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PHOTOS: Easter in Idyllwild
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Linda FrostReporter Spring! It never gets old. Stepping out into the garden each morning I feel the same degree of thrill I did when clutching that first packet of seeds at the age of 5. Of course, it can happen to you at any age. One day, you wake up helplessly enslaved by The Garden…
Idyllwild’s traditional Pumpkin Carnival and Parade will begin at 4 p.m. at Fern Valley Corners …
Yukako Ogawa surprised her Idyllwild host family with a homemade Japanese dinner with ingredients she purchased in her home country of Japan. Ogawa, 14, was visiting Idyllwild for one week at the end of March with other teens through an exchange program with the Hemet Unified School District. “She made us a wonderful Japanese dinner…
Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) has announced the hiring of fashion designer Kentaro Kameyama as chair of the new Fashion Design Department. The position commences this fall. Kameyama, the winner of season 16 of Lifetime’s Emmy-nominated series “Project Runway,” will be living between Hollywood and Idyllwild so he can teach his classes in person. In his…
Artist Michael Newberry knows exactly when his passion for art began. He was 11 years old, walking down Main Street in La Jolla with his grandmother. They passed by a bookstore. In the window was “The Complete Works of Rembrandt.” The cover sparked Newberry’s attention immediately. “It was alive,” Newberry said. “The woman’s eyes had…
Denver native and Idyllwild Arts filmmaker Nikki Tarro is the next speaker at the Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Art in Society series, Idy Talks. “The series was designed to connect the school to the community of Idyllwild,” said Eduardo Santiago, IAA faculty member and Art in Society coordinator. Nikki is a third-year senior at the academy…