… Monday was a fabulous day on the lake, and we were second in line when they opened the gate that morning. Twenty minutes later we pushed off from the dock and just motored around to the south side of it and spent a few minutes shooting these beautiful Black Neck Grebes, formerly known as Eared Grebes. The light was awesome and then we headed up the western shore of Castle Hot Springs Bay ducking in many narrow bays off the main one and did pretty well. When we got to the end of the bay, we spotted a Green…
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Sedona News – Prepare for an immersive journey into history as Dr. Kathleen Ball unveils her groundbreaking discovery in Brazil on Thursday, May 9 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Join us for the unveiling of “A Grail Quest: Discovery of a Mysterious Knights Templar Cave in Brazil” and the accompanying documentary, “The Brazilian Templars Mystery.” This revelation promises to shed new light on the enigmatic history of the Knights Templar, sparking renewed interest in historical exploration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH1LpFzbIFc Renowned researcher Dr. Kathleen Ball stumbled upon this remarkable find during her…
Arizona News – Changes are coming to the Upper Lake Mary and Narrows recreation sites that include onsite automated fee machines and honoring multiple passes many people may already possess. Beginning May 4, people may purchase a daily pass for $10 or a weekly pass for $15 at the Upper Lake Mary and Narrows boating sites through an onsite automated machine. Fees remain the same as previous years. The America the Beautiful passes and Red Rock Annual pass will now be honored at these recreation sites and would need to be displayed on vehicle dashboards during use of the area. The cost of the Red Rock Annual pass…
Sedona News – From Bach to the Beatles and barn-burners to ballads, audiences delight when world-renowned fingerstyle guitarist Richard Smith returns with his solo concert to Sedona by popular demand. There will be one show on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Having witnessed one of his live performances, fellow musicians and music lovers alike sing hymns of praise about Richard Smith. With fretboard fireworks and lyrical endeavors, he will melt your heartstrings, make your toes tap and your jaws hang open. Richard’s ever-growing repertoire comprises a…
Verde Valley News – Arizona State University’s (ASU) Consent-Based Citing Project is bringing Consortium for Community Engagement, Innovation and Learning for Consent-Based Siting in Arizona (CCEIL-AZ) to Camp Verde Community Library Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18th. This project seeks to help communities host conversations about big decisions, like where to put a power plant or how to build vibrant neighborhoods or invest in new projects. Prior to the CCEIL-AZ conversation, on Friday, May 17th from 5-6:30p ASU professor Dr. Jen Richter will discuss our nuclear past and present, and how nuclear energy will change in the future. There is no registration required for…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host Sedona Arts Center CEO Julie Richard as she speaks on the 65 year history of the Arts Center at the Museum’s next Sedona Stories speaker program on Thursday, May 9, at 10 am in the historic Apple Shed. Inspired by the natural beauty of Sedona, Egyptian sculptor, Nassan Gobran and a group of local visionaries recognized the need for a place where artists could work, teach, and learn together. In 1958, they established Sedona’s first art center, “Canyon Kiva.” They purchased the old Jordan Apple Packing Barn, now known as the…
… it seems a little funny that in shooting wildlife shots of them finding food, capturing and eating it is such a big deal … but it is, for without it we and they would all perish. I have photos that were taken very long ago of me, my brothers, dad and other family members after a good day of hunting for ducks or pheasants in western Minnesota and I enjoy those too. While hunting was a sport for us it was also learning to be self-sufficient, and we always ate what we killed. One day (I was maybe fourteen)…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady” showing May 3-9 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXPjLAWswQ “The Three Musketeers – Part II: Milady” features a stellar ensemble cast, including Vincent Cassel, Francois Civil, Romain Duris, Pio Marmai, Eva Green and Louis Garrel. From the Louvre to Buckingham Palace, to the gutters of Paris to the siege of La Rochelle — in a kingdom divided by religious wars and under threat of British invasion, a handful of men and women will battle and tie…
Flagstaff News – On Saturday and Sunday June 1st and 2nd the fifteenth annual Flagstaff Hullabaloo returns to Wheeler Park in downtown Flagstaff, AZ. Hullabaloo is a community festival and a celebration of summertime. Hullabaloo has been voted “Best Annual Event or Festival” ten times by Arizona Daily Sun and Flagstaff Live readers. Flagstaff Hullabaloo has raised over $165,000 for local non-profits since 2010. This year Hullabaloo will raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff and Flagstaff Shelter Services. The Hullabaloo will kick off with the Flagstaff Athletic Club Bike Parade which stages at…
Sedona News – Bocce Ball League is coming to Posse Grounds Park beginning in May! This popular game is going to take place on the two new bocce ball courts in Posse Grounds Park, with league play great for all levels in a fun and easy-to-learn social sport. To participate, Captains may register with a team between 4-12 players. Team registration costs $85. Participants must be ages 12 and up. Bocce equipment will be included. Games will take place on Friday’s at 6:15pm beginning in late May. League guarantees eight games with a playoffs and championship tournament at the end…
Verde Valley News – The Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai County will host an educational event for nonprofit leaders and professional advisors titled Northern Arizona Estate Planning Day on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Prescott. This year, founding attorney of Dana Whiting Law and native Arizonan, Trevor S. Whiting, will be the featured speaker.Trevor has spent his legal career working with individual clients with regards to their estate and business planning needs. Prior to the founding of Dana Whiting Law, Trevor spent three years in the estate planning group in the Phoenix office of…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ –While all the pundits are scratching their heads, wondering why students across the country are holding anti-Jewish rallies, the answer is obvious. Simply put, the students are demonstrating against the war in Gaza and want peace. Period. Just like they demonstrated against the war in Viet Nam back then. But there is a caveat. The anti-Semites, the Jew haters, the Hamas supporters are embedded and organized in the midst of the demonstrators, fomenting hate and waving flags, even though most of the demonstrators are there because they are outraged by the killing of innocent civilians…
Sedona, AZ — To plunge into the depths of existence and non-existence takes the courage of an astronaut exploring the outer and inner limits of a limitless universe. In her book “Actuality: infinity at play,” local author and Sedona.biz columnist Amaya Gayle takes us on a playful romp through the ever-changing what is, what’s not, what was, and what may be of one’s eternal journey in the knowing of self and beyond. Brutal honesty, loving playfulness, a rapier wit, and absolute fearlessness arm this author and metaphysicist with the tools one needs to face any monster or challenge encountered when…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory My religion is experiencing, experiencing all there is to experience, all that my life lays before me, savoring its taste, breathing in its scent, reveling in its touch, arms spread in awe of its vistas of glory, its spectacles of suffering, smitten by the music of its spheres. My religion sits on the bedrock of uncertainty, that lies in the field of unknowing. Realizing that nothing found can be ultimately true, I am relieved … of the pressure to get it right, the need to achieve, the push to conform. My religion is curiosity, rampant and…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Coup de Chance” showing May 3-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohcoh0KRvxg “Coup de Chance” — written and directed by Woody Allen — is about the important role chance and luck play in our lives. Fanny (Lou de Laâge) and Jean (Melvil Poupaud) look like the ideal married couple — they’re both professionally accomplished, they live in a gorgeous apartment in an exclusive neighborhood of Paris, and they seem to be in love just as much as they were when they first…