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Designs, decorations, costumes and face painting were all a major contributor to Halloween evening Monday in Idyllwild. Tawny Harrington (left) helps a friend with her face makeup. Photos by Peter Szabadi, Thomas Pierce, Thomas Klusak, Marshall Smith and Halie Wilson















Chris Johnston has put Idyllwild on the wine map with his award-winning Middle Ridge varietals.
Idyllwild Francophonie, a local French-speaking group, met at Café Aroma on July 14 to celebrate Bastille Day.
Thirty years can be considered a long time — especially in a job. Fifty years is even longer and after nearly half a century, Steve Fraider is leaving the Idyllwild Arts Summer Programs. But he will never be able to disconnect from the school, as he said, “After Dec. 31, only the employment relationship ends.”…
Enclosed here are a sack of letters that Kris Kringle himself let the Town Crier borrow.
By Christian ChalifourContributed After a hiatus this past year, the Idyllwild Small Orchestra group will start rehearsals again at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Idyllwild Center for Spiritual Living, located in the Courtyard Building, 54240 Ridgeview Dr. Rehearsals will be every Tuesday. The group is open to all string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments….