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PHOTOS: Idyllwild’s traditional Christmas Tree Lighting
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By Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed Cassidy Steenbock, Career Technical Education (CTE) instructor at Hemet High School, found a creative way to engage students enrolled in Introduction to Agricultural Mechanics with a hands-on bird feeder construction project administered in partnership with The Home Depot of Hemet. The entire assignment was executed at no-cost to students, thanks…
Inland Empire-based SouthBound and Company was last here two years ago with a Buddy Holly tribute. They return in Creedence Clearwater form for Ken Dahleen’s 2016 Idyllwild Summer Concert Series. Taking the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14, are SouthBound leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Darryl Reed; guitarist and backup vocalist Michael Finn;…
Barnaby Finch and friends explore the hip highs and humorous lows of jazz and country music in their annual concert to benefit the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation Scholarship Fund. Tickets for the Sunday, May 31, event are $40 and are inclusive of the 11:30 a.m. brunch, at the Fireside Room in Nelson Dining Hall…
Artist and ceremonialist David Reid-Marr undertakes a second 24-hour performance piece, “Solodium,” beginning at 7 p.m. on 11/11/11 at Om Sweet Aum yoga studio, 26120 Ridgeview Drive. Last year Reid Marr, recent creator of the line of ceremonial cairns at Idyllwild Arts, completed a 24-hour drawing ritual in the forest. “At two in the morning,…
Nine students from high schools across the country were selected as winners of Bennington College’s 2018/2019 Young Writers Awards, including Kali Puhnaty of Idyllwild Arts Academy, who won second place in fiction for “Moon Fever.” This annual competition, which accepts entries in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, is free to enter and open to high school…
The world-renowned conductor gave final summer program performance The Festival Choir and Chamber Festival Orchestra Concert on Sunday, Aug. 4, was the culmination of the 2019 Idyllwild Arts (IA) Summer Program and the final concert for Maestro Larry Livingston. “It was a wonderful concert at the [Walt] Disney [Concert] Hall Sunday and also Saturday at the…