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By Art Alliance of IdyllwildContributed The Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) has a long-standing relationship with Café Aroma, from using the parking area for the Art Walk and Wine Tasting to curating the art on their walls. There are even two of the AAI’s painted deer. Café Aroma is also one of the AAI’s art…
Assemblymember Greg Wallis announced that the Jesse Marvin Unruh Assembly Fellowship Program is accepting applications for the 2024-25 class. The Assembly Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for aspiring public servants of all ages, backgrounds and experiences to directly participate in the legislative process. Beginning in October 2024, the 11-month fellowship provides an introduction to public…
While COVID-19 has impacted all of us adults, children have endured many challenges as well. Idyllwild has always supported the arts. For being such a small town, we are full of artists who use all different mediums. smARTS, a 501c3 volunteer group, is dedicated to helping students learn about art, encouraging them to nourish their…
Long planned, the inaugural Idyllwild Lilac Celebration serves up a festival for seeing, smelling, tasting, listening and learning on the first weekend in May, with events on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Centered at Gary Parton’s Alpenglow Lilac Gardens, 25025 Fern Valley Road, the celebration also includes events at the Idyllwild Library…
“It doesn’t seem worth starting anything. I can’t settle down.” This quote from T.S. Eliot and his work, “A Grief Observed,” really says it all! Here in Idyllwild, if you talk to almost anyone, you find that they know someone who is suffering a loss or a serious transition and it may even be themselves!…
Jacque Swerdfeger (left) joins Jon Milhouse (right) in a toast to his work, which was part of the “The Idyllwild Collection: HeART & Soul” show at the Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery this past weekend.