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PHOTOS: Idyllwild Arts visual art show opening
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The fourth Idyllwild CinemaFest opened Wednesday morning, Jan. 9, with 100 films to be screened over the festival’s five-day run. The 50 percent increase in number of films scheduled (67 last year) is a huge leap forward for the festival, as is the addition of a large new venue, the Astrocamp Galaxy Theatre. This year…
Kathy Harmon-Luber has called Idyllwild home since 2003. Harmon-Luber is an artist in many forms including sketching and painting. She is also an award-winning photographer. Recently, Harmon-Luber was recognized for another passion in the art realm — poetry. Last month, Harmon-Luber submitted one of her poems “Nature Becomes Me” to the Seventh Annual Ross Andrews…
National Night Out is from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3. The Hemet Sheriff’s Station is hosting the event this year at the newly opened Lake Hemet Mountain Station, located at 56550 Highway 74 (near the entrance to Lake Hemet).Come out to meet fire personnel and law enforcement.
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild, in partnership with the Idyllwild Garden Club, offers its annual Plein Air Festival from Friday, June 6, to Sunday, June 8. For the layman, plein air painting is that which is done outdoors, a movement begun in the mid- to late-19th century by French impressionists who sought to capture the…
Marianne Kent-Stoll has been in education for decades, melding together academics and the arts as she teaches young minds. Kent-Stoll has had a passion for the arts ever since she was a child. “I came from a family with three other siblings and a single mom, but she always made sure we were exposed to…
Not only did the town get to enjoy the Fourth of July festivities, but it also welcomed a new business, Wax Apothecary. Driven to create natural hand-crafted goods from candles to soaps and nature-inspired trinkets, Wax Apothecary also cares about where its tins, glassware, wax and packaging are all made right here in the U.S.,…