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Photo by Tom Kluzak




Photo by Halie Wilson


Photo by Tom Kluzak
Idyllwild celebrates the Fourth with flare
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Long-time Idyllwild resident and realtor Marge Muir served as the parade’s Grand Marshall. Photo by Halie Wilson














The Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation has been supporting Idyllwild Arts though fundraising for 50 years. In honor of its 50th year, this year it is sponsoring “Chairs for Charity” that continues to benefit the student scholarship fund of the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program. The fundraiser kicks off at Middle Ridge Winery Tasting…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts Department held an opening for the first of the winter semester’s three senior shows last Friday. The theme, “Solitude,” drew varied and surprising responses from the artists. Works expressed the positive and negative aspects of solitude; peace and freedom to dream, but also mortality, vulnerability and disability. Eight seniors…
Local resident David Salk has called our mountain community home for 50 years, having moved here in the fall of 1970. In that time, his one-of-a-kind pieces of art have graced the tables and cabinets in people’s homes all over the country. Salk has been working with clay since his early years. He attended Laguna…
The Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema wrapped year seven with a sold-out Awards Ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 10. “The Boatman,” a film about a coyote ferrying immigrants from Mexico to the U.S., took top honors: Best Feature; Best Director, Feature, Greg Morgan; Best Actor, Feature, Oscar Torre; and Best Screenplay, Feature, Greg Morgan. “Art Bastard,”…
A very special fundraising event for Idyllwild’s Animal Rescue Friends is scheduled for June 6. ARF has announced a beer festival and home brewers’ competition to be held at the Riverside County’s Idyllwild Nature Center. Attendees will purchase admission, which will give them tastings offered by some of the finest craft brewers in Southern California,…
By Connie Jones Pillsbury