Sedona, AZ — The SIFF party moved to the Mariposa last night with all the usual suspects. Great food. Great crowd. Actors, producers, directors, locals mixed and mingled enjoying the great food Executive Chef Lisa Dahl laid out. Photos were taken by Allen Elfman for Sedona.biz and Visit Sedona TV. Check out the pics HERE. Check out Lisa HERE
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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 security check. People who cannot attend or who live far away can access the service through zoom. Several classes, holidays, and special events are coming up in March and April. Check the website and plan to join us! Erev Shabbat services led by Rabbi Alicia Magal will be held on Friday evening, February March 8, 2024 beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom. Rabbi will offer Shabbat prayers…
Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with “Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse” on Tuesday and Sunday, March 12 and 17 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Sorolla, Sargent, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as a powerful subject for their art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIE7yFzatVM These great artists, along with many other famous names, are featured in an innovative and extensive exhibition from the…
… noodling through the aerial photos this evening and came up with a couple of favorites … Kendrick Peak, draped in gold is above and the iconic pyramid top ever identifying the peak. It is a great hike as well as a great view. Click the link to learn more about this beautiful mountain formed by volcanic eruptions and the last one about 1.4 million years ago. Below is a view over the northwest section of the Painted Desert … The Little Colorado river flows from the lower left corner up towards the upper right horizon … to the NW. From…
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 Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” live via simulcast on Saturday, March 9 at 10 a.m. and the encore presentation on Wednesday, March 13 at 3 p.m. https://youtu.be/RTK-AfSU32w?si=iD_ATvancu_F-yDN Plan to come early as John Steinbrunner will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the LIVE production on Saturday. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino”, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen, following a string of recent…
Verde Valley News – Twice Nice Thriftiques in Sedona, Cottonwood, and Camp Verde are award-winning boutiques which support 20%-25% of Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS) annual operations budget. VVS’ mission is to provide safety, services, and comfort to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. All Thriftique profits fund the Verde Valley Sanctuary’s free services: Pet-Friendly Emergency Shelter 24/7/365 Transitional Housing w/Match Savings Program Lay Legal Advocacy Center Community Based Advocacy Youth Violence Prevention Education Crisis Hotline 24/7/365 (928) 634-2511 Public Outreach and Awareness All inventory is donated by generous community residents. The Thriftiques sell gently used donations of clothing, shoes, furniture, jewelry,…
Verde Valley News – Jordan Ross, a local painter and mixed media artist whose work has been featured in multiple juried and solo exhibitions, has been selected as the Yavapai College Sedona/Verde Valley OLLI program’s March Artist of the Month. Yavapai College OLLI will honor Ross with an opening reception Wednesday, March 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the lobby of YC’s Sedona Center. The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. A recipient of multiple awards, Jordan Ross trained in Canada, Honolulu, Sedona, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. “My works in…
Verde Valley News – On 02/15/2024 at approximately 1000 hours, 42-year-old Georgia Sebring was arrested and booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center on charges of possession of a narcotic drug in a drug free school zone (class 4 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (class 6 felony). Camp Verde Elementary School Administrators became suspicious of Ms. Sebring after school staff smelled the odor of marijuana on Ms. Sebring while she was on campus where she was employed. School administrators immediately confronted Ms. Sebring and contacted the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office. During an interview with the school resource officer, Ms.…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host local historian Victoria Clark for a Sedona Stories presentation on Thursday, March 14, at 10 am in the Museum’s Historic Apple Packing Shed. The topic of Clark’s talk will be the 1929 Women’s Transcontinental Air Race. In an age of aviation breakthroughs, the 1929 Women’s Transcontinental Air Race caught the nation’s attention. The nine day sprint brought together 19 pilots, including Amelia Earhart, racing from Santa Monica, California, to Cleveland Ohio. The race included stops in Yuma, Phoenix, and Douglas, Arizona. While the women were feted at every stop, and 18,000…
Arizona News – The results are in for the Arizona Department of Transportation’s second Name-A-Snowplow Contest and Arizonans have chosen some humorous and creative names. After tabulating more than 9,500 votes, the winning snowplow names are: “Snowbi-Wan Kenobi” “Fast and Flurryous” “Scoopacabra” These winners beat out seven other finalists in the Name-A-Snowplow Contest, and the names have been placed on the side of three of ADOT’s snowplows. These three snowplows are stationed at an ADOT maintenance yard in Mesa and have been out clearing ice and snow along State Route 87 between Mesa and Payson this winter season. During other…
Day four of the 30th Annual Sedona International Film Festival was a hit. Agave of Sedona put on quite a spread. Thanks to Heartline cafe in Sedona. The food was sensational, and the ambiance was great. Allen Elfman of Visit Sedona TV had the honor of taking some pictures of film makers sponsors and the many volunteers that made this an exceptional event. Thanks to Thomas Acosta and Joey Best with Sedona.biz, we got to take some great photos. Visit Sedona TV. The party keeps on rocking and there is a lot more to come. Check out photos of Sedona’s…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona, AZ There was a time in my life when I did not believe in UFOs. I would laugh at my friends or anyone who expressed belief, make fun of them, and ridicule them for being so naive and stupid. One would think that if these imaginary objects were real, we, with our advanced radar and such, would see them zipping in and out of our atmosphere. It was fun for me to make those tree-hugging believers in little green men feel dumb. I loved casting doubt on the charlatans who claimed to have been in…
The week-long SIFF keeps on rocking. Last night the party moved to Geraldo’s Pizzeria with party goers and Sedona luminaries congregating at one of sedona’s most popular local hang outs. Allen Elfman of visitsedona.tv was there taking photos for posterity. Thanks Allen for keeping it real. Check out the photos HERE https://www.facebook.com/reel/1363312344389204
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Cabrini” showing March 8-13 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lihCRaOj0Lg From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of “Sound of Freedom”, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society’s most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to…
Verde Valley News – On Saturday, March 16 – Sunday, March 18, 2024, the Camp Verde Pecan & Wine Festival will be returning for its 23rd year. Hosted by the Verde Valley Wine Consortium and the Town of Camp Verde, sponsored by Yavapai College and their Southwest Wine Center, SRP, and Larry Green Chevrolet, the two-day festival celebrates the areas two prime tourism draws, wine and pecans. The festival is FREE to attend, with wine tasting tickets available for purchase to sample the fifteen Arizona wineries who will be in attendance, and will also feature a very competitive Pecan Pie…