The owners of El Buen Cacao, Erik Landis and Jessica Ramirez, pride themselves on their dark chocolate made on-site from the main ingredient, cacao. The cacao beans are sourced from the jungles of Central and South America and grown by farms that practice fair labor. Keeping the chocolate healthy with no processed ingredients — including…

Ticket sales and attendance held steady Straight-ahead and cutting-edge jazz held center stage at the Idyllwild 2017 Jazz in the Pines festival. Each of the three venues offered new acts and interesting arrangements and sounds. And, according to John Newman, Idyllwild Arts Foundation director of business operations, ticket sales and attendance were remarkably consistent with…

Evelina Poghosyan, Idyllwild Arts Fashion Design Department The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership Series’ next presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, May 13. In the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room, Evelina Poghasyan, fashion design instructor at Idyllwild Arts Academy, will share her excitement about her work for IAA within the Inter…

Idyllwild resident Erec Von Seggern won the California Federation of Woman’s Club Young Musicians’ 2012 Music Competition. Erec is a sophomore at Hemet High School. His band director, Dan Bolton, informed him about the scholarship opportunity which the Hemet Woman’s Club sponsors. Three awards on the state level were presented — one to a vocalist,…