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Robert Ferguson is a contemporary impressionist painter in the mode of Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Paul Cézanne. He is opening a studio in Pinyon Pines that backs onto national forest land with an unobstructed view of the mountains and a light-enriched environment. Ferguson’s paintings are rich with color, as were those of the old…
There is a shared anxiety for high school seniors as they wait to hear whether they’re been admitted to the college or colleges of their choice. There is a once-in-a-lifetime moment when they receive their first acceptance. And for a few, there is the added thrill when that acceptance comes from their first choice. Idyllwild…
The ninth Idyllwild International Festival Cinema is in the early stages of planning, and although it is only three months since patrons left the awards ceremony happy and excited, some changes have already been decided for the 2018 event. For the first time, the fest will be in March instead of early January. The official…
Easter Sunday comes early this year, on April 16. For those attending the sunrise service at Inspiration Point, it could be chilly. The service, from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., is jointly sponsored by the Community Presbyterian Church, Cross Road 243 and the Idyllwild Bible Church. It is held each year at one of the most…
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library would like to welcome all interested members of the community to the final presentation delivered by Idyllwild resident Logan Creighton, soon to leave his home on the Hill, in a reprise of his popular historical impersonation “Amazing Grace: The Story of John Newton”, to be held in the library’s…
The Idyllwild Master Chorale presented “Nocturnes” Saturday evening, April 1, at the Idyllwild Arts’ Lowman Concert Hall. Dwight Holmes conducted the chorale, which was accompanied by Edwin Hansen. The first piece was Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo.” Later, they put music to poems from a variety of authors.
Chris Reba is in his second year as chair of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Music Department and is already expanding curricula offerings to better equip students to work professionally in multiple musical genres and specialties. He is the next speaker at the Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation’s Spotlight on Leadership series. As part of the…
Tom Nolan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist, is a frequent presenter as part of the laboratory’s speakers’ bureau. He is a lively and entertaining speaker who has learned from many presentations to K-12 students, as well as family and public talks, how to make science fascinating and easy to understand. “Bringing the ‘Wow! I didn’t know that!’ of NASA Earth and Space Science to both formal and informal education is my passion,” said Nolan.
