

Art Alliance of Idyllwild donates to smARTS program
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The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) contributed $1,500 to the Idyllwild School smARTS Program on Friday, Feb 3. AAI President Lea Deesing (second from left) presents the check to smARTS President Heather Mello (second from right). Joining the celebration are smARTS committee members Laurie Maxwell (left) and Mary Norris (right). Photo by Cid Castillo

First you dream. Then you act. Stories that inspire us begin with dreams, often seemingly impossible dreams. “Breathe Breana,” a feature-length documentary candidate for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2019 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chronicles a young girl’s daring dream — to become a tandem surfing champion while handicapped by cystic fibrosis….
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will close for its annual maintenance beginning Monday, Sept. 14 with a tentative reopening date of 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. “This year’s shutdown will provide an opportunity to rebuild the main gearbox, change two large counterweight sheave bearings at the Mountain Station, shorten the upper haul rope and construct…
In 1983, the Soboba Tribe of San Jacinto cautiously ventured into Indian gaming with humble beginnings, a simple bingo hall in a temporary sprung structure and pre-fabricated trailer. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, after 22 years of struggles and challenges, legal battles and negotiations, changes and building, the tribe and casino management proudly broke ground to…
On Sunday, August 4, Idyllwild Arts Foundation will present the culmination performance of the High School Summer Chamber Festival Orchestra and Festival Choir of Idyllwild Arts, a fundraiser that helps to provide scholarships to hundreds of students. The program will feature more than 100 talented young people performing on the world-class stage of Walt…
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” in Spanish, was what started Eduardo Santiago on his career path. “I was confined in bed for two months with hepatitis when I was 7,” said Santiago remembering his boyhood in Cuba. “It felt like two years.” The gift of the book from his uncle not only helped Santiago through…
In our March 31 edition, we noted that a number of anonymous group meetings had decided to move their meetings from the Idyllwild Spiritual Living Center to other locations. Incorrectly noted was that the center was closing on April 1, according to a representative of one of the anonymous groups. We have since learned that…