PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s hometown July 4th parade
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(This story is from an Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation press release.) An organizational meeting in January 1968 created the Associates of Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (now Associates of Idyllwild Arts). January 2018 marks the 50th anniversary as a supporter of the arts, especially Idyllwild Arts. “Our purpose is to raise funds…
By Idyllwild Community CenterContributed Ever wanted to join your neighbors and friends for some homemade soup, bread and great conversation? Well, now you can at Town Hall, 25925 Cedar St., from 12:30-2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 for the Mountain Community Lunch. The event is free and co-sponsored by friends who just want to get…
“I think we need more beauty to be happy,” said artist, designer and teacher Mimi Paris Jacaruso of Idyllwild. “Beauty teaches us love and respect. What one does in their own little corner of the world benefits the planet. There are so many hearts in this world.” Working from the heart, and designing for the…
By Evan Mills“Finding My Little Red Hat” Editor At 97, former Miss America Jo-Carroll Dennison of Pine Cove on Sept. 13 published her memoir, “Finding My Little Red Hat.” Born in a men’s prison (read the book) in Florence, Arizona in 1923, Dennison learned to walk (and dance and sing) on a medicine show traveling…
Local jazz icon Marshall Hawkins brought in a band of brothers, and a sister or two, to the first ever, post Jazz in the Pines