… it was a beautiful day to be on the lake today and there were sights and beauty that you can only hope to experience once in a while. The lake is up a little over two feet since last Thursday and of course we were able to go back a lot further in the little back bays before we got stuck in water a little too shallow for the good ship Knot Yacht. More water, more shoreline and more time to cover the good hunting areas and today more incredible wildlife that kept us in places as they gave…
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Sedona News -The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is honored to be the home for the Met Live Opera programs for the 2023-2024 season, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. The season continues with Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” live via simulcast on Saturday, March 23 at 10 a.m. and the encore presentation on Wednesday, March 27 at 3 p.m. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGWrvF5KHI Plan to come early as John Steinbrunner will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the LIVE production on Saturday. Two singers at the height of their powers — soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor Benjamin Bernheim — come together as…
Verde Valley News – MATFORCE, a primary prevention organization focused on stopping youth drug use before it starts, has partnered with several community partners to bring a wide range of classes to support parents and caregivers, and expand their tools to strengthen family relationships. Grow Your Parenting Skills with Beth Dunn, MS, LPC Partnering with Humboldt Unified School District (HUSD) and Beth Dunn, MS, LPC, MATFORCE is offering 3 classes designed to support parents, caregivers, and anyone that works with children. The first class in the series, “Building Resilience Through Regulation and Relationship,” uses the framework from Dr. Bruce Perry’s…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona will host a free limited household electronics collection and paper shred event on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the West Sedona School parking lot 570 Posse Ground Rd., near the Sedona Community Pool. Household electronics and small battery waste will be collected by our partners Westech Recyclers and Veolia. In addition, Assured Document Destruction will have an on-site paper shredding truck. Disposing of electronics and batteries in landfills contaminates drinking water and can kill wildlife. Throwing out electronics can waste billions of dollars in recoverable materials such as…
Sedona News – The public is invited to join the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona for the Spirit of Philanthropy Awards Celebration on Sunday, April 14 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Yavapai College in Clarkdale, Arizona. The event is a free celebration of community philanthropy where we will recognize this year’s Spirit Award winners for their leadership in supporting the Sedona and the Verde Valley community. ACF of Sedona has been recognizing community leaders with the Spirit Awards for the past 23 years. The 2024 Spirit Award winners are: Leonard & Karen Barrow for Spirit of Philanthropy Award Mary Byrd for…
Sedona News – Chamber Music Sedona is proud to present the final concert of its 41st season with “Star of the Saxophone” on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 3 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. Performed by the versatile and charismatic saxophonist Steven Banks and brilliant pianist Xak Bjerken, the concert will feature a program that combines classical works with arrangements and original compositions. In celebration of the season finale, “Star of the Saxophone” will be preceded by a spring salon featuring pianist Adam Golka on Tuesday, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the intimate setting of a private…
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, March 17 at 7 p.m. The show will feature headliner Manny Hernandez with Jamie Anderson opening the evening. MANNY HERNANDEZ Hernandez has been honing his comedy craft since the age of 18, and he has been clawing his way to the top ever since. Having his first TV appearance 3 years later on Telemundo’s Loco comedy jam and Que Locos. He has worked in clubs all over the country. Manny uses his Latino upbringings to…
Twenty-four years into his career, impressionistic wildlife sculptor Joshua Tobey has begun to reflect on where he started and where he wants to go. The son of renowned sculptor Gene Tobey received an incomparable art education while working side by side with his dad – who quickly taught him to find his own style. That style, characterized by a smooth-as-glass texture and vibrant proprietary patinas, continues to evolve. Joshua will return to Sedona on Friday, April 5, from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, from 1 to 4 p.m., for his annual one-man show at Rowe Fine Art…
Sedona News – The father/son duo of Robin and Eric Miller will be performing their live in concert on Saturday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. There is a certain and undeniable magic that is experienced by audiences when attending a musical performance by the father/son duo of Robin and Eric Miller. With shining vocals, and beautiful harmonies, these two seasoned performers transport their audiences into deeper levels of inspiration and fun. Both Father and Son are remarkable songwriters with numerous CD’s as well as extremely accomplished guitarists. …
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ –Former Glen Campbell bandleader Jeff Dayton plays a two-night weekend at Sound Bites Grill in Uptown Sedona starting Friday, March 15, from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. For his solo Friday show, Dayton, a songwriter and recording artist in his own right, takes you on a trip through time and his 15-years playing with Campbell, sharing insights only a true friend and insider can know. For his Saturday show Dayton brings on his band, comprised of Arizona veterans John Murray on acoustic bass; Ron Rutowski on fiddle…
… she has been getting a little restless lately and spending a lot of time looking at birds flying around the yard … she slipped out of the house for a while and I searched for her in vain … then I got a text from at the airport with a photo he had just taken of a very cool jet about to depart on runway 21 … sure enough Katie was at the controls and she had even changed the N number … must have been a good flight as she is now curled up in one of her…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Chamber Music Sedona for a special encore of “A Late Quartet” in celebration of the Chamber Music Season on Thursday, March 21 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “A Late Quartet” pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York. The film features incredibly moving performances from a cast including Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir and Imogen Poots. youtu.be/mcfNpaMxlP0 When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly…
Sedona News – Join the City of Sedona, Oak Creek Watershed Council, and Arizona Water Company at Crescent Moon Picnic Site to celebrate World Water Day! Date: 03/22/2024 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Crescent Moon Picnic Site 333 Red Rock Crossing Rd. Sedona, Arizona 86336 The goal is to provide water resource education to the public in a fun outdoor setting! Through hands-on activities, you will get a chance to survey macroinvertebrates in the Oak Creek, learn how water moves underground, and discover how stormwater flows through Sedona! Click here for more information about the event. Click here for event registration.
Sedona News – Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, March 20 at 5:00 pm. This month’s speaker is Roxanne Holland, Director of Wastewater for the City of Sedona. Her topic will be “City of Sedona Treated Wastewater Quality and Management.” Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. Roxanne’s talk is the second part of a series on Sedona water quality and management. Hear from Sedona’s wastewater management expert on how the City of Sedona has treated wastewater and managed the quality of that water, disposed of treated wastewater (effluent), how…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona, AZ — The recent killing of 11 legislative efforts to regulate short-term rentals proves one thing for sure: you can’t mess with the concept that “A man’s home is his castle.” Plain and simple, it’s unconstitutional for the state, feds, or local municipalities to tell homeowners what they can or can’t do with their homes. A tremendous amount of time and money has been spent to figure out how government can govern or curtail the operation of STRs… all for naught. Government can try as it might to control STRs. Telling a homeowner they can’t…