

At The Open Poetry Readings held at the Idyllwild Library on Friday, host Ken Luber ends the evening with a reading of “Empty Jars” by co-host Howard Minkin.
Photo by John Drake


Photo by John Drake

Photo by Doris Lombard
Last week in Idyllwild: April 23, 2015
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The winter rains caused local highway closures, which have now caused the Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild to cancel its annual Brewfest. The Brewfest is ARF’s largest fundraiser each year, but conditions were too difficult for success this year. Plans are already underway for the next Brewfest on June 6, 2020. However, the homebrew contest…
Ticket sales and attendance held steady Straight-ahead and cutting-edge jazz held center stage at the Idyllwild 2017 Jazz in the Pines festival. Each of the three venues offered new acts and interesting arrangements and sounds. And, according to John Newman, Idyllwild Arts Foundation director of business operations, ticket sales and attendance were remarkably consistent with…
Idyllwild Arts Academy sophomore Alex Bishop, creative writing major, is the next speaker at the academy-sponsored Idy Talks. The series is part of IAA’s “Art in Society” program designed to foster students’ commitment to using their art to contribute to society. Alex’s talk is timely. She just won a prestigious national award from the Poetry…
In 2015, Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty member Chris Wegemer, with the full support of IAA administration, launched the annual Art in Society symposium. The purpose was to involve, instruct and engage IAA students in a discussion of their roles as artists in an evolving society. At the heart of the annual event is an examination…
A group of parents have formed Cub Scout Pack 96 for children ages kindergarten through fifth grade. Both boys and girls are invited even though no girls have signed up, according to one of the coordinators, Paul White, commander at American Legion Post 800, the charter organization for the pack. More than 20 boys have…
Piano man and arranger Keith Droste and jazz chanteuse Sherry Williams wrap the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series’ 13th edition with some sounds sweet, stirring and swinging.