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On Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., visitors to the mile-high artist community of Idyllwild will experience the magic that happens when galleries, artists and Southern California wineries join forces to raise money for art scholarships and events. The annual Art Walk and Wine Tasting, presented by the Art Alliance of Idyllwild,…
Idyllwild’s history, much like that of Anza and Garner Valley, is colorful and rich. Old-timers are proud of having lived through times of no regular electricity and rutted roads. The Idyllwild Area Historical Society and museum sponsors an annual home tour whose residents are proud of their homes’ history and restoration efforts. Said new IAHS…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation sponsors Spotlight on Leadership, a series at which faculty members, chairs of academic and arts departments, discuss their curricula, challenges and student projects. At 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, Inter Arts/Fashion Design Chair Abbie Bosworth with talk about the one major at Idyllwild Arts that integrates various artistic…
On Saturday, June 3, at a small gathering of Camp Ronald McDonald’s most loyal supporters, founder Dr. Stuart Siegel and Fran Wiley, RN and longtime leader and volunteer, shared their memories of the 35 years since the camp’s founding. When Siegel founded Camp Ronald McDonald in Mountain Center, the goal was a simple one, with…
Labor Day on the Hill has its own quintessentially small-town vibe. Although conceived as a federal holiday to acknowledge and honor the American labor movement, celebrated on the first Monday in September, the three-day weekend has morphed into an unofficial end-of-summer ritual — a last chance to vacation and party as a family before kids…
What’s in a name? Well, if the name is Shakespeare, the answer is some of the greatest, if not the greatest writing in the English language — magnificent and eloquent language with characters and plots to satisfy every appetite and attention span. Heartbreaking romances, bawdy humor, epic adventure, conniving and skullduggery, heroes, thieves and villains…
Marshall Hawkins has had, by all accounts, a very eventful life, including touring with well-known entertainers and teaching students who would succeed in many aspects of life. The wisdom and grace he radiates certainly qualifies him to be Idyllwild’s ambassador-at-large. Therefore, when he says that his experience travelling to Tanzania with the Karimu Foundation was…
At its monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 17, the Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board approved Young Idyllwild’s Halloween Haunt, the Haunted Village on the Lake. The vote was unanimous. Kathy Sacher-Wilson, founder of the month-long Halloween actor and animatronic maze walk spook fest, said the new venue offers greater possibilities. “We posted our flier advertising…
Conversations over gin rummy in Pulitzer Prize-winning play Who wants to wind up in a nursing home and how does one adapt to the stasis and inactivity? In the 1978 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Gin Game,” two elderly residents, bored with the residence routine, strike up a friendship. He offers to teach her gin rummy….
