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Drop into a Starbucks and there’s a pretty good chance you’ll run across something invented by Clay Alexander, who graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in 1994. Nearly 4,600 Starbucks stores carry the temperature-controlled Ember Ceramic Mug (named by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2017), and about a thousand stores carry the Ember Travel Mug.
The crowd was estimated at “almost 1,000,” however locals interviewed simply said that all their neighbors and friends attended …
New Idyllwild Garden Club President Gary Parton is expecting this year to be a big one for the club. Parton announced a June 10 garden tour of four Idyllwild homes, an expanded offering of field trips, and the use of St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church lot for parking for the Saturday, April 29, Lilac Walk, Art…
Retired arts educator Ken Young, popular with Idyllwild audiences for his portrayals of famous painters, made his last Idyllwild appearance as French pointillist Georges Seurat Thursday night at the Rainbow Inn. The Friends of the Idyllwild Library and Idyllwild Community Recreation Council co-sponsored the event.
The Idyllwild Nature Center has recently received a grant to enlist middle school and high school students for summer paid internships. Those accepted will help design and implement the Junior Naturalist Program for ages 7 to 12. Six seventh and eighth graders and two high school students will be selected. Once selected, the interns will…
‘Deaf Republic’ to make itself heard on April 22 The hearing-impaired poet Ilya Kaminsky’s new book, “Deaf Republic” (Graywold Press, 2019), speaks truth in order to create what The New Yorker calls “a republic of conscience.” He’ll raise his voice on behalf of truth and conscience in the Fireside Room in Nelson Dining Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus, on April 22. Poets can…