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Gemini Anderson entertained music lovers on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the first Midsummer Music Festival at the Quiet Creek Inn. Funds were raised for the Earthwitness Foundation, Art Alliance of Idyllwild and the Idyllwild Community Fund. Photo courtesy of Jim Newcomb


San Jacinto District Ranger Laurie Rosenthal’s speech for the baseball tournament in observance of the Esperanza fifth anniversary ..
An audience of students and faculty members listened to Idyllwild Arts (IA) graduate David Shook read his poetry at the Parks Exhibition Center on Friday, Oct. 7. Shook, a 2004 graduate, has gained a reputation as a translator, poet, documentarian and activist.
Dozens of people show up to the Visual Art Faculty Show reception on Friday night at Parks Exhibition Center at the Idyllwild Arts campus.
The village of Idyllwild was overrun with hundreds of characters on Saturday, as the Halloween Parade made its way down North Circle Drive, collecting treats along the way, and into town, where the carnival fun began. Photos by Cheryl Bayse
By Christian ChalifourContributed After a hiatus this past year, the Idyllwild Small Orchestra group will start rehearsals again at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Idyllwild Center for Spiritual Living, located in the Courtyard Building, 54240 Ridgeview Dr. Rehearsals will be every Tuesday. The group is open to all string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments….
Since 1998, the Human Relations Council of the Greater Hemet, San Jacinto and Menifee regions has engaged in a range of activities designed to nurture harmonious relations among the increasingly diverse elements of our community, and to contribute to a peaceful process of local change and growth. HRC holds a firm belief that prejudice can…