PHOTOS: This Week in Idyllwild: October 27, 2016
On The Town
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Halloween festivities in Idyllwild
What is it about Halloween that attracts us to the night? How, as children, did we summon up our courage to cross through unlit areas and onto the front porches of homes reputed to have ghosts or evil residents lurking within, seeking a treat and boastfully promising a trick if we did not get…
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Michael McEwen designs with light and water: A month-long show at Idyllwild Arts
“Light is everything; everything that is seen anyway,” said Michael McEwen, designer and principal of McEwen Lighting Studio in Berkeley. McEwen mounts a month-long show of his work at the Parks Exhibition Center on the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus that opened Friday, Oct. 21. And, in some way, even given his extraordinarily different career track,…
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After two years, Jordan doubles workload
As Pam Jordan begins her third year as president of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation, she also assumes the role as head of school but still remains as positive and exuberant as the day she stepped onto campus in July 2014. “After two years, it feels like home,” she said with a broad smile. “Absolutely feels…
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Laura Caster runs for kids and thanks Ella
Pine Cove resident Laura Caster had given up on marathon running — that is until she met a blind dog named Ella in July 2015. Caster had run the Los Angeles Marathon in 2002. “It was the worst experience of my life,” she recalled. “I started too fast, and it was very hot, and I…
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Sky Island Natural Foods stages health and wellness fair
Sky Island Natural Foods, Idyllwild’s organic emporium, is staging its fall health and wellness fair. The fair features a diverse range of health practitioners from many disciplines, each offering mini-sessions or explanations of their healing art. “Our fall fair is a great chance to sample local offerings and learn valuable skills to improve your health…
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Past Tense: October 6, 2016
60 years ago – 1956 The Riverside County Board of Supervisors denied two liquor license applications from Idyllwild businessmen who sought to break the barrier against sales of alcoholic beverages on the Hill. It was not the first time the supervisors had denied a liquor license to a Hill business. 55 years ago – 1961…
