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Fifth-grader Michael Stroud and his sister, fourth-grader Mei Li Stroud, are two of four Idyllwild School students who will represent the school at the Hemet Unified District Spelling Bee Tuesday, Jan. 12. Michael and Mei Li will represent Idyllwild Elementary. Michael finished first after correctly spelling “sonar.” Jessica Ruelas and Grace McKimson, both sixth graders,…
Christmas on this mountain has a character unique in Southern California. It is different because of Idyllwild’s tiny town ambience, its charming inns, homespun shops and restaurants, its village architecture preserved from an older time, and snow-covered roofs with chimneys lofting the smell of burning pine and cedar. And bracing alpine cold, yes, the kind…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild, a 501(c)(3) organization, has announced it will be donating more than $15,000 toward keeping art alive in Idyllwild. The proposed funding will further AAI’s purpose as a nonprofit, which is to “enhance and expand Idyllwild’s reputation as an art community, to support the achievement of artistic excellence, and to support…
The double entendre of Oscar Wilde’s title “The Importance of Being Earnest” deftly sends up the conventions and snobbery of the final years of the Victorian Era when the British Empire was at its height. An outsider by birth, the Irishman Wilde was nevertheless accepted by the British upper class. They loved his wit, his…
The Idyllwild Master Chorale celebrates 40 years with a Holmes at the helm — first, founder Robert Evans Holmes and now his son, Dwight “Buzz” Holmes. And the 40th is celebratory in several ways. First, the concert takes place at Bowman Auditorium (IAF Theatre) on the Idyllwild Arts campus where the elder Holmes inaugurated his…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild will feature more than 45 local artists in its Winter Lane Pop-Up Gallery. The one-week event features an artist reception and open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, in the Village Lane. Open to the public, the Village Lane Open House will feature holiday music by Luann…
