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One of the highlights of the Rustic Theatre’s Cabaret Evening was a performance by Idyllwild’s own Larry Edwards during his performance as Pinkie Meringue Shimmer on New Year’s eve. Photo by Cid Castillo








Poet Terrance Hayes recently spent a week at Idyllwild Arts Academy as a guest poet, just prior to being named The New York Times Magazine’s new poetry editor. Author of six distinguished collections, Hayes’ gift for process distills language into its combustible form, garnering his voice a host of distinguished accolades including an NAACP Image…
The William M. Lowman Concert Hall, an architectural and acoustical jewel gracing the Idyllwild Arts campus, was formally dedicated on Saturday, Sept. 24, with a gala alumni classical concert and reception. Although an alumni jazz concert was the first held in Lowman, on March 5 of this year, the formal inauguration had always been scheduled…
Easter Sunday is the culmination of Lent and of Holy Week, the week beginning with Palm Sunday. Holy Week contains three of the most important days in the Christian calendar — Maundy or Holy Thursday remembering the Last Supper or Christ’s last Passover feast with his disciples; Good Friday, commemorating Christ’s crucifixion, passion and death;…
Panelists spoke on Sunday night at the Krone Library at Idyllwild Arts during “Considering the Life and Legacy of Katherine Siva Saubel Through Her Many Collaborations” to discuss and share stories about the Native American tribal leader’s collaborative contributions that helped preserve Cahuilla language, culture, ethnobotany and more.
Saturday morning, during the U.S. Forest Service’s fourth and final bald eagle count of the 2013-14 season, just one adult eagle was seen at Lake Hemet …