Reams could be written about the principle architect of Pines to Palms and Banning to Idyllwild highways 74 and 243. Urban trekkers spin up scenic mountain passes, navigate banking contours, climb upwards of 4,000 feet to emerge safely in a pristine alpine forest community. Mountain residents rely on the highways’ designs and everyone’s wise driving…

By Dr. Jennifer Gee Director, UC Riverside James Reserve Allison Roth, a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Nick Keiser’s lab at the University of Florida, will be launching a project with Dr. Jennifer Gee, the resident director of The James Reserve, on California quail. Roth comes to us fresh from the University of Oxford where she…

This weekend, Idyllwild Arts student violist Howard Cheng will make his first concerto appearance. Cheng will perform William Walton’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra with the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra and Music Director Peter Askim. During his first year, Cheng won the 2011 Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra Concerto Competition. Each year, Idyllwild Arts holds the…

Brendan Constantine has been teaching with Idyllwild Arts summer poetry and creative writing programs for most of the last 17 years and agreed to tell his class’ evacuation story. More than 200 kids plus teachers and counselors were abruptly moved off campus. Subsequently, many students were picked up by their parents in Banning that afternoon….