PHOTO: Helping Hand …

Photo by Karen Patterson
Friday night’s “Eye of the Artist” show and party of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild resulted in many ribbon winners at Town Hall. The judge for the show was Christy Scott, Idyllwild Arts’ Parks Exhibition manager. • Best of Show: “Trapped in a Sea of Blue” (oil on canvas) by Paul Colacicco • Best Theme:…
Harold Wherry and his Blue Breeze Band serve Motown and blues at the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. They take the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. Guitarist Wherry has more than 30 years experience working in the Motown, R&B, funk, jazz and blues styles. As a teenager he backed soul R&B singer Bobby Day…
With two wine bars, both upper and lower decks were filled. Multiple wines and tapas were served throughout the event Saturday.
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Adult Arts Center presents a spring poetry workshop/retreat featuring noted poet Suzanne Lummis. Lummis’ poems have appeared in the Hudson Review, Antioch Review, The New Yorker and the American Journal of Poetry. Lummis edited “Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond” (Beyond Baroque Books, 2015) noted in the Los Angeles…
Animal Rescue Friends (ARF) of Idyllwild’s Pets of the Year contest returned this year after about a one-year absence. This year’s contest raised $8,965, all of which is put into a fund to help with veterinary costs financially challenged local pet owners need. Some of the monies raised also will be used to help with…
John Newman and Laura Sherman speak The Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation sponsors the series Spotlight on Leadership, designed to acquaint community members with academic and arts programs, and business leadership at the Idyllwild Arts Academy. John Newman, director of business operations, and Laura Sherman, director of facilities management, will discuss campus infrastructure projects —…