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Eighteen Plein Air artists participated in the annual Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s Plein Air Festival over the weekend, coinciding Saturday with the Idyllwild Garden Club’s annual Garden Tour. Above, Rebecca Noelle was first place and co-winner of the People’s Choice award. Other winners were Toni Williams, second place; Joné Dupré, third place; Jennifer Ali, honorary mention and Artist’s Choice award; Rachel Welch, honorary mention; and Karlis Dabols, co-winner of People’s Choice award. Photo by Frazier Drake


Trisha Clark (left), president, and Kathy Halkin (center), secretary, thank Ester Kennedy for her stewardship as director of Spirit Mountain Retreat at a retirement party honoring her Sunday, June 2.
The notice advertised at the head of the program for the Monday night Jan. 20 concert at Idyllwild Arts Academy read “A celebration of equality in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Taken at a glance, the celebratory nature of the event, as scheduled on the day set aside for the civil rights champion’s…
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Brendan Steele will tee it up this week in the $7.3-million Waste Management Phoenix Open on the TPC Scottsdale course in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 10 seasons of play there, the Idyllwild native has posted six top-20s, including four top-10s, two of which were top-5s. The TPC Scottsdale is a par-71 course with an iconic par-3…