Art & Culture

Jazz in the Pines, Art Alliance of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Arts and other arts and entertainment, theatre, live music and visual arts coverage. The most comprehensive arts and entertainment calendar covering the Idyllwild area.

Idyllwild and the world celebrate Dickens’ 200th birthday

At Idyllwild School, however, it was just another day in another year of annual celebrations of Dickens and his life ...

Shepard Fairey speaks at Idyllwild Arts

A 1988 Idyllwild Arts graduate credited early teen skateboard and punk rock influences as the bases for his development into an iconoclastic, guerrilla street artist ...

County Fair coming; set the date

The Riverside County Fair and Date Festival will be held Friday, Feb. 17 through Sunday, Feb. 26 in Indio. Although it’s a county fair, it...

Shepard Fairey opens Idyllwild Arts’ alumni show

Idyllwild Arts (IA) is honored to host artist Shepard Fairey, class of 1988. He is one of several noted alumni artists to be feted...

Art Alliance of Idyllwild donates to smARTS program

AAI contributed $1,500 to the Idyllwild School smARTS Program ...

Hungry families win in Super Bowl food drive

Gathering donations to aid needy families is a sporting affair at the Community Presbyterian Church. On Super Bowl Sunday, members of the congregation vote for their favorite team by placing a donated item in either team’s barrel at the entrance to the church. Coordinating the worthy effort is Ned Roberts, left and Pastor Dick Olson, right. Every year the Church holds its donation Super Bowl, the bin receiving the most items is the team that wins Super Bowl. This year the Giants’ bin had 137 items donated and the Patriots had 82 items. By noon Super Bowl Sunday, all the items were given to the Idyllwild Help Center.

MSJC fundraiser gala set for Feb. 11

The Mount San Jacinto College Foundation will host its fourth annual gala “An Evening With Our Stars” 6 p.m. on Feb. 11 at Pechanga...

Chamber music recital Tuesday at Idyllwild Arts

Idyllwild Arts welcomes Todor Pelev, violinist, and Douglas Ashcraft, pianist, for an evening of chamber music 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7. They will perform...

Academy Orchestra concert features student soloist

This weekend, Idyllwild Arts student violist Howard Cheng will make his first concerto appearance. Cheng will perform William Walton’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra...

Idyllwild Community Acupuncture marks Chinese New Year

Many residents attended a Chinese New Year celebration held by Idyllwild Community Acupuncture on Friday, Jan. 27. Free 20-minute acupuncture treatments, massages and Jin Shin Jystsu sessions were offered. Proceeds of donations are to benefit Breanna Lewis, 12, who will participate in the 2012 Irish Dance World Competition in Ireland.
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