022 grant award recipients — a diverse cross-section of community programs run by local nonprofits that: • Nurture the arts • Foster educational opportunities • Provide for the well-being of those in need • Contribute to the vibrancy of Idyllwild mountain communities The ICF Advisory Committee of local…
There has been one constant in Michael Newberry’s peripatetic life — painting. He mounted his first exhibition when he was 18 and has since exhibited internationally — in Greece, Belgium, Italy and Holland, and throughout the U.S. He has taught at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and writes about art…