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Han Xiao “Helen” Lai, an 11th-grade classical music student at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, is one of 111 semifinalists in the Los Angeles Music Center’s 2016 Spotlight Awards. More than 1,100 performing arts students from Southern California auditioned. This year’s semifinalists come from Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties. The Music Center program, now in…
Business changes in Idyllwild What is most interesting about Idyllwild is how the business profile undergoes many changes and then returns to what it once was before. What is old is new again, but with new voices and new plans Idyllwild resident Gabbi Rose and business partner and chef Wesley Barden will reopen the long-shuttered…
While much remains familiar, subtle change around the edge is adding a sophisticated luster to Idyllwild Arts’ Jazz in the Pines season 23. Start with the website, www.jazzinthepines.com — the lineup, photo gallery and new logo. There is a continuity and polish that show a level of finesse that links the festival with the Academy…
Dr. William “Pete” Lee’s resume, rather than being a dry recital of credits and plaudits, reads like an adventure story — so many universities attended, so many languages and native dialects spoken, so many research projects in fascinating parts of the world while working as an anthropologist and documentary film and television producer. Lee seems…
“Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen,” a new documentary about the making of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” will be screened at the Rustic Theater at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. An informal Q and A session with Fiddler cast member and longtime Idyllwilder Michèle Marsh, who played the middle of Tevye’s three marriageable…