Library’s summer reading is for all ages The Idyllwild Library officially launches its Summer Reading Program for all ages with a dynamic kick-off on Saturday, June 2, featuring kid-friendly festivities and a showcase by Pacific Animal Productions. This summer’s “Reading Takes You Everywhere” theme represents book selections from Japan, Mexico, Australia, Israel, USA, Italy, the…

The Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Theatre Department presents playwright Neil LaBute’s “The Shape of Things” this weekend. Director Howard Shangraw states, “In Neil LaBute’s play “The Shape of Things,” the question of morality and the nature of art is asked. It challenges us to look at the ethical responsibility involved in the relationship of art and…

For the 2012 Jazz in the Pines, Ray Goren, jazz guitarist, returned with his own group.   Yes, a 12-year-old prodigy guitarist heads up his own jazz quartet. And they love him. “When he’s playing, he’s great,” exclaimed bass Jamie Silverstein. “I don’t think of him as a 12-year-old.” In 2011, Goren played a few…

A silent auction was not so quiet as residents review the many items offered during Animal Rescue Friends (ARF) benefit auction held at Silver Pines Lodge on Sunday, Aug. 14.