The Idyllwild Arts Academy, in a drive to build more connections with the town, is opening its first in-town store and information facility. On North Circle Drive, directly next to Jack Farley’s Art Supplies, the new center will serve as an introduction to campus life. It will screen, in high definition, IAA Film and Digital…

The double entendre of Oscar Wilde’s title “The Importance of Being Earnest” deftly sends up the conventions and snobbery of the final years of the Victorian Era when the British Empire was at its height. An outsider by birth, the Irishman Wilde was nevertheless accepted by the British upper class. They loved his wit, his…