PHOTOS: Last week in Idyllwild
Diana Wagman, the next author at Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series, explores how an unexpected event in an ordinary day can alter a city’s landscape and the course of a woman’s life. In her fourth novel, “The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets,” Wagman’s central character, Winnie, is a 38-year-old woman who, after a divorce,…
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…
Idyllwild’s Stephen Savage, founder of the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, has been asked to work with Ramona Bowl in Hemet, including its historic pageant, “Ramona.” “I’m excited to have the opportunity to fit in and to help,” Savage said last week. After Idyllwild 2014, Savage announced that the Idyllwild event would expand to include…
The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2012 (IIFC) plans to honor longtime Hollywood producer, director and production manager Mike Moder with its 2012 Lifetime Merit Award. The award will be presented at the festival’s conclusion. Moder will have a lot to share both with festival audiences and attending young filmmakers while he is in Idyllwild….
Author, teacher, “book coach” and Idyllwild resident Eduardo Santiago smiled and shook his head as he recounted how his popular series began. “When you look back, what is odd is that I started this series just two months after buying the house in Idyllwild,” he said. He recalled starting without funding simply because he wanted…