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Idyllwild artist Carlos Reynosa is no stranger to fame on a scale few attain. But let’s start at the beginning. Born in Williams, Arizona, a middle child in a family of 12, Reynosa hails from a diverse heritage. His father, of Yaqui lineage, migrated from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Williams as a young man and married…
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild awarded nearly $9,000 in scholarships and grants to local women and girls in the last 12 months. Club members and awardees celebrated their success at a dinner hosted by Ferro on Thursday, April 25. The club received four applications for the annual Live Your Dream Award and all four were awarded…
Popular R&B band City Beat, incorporating the six-member Main Street Horns section, returns to the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series determined to keep the music professional and up tempo. Leader Ed Riojas, guitar and vocals, talked about the band’s reorganization and its expanded horn section. In previous appearances, City Beat was an all law-enforcement band composed…
Last Friday, Nov. 11, Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Visual Arts program held an opening reception for this year’s Visual Arts Student Theme Show, “Identity.” Students submit candidate themes each year; teachers then narrow the field to three on which students vote. The works are thus conceived and completed in about two months. The show’s statement lays…
At its monthly meeting Monday April 8, the Associates of Idyllwild ArtsFoundation awarded a $1,000 grant to Idyllwild Arts Dramatic Artsstudent Andre Real. Through intense competitions, Andre was selected from all Dramatic Artsstudents to represent California and Idyllwild Arts as the entry in theEnglish-Speaking Union’s (ESU) National Shakespeare competition in NewYork City. For 100 years,…
The 25th-annual Jazz in the Pines is barely over and already, another three-day music festival is planned for the following weekend. Brian Parnell of Throw The Goat is organizing Idyllwild Strong, a Cranston Fire benefit festival, from 3 to 10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, at various…