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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


Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) senior Joseph Davis has been a jazz piano major and songwriting minor since he started at IAA a year and a half ago. Davis lives in Jamaica and has been attending his senior year at IAA via Zoom due to the pandemic. He was on campus before COVID-19 closed schools. Thanks…
By the Associates of the Idyllwild Arts FoundationContributed The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11. In the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room in the Nelson Dining Hall — a comfortable setting — Marianne Kent-Stoll, vice president of educational programs, Heather Companiott, director of the…
Photos of the activities and events in Idyllwild last week.
60 years ago – 1956 The Riverside County Board of Supervisors denied two liquor license applications from Idyllwild businessmen who sought to break the barrier against sales of alcoholic beverages on the Hill. It was not the first time the supervisors had denied a liquor license to a Hill business. 55 years ago – 1961…
Idyllwild resident and art therapist Karla Leopold went to Louisiana in 2005 shortly after Hurricane Katrina had devastated New Orleans. With the assistance of Rosie O’Donnell’s “Project Katrina,” Leopold led a team of art therapists to an evacuation center north of Baton Rouge. Their mission was to use art to help survivors process the emotional…
The Idyllwild Arts Festival Choir performed Robert Schumann’s “Zigeunerleben, op. 29, no.3” at the Idyllwild Arts Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 13.