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Idyllwild School teacher Connie Chavez’s second grade class made gingerbread houses last Friday, before the Christmas holiday. Photo by Bethany Swanson

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Idyllwild Garden Club’s ever popular Mountain Garden Tour is back. Visitors will not only discover Idyllwild’s botanical wonderlands, but each garden will have a Plein Air artist painting on site until about 2 p.m. The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 10. The Idyllwild Garden Club is again collaborating with the…
Palencia Turner is the new Chief Development Officer at Idyllwild Arts Foundation. She begins July 13 and brings extensive fundraising experience to her new position. Most recently, she was vice president of development at KCETlink, which includes the nation’s largest independent public television station serving Southern and Central California. Development is not an easy profession….
Inhale deeply. Hold it. Now release. Feel better? Recovered from what was eating you? That’s a pale imitation of the release you’ll experience at Idyllwild Arts Academy Tuesday, Oct. 16, during “An Evening with Orpheo McCord: A Sonic Journey for Peace of Mind.” The percussionist and composer returns to IAA, where he earned his high…
Artist Linda Lauderbaugh does it all – commercial displays, murals, fine art, sculptures, garden art and her current favorite, art using recycled glass. She and husband Rene Eram recently opened their gallery, “Over the Rainbow,” on North Circle Drive, featuring a spectrummed mosaic of Lauderbaugh’s art. A San Jose native, Lauderbaugh studied painting and communication…
Idyllwild Arts Academy seniors Miguel Soto (music) and Caroline “Cari” Quigley (theater) are helping Idyllwild School students produce the Disney musical “Alice in Wonderland.” They are assisting Production Director Heather Reba, wife of IAA Music Chair Chris Reba, current musical theater instructor at IAA, and former theater instructor at the University of New Haven in…