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Connie Kupka, violin, Edith Orloff, piano, David Speltz, cello and David Peck, clarinet played Peter Schickele’s music written for those four instruments at the first concert of the Distinguished Artist Chamber Music at Idyllwild Arts last week. Photo by Sally Hedberg

War Horse Creek (WHC) at Living Free Animal Sanctuary just completed the pilot phase of its veteran transition program and is seeking an initial $150,000 of funding to build out the facilities veterans stay at while they are in the program. Camp Harris, the facilities, will be named after the late Randall Harris, military veteran…
7-year-old heroine needs help aiding others The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema will offer a very special opportunity on Saturday, March 10. Each year, different film stars such as Anne Archer, Will Wallace and Wolfgang Bodison visit Idyllwild during the event, usually with a film or project on which they are working. This year, Erika…
Cheryl Crane, Lana Turner’s only child, opens Eduardo Santiago’s third Author Series. She’ll discuss her autobiographical book, “Detour: A Hollywood Story” (Arbor House, 1988). The book offers a look inside her storybook youth as the child of one of the biggest stars in Hollywood and a single incident that dramatically changed the story. Crane remembers…
After suffering a debilitating stroke in 2014, retired registered nurse Dorothy Brooks had to choose. Unable to walk and severely challenged with balance issues, visual distortions, memory loss and speech impairment, Brooks decided she had to find her own way out of her disabilities. She chose adult coloring books. “I went home to color,” she…
Artist-photographer Kathy Harmon-Luber’s photographs of Italy are featured at Artspresso Gallery. The opening reception on Saturday was well-attended.
By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) has been an active local, volunteer-led nonprofit for over 20 years. It organizes community events such as the Art Walk & Wine Tasting, the “Eye of the Artist” judged art show and raffle and the “Call of the Wyld” Music and Art Festival. Donna…