





Idyllwild School art program exhibit marks 10 years
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An exhibit featuring the work of young artists participating in the smARTS program opened at the Parks Exhibition Center at Idyllwild Arts on Friday evening. The show runs through March 16. Photo by Barbara Reese






Idyllwild resident and art therapist Karla Leopold went to Louisiana in 2005 shortly after Hurricane Katrina had devastated New Orleans. With the assistance of Rosie O’Donnell’s “Project Katrina,” Leopold led a team of art therapists to an evacuation center north of Baton Rouge. Their mission was to use art to help survivors process the emotional…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation are presenting “Love Letters,” a play by A.R. Gurney starring Wendie Malick and Dan Lauria. This one-night-only production is a fundraiser for the Scholarship Fund of the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program. Malick and Lauria are well recognized for their portrayal of memorable characters on the stage,…
Dominique Valenzuela is co-owner, with her fiáncé Kevin Hernandez, of Wild Rides, also known as Idy Wild Rides. They have a small office downtown just north of Harmony Monument where they rent electric bicycles and have been doing a lot of that in the few weeks they have been operating. TC: “When did you open?”…
During the Jr. Naturalist program on Saturday morning, kids sat down for a puppet show having to do with the many aspects of nature and learned about deer.
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Department’s next production intertwines mythology and contemporary history to address the complex and ever-present issue of war. Ellen McLaughlin’s “Ajax in Iraq” takes on the eternal conflict — war — and opens up issues such as leadership and soldiers’ responsibilities. McLaughlin’s script presents two pictures of war. The relationship between…