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PHOTOS: Weekend events
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Michael Jaime Becerra, associate professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside, said a sense of place and trust in his characters are the keys to his writing success. Becerra is himself shaped by the place where he grew up, El Monte in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley, and his writing is a product…
Mieko Ouchi’s “The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)” is “so beautiful a period piece with lush beautiful layers, it’s a stylizing of the 18th century” …
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild will join Chris and Melody Johnston’s Middle Ridge Winery in an art and wine event at the winery’s “under construction” tasting room on North Circle Drive. Billed as “Art Uncorked — Judged Art Show and Gallery Tour,” the Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, event continues AAI’s commitment to…
Idyllwild resident Jeffrey Turner is modest and taciturn. He also is extraordinarily accomplished in his field of architecture and design. “You can build anything you can dream,” said Turner. “That’s what I like about architecture — the fantasy.” Turner will talk at the Idyllwild Library about his dream career and particularly his experience as project…
Photos by Doris Jean Lombard
Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017-18, which starts on July 1, is prudent. The General Fund expenditures are $122.5 billion, $240 million less than the current-year budget. In his press conference, Brown stressed the states vulnerability to gyrating income tax revenue and possible major shifts in availability of federal funds. The dark…