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Idyllwild local Chris Doshier has been a musician since he was a kid. His passion and drive for music brought great joy over the years. It wasn’t until adulthood that acting became an interest.Doshier started acting back in 2017 after taking his first acting class with Suzanne Avalon, of Idyllwild, leading him to his first…
Yukako Ogawa surprised her Idyllwild host family with a homemade Japanese dinner with ingredients she purchased in her home country of Japan. Ogawa, 14, was visiting Idyllwild for one week at the end of March with other teens through an exchange program with the Hemet Unified School District. “She made us a wonderful Japanese dinner…
The Fire Lookout Volunteer Program, one of the many volunteer programs of the Southern California Mountains Foundation (SCMF), is now recruiting volunteers to staff fire lookouts for the 2022 fire season. Fire Lookouts help protect the forest, local mountain communities, as well as communities along the forest boundary from the threat of fire. Fire Lookouts…
The Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s next Spotlight on Leadership presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at Rush Hall on campus. Assistant Head of School Dr. Jeanette Louise Yaryan, and a longtime member of the piano music faculty, will speak. Yaryan began performing and studying the piano at age 3, winning numerous awards,…
Sitting on a trailside rock, eating my lunch and throughly enjoying the cool breeze, I happened to witness an encounter that reminded me of how “unofficial” and sometimes just plain confusing the world of trail etiquette is. A young couple were barreling down the trail, obviously dog-tired from a long day of hiking. A single…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild is starting the Second Saturday Art Fair beginning Aug. 10 at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Coordinator Scott Finnell said if it’s successful, the event will run from May to October of each year. Finnell, a glass artist, said AAI artists are organizing the event. He said the goals is…