PHOTOS: This week in Idyllwild: March 3, 2016
On The Town
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Second-annual Pursuit of Happiness begins
The second-annual Pursuit of Happiness begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Idyllwild Library’s Community Room. Anyone interested in increasing personal happiness is warmly invited to attend. It was in January 2015, that four women convened in Idyllwild for the first Pursuit of Happiness course. “It’s not that we weren’t already happy,” said…
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Art Alliance reinvents itself in nine-and-a-half months: Financial transparency and membership election of board are key elements
Installed in May 2015, after a chaotic en masse resignation of the previous board, the board of directors of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild has reinvented and redefined itself. At its annual membership meeting Friday, Feb. 26, the board reviewed its last nine-and-a-half months and unveiled plans for the future. AAI is steadied by a…
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UCR professor to talk about GMOs, wandering genes
The Nature Center on Highway 243 continues its new speaker series with Dr. Norman C. Ellstrand, University of California, Riverside, professor of genetics. Ellstrand, an expert on plant gene flow and hybridization, will present the talk, “When transgenes wander, should we worry?” Ellstrand is an international speaker, invited to contribute policy discussions on this topic…
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Eye of the Artist will be Wild
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild is known for its flagship events anticipated by patrons both on Hill and off. Coming on Saturday, March 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Rainbow Inn, is one of the most anticipated events — the Eye of the Artist, and this year it will be wild. “Wild” is…
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‘The Louie Blues’ perform at Café Aroma
Don Reed, Marshall Hawkins and Joey Latimer, newly dubbed ‘The Louie Bluies,’ perform on Leap Day night, Monday, Feb. 29 at Café Aroma.
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Hemet Unified selects Bob Leih as Middle School Teacher of the Year
Bob Leih, Idyllwild Middle School science teacher, continues a distinguished lineage of teachers. Both his mother and father were teachers. Leih is one of five siblings, all of whom have been teachers at one time or another. And Leih’s oldest daughter is a teacher in Orange County. The Hemet Unified School District recently announced Leih…
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Judge announced for Eye of the Artist fundraiser
On Saturday, March 12, from 6 to 9 p.m., the Art Alliance of Idyllwild will host one of its largest fundraisers of the year, Eye of the Artist. One of three judged events planned for 2016, this particular art show will feature seven unique categories with first- and second-place ribbons being awarded per category. This…
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IA jazz alums stage Hawkins tribute concert: Alumni weekend centers on Marshall Hawkins’ 30 years at Idyllwild Arts
More than 100 Idyllwild Arts alumni, from graduating years 1987 through 2015, are returning to campus for a reunion weekend honoring Marshall Hawkins Friday, March 4, through Sunday, March 6. For 30 years, Hawkins has lovingly told the story of jazz, inspired his students to find their individual voices and grow within this original American…