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By Ann SmithReporter Now that California is coming out of lockdown, we are seeing all kinds of interesting events open up. An internet search revealed the Western Steampunk Symposium is taking place June 12 to 13. This event will be their third gathering. According to the website, it’s a “crazy, weird genre that’s only been…
Susan Lake creates fantasy worlds. She writes the stories and elaborately costumes the characters as collectible, ball-jointed dolls. With a background in visual and performing arts, as both a choreographer and costumer, Lake knows how to conjure and weave gothic tales of magic, the struggle between dark and light. And lifting the words from the…
On Saturday, April 14, Spirit Mountain Retreat will bring an afternoon of astrological information to Idyllwild. From 1 to 4 p.m. at the Caine Learning Center, Joseph Sheehan and Makeshta, both of Palm Springs, will present “An Illuminating Afternoon.” Enter the world of astrology for a few hours to explore and understand the astrological signatures…
Chicago native Chris Scott serves the community by volunteering. With ongoing service to the Idyllwild Community Fund, the U.S. Forest Service, Idyllwild Arts and the Rotary Club, Scott is part of the pulse of the community. “Being from Chicago, I never lived in a small town before and didn’t know what to expect,” Scott said….
Chef Tanya Petrovna, founder of completely plant-based Native Foods Café in Palm Springs, will be in Idyllwild next Monday night for a demonstration at Sky Island Natural Foods’ weekly “Meatless Monday.” Petrovna’s back-to-basics approach to cooking began with her love for animals and European gourmet upbringing. She has produced a culinary adventure that raised the…
Idyllwild visual artist and musician Kathy Harmon-Luber waits for the perfect moment, when the natural light dances with the slightest breeze, to illuminate and stir the subjects in her frame. “I’ve spent many a golden hour watching the light, waiting for just the right moment of illumination and a puff of breeze,” she explained. Her…