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On Saturday mornings, a white tent appears on North Circle as the town wakes. Almost Heaven, a pop-up bakery, isn’t a storefront yet. It’s a window. Miss it, and it’s gone. Idyllwild sees its share of weekend ventures — operations that crest the hill with the tourists and disappear by dusk. That pattern is part…...
The artists formerly known as Old Tyme Radio –– now the Third Monday Players –– will present two one-act plays on February 16 at Middle Ridge Winery. Director Mick Lynch offers these notes. “Here We Are tells the story of a 1920s or 30s just-married couple, taking a train to New York City with a…
Larry Kawano will provide an overview of the science of our warming globe during a talk at Spirit Mountain Retreat on February 4. Kawano has shared his notes for the presentation with the Town Crier, allowing our readers a preview. Kawano majored in physics at Cornell University, and received a doctorate from the University of…...
Those who ventured downtown this last weekend saw quite a few visitors up and down North Circle and in local restaurants. Chris Perrault gave us some numbers form the Visitors Center and the IAHS Museum: “We had 167 visitors on Sunday at the Historical Museum and 100 visitors at the Visitor Center on Saturday. (The…
The Town Crier recently visited Garner Ranch to meet Ted Johnson, who along with wife Meg stewards the longest operating cattle ranch in the San Jacinto Mountains. To provide some background for that interview, the Town Crier has taken a dive into our own archives and sources at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society to bring…...
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild held their first event of the new year on Saturday January 17 at Town Hall. Ther was a show of member work, with prizes in several categories, snacks and beverages, and music by Monica Sierras with her uke. Jolene Paige, Alliance board member explained that these art works were the…...
The Town Crier sat down with Chris Bayer, proprietor of Black Mountain Coffee Roasters, at his new location in the basement of the Owl Pine shop. Bayer opened his first location, in Oakwood Village, now known as Forest Haven, in 2017. The Owl Pine’s basement seems an unlikely spot for a coffee house, but Bayer…...
Idyllwild’s free Sumer Concert Series continues tonight, July 17 with End of the Innocence and openers The Auroras. End of the Innocence is presently on a national tour titled “Eagle Wings and More.” Their Manager, Penny Green, told us that their show includes material from their tribute to the music of songwriters Don Henly and…
Lama Tashi one of the world’s most prolific contemporary and traditional Tibetan Buddhist visual artists, recently made a stop in Idyllwild to introduce himself, his art, and his culture. Presented by LIVING FREE Animal Sanctuary, on March 12th at the Rustic Theater, guests were afforded an unforgettable, multi-faceted spiritual art-in-society event by an established contemporary artist…
A retired first responder, who served ten years in the San Jacinto Ranger District, has released a memoir of her career in firefighting and law enforcement. It touches on many events that have affected our community, and her path in two male-dominated fields. Deborah Wutzke has chosen the pen-name Deborah Wedoneit, for “We done it.”…
