Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the audience sensation “Military Wives” showing Jan. 12-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This special encore is in celebration of the Sedona International Film Festival’s 30th Anniversary Season. https://youtu.be/CbYdhivhZnk “Military Wives” centers on a group of women from different backgrounds whose partners are away serving in Afghanistan. Faced with their loved ones’ absences, they come together to form the very first military wives choir, helping each other through some of life’s most difficult moments, and quickly find themselves on an international stage at the center…
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Talk about shooting oneself in the foot… After spending $99,000 on a “scientific” study that the Sedona City Council hoped would show that OHVs (Off-Highway Vehicles) are harmful to the health of the community, it turns out they are not any more dangerous to Sedona than the vehicles we drive every day in town. What a massive disappointment this had to have been for council members who thought the results of this study would bolster their arguments that indeed OHVs are dangerous, not just because of their potential for crashes, but also in terms of noise and air quality, and…
Sedona News – Anette Spickard, finalist for the City Manager position, will be available to meet and greet the public on Monday, January 8 from 4:30 – 5:30 pm in the Council Chambers at 102 Roadrunner Drive. The City is dedicated to a thorough interview process in evaluating candidates and looks forward to sharing this process with residents. Current City Manager Karen Osburn is set to retire in the Spring. Anette Spickard comes from McCall, Idaho a travel destination about 100 miles north of Boise, Idaho where many similarities exist with our community. Anette comes with a great background with…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Have you noticed? Whenever someone dies, someone important to the freedom days of our youth, someone who meant something to us along the pathway of our grand unfolding, someone whose life was simply tangled up with our own, we mourn. It doesn’t seem to matter if that person was enduring immense pain, taken out in a flash of light unexpectedly, or passed unawares only to be discovered at some later moment, something within us feels it was too soon and we mourn. The other day, I went looking for two friends, a couple who I hadn’t…
… the photos may not be perfect because I took them with my phone, but they do give a pretty good idea of how beautiful the newest pendant came out. I carved a piece of black nephrite jade and cut the opal from an incredible 18 carat piece of rough I had … the finished gemstone weighs 4.25 ct. The stone is an intense solid color bar! Black jade is not really black but is an incredibly saturated green … so much so that it appears to be black … the sludge that comes off as you grind it is…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with award-winning surround sound composer and producer Koz Mraz for Dark Side of the Room, featuring Elton John and Hans Zimmer on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Experience a mind-blowing, exclusive, one-night-only musical extravaganza, featuring multi-Grammy award-winning legend, Elton John and the world’s most successful, multi-academy award-winning film score producer, Hans Zimmer. Recorded in 1971, Paul Buckmaster wrote the orchestral arrangements and conducted 52 songs for Elton, the Madman from England. Ultimately, Buckmaster collaborated on eight Elton John studio albums. Hear…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona invites all residents to take a 10-minute online survey by Feb. 5, 2024 to provide input on potential projects for consideration in the city’s budget process. Take the survey at www.SedonaAZ.gov/BudgetSurvey. Every year, the city evaluates what projects will be included in future year budgets by weighing needs, funding and other competing priorities. The survey seeks input from the community on potential projects to be considered. The survey asks questions on the following six topics: Building pedestrian bridges in Uptown Expanding Arts and Culture Initiatives Consolidating trash hauling services Creating more appeal in Uptown for residents Acquiring the Sedona Airport…
Sedona, AZ — Humans have been killing each other since the beginning, as depicted in the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Mass killings, such as the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S., the killing of six million Jews by the Nazis, the killing of even more millions by Stalin, and the modern killings of today, continue unabated. There was mass killings in the ancient world by great conquerors from Alexander the Great to the Mongols. And, of course, the Crusader campaign against the “Saracens” in the Middle East and the Cathars or Albigensians in southern France in…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Great Barrier Reef” and “Humpback Whales” showing Jan. 12-18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The two award-winning films will show in one package. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUEEDCPa7e0 GREAT BARRIER REEF What comes to mind when you think of the largest structure built by living creatures? China’s sprawling Great Wall? Or maybe the skyscrapers of New York and Dubai? The truth is, no human feat of construction can compare to the sheer size and majesty of the Great Barrier Reef — spanning more than 1,400 miles…
… yesterday morning it was down to Lake Pleasant and the first shoot of the year. Cold, overcast and very flat light … the sun thinned the clouds out some by mid-morning and we got some decent shooting conditions and photos. The lake is down about a foot from the last time down there, so it was difficult getting into some of the areas that produce the best results. Thew photo above is a Ring Billed Gull that was wheeling around a quiet bay looking for food near the surface of the water. Their aerobatic maneuvers are an absolute delight…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Eileen” showing Jan. 12-18 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otDHCJcdN34 Based on the book of the same name by literary powerhouse Ottessa Moshfegh, “Eileen” follows a peculiar young woman whose dreary life stretches on toward unending misery. In frigid 1960s Boston, Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) shuffles between her father’s dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works alongside colleagues who have ostracized her. When an intoxicating woman (Anne Hathaway) joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken. Just when the possibility of a…
Yavapai County News – Yavapai County Recorder, Michelle Burchill would like to remind voters about important information regarding the upcoming Presidential Preference Election that will be held March 19, 2024. The PPE is a Statewide Political Party Election where voters who are affiliated with those party’s will choose who they would like their party to nominate as a Presidential candidate in the General Election. Only the Republican and Democrat Parties have chosen to participate in this election. The provision for an open primary does not apply to the PPE. This means that only voters registered to the specific participating party…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona invites the community to a Listening Session on tourism on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Sedona Public Library at 3250 White Bear Rd. Community members will have the opportunity to voice their ideas and concerns about tourism while city staff and consultants listen. Input from this meeting will help inform the Tourism Strategic Plan, destination brand and marketing plan being currently developed by the city. More specifically at the Listening Session, residents will be asked to answer specific questions about tourism, such as: What are the top…
Sedona News – Celebrate the spirit, songs and stories of John Denver when world-renowned singer and entertainer Jim Curry returns to Sedona by popular demand with his live show and concert “The Music of John Denver”. There will be one performance on Sunday, Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Tribute artist Jim Curry — whose voice was heard in the CBS-TV movie “Take Me Home: The John Denver Story” — has performed Denver’s music in sold out shows throughout the country and has emerged as today’s top performer…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Crime is Mine” showing Jan. 12-18 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Paris in the 1930s — a playground for industrial heirs and debonair architects. But the City of Lights does not shine evenly for all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEI0IGFdxoc Struggling actress Madeleine (Nadia Terezkiewicz) and her best friend Pauline (Rebecca Marder), an unemployed lawyer, live in a cramped flat and owe five months’ rent. Opportunity knocks after a lascivious theatrical producer who made an inappropriate advance towards Madeleine turns up dead. Madeline stands trial for…