This story is about Art; that is, Art Connor. Since 2010, Art has been curator for The Record Collection here in Idyllwild on Lower Pine Crest Avenue, just paces down the road from the Idyllwild Water District office. Both Art and The Record Collection have interesting histories. Originally, I thought I was going to interview…
Kids came to the Valentine’s Day Pajama Party at Town Hall
To please the surprisingly diverse character of Idyllwild, local businesses will offer a potpourri of New Year’s Eve events. Festive choices include Las Vegas-style drag and burlesque at the Rustic, a Cheers-like neighborhood gathering at Idyll Awhile, prix fixe dinners and entertainment at a number of our finest eateries and a free party at the…
Professional dancer and university professor Robin Johnson is in motion even when sitting still. There is a quality of gracious good humor, enthusiasm and total commitment when he speaks. He smiles often and radiates joie de vivre. Although formally retired from a 34-year teaching career at Cal State Fullerton and professional touring with three…
Idyllwild has an arts and beer festival, Pints in the Pines, coming to town from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21 at Mile Hi Plaza, 54385 N. Circle Dr., to benefit Animal Rescue Friends (ARF). This is a free, kid- and pet-friendly event. “All proceeds will be going to ARF, which has suffered…
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast with a direct hit on New Orleans. Idyllwild resident Karla Leopold led a team of art therapists to an evacuation center just north of Baton Rouge to help Katrina survivors, many of them children, to express and externalize the trauma they had experienced…
