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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

Visitors to Town Gallery enjoyed the 52 portraits and slideshow displayed at the opening reception of “Fashionable Idyllwild” Friday, July 1. The show featured 12 local models: Azali Cressler, Ginger Dagnall, Chylsea and Halayia Nuez, Ruby Flores-Verhagen, Liliana Charmoz, Cyn Grady, Lindsay Owen, Pamela Mayfield, Jennifer Savino, Julianna Poldi and Fiona McMullen. At the opening…
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Rick Barker, much-loved Idyllwild author and community volunteer, served on the Idyllwild Community Center board and was an advocate for the Idyllwild Dog Park, now under ICC management. Preston Sparks, local actor, craftsman and community volunteer, recently installed a memorial bench he created to honor Barker, who died this year on Jan. 20. Sparks said…