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PHOTOS: Weekend events
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Sunday afternoon, Marion Young (right) models an outfit during the High Tea and Fashion Show fundraiser for the Spiritual Living Center, which was sponsored by Prairie Dove. Phyllis Brown, owner of Prairie Dove, is shown at the podium.


Idyllwild Arts will present the annual culmination performance of the Summer Chamber Festival Orchestra, and Festival Choir and Ensemble at Walt Disney Music Hall, home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The IA Summer Music Program provides a unique experience for young artists attending intensive two-week programs led by world-renowned teachers, designed to offer outstanding musicians the opportunity to refine their skills. The performance…
Carol Mills’ legacy is as enduring as it is endearing. She is remembered for many things: her beautiful art, her support of all forms of art in Idyllwild (an early proponent of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild, ISOMATA and Idyllwild Arts), her music, her spirituality, her smile and founding the Courtyard Gallery. AAI established a…
As promising as the weather prognostications materialized for the gradual relief of summertime heat over the holiday weekend — happily enough for the various yard sale promoters — the prospects for the annual Levy and Speltz families’ benefit for the Idyllwild Arts Foundation were even greater, due not only to a better event venue, just…
Brian Smith, the father of Wildcats’ team member Adam Smith, gave this update on Adam’s recent game. Last week, the age 14-and-under Wildcats faced off against the higher-level AA Lady Ducks in a pre-season exhibition game in Orange County. The Lady Ducks started the scoring about six minutes into the first period. They scored their second…
Idyllwild’s Rotary Club volunteers are planning another big Independence Day parade this Thursday. Organizer Bob Parish said the parade has about 80 entrants and people are still calling him with more entries. That compares to about 60 entrants last year. Grace Moore, 91, of Gracie’s Thrift Shop, is this year’s grand marshal. On a sad…