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Category: Art & Culture

Reyna Grande, author of “The Distance Between Us,” speaks as part of Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series.  Photo courtesy of Grande

Reyna Grande recounts her immigration odyssey at author series

Share/Bookmark After a well-attended successful launch of his third annual Idyllwild Author Series, Eduardo Santiago next presents Reyna Grande, author of “The Distance Between Us” (Atria Books, 2012). Grande recounts in her memoir how, when she was two, her family life was devastated by the departure of first her father, then her mother, as undocumented [...]

The cast of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” which the Isis Theatre Company performed in March, is (from left) Susan Hegarty, Jeri Greene, Emily Heebner, Christina Lee Nordella and Ann DeWolfe.      Photo by Jenny Krichner

Isis presents ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’

Isis Theatre Company will reprise its March production of “Love, Loss and What I Wore” …

Lucky Lisa Glynne, young resident of both La Jolla and Idyllwild, has four Monarch Butterflies checking her out in the butterfly tent on Earth Day at Town Hall.  Photo by Careena Chase

PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s 24th annual Earth Fair

Lucky Lisa Glynne, young resident of both La Jolla and Idyllwild, has four Monarch Butterflies checking her out …

Memorial Day honors American war dead

Share/BookmarkMemorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, honors men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. At 11 a.m. Monday, May 27, American Legion Post 800 holds its annual honor guard ceremony, the emotional centerpiece of the Memorial Day weekend. The tradition of a solemn spring ceremony began after the [...]

Premier author in Eduardo Santiago’s author series, Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner’s only child.  Photo by Mark Davidson  courtesy of Cheryl Crane

Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner’s daughter, discusses her life and book

Share/BookmarkCheryl Crane, Lana Turner’s only child, opens Eduardo Santiago’s third Author Series. She’ll discuss her autobiographical book, “Detour: A Hollywood Story” (Arbor House, 1988). The book offers a look inside her storybook youth as the child of one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and a single incident that dramatically changed the story. Crane remembers [...]

Erin O’Neill studies the sculpture work on display at the 2012 Art Alliance Members Show at the Quiet Creek Gallery. File photo

AAI’s Judged Artist Member’s Show and Working Artist Gallery Tour

Share/BookmarkOnce a year, the Art Alliance of Idyllwild treats visitors to a double-dip of fun — a look at some of the region’s most outstanding art and a peek behind the curtain to see how the work is creaated. It’s the AAI’s Judged Artist Member’s Show and Working Artist Gallery Tour, which showcases the entire [...]

Shanna Robb, deer project manager for the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s public art project.  Photo by Marshall Smith

Art Alliance launches deer project

Share/BookmarkThe Art Alliance of Idyllwild is on a mission to enhance Idyllwild’s reputation for art by establishing a new marketing niche as a public arts town. Planning is underway to permanently install 15 full-size aluminum deer in 10 public locations throughout the village. Local artists will use acrylics to paint each deer with its own [...]

The Idyllwild Arts Theatre Department is presenting “The Boy Friend,” a musical by Sandy Wilson. The event will be held at the IAF Theatre 7:30 p.m. May 17 and 18, and at 2 p.m. May 19. From left, back row, Christian Torrey, Rowin Breaux, Jonathan Tibbs, Wade Davis and Javen Crosby. From left, front row, Kimber Pritts, Mikaela Gerwing, Celeste Oliva, Claire Frisinger, Lincoln Belford, Paige McKeown, Santa Claire Hirsch, Grace Haggard, Ann Dang, Michelle Belain and Dorina Abubakar.          Photo by Jenny Kirchner

‘The Boy Friend’ Idyllwild Arts’ season finale musical

Young love, the Roaring Twenties, the French Riviera …

Young servers (from left) Shelby Read, Emma Isaac, Megan Read and Olivia Hernandez help during the Idyllwild Garden Club’s Annual Lilac Walk and Tea Saturday morning. Visitors received a history of the lilac garden from owner Gary Parton and members of the Idyllwild Garden Club along the paths.

Idyllwild Garden Club’s annual Lilac Walk & Tea

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Idyllwild Community Recreation Council presenter Harold Voorheis. 	Photo by Marshall Smith

ICRC speakers recommend native plants

Share/Bookmark“There are many reasons to use native plants locally,” said horticulturist Harold Voorheis. He, along with co-presenters Jackie Lasater and Ben White, will discuss the virtues of planting natives in local gardens at the Thursday, May 16, Idyllwild Community Recreation Council’s Speaker Series. As the title of their talk, “The Importance of Native Plants in [...]

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