
Holiday Closings: December 21, 2017
By Idyllwild Town Crier
King of the Cage, an internationally broadcast Mixed Martial Arts company, is returning to Soboba Casino in San Jacinto on Sunday, March 15. In a broadcast event in the 10,000-seat Soboba Arena. In 2008, after 43 events and eight years of watching both Soboba Casino and King of the Cage grow as companies together, it…
Last week in The Days of Our Nine Lives, the ARF dogs and cats welcomed two new adult cats to the cattery. King Kitty: (hollering to the cats from the office) I have news! Leia: Don’t make us wait. Spit it out! King Kitty: Steve the dog got adopted on Saturday. Girlie Girl: What a…
When Arsel Kalemoglu came to Idyllwild Arts Academy four years ago at the age of 14, he spoke little English. A native of Antalya, Turkey, Arsel said he learned English “on the page” in Turkey but had little English conversational skill. Now his American-accented English is fluent and he is on his way to Berklee…
Idyllwild is gearing up for one of its most anticipated annual events — the 17th-annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Organized by the Art Alliance of Idyllwild and sponsored by Middle Ridge Winery, the fundraising event this year features 20 Southern California wineries and special exhibitions in the town’s art galleries.
Two town locals and two Idyllwild Arts Academy music students landed spots in the semifinals of the Voice of the Valley singing competition, VOV Artistic Director Alexander Yepremian said. Isabella Magonna and Rhonda Legate, of Idyllwild, and Idyllwild Arts students Nicholas “Nicky” Martin and Alex Keller are semifinalists. VOV, renamed from “Hemet’s Got Talent,” is…
On Monday, the Idyllwild School PTA smARTS Project received the 2017 Community Partnership Award from the Arts Schools Network, the nation’s largest professional membership organization of specialized arts schools. Intended to recognize arts schools and businesses that implement unique artistic and educational partnerships, this award is presented to a school or business that embraces the…