Art & Culture

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Photos: Last week in Idyllwild

The Idyllwild Arts Academy held its Winter Fashion Show at Rush Hall on campus Friday night. Three shows in total were presented Friday night, all bringing in a full house.

2015 begins yearly Idyllwild Lilac Celebration

“Some people think lilacs are just an Eastern thing,” said Gary Parton, Idyllwild’s lilac patron. But even though most longstanding lilac festivals are in...

Former resident returns with powerful documentary

Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Founder and Director Steve Savage said of his friend’s movie before it played Saturday afternoon, “It is very special,...

Allan Katz, Idyllwild 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award: His portfolio is not complete

At Saturday’s Award Ceremony for the 2015 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, Allan Katz received the Lifetime Achievement Award. “He was genuinely taken aback and...

Film focuses on local jazz legend

Marshall Hawkins — musician, educator, mentor … Idyllwild icon. His contributions to the lives of others are legendary. Student after student, year after year, his...

Jo’An’s Restaurant closed for renovations

Jo’An’s Restaurant & Bar is in phase 1 of a four-phase renovation, according to new owner Mo Jacob, and was expected to re-open the...

Awards ceremony spotlights film fest maturity

The seats were filled at the Rustic Theatre. The graphics had sheen. The trophies sparkled. Presenters hit their marks. After their names were called,...

PHOTOS: IIFC 2015 kicks off

Tuesday night kicked off the 2015 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Betty Baily, center, hands her drink ticket to Mark Croudy behind the bar during the opening night party at the Creekstone Inn ...

Leona McGaugh passes – a way of life remembered

As the family story goes, when Leona Agnes Barton first met her husband to be, Joe McGaugh, in the mid-1930s, she had a .22...

Author Rick Barker questions war’s inevitability as speaker

Philosopher Rick Barker, author of “Transcending Evolution, a Christian Guide to Understanding, Accepting and Transcending Evolution” (Amazon 2014), riffs on complex themes and evolutionary...
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