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Benny Kleinerman was the piano soloist at the Idyllwild Arts Orchestra Concert Saturday and Sunday, performing W.A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 Allegro. Photo by Jenny Kirchner


Labor Day on the Hill has its own quintessentially small-town vibe. Although conceived as a federal holiday to acknowledge and honor the American labor movement, celebrated on the first Monday in September, the three-day weekend has morphed into an unofficial end-of-summer ritual — a last chance to vacation and party as a family before kids…
Idyllwild CinemaFest 2013 Chairman Phil Calderone announced festival selections on Dec. 17. A record 98 films — 22 features, 24 featurettes (lengths from 16 to 39 minutes), 29 shorts (up to 15 minutes), 17 documentary features, four documentary shorts (from 2 to 29 minutes) and two web series, including ICF 2013 Featured Filmmaker Ignatius Fischer’s “Freelancers” — will screen in four venues.
Idyllwild School uses butterfly effect to benefit Help Center Educational inspiration can come from many sources. Community projects also have a myriad of origins. In Idyllwild, the “Butterfly Effect” joins community benefit with education. In August, while in San Diego at an educational conference, Idyllwild Middle School history teacher Kirsten Ingbretsen “… came across giant…
Amy Finley, author of “How to Eat a Small Country: A Family’s Pursuit of Happiness One Meal at a Time” will talk about her family’s six-month moveable feast odyssey through the French countryside as the next author in Eduardo Santiago’s Idyllwild Authors Series. Finley’s account of that journey, is not just about food …
In a short meeting, on Sunday, June 26, five board members of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and 12 members met to revise current bylaws. The five attending board members included President Shanna Robb, Veda Roubideaux, Del Marcussen, Darcy Gerdes and Peter Szabadi. Proposed by motion was a move to lower the minimum number of…
By David PelhamContributed Pamela Arellano was invited to perform in Idyllwild last year, but the denial of a visa to the United States forced her to cancel the performance. However, this year she has a visa as does her entire family, and they are all coming to watch her perform. Arellano is that new breed…