PHOTOS: This Week in Idyllwild: January 26, 2017


Photo by Peter Szabadi

Photo by Peter Szabadi

Photo by Peter Szabadi

Photo by Tom Kluzak

Hamilton led some informative interpretive walks in the Idyllwild Nature Center forest during the Wildflower Festival over Memorial Day weekend …
This week Idyllwild Arts (IA) Summer Programs presents its annual Native American Arts Festival, an institution-within-the-institution for more than 20 years, returning after a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shaliyah J. Ben, director of the IA Native American Arts program and coordinator of the festival, gave the Crier some background on this year’s festival. She…
Mayor Max II is very happy about the Cranston Fire disaster’s amazing outcome. Firefighters, early responders, hot-shot teams and supporters from the community unified cooperatively to save animals and this made him very happy, too. The mayor reported, “At 3 a.m., we went to the fire line to see how much time we had to…
Darren Schilling, alumni and parent relations manager at Idyllwild Arts Academy, is the next speaker at the academy’s Spotlight on Leadership series. The series, presented by the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, is designed to bring the town and campus closer, showcasing key faculty and administration, and explaining the workings of the arts academy and…
Nancy Borchers of Pine Cove is accomplished, in many art media and in many career incarnations. And she is modest. As she likes to explain, she gets interested in something and then just gets it done. “I’ve never really thought too much,” she said. “I just go on gut feelings. I see something and just…