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In hopes of having blooming Lemon Lilies on display during this year’s festival, organizers moved it a weekend earlier than it has traditionally been held. It will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This local beleaguered flower, poached to near extinction in the early 20th century,…
Katie Jones and Barb Reese compete in the Ladies Stein Holding Contest at the Animal Rescue Friends’ Paws for Rhythm and Brews fundraiser at the Nature Center on Saturday. Jones held it the longest and even beat the men by a few minutes.
“I have a message in my music,” said singer/songwriter and Idyllwild resident Lareé Gibson. “It is, ‘Live for today. Every day is a gift.’” Gibson’s life has unfolded like a wave — with her life and career being carried literally from sea to mountain with music as the vehicle. Born in Long Beach into a…
July 6 is the first concert in the 2017 series The 2017 Idyllwild Summer Concert Series that once looked as if it would be cancelled is set to go. Some lineup details are still being worked out, including the closing act for the series, but most of the lineup is in place. Because the Idyllwild…
The Idyllwild Library hosts an ambitious agenda of summer learning opportunities for children, teen and adults beginning in early June and running through July. “Reading by Design” is the summer reading program that takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon weekly beginning Monday, June 5. Sandii Castleberry leads off with “Singing Your Way to Reading.”…
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…
