Esther Kennedy retires from Spirit Mountain Retreat

In its 43rd season, the Idyllwild Master Chorale, led by Conductor Dwight Allen “Buzz” Holmes, continues to regale Idyllwild audiences with internationally renowned chamber orchestrations and exquisite vocal harmonies. Selections for this year’s Spring Concert tender a poignant tribute to Karen Visel, a cherished member of the chorale since 1984 who passed in 2017. Several…
Argentina-born Monica Dietrich overheard a mother pig’s conversation with her piglets when she was eight. She thought nothing was out of the ordinary until she told others. “I thought everyone does this,” she recalled.
Susan Lake creates fantasy worlds. She writes the stories and elaborately costumes the characters as collectible, ball-jointed dolls. With a background in visual and performing arts, as both a choreographer and costumer, Lake knows how to conjure and weave gothic tales of magic, the struggle between dark and light. And lifting the words from the…
By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) held its “Eye of the Artist” event on Saturday, Oct. 17. Jasmine Peck judged over 60 pieces of art in four categories: 2-D, 3-D, wearable art and photography with ribbons also going to the Best of Show and Best Theme. Peck is the ceramics teacher…
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…
Idyllwild Summer Concert Series (ISCS) fans should note that Thursday, July 13, the concert begins at 6:10 p.m., not 7 p.m., as last week’s story had it. Ken Dahleen and the Big Band Staff will open, then stay around to back up Sharon Owens as Barbra Streisand. It’s hard to think of a band that…