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Breann Johnson, one of the leads in “Red Wing,” the opening-night film for the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, spoke to the Town Crier last week. “Red Wing” is directed by Will Wallace, the festival’s co-director. Town Crier: How did you become interested in acting? Breann Johnson: As an 8-year-old, I was in my first…
Town Hall Volunteer and Santa Prasad Peebles helps Ashenara Pilkington and the rest of the Town Hall kids with a tour of the IFPD ambulance. The kids received a tour of IFPD as part of a Town Hall field trip Tuesday to deliver toys to the “Spark of Love” toy drive conducted by Southern California Firefighters and sponsored by ABC News TV.
Wildcats Hockey By Brian Smith, Contributor Saturday, the Wildcats faced the Pasadena Maple Leafs in a pre-season home game. Adam Smith of Idyllwild had the best hit of the game when midway through the first period, he delivered a board-rattling check on one of the Maple Leafs players who was playing the puck…
Andrew Altschul, according to reviews, has applied a devilish wit to what he observes as a growing societal fascination with reality TV, in his novel, “Deus Ex Machina” (Counterpoint, 2011). That fascination, in Altschul’s view, centers on ever-devolving scenarios of debasement, danger and cutthroat competition for contestants. Intrigued by shows such as “Fear Factor” and…
The U.S. Forest Service needs help counting bald eagles in the San Bernardino National Forest. For the 36th season, the annual winter bald eagle counts in and near the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains will be on the following Saturdays: Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Feb. 14 and March 14. Migrating eagles typically begin arriving…
Barnaby Finch and friends explore the hip highs and humorous lows of jazz and country music in their annual concert to benefit the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation Scholarship Fund. Tickets for the Sunday, May 31, event are $40 and are inclusive of the 11:30 a.m. brunch, at the Fireside Room in Nelson Dining Hall…