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Associates of Idyllwild Arts received $2,500. Front row, from left, Michael Slocum (president), Pam Goldwasser (vice president), Linda Anderson (secretary) and Dave Robb (AAI representative). Back row, from left, Terry Casella (treasurer) and Anne Erikson (past president). Photo by Barry Zander

Musica! received $1,000. Anna Acheta (left), local resident and founder of Musica!, with students Ethan Martinez and Liberty Gomer. The program provides string instruments and free lessons to more than 85 students. Photo by Shanna Robb

Idyllwild PTA smARTS program received $2,000. Leaders and volunteers of the local arts program at Idyllwild School, are, from left, Ginger Dagnall, Christine Hunt and Catherine Smith. Photo by Shanna Robb

Idyllwild Music Program received $1,000 Local eighth graders, bottom row, from left, are Lauren Badger and Nicola Sabin. Middle row, from left, are Buzz Holmes (director), Dustin Ledbetter and Sage Barnett. Top row, from left, are Levi Sorensen and Nicholas Fey. Photo by Shanna Robb

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IAA sophomore Alex Bishop wins national poetry award: She is next speaker at Idy Talks
By April 13, 2017April 19, 2017 Reading Time: 4 minutes

Idyllwild Arts Academy sophomore Alex Bishop, creative writing major, is the next speaker at the academy-sponsored Idy Talks. The series is part of IAA’s “Art in Society” program designed to foster students’ commitment to using their art to contribute to society. Alex’s talk is timely. She just won a prestigious national award from the Poetry…

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Rugby players turn out for CinemaFest premiere
By January 17, 2013May 9, 2013 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Two busloads of South Los Angeles high school rugby players, alums, parents and friends, over 100 in all, made the trek to Idyllwild for the premiere of their documentary film “Red, White, Black and Blue.” The extra bonus for the L.A. troupe was snow, something many of them had never seen.

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Review of Idyllwild Master Chorale’s ‘I Remember Christmas’
By December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Reading Time: 2 minutes

With the potential for a white Christmas (or at least a wet Christmas) on the horizon, and a cover of gray skies for the Hillfolk, the annual presentation of Idyllwild’s Master Chorale was proving to be unpromising for both attendance and programmatic reasons. Artistic Director Dwight Holmes’ choices seemed at first glance uninspiring for his…

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Acorn features stone sculptures
By June 15, 2012April 5, 2013 Reading Time: 1 minute

Saturday Kirsten Ingbretsen (right), owner of the Acorn Gallery, held a open house and reception for the stone sculptor Duane Dammeyer. They are standing behind “Mind Meld,” one of Dammeyer’s beautiful sculptures made of golden calcite and granite.

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Veterans Day: 11/11/11
By November 8, 2011January 25, 2013 Reading Time: 3 minutes

In November 1919, after the signing of the formal Treaty of Versailles, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day.

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Second-annual Earth Day at Idyllwild Arts
By April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Don Stoll – Manager of Communications & International Student Relations Idyllwild Arts Earth Day 2019’s Protect our Species campaign will be celebrated late at Idyllwild Arts Academy: on April 28, six days after the global event. The packed calendar for the academy’s 300-plus students from three dozen countries requires creative scheduling. But the IAA…

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