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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…
Swamp King Troy Landry (right) is stepping out of the Bayou and into Soboba Casino. If you haven’t yet seen History Channel’s “Swamp People,” you are missing out on all of the tree shaking, gator catching, Louisiana goodness that is the Cajun way of life. When the show first aired in 2010, it gained the…
Idyllwild’s St. Hugh’s Episcopal Church and Temple Har Shalom share history. Shortly after the temple was established in 2014, Father Dan Rondeau, vicar at St. Hugh’s, contacted the new Jewish congregation as part of his ecumenical outreach mission and vision. Last December, St. Hugh’s and Har Shalom, along with representatives from other Idyllwild faith traditions,…
Two Idyllwild sisters are blazing trails artistically with the premier of their second project as Cinballera Entertainment, melding elements of cinema, ballet and opera. Tiffany, 22, and Rebekah, 19, are daughters of James and Teresa Brannan. Their new production, based on material from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” is called “Lady of the Ring,” and…
Idyllwild Rotary Club members and members of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Auxiliary invite everyone to join them in a casual “Welcome Home” celebration and a free hot dog and beverage at 5 p.m in the Idyllwild Community Center site just prior to Thursday night’s concert. The hot dog stand will remain open as long…
Reading is usually a solitary activity, just you and the author having an intimate conversation. But in Idyllwild, that’s not always the case. Though we do have an unusual number of readers in our small community, we also have a long history of groups of people meeting on a regular basis to share their love of reading, literature and the written word. I recently put out the word that the Idyllwild Library would like to support the many book groups in our area by requesting several copies of their next book choice from other branches of the Riverside County Library System and its Inland Library Network partners. We offered to make them available for check-out here at the library. The response was exciting and warmed my librarian’s heart.