

Spirit Mountain Retreat hosts Day of the Dead celebration
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On Saturday, Nov. 3, Spirit Mountain Retreat celebrated Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, where altars were created honoring those we love that have died. About 25 people gathered in the great stone circle sharing in ancient ritual style about friends and family, honoring their lives, and welcoming their presence among us. Photo by Careena Chase

Jazz aficionados will mark their summer calendar for the 23rd-annual Jazz in the Pines, which is Aug. 19 to 21. Many favorites, such as Casey Abrams, Chuck Alvarez, Graham Dechter, Yve Evans, Lisa Haley, Greg Jones and Harry Pickens, will return and perform over the weekend. Two important jazz figures also will return to the…
A new Board of Directors was elected on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Creekstone Inn …
The tiled mosaic at the front of Idyllwild School has passed away. Weather on the Hill was too much for the fragile artwork, according to Principal Matt Kraemer. However, the school’s entrance will still prominently display a significant art piece. A mural, featuring Tahquitz Peak, will replace the delicate mosaic. Ben Cruz, former Idyllwild Middle…
The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program returns from June into August with its traditional array of the familiar, the new, the challenging and this year, some retrospection. The Summer Program has classes, activities and workshops for the whole family — kids to adults. And the week of June 20 to 26 focuses on the whole family….
If you like early Truman Capote and Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City,” that particular ease, voice, style and literate sophistication, you’ll like Los Angeles author George Snyder.
Besides the better-known arts — music, theater and visual — taught at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, fashion design also is an important part of the curriculum. And similar to the performing arts, the student fashion designers are happy to share their creativity with the local community. Next Saturday, March 11, the school, in cooperation with…