
Photo by Jenny Kirchner



Photo by John Drake

Photo by John Drake

Photo by Peter Szabadi




Photo by Jenny Kirchner




Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Photos: This week in Idyllwild: November 26, 2015
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By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed The publication this month of Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) twelfth-grader Rome Smaoui’s short story, “Days of Summer,” in Narrative (www.narrativemagazine.com/) is a startling achievement for a high school student. Narrative is a top-tier literary journal and it is free to register. The number of Narrative pieces appearing annually in the prestigious…
Editor’s note: This is taken from an Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) press release. “Gavroche,” the new musical the Idyllwild Arts Theatre Department will perform to the public 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, is a fresh take on “Les Misérables.” The musical, to be livestreamed at https://idyllwildarts.zoom.us/j/95125102317, features a pop, contemporary score, and is told from…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild will feature more than 45 local artists in its Winter Lane Pop-Up Gallery. The one-week event features an artist reception and open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, in the Village Lane. Open to the public, the Village Lane Open House will feature holiday music by Luann…
Biblical scholars argue over the exact location and duration of the parting of the Red Sea. But for artist David Reid-Marr, it has taken more than three years in his studio and it is still not done. Longtime Idyllwild Arts Visual Arts faculty member, Reid-Marr’s 5-foot-by-15-foot pen-and-ink drawing of the “Parting of the Red…
Wisconsin native and longtime Hill resident Annie Varvari has joined Idyllwild Arts Academy’s full time faculty as resource teacher. With degrees in special education and counseling, Varvari fills a key position, providing advocacy for and support to students with special classroom academic and logistical needs. “Kids in resource have concerns,” said Varvari. “Those concerns could…