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PHOTOS: This week in Idyllwild: June 16, 2016
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David JeromeCorrespondent The Idyllwild Arts Academy Film Department has until now held its annual showcase of student work in the spring, at the end of the academic year. Students have watched as their colleagues in music, dance, theater and visual arts present their works, and had to wait their turn. With the pandemic, even that…
In 2015, Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty member Chris Wegemer, with the full support of IAA administration, launched the annual Art in Society symposium. The purpose was to involve, instruct and engage IAA students in a discussion of their roles as artists in an evolving society. At the heart of the annual event is an examination…
Eduardo Santiago presents an exciting and varied lineup of authors for the third year of his popular Idyllwild Author Series. This May through July, the series will be held at Café Aroma, a change of venue from the previous two years. PEN Center has increased its funding to the series to include advertising and a…
Easter weekend in Idyllwild won’t be too hot and won’t be too cold. It will be just right — trees blossoming, daffodils coming up all over town and the village rolling out its gracious hospitality with perfect mountain springtime weather. Easter Sunday is the culmination of Lent and Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and…
Pamela Jordan has just completed her fifth year as president of the Idyllwild Arts (IA) Foundation. She is also the head of Idyllwild Arts Academy and summer program. She is responsible for hundreds of students, from Idyllwild to Los Angeles and the rest of the continent and the world. Staff and faculty are in the…
By Sally Hedberg Special to the Town Crier Last month, two Idyllwild mothers were running a marathon in Yellowstone National Park. “We started talking about a classmate of one of our boys who has Medulloblastoma or cancerous brain tumors,” said Cheryl Vladika. The other runner, Myla Davis, had just told her about James Bachmann, 12,…