Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “Martha Liebermann: A Stolen Life” showing June 21-27 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Martha Liebermann: A Stolen Life” has won numerous awards at festivals around the world and was one of the highest rated audience choice films at the recent Sedona International Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIh3NzveHHg Berlin,1943. Upper-class widow Martha Liebermann could never have imagined having to leave her beloved homeland at the age of 85. As a Jew, however, her only choice is to go abroad or wait to be deported to a concentration camp.…
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Arizona News – Overnight closures of Interstate 17 at J.W. Powell Boulevard near Pulliam Airport in Flagstaff are scheduled the week of June 17-20. Crews will set girders for a new, improved bridge as part of an Arizona Department of Transportation project at the J.W. Powell Boulevard interchange. Traffic will detour along the off- and on-ramps at the interchange will the following closures are in place: Southbound I-17 closed at J.W. Powell Boulevard from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday and Tuesday nights (June 17-18). Northbound I-17 closed at J.W. Powell Boulevard from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday and…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is taking its show on the road with its new “Movies on the Move” mobile movie truck and outdoor film experience! The first event of the summer will be Tuesday, June 18 at Hillside Sedona, featuring the blockbuster big screen box office sensation “Top Gun: Maverick”. Showtime will be at dusk (approximately 7:45-8:00 p.m.). Tickets are only $5 each, with kids 12 and under admitted FREE. Hillside Sedona is thrilled to announce this exciting partnership with the film festival to bring you an unforgettable summer of films! As the summer heat rolls…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal The JCSVV offers services and classes which are life-affirming and soul enriching. All are listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. People who cannot attend or who live far away can access the service through zoom. Erev Shabbat services begin on Friday evening, June 21, beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom led by Rabbi Alicia Magal. The Rabbi will chant a selection from Baha’alotecha (Numbers 8:1 – 12:16) dealing with the lighting of the seven-branched Menorah, the making of silver shofarot, trumpets, and reporting on three cases of opposition…
By David Stephen Sedona.AZ– Digital has dominated most aspects of news, and AI has crawled and sprawled the internet. It is probably better for local news publishers and editors to start exploring ways to accommodate AI than to wait it out or expect that it would remain unreliable. A few paths that may generate revenues: a. Have an AI version of regular news. This means that for every news story, there would be an AI-written version. This will not just be a rewrite, but stratified. For example, there could be a historical angle to that story. There could be a…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Everest” and “To the Arctic” showing June 15-20 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The two award-winning films will show in one package. https://youtu.be/1khEBbx1xbU?si=_dcQHbXWO3I-38DF EVEREST Narrated by internationally acclaimed actor Liam Neeson, “Everest” is the story of the world’s tallest mountain and one of the greatest human adventures ever filmed for IMAX and giant screen theatres. A dramatic, true account of dizzying achievement, “Everest” follows the expedition of four climbers on their journey to the summit of Everest, just days after the infamous…
Verde Valley News – The Yavapai County Mounted Sheriff’s Posse presented a check for $7,000 to the Yavapai College Foundation on May 21 for scholarships for deserving county high school students. YCMSP Treasurer and Scholarship Chairman Chris Hill and Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Public Affairs Coordinator Steve Brazell presented the check to YCF Executive Director Mary Talosi and Scholarship Coordinator Kelly O’Brien, who is also a YC financial aid advisor. Hill said that seven students from Yavapai County will benefit from the $1,000 scholarships, including three from Prescott (Sarah Love, Gage Childers and Riley Crockett), two from Sedona (Elliott Friday…
… and on another day, Sunset Crater appeared to be the cauldron for a witch’s brew with low clouds flowing in and out of it … there was a low-level cloud layer that extended all the way to the Grand Canyon that day. Sunset Crater erupted a mere 950 years ago, and the field is still an active one. The shot below is of some wood that has been ravaged in the Sunset Crater area … it is at once beautiful and like clouds you can dream on the wood and come up with fantastical creatures … like the dragon…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with award-winning surround sound composer and producer Koz Mraz for a Surround Sound Music Experience, featuring Queen on Thursday, June 20 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Experience all the Queen songs you know and love in a way you’ve never heard before that will blow you away — a 5.1 Surround Music Experience in Sedona’s Best Sound System. Queen’s seminal 1975 album and the worldwide hit ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, was tailor-made for surround sound. Remixed by Queen Guitarist Brian May and surround engineer specialist Elliot…
By Sean Dedalus Sedona, AZ — Don’t feel sorry for Hunter. He’s the president’s son. Hunter is not your nephew who was living like a bum while strung out on crack. No. Hunter was a millionaire and a crack head. Remember his pictures in the tub with the crack pipe? He was screwing particularly beautiful women, stayed in the best hotels, flew on Air Force One and travelled all over the world. He had an affair with his ex-sister-in-law and got her hooked on drugs. Yes, he was an idiot but that did not stop the Chinese, the Russians and…
By Tracey McConnell, Community Development Director Verde Valley Sanctuary Verde Valley News – Please join us for a night out on the town! Dance the Night Away, our Dinner and Dance Party, includes a cash bar reception, dinner, dancing to 60’s and 70’s music, 60’s and 70’s costume contest, raffle, and prizes. This is a friendraiser and fundraiser for the Verde Valley Sanctuary. Our mission is to provide safety, services, and comfort to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. We are grateful to the Sedona Elks Lodge for sponsoring this special event. Come and meet fellow Verde Valley locals and…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present Stand-Up Comedy Night live onstage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, June 16 at 7 p.m. Celebrate Father’s Day with an evening of hilarity and laughs! The show will feature headliner Pete George with Dylan White opening the evening. PETE GEORGE If you could go back again, would you? Comedy through the eyes of a child — the innocence, the naiveté, the simplistic view of problem solving. Is there one of us who has not longed for those days gone by? That one would be Pete…
Sedona News – A great menu, beautiful lighting, a professional sound system and a New York City supper-club-ambiance, turn this upscale restaurant into the perfect venue to see and listen to talented musicians, up close and personal while dining on scrumptious fare and creative cuisine. On Wednesday, June 19, from 6 to 9 p.m., it’s Patrick Ki entertaining. Ki is a much-loved guitar virtuoso that provides the perfect backdrop for a night of fine dining and easy listening. He is one of Sedona’s hardest working musicians with a following that loves watching and listening to his renditions of the classics.…
Sedona, AZ — The Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority (SOCAA) announces the beginning of the wildfire fighting season here in the local area as the National Forest Service directed a UH-60 helicopter to regionally pre-position to the Sedona Airport as of Tuesday, June 4th. Helicopter N356AA is specially-equipped with a Helitak FT4500 fire-fighting tank designed to carry approximately 1000 gallons of water depending on conditions. This tank and spraying apparatus take the place of a suspended bucket which comes with restrictions and complications fighting a fire. This equipment is specifically designed for use at the wilderness / urban interface which is…
… with June and the warmer weather upon us it is fun to look back at January and the colder weather that we were living through … also listening to some Elton John music; specifically Cold Heart … I remembered some shots I took in January one year when Sunset Crater was blanketed in snow, and it is above. You can see the heart shape in the lower volcanic cinder cone … it is cold! So was the entire Colorado Plateau … of the nine volcanic cinder cones in the photo, only Sunset is named, and the others are numbered…