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Chris Kramer, president of the Mountain Community Fire Safe Council, is prepared for cold emergencies, too. Here he is shoveling snow in front of the Post Office before most of the bigger snowfalls late Sunday and Monday.
Photo by Gigi Kramer

South Idyllwild, West Ridge Road and Robin Drive, Saturday morning, Jan. 21, from Saunders Meadow Road.
Photo by JP Crumrine

Looking north from town, the mountains were white, brown and green were more visible at the lower elevations Tuesday morning. Photo by JP Crumrine

The local mountains Tuesday morning after Monday’s snowfall. Photo by JP Crumrine

Before the heaviest snow fell Monday, Gigi Kramer had already sculpted a snow queen Sunday morning, Jan. 22. Photo by Gigi Kramer

This dapper snowman greeted customers to the Town Baker Sunday morning, Jan. 22.
Photo by JP Crumrine

Tahquitz Rock is snow covered Sunday morning and more snow came Sunday night and Monday, Jan. 23.
Photo by J.P. Crumrine

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In Idyllwild’s commercial core, businesses come, go, and change ownership and business models. Staying profitable in a small town that depends on both local support and tourist dollars is demanding. Two businesses, both art-based, are closing shop – Lightbender Art Studios on Highway 243 and Jerry Art in Oakwood Village. A third is changing its…

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Ember mug’s spark began at Idyllwild Arts
ByIdyllwild Town Crier January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Drop into a Starbucks and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll run across something invented by Clay Alexander, who graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in 1994. Nearly 4,600 Starbucks stores carry the temperature-controlled Ember Ceramic Mug (named by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2017), and about a thousand stores carry the Ember Travel Mug.

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Master Chorale celebrates 40 years with concert and posh party
By December 9, 2015April 2, 2016 Reading Time: 2 minutes

The Idyllwild Master Chorale celebrates 40 years with a Holmes at the helm — first, founder Robert Evans Holmes and now his son, Dwight “Buzz” Holmes. And the 40th is celebratory in several ways. First, the concert takes place at Bowman Auditorium (IAF Theatre) on the Idyllwild Arts campus where the elder Holmes inaugurated his…

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Idyllwild Actors Theatre presents ‘A Piece of My Mind’
By August 10, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

For nearly 40 years, Dr. Eric Barr taught acting, directing and writing at the University of California, Riverside. For 30 years, he chaired UCR’s Theater Department. A key architect of UCR’s master’s degree in fine arts in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, Barr was responsible for launching the program at the UCR,…

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus
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This year marks the 116th anniversary of probably the most famous Christmas newspaper editorial of all time. It was written by Francis P. Church in response to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. It was published on Sept. 21, 1897, in the New York Sun. We reprint it each year for the enjoyment of our…

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