Seventeen-year-old Idyllwild Arts Academy senior Mark Beebe was one of 14 “future superstars” selected as Grand Prize Finalists at The Music Center’s 31st-annual Spotlight Program. He will perform at the ticketed Grand Finale Performance at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. About 1,600 students auditioned from more than…
Soroptimist International of Idyllwild awarded nearly $9,000 in scholarships and grants to local women and girls in the last 12 months. Club members and awardees celebrated their success at a dinner hosted by Ferro on Thursday, April 25. The club received four applications for the annual Live Your Dream Award and all four were awarded…
Ken Dahleen, founder and producer of the Idyllwild Summer Concert Series, announced the performers for the 2019 — the 20th-annual — ISCS. The first headliner, and these are all headline acts, will be The Diamonds, nationally famous and treasured. Do not come alone to this event, be sure to bring your “Little Darlin’.” Dahleen has…
Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery has teamed up with Idyllwild Storytellers to present a new music series. Starting May 2, Middle Ridge will be hosting a Musician Spotlight Series every Thursday evening from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. The series will feature both emerging and established musicians. Emerging artists will have the opportunity to display their…
Evelina Poghosyan, Idyllwild Arts Fashion Design Department The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership Series’ next presentation is at 10 a.m. Monday, May 13. In the Idyllwild Arts campus’ Fireside Room, Evelina Poghasyan, fashion design instructor at Idyllwild Arts Academy, will share her excitement about her work for IAA within the Inter…
Songwriters Lexi Warnock and Aminta Skye share their stories on May 2 The Thursday, May 2, IdyTalk, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Town Gallery offers a study in friendship and artistic collaboration by Idyllwild Arts Academy Songwriting majors Lexi Warnock and Aminta Skye. The partnership between Lexi, graduating May 18, and Aminta, finishing…
Friday night’s “Eye of the Artist” show and party of the Art Alliance of Idyllwild resulted in many ribbon winners at Town Hall. The judge for the show was Christy Scott, Idyllwild Arts’ Parks Exhibition manager. • Best of Show: “Trapped in a Sea of Blue” (oil on canvas) by Paul Colacicco • Best Theme:…
Cinco de Mayo event benefits Idyllwild School’s smARTS project Cinco de Mayo comes to Idyllwild with a free Sidewalk Chalkfest to benefit Idyllwild School’s PTA smARTS project on Sunday, May 5, from noon to 3 p.m. The entire town is invited to Idypark to celebrate an event that will bring together generations. The co-sponsors,…
Stratford Players is providing Idyllwild with a unique evening of fun in the form of a murder mystery party. “Dead Man’s Chest” is a live-action game set in the Mardi Gras gala of 1850s New Orleans. Stratford’s actors will assume a host of colorful characters, all scrambling to gain possession of a pirate treasure…
The Idyllwild Master Chorale presents its spring musical, “A Night at the Opera,” with a twist. It’s all hummable. IMC Musical Director Dwight “Buzz” Holmes has front-loaded the program with music and lyrics. And if you like your vocal musicals to feature familiar melodies you can hum when leaving the performance, this is your special…
