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The Board of Directors for the Art Alliance of Idyllwild, a 501(c)(3) organization, has announced it will be distributing another $9,935 to selected organizations or events that fall within its purpose as a nonprofit. According to Dave Robb, Scholarship and Funding chair, this is the first of two large distributions planned for the 2016 calendar…
For 11 years, Kathy Wilson’s Idyllwild Ghost Town has frightened and delighted fans of the phantasmagorical from on and off the Hill. Now, year 12 is in doubt. Wilson’s month-long Halloween attraction, a walk through live action and animatronic spook fest, had firmly established itself as a major audience draw at the Idyllwild Community Center…
Don’t expect “Murdering the Mom,” Duff Brenna’s latest work, to be a criminal confession of matricide, although a browser at one of his book signings asked Brenna’s publisher if it was a death row confession. Quite the opposite. Nearly 15 years after his mother’s death, Brenna is writing his paean to her. The title derives…
“It’s hard to lose one of our own,” said Anna Ancheta, director of Local Color, Idyllwild’s female a capella singing group. She spoke of the death last year of member Sabrina Verney and how her passing influenced a project that had begun several years before. “Each year on Martin Luther King’s birthday, the group holds…
Brendan Steele posted 68-73-64-66 — 271 to finish tied for 32nd place in The American Express PGA golf tournament played on three courses in the Coachella Valley last week. The Idyllwild native’s drives averaged 307.5 yards, finding 75% of the fairways, and he hit more than 80% of the greens in regulation, amassing an eagle…
At its July meeting, the Pine Cove Property Owners Association announced its annual donations to local community organizations. This year, PCPOA is giving $7,900, $600 more than the 2015 gift total. Two organizations — the Idyllwild HELP Center and Mountain Disaster Preparedness — received $1,500 each. And two others —Pine Cove Fire Station 23 and…
