
Photo by John Drake

Photo by John Drake

Photo by John Drake

Photo by John Drake
PHOTOS: Quilter’s Pride
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The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema wrapped year seven with a sold-out Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 10. “The Boatman,” a film about a coyote ferrying immigrants from Mexico to the U.S., took top honors: Best Feature; Best Director, Feature, Greg Morgan; Best Actor, Feature, Oscar Torre; and Best Screenplay, Feature, Greg Morgan. “Art Bastard,”…
Enoch Grubb studied dance in Simi Valley before attending Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) and is the first dance major the Town Crier has spoken with for the IAA senior spotlight series. Grubb originally became interested in dance when he learned about hip-hop and street dance. At the age of 9, Grubb started dancing and learning…
What do macaws and chocolate have in common? This was the topic of the lecture by Dr. Patricia Crown, professor of anthropology, University of New Mexico, delivered at the Idyllwild Arts Academy during Native American Arts Week. The Mayans and Aztecs discovered the nutritious and culinary value of the nut from the cacao tree in…
According to former Chamber of Commerce President Mimi Lamp, it took her husband Don only a day after receiving an inheritance to decide he wanted to go around the world. Mimi resigned from the Chamber, which she had helped to revive, to begin with Don their all-continents-but-Antarctica trip. They left in February 2011 and returned…
This past Saturday’s Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s judged art show featured 49 artists and 75 pieces of art. The show also included several artists demonstrating how they create. The guest judge was David Reid-Marr, current chair of Visual Arts at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Reid-Marr described the show as “a wonderful experimentation of art.” Ribbons were…
Sergio Fernandez-Lopez and Hsing-Liang Lee perform “Raymonda Suite” Friday night at the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Fall Dance Concert in the Bowman IAF Theatre. PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD