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Lake Jiroudek, Mary Duffy, Brian Shin and Max Kazakov unite together to wow the audience during the Idyllwild Arts Academy Jazz Concert last Thursday on campus. Photo by Jenny Kirchner





For its first production under its new moniker, the Idyllwild Actors Theatre stages Pulitizer Prize-nominee Theresa Rebeck’s provocative comedy, “Seminar.” Presented as a staged reading, with sets, costumes and props, “Seminar” stars IAT Artistic Director Howard Shangraw as Leonard, an internationally famous writer who mentors aspiring young novelists in private writing classes. Charging $5,000 to…
At its monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 17, the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board approved Young Idyllwild’s Halloween Haunt, the Haunted Village on the Lake. The vote was unanimous. Kathy Sacher-Wilson, founder of the month-long Halloween actor and animatronic maze walk spook fest, said the new venue offers greater possibilities. “We posted our flier advertising…
After a very tough 2012 school year, Hemet High parents have organized a summer, under-the-stars benefit concert. “Hope, Healing and a Brighter Future” takes place from 5 to 10 p.m., Friday June 29, at the Hemet High School Stadium. All proceeds from the “Brighter Future” Concert will create a scholarship fund to assist the eight…
The 19th Annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting will be Saturday, Oct. 8 — only three weeks away! It is the largest event held in the center of town, with net proceeds supporting the missions of both the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation. Member galleries and art hot spots, along…
Linda FrostReporter “The sound (of the hive) is a returning place, a way of returning ourselves to our harmonious original thought.” – Jaqueline Freeman, “The Song of Increase” Near a fork toward the top of the Deer Springs Trail, there stands a towering grandmother of a pine displaying a bright v-shaped lightning scar. This great…
Modern dance legend Bella Lewitzky, 1996 National Medal of Arts recipient, built a career that eschewed then-prevailing standards. She crafted a dance career based in Southern California rather than in New York, the dance citadel of the period. She cofounded Dance Theatre in Los Angeles in 1946 as an interracial school and company that artistically…