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Photos: This week in Idyllwild: January 14, 2016
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Pete “Pedro” Anderson, a much-loved Idyllwild musician, storyteller and artist, died suddenly and unexpectedly from the rapid onset of massive pneumonia. According to his sister Sue Anderson, Pete had played local gigs only days before he died. Friend Rick Barker said he was in fine voice and ebullient spirits at a recent Higher Grounds engagement….
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.
Award-winning film and television composer and orchestrator Peter Davison built a major career in Los Angeles until he found the perfect studio in which to work — Idyllwild. “My music is changing,” said Davison. “Here there are so few distractions. Moving full-time to Idyllwild is the best thing we ever did. Living here has made…
At some point in life, we all must deal with the issues presented in “The Outgoing Tide.” Many in Idyllwild already have or intend to face subsurface strength of the outgoing tide. Bruce Graham, the playwright, has infused this insightful and provocative play with a surface of humor. The audience will be observers in this…
By Mimi and Hootch ARF has kittens! Introducing Atticus and Bo, the newest kitty additions to the ARF cattery. Atticus, the orange and Bo the gray, are 6-week-old brothers. Abandoned without their mom, they are in a special kitty nursery with all the special attention as if their mom was there. Soon, visitation will be…
Federico Garcia Lorca’s final play explored taboo themes Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Department, in association with the World Languages Department, presents Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s final play. In English, it is called “The House of Bernarda Alba,” and, inasmuch as the IAA production is bilingual, interspersing English and Spanish, it is advertised as “La…