Art & Culture

Jazz in the Pines, Art Alliance of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts and other arts and entertainment, theatre, live music and visual arts coverage. The most comprehensive arts and entertainment calendar covering the Idyllwild area.

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...
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