Youth at Idyllwild Middle School are learning philanthropy with the help of the Idyllwild Community Fund. Jayne Davis of ICF is overseeing a group of about 25 students. How it works: ICF makes grants up to $4,000. A grant request must benefit the youth of the mountain community. The limit any one grantee may receive…

“Myth is the only way I have to self-identify,” said author Matthew Salesses. In his writing, Salesses, adopted from Korea at age 2, mingles lyricism, myth and human longing to weave compelling accounts of the human experience. Salesses reads from his critically acclaimed works and talks about his life and craft at Idyllwild Arts from…