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Lemon Lily Festival planning begins

Planning for the third annual Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival is underway. With its tripartite mission of fostering appreciation for this once abundant local flower, as well as providing public education and restoration, festival planners are in the process of organizing festival events, locations, schedules and monetary allocations to best accomplish festival goals. They have decided [...]

Kathleen, Brenda and Angel O’Brien.  Photo courtesy of Kathleen Sunshine O’Brien.

Three sisters, three breast cancer diagnoses

From the age of 29, Kathleen religiously had mammograms …

Town Hall Recreation sponsored a trip to the Bowers Museum in Orange County this past weekend. Here the group visited the “Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands” exhibit.  Photo courtesy of Jack and Carolyn Pairis

Town Hall group visits Bowman Museum

Town Hall Recreation sponsored a trip to the Bowers Museum in Orange County this past weekend …

A student examines "System VI" by Richelle Gribble. Photo by Halie Johnson

Idyllwild Arts opens alumni show

The Idyllwild Arts Alumni Show opened Friday at the Parks Exhibition Center. The exhibit runs through March 2 …

Idyllwild Arts streams concerts and events

Idyllwild Arts now streams concerts and events on a website www.ustream.tv/channel/idyllwild-arts-live. A calendar of events that will be streamed through the end of the academic year, is also available at www.idyllwildarts.org/calendar-q10523-c10048-Live_Performances.aspx. Darren Schilling, Idyllwild Arts marketing director, said the project was launched in October with donor funding to show off-Hill audiences the vibrancy of artistic [...]

Shepard Fairey speaks on Friday, Feb. 10, at Idyllwild Arts to a packed auditorium about his life and experience working as a street artist. Photo by Isaac Dwyer

Shepard Fairey speaks at Idyllwild Arts

A 1988 Idyllwild Arts graduate credited early teen skateboard and punk rock influences as the bases for his development into an iconoclastic, guerrilla street artist …

County Fair coming; set the date

The Riverside County Fair and Date Festival will be held Friday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 26 in Indio. Although it’s a county fair, it is also a celebration of the Indio area’s history and prominence as a major international producer of dates. As part of that celebration, some of the entertainment is unique to [...]

Street artist Shepard Fairey, November 26, 2011, at the installation of THE BLACK HILLS ARE NOT FOR SALE in Los Angeles.Photo by Fuzheado via Wikipedia.org

Shepard Fairey opens Idyllwild Arts’ alumni show

Idyllwild Arts (IA) is honored to host artist Shepard Fairey, class of 1988. He is one of several noted alumni artists to be feted on campus this month. Fairey is the renowned creator of works, such as the iconic Obama “Hope” poster and “Obey” street art, and is a featured subject of the 2010 documentary, [...]

Idyllwild  then and now Bob Smith at ICRC’s Speaker Series

Idyllwild then and now: Bob Smith at ICRC’s Speaker Series

Although local historian Bob Smith is an accomplished writer, in his upcoming appearance for the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council’s (ICRC) popular Speaker Series, he is trusting that pictures can often tell stories more compellingly than words. For this event, Smith teamed with local photographer John Drake to create a photographic retrospective of Idyllwild past and [...]

The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) contributed $1,500 to the Idyllwild School smARTS Program on Friday, Feb 3. AAI President Lea Deesing (second from left) presents the check to smARTS President Heather Mello (second from right). Joining the celebration are smARTS committee members Laurie Maxwell (left) and Mary Norris (right).  Photo by Cid Castillo

Art Alliance of Idyllwild donates to smARTS program

AAI contributed $1,500 to the Idyllwild School smARTS Program …

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