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Mei Li Stroud (left), grade 5, was the elementary school spelling bee winner and the alternate was fourth grader Martina Navarrete Urrutia (right). Both girls are shown with their families. Photo courtesy of Kirsten Ingbretsen










This weekend, the 10th-annual Aroma Spring Jazz Festival will be a tribute to New Orleans jazz and food, according to Paul Carman, festival producer. Carman, local saxophone and bass musician, usually goes to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. “This year I wasn’t able to go, so I decided to bring the music here,”…
By Idyllwild Community FundContributed The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) started accepting grant applications from local nonprofit organizations Oct. 18 for the specific purpose of helping Cranston Fire victims only. To obtain an application visit the ICF website, idyllwildcommunityfund.org, or contact Shannon Ng at 909-213-7018. The background of ICF The Idyllwild Community Fund originated in 1995…
Joanne Bischof and Kara Swanson, local Idyllwild writers, received major awards at the March 27 through 31 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. Top award, Writer of the Year, went to Bischof for her body of work, and high school student Kara received Most Promising Teen Writer Award, for her debut fantasy novel, “Pearl of Merlydia”…
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…
Idyllwild’s own organic and health-centric emporium, Sky Island Natural Foods, is hosting a health fair. Owner Michael Wangler urged residents, “Come to Sky Island to meet local health and wellness practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines. Enjoy networking, bodywork, massage, health testing, lifestyle coaching and free samples classes in yoga, martial arts and more.”…
She sees her future teaching music to young students Hong Kong native Ashley Leung, third-year Idyllwild Arts Academy junior music major, is the next Idy Talks speaker. The long-standing speaker series, once done in conjunction with the Idyllwild Community Center, is now a solo series produced by IAA. An accomplished violinist, Ashley is preparing…