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In announcing Chris Reba as the new Idyllwild Arts Academy music chair, Idyllwild Arts Foundation President Pamela Jordan touted Reba’s versatility across multiple musical genres, as well as his professional background and expertise in sound recording and engineering. Although trained in both classical and jazz music, Reba is the first IAA music chair to be…
Annamarie Padula is a local resident and a brilliant quilter. For the second year, she and friend Nancy Borchers have collaborated in designing a quilt to be raffled to raise money for lemon lily propagation (see cover photo). “Nancy drew the flowers,” said Padula. The checkerboard blue background was Padula’s pick. “It looks like the…
James Tompkins, also known by his stage name “Hooke,” brought together the members of the band called Port O’Thority. Hooke develops the sound for the compositions the band plays. He also plays guitar, world-percussion drums and ukulele, and uses his years of training in theater to put together their pirate act. As with most artists…
By Associates of the Idyllwild Arts FoundationContributed The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation continues its monthly series, Spotlight on Leadership. The Spotlight series introduces a member of the Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) leadership team, department chair, or a faculty member to our community. This is an ideal opportunity to learn how the Idyllwild Arts…
Long planned, the inaugural Idyllwild Lilac Celebration serves up a festival for seeing, smelling, tasting, listening and learning on the first weekend in May, with events on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Centered at Gary Parton’s Alpenglow Lilac Gardens, 25025 Fern Valley Road, the celebration also includes events at the Idyllwild Library…