In its 70th year, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program again blends media stars with tradition, recalling the early years when celebrity artists taught and mixed with students. Manhattan Transfer’s Alan Paul, one of the founding members of the multi-Grammy, award-winning jazz vocal group, will mentor high school workshop students in tight-harmony vocal arrangements and singing…

Photographer Jenny Kirchner sees the world through two different lenses — one that frames and captures a moment of beauty and another that frames and captures a moment that tells a story, sometimes a difficult and emotionally wrenching story. But whether it is in art photography or photojournalism, Kirchner stressed that one has to be…