


Photo by John Drake

Photo by John Drake

PHOTOS: This week in Idyllwild: February 25, 2016
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The Idyllwild Lilac Festival Committee held its organizing meeting and began conceiving plans for the May 2015 event. The inchoate committee agreed that its goal is the celebration of the lilac. The festival’s events are intended to generate greater appreciation for the shrub and the place it holds in history. The cultivation of lilacs on…
Idyllwild’s own Stratford Players present a holiday confection — something sweet, something tuneful, something thoughtful, and, of course, something merry, all designed to make spirits bright. “Our theme this year is making spirits bright and that is what we hope to accomplish with our Christmas performances,” said Stratford Artistic Director Marsha Kennedy. “We like to…
This Lemon Lily quilt, made by Anna-marie Padula, will be raffled at the 2013 Lemon Lily Festival in July.
Tucked away in the Village Lane is a trio of stores — Idyllwild Antiques and Uniques, The Fool on the Hill Trading Post, and The Rubber Soul Room — all owned by Mary and Sean Chantler. The married duo have been entrepreneurs for years, running a successful online business called Auction Pros, which sells consignment…
Besides the better-known arts — music, theater and visual — taught at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, fashion design also is an important part of the curriculum. And similar to the performing arts, the student fashion designers are happy to share their creativity with the local community. Next Saturday, March 11, the school, in cooperation with…
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….