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For Pine Cove resident Diane Burt, music is and has always been a family business. Daughter of Alfred Shaddick Burt, whose Christmas carols are famous worldwide, Diane’s entry into show business would have come as no surprise to her parents. Her mother, Anne Shortt Burt, was a singer and her father was a composer. Her…
Idyllwild Arts welcomes world-renowned conductor Ransom Wilson By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed Idyllwild Arts Foundation welcomes new year-round Director of Orchestral Programs Ransom Wilson and Associate Director of Orchestral Programs Gregory Robbins. Signaling the beginning of an exciting new era in which the summer program and academy will become more closely integrated, Wilson and Robbins have been brought…
Editor’s Note: The longstanding Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series is partnering this year with the Idyllwild Arts Academy, presenting IAA seniors discussing their paths as developing artists, part of the school’s focus on growing artists who feel the responsibility of contributing to society. Audrey Carver, visual artist, is proud to be an Idyllwild “Hillbilly,”…
How would you like to spend Christmas in Palm Springs with staunchly Reaganite Republican parents, two liberal adult children and an even more liberal, recently sober aunt? Sound ideal? It is. “It really is so timely with the political environment,” said Suzanne Avalon, Idyllwild Actors Theatre founder, who plays the superbly coiffed Republican mother Polly…