Photos: This week in Idyllwild: April 7, 2016
On The Town
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Animal rescue receives two grants
Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild has received two grants to assist with funds for emergency evacuations and new equipment for its search and rescue team. ARF received a $2,042 grant from the Carol and Kent H. Landsberg Foundation to purchase radios and catch poles for its search/rescue team. These items have been purchased and will…
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Soboba Casino commemorates the 104th anniversary of the Titanic
April 15 marks 104 years since the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York, an event that shocked the world over and inspired decades of searches for its wreckage and the treasures she concealed. In commemoration, Soboba Casino is bringing the memory of the Titanic back to the forefront with…
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Local Soroptimists continue mission of stopping human trafficking: Celebrating Women in the Arts raises money to increase awareness, support survivors
One of the key mission objectives of the Soroptimist International’s program to stop human trafficking is to raise public awareness about this growing problem — that it is happening everywhere, even in Riverside County, and the signs can be detected if one knows the signs. From 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 15, the Soroptimist…
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Idyllwild Actors Theatre examines family and faith: ‘If you take away God, the world is no less horrible’
Is the Bible the literal word of God, every word or which is absolute truth, or a “self-contradictory haphazardly edited compilation” (as posited in Keith Bunin’s “The Busy World is Hushed”)? Is there anywhere in the New Testament, in the reported words of Christ, where homosexuality is condemned? And what do you do if you…
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NPR comes to Idyllwild Arts: ‘From the Top’ features Idyllwild Arts Academy’s best classical artists
On April 7, National Public Radio’s Christopher O’Riley brings his popular showcase of up-and-coming young performing artists to the William M. Lowman Concert Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus. O’Riley, a classical pianist and gifted interviewer, has hosted “From the Top” since 2000. Begun as an experiment 15 years ago, the one-hour program in which…
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Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council open Camp Skyland Ranch
For anyone who regularly drives on Highway 243 near Poppet Flats and wondered what the sign “Skyland” advertised, the answer came on Saturday, Feb. 27. More than a thousand supporters of Girl Scout camps gathered for a ribbon cutting marking the reopening of the 191-acre Camp Skyland Ranch. It is the newest property owned and…
