

World Book Night reaches Idyllwild
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Millions of free books were hand-delivered to unsuspecting individuals on Monday, April 23, around the U.S., U.K. and Ireland as part of World Book Night 2012 — “Spreading the love of reading, person to person” — including in Idyllwild. These happy Café Aroma customers were visited by “Book Fairies,” representing INK Book Gathering in Idyllwild, who gave them a few titles from a list of 30. A discussion of World Book Night followed on Tuesday at INK. Photo courtesy of INK

Idyllwild local and Idyllwild Arts Academy senior Ben Cruz was one of eight visual artists nationally to be awarded the highest honor by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers — the Gold Medal Portfolio for his work in painting. Now in its 94th year, the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards is the longest-running and…
Martha Lumia, Art Alliance of Idyllwild member, is a self-described “fiber” artist, with expertise in sewing, knitting, crochet and mixed-media paper making. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Lumia is presenting a workshop in “Creating Nano Felted Silk Scarves,” a process employing “hand agitating” wool fibers into silk. The process creates a…
The Cranston Fire affected lives on the Hill. It burned seven homes. It also threatened the Hill’s biggest entertainment and education event of the year.
Idyllwild Arts Academy theater major Nicolas “Nico” Yasko is a young man with a work ethic and a mission. While only a junior, he has the mind and discipline, not to mention an abundance of talent, to accomplish whatever he begins. Nico is the next presenter at the Idyllwild Community Center speaker series, co-presented with…
Billed as Idyllwild’s largest art party, the Eye of the Artist event last Saturday did not disappoint. Town Hall was filled with art, artists, live music and art lovers. More than 60 artists donated their artwork either to the judged art show or the silent auction to offer art lovers more than 75 pieces of…
During last weekend’s Lemon Lily Festival, a lemon lily bloomed along Strawberry Creek.