Art in the Park started seven years ago under the name of Idyllwild 2nd Saturday. The Idyllwild Community Center area was the venue for the eight original artists to show their artwork. Later, founders Kim and Scott Finnell decided it would be more advantageous to have the show around major holidays and decided to call…
Brendan Steele scored 27 Modified Stableford points at Reno last week in the Barracuda Championship to finish in a tie for 39th place. Modified Stableford is a scoring system that rewards aggressive play: A player scores 0 points for pars, but he scores 2 points for each birdie, 5 points for each eagle, and 8…
70 years ago – 1949 Reginald Pole, distinguished Shakespearean actor, was in Idyllwild for the summer. He was developing a cultural lecture series on the hill. 65 years ago – 1954 A burn-the-mortgage campaign was underway to wipe out the remaining $1,500 indebtedness on Town Hall. 60 years ago – 1959 Ansel Adams, renowned photographer,…
Rep. Raul Ruiz updated on progress of highways 74 and 243 With emergency evacuation routes and the status of Idyllwild businesses making news headlines, Rep. Raul Ruiz, CA-36, questioned Caltrans officials on Monday, July 29 on just how much longer the roads will take to open for the safety and economy of Idyllwild. Terri Kasinga,…
Much of last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Commission meeting was devoted to a discussion of wildfire readiness, evacuation planning, and emergency alerts. The issue of emergency planning was also a topic at the Riverside County’s Board of Supervisors’ July 23 meeting, the same day as IFPD’s meeting. (See accompanying story on page A3.)…
Former Third District County Supervisor Kay Ceniceros remembered Kay Ceniceros, Riverside County Supervisor from 1981 to 1996, passed away July 26, 2019, at the age of 81 from Alzheimer’s Disease. She had resided in Claremont for eight years with husband Blair Ceniceros. Ceniceros was born Kay Sandra McPherson to Ross and Eunice McPherson in 1938. The family…
A true jazz chanteuse Sherry Williams — sweet, smooth, soulful jazz vocalist — will perform at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8. In May, Ken Dahleen, the founder and producer of the ISCS, said, “For the 20th series, I tried to pick the top groups — the most…
A three-day festival celebrating films directed by women, for everyone Announcing the inaugural Women Under the Influence (WUTI), WUTI Goes IdyllWILD, a three-day film festival taking place Sept. 20 through 22 in Idyllwild. WUTI, founded in 2015 by director Tabitha Denholm, is a community committed to raising awareness of female directors and their stories. WUTI…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation are proud to present an afternoon of classical music, MUSICALE! The music, played by the Levy and Speltz families, will be performed outdoors at a beautiful Idyllwild home. The afternoon benefit performance will include complimentary beverages, appetizers and desserts. MUSICALE, presented by the Associates, is a fundraiser supporting…
When the occasion of the Idyllwild Public Library’s centennial celebration was fast approaching, the people of the Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild (MQI) decided on symbolic celebratory mementos of the event. Their efforts created not one, but two beautiful examples of their specific craftwork to honor both the children and adult readers of the community. Both…
