Spirit Mountain Retreat marks fall equinox

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spirit-mtn_3801 — A circle of women gathered, dancing to the heartbeat of the Mother, on Saturday at Spirit Mountain Retreat to celebrate in sacred ceremony the Autumn Equinox and International Peace Day. Esther Kennedy, director of the center, leading the Sacred Circle Dance for Peace in the Mideastern dance “Misirlou.” Photos by Careena Chase

spirit-mtn_3813 — Local Color performed at the Fall Equinox Ceremony at Spirit Mountain Retreat welcoming the changing of the seasons, the seasons of our own life, and to connect ritually our hearts, bodies, and spirits with nature, the divine, Earth, and all of Life. Anna Ancheta (center in orange) is the director of Local Color.

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ICC speaker series features Carol Martin’s Southeast Asia experience
By October 7, 2015March 4, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

This season of Idyllwild Community Center speakers features local residents. Idyllwild residents Carol Martin and husband J.B. Leep are world travelers – Europe, China, Russia, Egypt, Morocco, Argentina, Peru, the Amazon and Kenya. As part of the ICC series, Martin will present slides and discuss their recent trip to Southeast Asia – a month long…

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Lowman concert hall nearly complete
By February 23, 2016April 14, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

The interior of the nearly ready William M. Lowman Concert Hall, the new state-of-the-art music venue on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The beams visible in the ceiling are part of the acoustical design engineered by ARUP North America, the firm responsible for the designs of the world-famous Sydney (Australia) Opera House, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Tate Modern in London. The concert venue should open soon.

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Sergio Fernandez-Lopez and Hsing-Liang Lee perform “Raymonda Suite” Friday night at the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Fall Dance Concert in the Bowman IAF Theatre. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD

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From kindergarten student to sixth-grade teacher
By August 29, 2018 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Nicole Picchiottino returns to her K-6 alma mater Nicole (Hoffman) Picchiottino, along with other first- and second-grade students at Idyllwild School, used to slide her lunchbox down the long hall from the cafeteria to the kindergarten classroom to see whose could go farther. “I’m sure I won occasionally,” said Picchiottino. “I’m very competitive.” The game…

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Local playwright attracts big reviews
ByMelissa Diaz Hernandez January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Idyllwild’s Steven Leigh Morris, former LA Weekly critic and founding editor of Stage Raw, wrote a play, “Red Ink,” on stage now at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles. In a press release, Morris writes “Red Ink looks at the corrosive pressures of click-bait journalism and cut-throat competition on an imploding newspaper recently purchased…

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PCT Warrior Hikers to be hosted at American Legion
By April 20, 2016August 19, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

For the third year, U.S. military veterans return to Idyllwild as thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail. They are part of “Warrior Hike: Walk Off the War,” a program of outdoor wilderness exercise therapy designed to help veterans transition from front-line military service to civilian life. Former Marine Corps Capt. Sean Gobin realized the potential…

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