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PHOTOS: Last week in Idyllwild …
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One of the students sharing their work during Friday’s Parallax reading at Idyllwild Arts Academy. Photo by Cheryl Basye


Graham and Gail Sutherland purchased The Rustic Theatre, now renamed The Rustic Theatre and Entertainment Center, Oct. 24, 2020. In the middle of the pandemic, the theater was unable to open to show movies until last weekend. According to the website, the theater was originally opened as a side job for Nina and Glenn Froehlich,…
At 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, a groundbreaking celebration will mark the official start of construction for Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s new $6.5 million concert hall. The 298-seat facility will become the centerpiece of IAF’s 200-acre, mountaintop campus and is named in honor of Idyllwild Arts’ first president, William M. Lowman. The construction process is estimated…
Local rock fusion band “Throw the Goat” is through round one of the national Battle of the Bands, competing for a place on the U.S. Warped Tour …
There are many ways parents come up with names for their children. Sometimes, it’s a family name that is passed down. Other times, it’s a name they found in a book, or perhaps, it’s a name they always had in mind. For this couple, however, they chose to name their first little girl after Idyllwild….
Those who ventured downtown this last weekend saw quite a few visitors up and down North Circle and in local restaurants. Chris Perrault gave us some numbers form the Visitors Center and the IAHS Museum: “We had 167 visitors on Sunday at the Historical Museum and 100 visitors at the Visitor Center on Saturday. (The…
This weekend, the 10th-annual Aroma Spring Jazz Festival will be a tribute to New Orleans jazz and food, according to Paul Carman, festival producer. Carman, local saxophone and bass musician, usually goes to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. “This year I wasn’t able to go, so I decided to bring the music here,”…