




Santa visits Kids Tree Lighting
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The 2nd Annual Kids Tree Lighting took place Friday night, Dec. 7. Children joyously gathered singing Christmas carols and then became excited at their first sighting of Santa and Mrs. Claus. The Town Hall kids and Idyllwild SAFE Program sponsored the dedication to the children of Idyllwild in memory of Pam Sundling. Photo by Careena Chase





Rabbi Malka Drucker has deep ties to Idyllwild. But she has only recently returned to Idyllwild to live, having spent the last several decades in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she founded the synagogue HaMakom, the Place for Passionate and Progressive Judaism. Drucker has had a cabin in Idyllwild for more than 40 years. A…
Although the lead time was too short to publish a story about Dr. Ernest Siva before his lecture, the stories he related about his time at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (now Idyllwild Arts) from 1953 to the present are valuable historic information. Ernest, a Cahuilla/Serrano Indian, was a saxophone player in…
The third-annual Soboba Casino and Soboba Foundation Charity Golf Tournament on April 3, at the Country Club at Soboba Springs, included 172 participants, and more than 85 volunteers. The golf course was filled with a healthy mixture of competition and playful spirit. Attendee Jeff Shepard said, “This was such an exciting event and everybody was…
The InterArts Department at Idyllwild Arts presents a special collaboration between its students and UK-based interactive theater company Stan’s Cafe. “Of All the People in All the World” is an internationally-acclaimed performance installation that turns abstract human population statistics into emotionally gripping stories using grains of rice. The public is invited to view Idyllwild Arts’…
The Center for Prayer Mobilization hosted a retreat for artists this weekend. Janet Hyun from Upland,who leads an artist’s group in Los Angeles, brought 26 women from all over the state to participate in workshops and an art show throughout the weekend.