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The Idyllwild Master Chorale presents a musical banquet with its Spring Concert at Stephens Recital Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus on Saturday, March 29. Led by Artistic Director Dwight “Buzz” Holmes and featuring returning guest artists Dimyana Pelev and Justin Patrick Holmes, the chorale aims to satisfy all appetites from classical to musical theater….
In many cultures, coming of age begins at 12. For Luann Hanf Carman, it was when she found her personal purpose and passion, the piano. “My parents divorced [when I was age] 12,” she remembered. “The piano was my way to shut the door. No one was making me play. I just loved it.” For…
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…
As a preadolescent, Michigan native David Haddad experienced what he calls an epistemological crisis. To define this for our readers, epistemology broadly means the nature and extent of human knowledge — how it is we either know or do not know something. For young Haddad, what it meant specifically was angst, discomfort and a feeling…
On Sunday, August 4, Idyllwild Arts Foundation will present the culmination performance of the High School Summer Chamber Festival Orchestra and Festival Choir of Idyllwild Arts, a fundraiser that helps to provide scholarships to hundreds of students. The program will feature more than 100 talented young people performing on the world-class stage of Walt…
From 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, a Day of the Dead Community Altar honoring all those whom we love and who have died will be created in the great stone circle at Spirit Mountain Retreat. The tradition of building altars remembering the deceased, using photos, flowers, candles, skulls, marigolds, favorite foods as gifts…