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This weekend will mark the inaugural season for a new Idyllwild event, the Lily Rock Chamber Music Festival. It is a project of the Manhattan Chamber Players (MCP), three of whose members will perform, augmented by a roster of guest artists. This first year, two concerts are scheduled: Saturday, Sept. 24, at a home on…
A year-long program of celebratory events The Idyllwild Library celebrates its centenary on July 27, 2020. The library staff are planning a year-long schedule of celebratory events to mark the 100-year anniversary. The current library in Strawberry Plaza is the sixth iteration of Idyllwild’s public reading center. The first was in Claudius Emerson’s historic Idyllwild…
“Fireflies in the Garden,” will open year three of the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema 2012 (IIFC). The festival of independent films announced its opening films and special screenings on Monday, Dec. 12. Festival Director Stephen Savage said the closing film has not yet been decided. In keeping with his promise to move the festival…
Brendan Constantine has been teaching with Idyllwild Arts summer poetry and creative writing programs for most of the last 17 years and agreed to tell his class’ evacuation story. More than 200 kids plus teachers and counselors were abruptly moved off campus. Subsequently, many students were picked up by their parents in Banning that afternoon….
Theater artist Suzanne Avalon is no neophyte. She knows her stuff, has studied with New York theater royalty, has paid her dues and makes a habit of giving back to the Idyllwild community. She is an experienced actor, producer and entrepreneur who gave up a successful career in Hollywood to come to Idyllwild, raise her…