

Photo by Steven King



Photo by Steven King




Photo courtesy Idyllwild Library

Photo by Steven King

Photo by Marcia Waldorf


Photo by Pauline Costi

Photo by Tom Kluzak




Photo by Halie Wilson
The Week in Photos: July 19, 2018
By Idyllwild Town Crier

The Wind Symphony, composed of students at the Idyllwild Arts’ Summer Programs, performed Saturday, July 14. Photo by Steven King


















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…
A three-day festival celebrating films directed by women, for everyone Announcing the inaugural Women Under the Influence (WUTI), WUTI Goes IdyllWILD, a three-day film festival taking place Sept. 20 through 22 in Idyllwild. WUTI, founded in 2015 by director Tabitha Denholm, is a community committed to raising awareness of female directors and their stories. WUTI…
Bob BogardContributed The Creekstone opened July 15 in Idyllwild. Originally built in 1947, The Creekstone is nestled in the wooded mountain landscape of Idyllwild. The fully renovated hotel features nine guest suites and a great room that combines an original rustic fireplace with eclectic furnishings. The hotel’s storybook-inspired architecture dates back to when the building…
Discover Idyllwild’s botanical wonderlands, a treasure of delightful gardens normally hidden from view. They are all yours during this year’s Idyllwild Mountain Garden Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 22. On this self-guided tour, learn how mountain gardeners planted attractive native plants with popular garden varieties for year-round flowering and gorgeous foliage….
Zhen “Edmund” Yang, new owner of the Gastrognome, plans a steady course as he moves the flagship restaurant forward. Yang took over from longtime owners Lanny and Jane Wagstaff on Feb. 20. “I am asked by every customer if I am going to make changes,” said Yang. “What I tell them is ‘If this is…
Idyllwild Arts senior Yixuan “Maisie” Luo is known to her classmates and teachers to be thoughtful, contemplative, soft-spoken and considerate of others. She is also, at the age of 17, recognized as a major artist, one not afraid to take risks and color outside the lines. Maisie, a native of Shenzhen, China, recently won two…