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Stratford Players Debbie Overman and Preston Sparks in a scene from the 2013 Tony Award-winning play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” The play runs weekends to Aug. 10.

Idyllwild resident and art therapist Karla Leopold went to Louisiana in 2005 shortly after Hurricane Katrina had devastated New Orleans. With the assistance of Rosie O’Donnell’s “Project Katrina,” Leopold led a team of art therapists to an evacuation center north of Baton Rouge. Their mission was to use art to help survivors process the emotional…
Temple Har Shalom is sponsoring “Embracing Wisdom: Soaring the Second Half of Life” in mid-May, a retreat that promises to reveal the hidden gifts of aging and give tools to harvest them, according to Rabbi Malka Drucker. “While every generation and individual confronts the challenges of aging, those in the second half of life today…
History teacher grew up on hill Six members of the Idyllwild School’s staff are former Idyllwild School students. Mike Van Zee is the latest to return to his educational roots. The new seventh and eighth grade history teacher has been an outstanding third grade teacher at Bautista Creek School in Hemet for the past 22…
Holiday entertainment will be plentiful in Idyllwild. And while Burl Ives won’t be traveling to Idyllwild to sing his favorite Christmas ballad this year, the Idyllwild Actors Theatre will present “A Holly Jolly Christmas” as its 2016 Christmas production. The company will perform a variety of tales to warm the hearts and make even the…
Kids and parents listen in rapt attention as actor and local resident Conor O’Farrell reads Christmas stories during the Idyllwild Library’s annual Christmas party on Monday, Dec. 19.
The judged “Explore” art winners of the most recent Art Alliance of Idyllwild show are: Best of Show: Scott Finnell for “Floating” Best Theme: Cher Townsend for “Only Way to Travel” People’s Choice: Jared Vance for “Mushroom Forest” 2D First Place: Neil Jenkins for “Furnace Falls, Wales, UK Second Place: Leslie Wolcott for “Cabin in…