Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) senior Joseph Davis has been a jazz piano major and songwriting minor since he started at IAA a year and a half ago. Davis lives in Jamaica and has been attending his senior year at IAA via Zoom due to the pandemic. He was on campus before COVID-19 closed schools. Thanks…
Brendan Steele fired an excellent 6-under-par 73-65-71-65 — 274 at The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on the PGA Tour last week to finish tied for third place. The Idyllwild native posted an eagle and 16 birdies against 10 bogeys and a double while belting drives averaging 326-yard drives into 66% of the…
By Riverside CountyContributed March is a great time to plant a vegetable garden in the Inland Empire. Learn how simple it can be. Master Gardeners will give a presentation and share their knowledge about planting warm season vegetables and what will grow best in our area. The virtual class will be live Saturday, March 27…
Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) senior Richard Watson is a songwriting major. Originally from Oakland, California, Watson attended Oakland School for the Arts from middle school through his junior year of high school before making his way to IAA to finish his high school career. While there, he studied vocal music. “It didn’t have a film…
Enoch Grubb studied dance in Simi Valley before attending Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) and is the first dance major the Town Crier has spoken with for the IAA senior spotlight series. Grubb originally became interested in dance when he learned about hip-hop and street dance. At the age of 9, Grubb started dancing and learning…
By Idyllwild Community FundContributed The Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) invites nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations serving Idyllwild and surrounding mountain communities to apply for 2021 grant funding by March 23. For the past 25 years, ICF has disbursed over $300,000 in funds to 30-plus nonprofits and their programs that directly engage, support and enhance our mountain community….
By Idyllwild Arts AcademyContributed Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Art in Society (AIS) program will present its annual symposium via Zoom (https://idyllwildarts.zoom.us/j/95430507766) Friday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s Symposium on Art and Healing offers reflections on the healing power of art that have…
Brendan Steele posted a 2-under-par 286 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week to earn a tie for 18th place, his second-best finish in the Palmer ever. The Idyllwild native collected an eagle and 10 birdies against 10 bogeys while finding nearly 61% of the fairways with drives averaging 296 yards. He hit 67% of…
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….
According to Hemet High School’s (HHS) website, HHS was originally founded in 1894, and has been at its current location since 1972. During this long history, HHS has held the tradition of the Daisy Chain. The Daisy Chain comprises the top 24 students in the junior class with the highest GPAs. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a…
