
Photos by Jenny Kirchner

















Idyllwild’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony – 2019
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The Tree Lighting Ceremony at IdyPark Saturday was a spectacular sight. Photos by Jenny Kirchner


















The Art Alliance of Idyllwild celebrates Summer Solstice on Saturday, June 21, with an early evening opportunity to tour seven Idyllwild galleries, sample refreshments and perhaps see artists at work. The Sizzling Summer Gallery Tour, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., offers residents and visitors the chance to see art at featured galleries at their leisure,…
This month, the Idyllwild area will be among 5,000 U.S. drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 12 to 19. Idyllwild families, churches and groups will transform empty shoeboxes into gifts filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items. The Samaritan’s Purse project partners with local…
In 2017, Hollywood writer, director, actor and entrepreneur Morgan Higby Night made a bet — that imagination and a spirit of fun, playfulness and adventure could turn a rundown Pine Cove motel into a travel destination. His bet has paid off in spades — Night’s Hicksville Pines Chalet Bud and Breakfast in Pine Cove won…
Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) invites the public to attend its CommunityDay from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 11, to learn about thetransformative power of art. As part of the event, Arts EnterpriseLaboratory (AEL) student Devika Aggarwal will unveil herthought-provoking, interactive and meticulously-engineered artinstallation “Outside In,” a sphere-like, geodesic dome structure thatwill provide a…
O. Henry Award-winning author Steve Heller spent much of his early professional life avoiding what he wanted to do most — write. Heller, who is the next author in Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series, said he knew from the age of 15 that he wanted to be a writer. But even knowing that writing was…