There are many ways parents come up with names for their children. Sometimes, it’s a family name that is passed down. Other times, it’s a name they found in a book, or perhaps, it’s a name they always had in mind. For this couple, however, they chose to name their first little girl after Idyllwild….

Shakespeare wrote movingly about youth and old age. But it is with his older characters — Prospero, Falstaff, Lear and others — that Shakespeare reveals the depth of his understanding of the human condition. With his characters, there is wisdom with age, there is rage and there is surrender to the inevitable. “Last scene of…

Ken Young, educator, artist and actor, returns to the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council Speaker Series, as French impressionist Edgar Degas. Beginning in 2007, Young brought to life for Idyllwild audiences a number of great painters including Rembrandt, Picasso, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Diego Rivera. He takes the stage as Degas at the Rainbow Inn…