Idyllwild Pines opens camp for ‘Community Activity Day’
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Seven members of Rotary Clubs in Botswana and South Africa spent a few days in Idyllwild, from June 19 to 21, as part of the Rotary Friendship Exchange. This Rotary International program aims to build international friendships by letting members experience different cultures, taking turns hosting each other in their homes and clubs. This particular…
The Rev. Anne Cox Bailey will give a free Ponder Anew Seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at Town Hall. In 2006, Bailey’s mother Arlene died of what turned out to be Frontotemporal Dementia, following one of the worst-case progressions she has ever encountered. At the hands of doctors, officials and trusted…
Idyllwild Arts presents its second-annual Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration Sunday and Monday, Oct. 8 and 9, on campus. Idyllwild Arts is an institution rooted in respect, reverence, and support for Native American people, culture, and art, and is the only residential arts high school in the country to offer a Native American Arts Center led…
Gracious, garrulous and generously talented, Llew Matthews, longtime Nancy Wilson music director, brings his brand of smooth and cool to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. New York City-born Matthews does it all — pianist, arranger, singer and conductor. He also tells good stories about his musical evolution from ukulele player at four to French horn…
On Saturday, June 3, at a small gathering of Camp Ronald McDonald’s most loyal supporters, founder Dr. Stuart Siegel and Fran Wiley, RN and longtime leader and volunteer, shared their memories of the 35 years since the camp’s founding. When Siegel founded Camp Ronald McDonald in Mountain Center, the goal was a simple one, with…
