
Local Letters to Santa
By Idyllwild Town Crier

The Idyllwild Arts Academy held a harp ensemble performance at Stephens Recital Hall on Friday …
Mountain Center resident and artist Dore Capitani was honored and a bit overwhelmed when his beautiful blue intricately cut steel sphere, “Betty,” was installed on the famous El Paseo in Palm Desert.
Children’s author Dr. Seuss came to life when portrayed by Broadway and film actor Duffy Hudson for a large audience at Community Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Sept. 24. In the photo above, Dr. Seuss captivates the audience with “And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street,” one of many Seuss classics he performed.
Anna Derschmidt is now in her senior year at Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA). The two-year student started her IAA schooling as a junior in the fall of 2019. Before attending IAA, she attended a public boarding arts high school as a music major — performing violin and singing in the choir — in Vienna, Austria….
Idyllwild working artists Donna Elliot and Neil Jenkins bring a unique purview to life. Both global travelers, mountain climbers and ardent hikers, this dynamic duo now direct their broad-spectrum imagination and focus to include multi-medium art. Elliot is originally from St. Louis, and Jenkins hails from Wales. They originally settled in Idyllwild to be close…
By Richard Barker Special to the Town Crier I arrived at Eduardo Santiago’s house to find him hunched over his kitchen table pounding down shots of what turned out to be Lemon Lily tea. “I just picked this up at Merkaba’s and it’s delicious,” he said. “Join me; we can drown our sorrows together.”…