
Local Letters to Santa
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Editor’s note: This was taken from an Art Alliance of Idyllwild press release. The newly erected community billboard is situated next to the monument and the existing Art Alliance of Idyllwild (AAI) billboard. The existing billboard was originally constructed to promote art-related events only. However, it soon filled with other notices and advertising. Clearly, there…
Anna Derschmidt is now in her senior year at Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA). The two-year student started her IAA schooling as a junior in the fall of 2019. Before attending IAA, she attended a public boarding arts high school as a music major — performing violin and singing in the choir — in Vienna, Austria….
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, visitors to the mile-high artist community of Idyllwild will experience the magic that happens when galleries, artists and Southern California wineries join forces to raise money for art scholarships and events. Event organizers for the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s 20th-annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting are…
With a mission to raise scholarship money for Idyllwild Arts, the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation are banking that magic will fill the coffers. Celebrated magician Dean Apple will perform at a fundraiser at the IAF Theatre on the IA campus on Saturday, Jan. 28. Touted for his approach that makes the audience stars of…
Idyllwild CinemaFest 2013 Chairman Phil Calderone announced festival selections on Dec. 17. A record 98 films — 22 features, 24 featurettes (lengths from 16 to 39 minutes), 29 shorts (up to 15 minutes), 17 documentary features, four documentary shorts (from 2 to 29 minutes) and two web series, including ICF 2013 Featured Filmmaker Ignatius Fischer’s “Freelancers” — will screen in four venues.