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Amy Finley, joining the Idyllwild Author Series, entertained her audience Sunday afternoon with stories of Parisian and French cooking. Her 2011 book, “How to Eat a Small Country: A Family’s Pursuit of Happiness One Meal at a Time,” was the topic of her visit to INK. Photo by Barbara Reese

60 years ago – 1956 Nearly 400 county educators, administrators and groups concerned with education held an all-day meeting on the campus of the Arts Foundation (now Idyllwild Arts). 55 years ago – 1961 Idyllwild’s reputation as a creative center got a boost from a new art factory. Idyllwild resident and artist Jon Gnagy, with…
Saturday, Aug. 31, was move-in day at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Our record-breaking 322 students from over 30 different countries also had Sunday and Monday that week to make new friends and reunite with old friends before classes began on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Many of the weekend events began with recitation of the Idyllwild Arts Land…
Ella Fors, 3, is fascinated Friday by the G-scale railroad running high inside Jo’An’s restaurant. She, her parents and her brother, Nathan, visited from San Clemente. Photo by Jack Clark
The Idyllwild Garden Club’s Mountain Garden Tour is raising the bar for its visitors. Not only will they discover Idyllwild’s botanical wonderlands, each garden will have a Plein Air artist painting on site. The event is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7. This is IGC’s first year collaborating with the Art Alliance…
When Max and Bee Krone founded Idyllwild Arts 70 years ago, they envisioned a place where people from around the world would come to create art, and through their creativity, fashion a better and more egalitarian society. Said Max, “The arts provide the best common ground for friendly cooperation among the peoples of the world….
On Thursday, Nov. 24, to celebrate 30 years in business, the Candy Cupboard did what it has been doing best all these years, making children happy with its wide assortment of delicious treats. From left, are Morgan Steele, Abbey Borcher, Wyatt Steele and Ben Borcher. At center is store employee Alexis Sinclair.