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In Idyllwild, businesses come and go, but few return after an extended absence. Robert Carie’s The Elephant Walk Home Store held a grand “reopening” on Saturday, May 27 after an extended hiatus. Carie said the store, The Laughing Elephant, had previously closed in 2007 and that he was excited to have returned. On Memorial Day,…
Idyllwild 5k/10k race and fitness walk a romp for all ages You have to be there — literally. And if you can walk, no matter how slowly, there’s a place for you. For the past 37 years, the second Saturday in June is race day — the Idyllwild 5,000 meter/10,000 meter race and fitness walk…
ARF fundraiser offers beer, cider and much more The third-annual Paws for Rhythm and Brews fundraiser for Idyllwild’s Animal Rescue Friends is Saturday, June 3. The event, with more brewers than the first Paws and Rhythm, will be from noon to 4 p.m. at the Idyllwild Nature Center. “This is the major fundraiser for ARF….
Idyllwild Garden Club’s ever popular Mountain Garden Tour is back. Visitors will not only discover Idyllwild’s botanical wonderlands, but each garden will have a Plein Air artist painting on site until about 2 p.m. The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 10. The Idyllwild Garden Club is again collaborating with the…
Bill Sheppard was there. Right in the center of West Coast rock and roll. Right when it was all happening. And not many know how big his career was. It turns out, Bill is so modest even his wife and sons did not know how close to the sun he flew with the groups with…
Memorial Day, originally Decoration Day, began in 1866 as an observance to honor Civil War dead, both Union and Confederate. It was called Decoration Day because of the practice of decorating the graves of the more than 600,000 men who died in the conflict. Over the years, the observance was expanded to honor war dead…
Dave Hunt got three out of four of the answers: Town Crier, IFPD and Chamber of Commerce (now defunct or the community would still own Town Hall). Rustic Theatre was another of his guesses but it opened in 1948. The fourth 1946 establishment that just celebrated its 70th anniversary is Idyllwild Arts, formerly Idyllwild School…
On Monday, the Idyllwild School PTA smARTS Project received the 2017 Community Partnership Award from the Arts Schools Network, the nation’s largest professional membership organization of specialized arts schools. Intended to recognize arts schools and businesses that implement unique artistic and educational partnerships, this award is presented to a school or business that embraces the…
