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Historical lecturer and Hemet resident Penelope Engard engages the crowd at the Idyllwild Library with stories of late food author MFK Fisher. Fisher once owned 90 acres of land in Hemet with her second husband and authored such books as “How to Cook a Wolf” and “The Art of Eating.”
Although there is a little more than a month left in the summer, the Idyllwild Nature Center still has many special programs for everyone. On the weekend of Aug. 5 and 6, butterflies will be making their annual appearance at Butterfly Daze both days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can enter butterfly pavilions and observe Monarch butterflies at close range. Volunteers will be there to explain the life cycle of a butterfly and other pertinent butterfly facts.
“The Idyllwild Area Historical Society and museum used to have a beautiful, old, but healthy large pine tree in front of our garden facing North Circle Drive,” wrote IAHS Vice President Marlene Pierce. “However, several months ago, a Southern California Edison crew topped the tree, leaving a huge pine trunk.” One IAHS board member stepped…
Hot music, a hot summer night and hot dancing driven by popping percussion. That is what you’ll experience when Grupo Bohemio, Santana cover band, returns for its fourth Idyllwild Summer Concert Series appearance. Six musicians, united by their Latin roots and love for beat-driven music, take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31. Jancito…
Brian Parnell’s Audiowild continues to book surprising talent in a tiny space. Friday, July 21, singer Morgan Myles will include Idyllwild in a national barnstorming tour. Myles appears at Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada the next night. Other upcoming shows at Audiowild cover quite the range, from Punk Rock Night to Paul…
Chef Tanya Petrovna, founder of completely plant-based Native Foods Café in Palm Springs, will be in Idyllwild next Monday night for a demonstration at Sky Island Natural Foods’ weekly “Meatless Monday.” Petrovna’s back-to-basics approach to cooking began with her love for animals and European gourmet upbringing. She has produced a culinary adventure that raised the…