Talent on display at Blast to the Past
The annual Blast to the Past show was Friday night at Idyllwild School. While Vicky Lovett is singing, McKenna Lovett and Sophia Dillion are performing in the background
Soboba Tribe breaks ground for replacement casino-resort
In 1983, the Soboba Tribe of San Jacinto cautiously ventured into Indian gaming with humble beginnings, a simple bingo hall in a temporary sprung...
Idyllwild Middle School students make spring break movie
For those old enough to remember, spring break meant bathing suits, suntan, Ft. Lauderdale, the California beaches or anywhere with a pool – a blissful time when only fun mattered.
Big year for Idyllwild Garden Club
New Idyllwild Garden Club President Gary Parton is expecting this year to be a big one for the club.
Parton announced a June 10...
Art Alliance plans 18 events this year
Art Alliance of Idyllwild President Zack Steinhuas presided over the annual membership meeting. Twenty-three members attended the Friday, March 3, meeting, at the Idyllwild...
Noted poet conducts IAA spring poetry retreat
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Adult Arts Center presents a spring poetry workshop/retreat featuring noted poet Suzanne Lummis.
Lummis’ poems have appeared in the Hudson Review,...
IAA Visual Arts Chair David Reid-Marr next in Idyllwild Spotlight series
‘Truth and integrity are important in the creation of art’
Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts Chair David Reid-Marr is the next speaker at the Spotlight...
ARF fundraiser a big success
Maximus was the most popular dog, Wolfie led the cat contingent and Turbo, an Australian rat, was a landslide winner in the “other” animal category. The contest raised almost $6,400 for ARF. Some of that money will be used for pet owners who cannot afford health care for their animals. ARF had received a grant for this purpose and nearly half the funds have been used, according to Janice Murasko, ARF director.
IAA presents a ‘Hamlet’ you’ve never seen
Erin Crites, new full-time Idyllwild Arts Academy theater faculty member, knows improvisation, physical storytelling, Commedia dell-arte, and clowning — yes, clowning.
Crites received a Master...
IAA student composer’s music played by LA Philharmonic
Idyllwild Arts Academy junior Ben Champion is in his second year as a fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer...