

Quiet Creek hosts double artists’ reception
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The Quiet Creek Living Room Gallery held a double artist’s reception and exhibition on Saturday, featuring award-winning Plein Air artist Paul Strahm, center, and internationally-recognized ceramist Leslie Thomson (not shown). Photo by Cid Castillo

Will Steichen Recreation & Program DirectorIdyllwild Community Center Idyllwild Community Center Co-ed Volleyball season wrapped up with an exciting playoff weekend. Team Village Hardware turned its season around, winning all of the last seven games and continuing its roll all the way to the championships. Team Red Kettle gave Team Village Hardware a challenging championship…
By Idyllwild Community FundContributed The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) started accepting grant applications from local nonprofit organizations Oct. 18 for the specific purpose of helping Cranston Fire victims only. To obtain an application visit the ICF website, idyllwildcommunityfund.org, or contact Shannon Ng at 909-213-7018. The background of ICF The Idyllwild Community Fund originated in 1995…
Brendan Steele fired an excellent 6-under-par 73-65-71-65 — 274 at The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on the PGA Tour last week to finish tied for third place. The Idyllwild native posted an eagle and 16 birdies against 10 bogeys and a double while belting drives averaging 326-yard drives into 66% of the…
The Idyllwild Arts Academy Theatre Department’s next production intertwines mythology and contemporary history to address the complex and ever-present issue of war. Ellen McLaughlin’s “Ajax in Iraq” takes on the eternal conflict — war — and opens up issues such as leadership and soldiers’ responsibilities. McLaughlin’s script presents two pictures of war. The relationship between…
For many years, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program has been known as a gathering place for some of the country’s finest poets and writers. This year, summer faculty Amy Friedman, Samantha Dunn and Ed Skoog launched the first Writers Week, a cross-discipline conversation among poets, fiction and non-fiction writers, memoirists, essayists and screenwriters. “For years,…