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Idyllwild Arts dance recital
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Juan Posada plays “Escamillo” in Carmen, the final performance of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Spring Dance Concert over the weekend.

Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed The recent elevation of Dr. Jeanette Louise Yaryan, chair of Idyllwild Arts Academy’s (IAA) music department for two years, to assistant head of school has made room for Head of School Marianne Kent-Stoll to award a promotion to Heather Netz to music department chair. While Netz’s previous positions at IAA, as coordinator…
Argentina-born Monica Dietrich overheard a mother pig’s conversation with her piglets when she was eight. She thought nothing was out of the ordinary until she told others. “I thought everyone does this,” she recalled.
Leg Up Theater Company presents a New Year’s Eve party on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., celebrating the 1920s. The party, “Midnight in Paris,” will include appearances by Cole Porter and Ernest Hemingway, Parisian can-can dancers, cocktails, Dali’s oyster bar, Joie De Vivre cheese boards, Jambon de Paris, and lots of…
Idyllwild’s history, much like that of Anza and Garner Valley, is colorful and rich. Old-timers are proud of having lived through times of no regular electricity and rutted roads. The Idyllwild Area Historical Society and museum sponsors an annual home tour whose residents are proud of their homes’ history and restoration efforts. Said new IAHS…
By Jim CrandallPalms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair Idyllwild’s Palms to Pines Golf Association played its regular monthly tournament at The Legends in Temeku Hills in Temecula Friday, Dec, 16. In the A-flight, Bob Wadlow (course handicap 12) shot a net 75 for first place; Gary Brown (13) and Paul Cozens (5) shot net…
Adam Smith, an Idyllwild eighth-grader being home-schooled through Creekside Christian Academy, plays for the Wildcats Hockey Club, with home games in Riverside. The Wildcats are an advanced travel ice hockey team that plays all over Southern California, from San Diego to Ventura. Adam began his hockey career at the L.A. Kings Icetown hockey academy in…