Sedona News – On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 3 p.m., Chamber Music Sedona will showcase “The Art of the Piano Quartet” in a concert performed by pianist Gloria Chien, violinist Arnaud Sussmann, violist Milena Pajaro-van De Stadt and cellist and Chamber Music Sedona Artistic Director Nicholas Canellakis. Held at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Ariz. 86336, the concert will feature three spectacular and varied takes on the piano quartet genre with works by Gabriel Fauré, Joaquin Turina and Robert Schumann. The concert will be preceded by “Whimsical Strings,” a salon held on…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Inshallah a Boy” showing Jan. 19-25 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Inshallah a Boy” is Jordan’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcfWNjjuDM After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. However, her pain is soon compounded by the possibility of losing her home to her brother-in-law. Desperate to keep her home and provide a stable life for her daughter, Nawal resorts to deception by faking a pregnancy.…
The Sedona Women (TSW) will be receiving an update on the status of Sedona’s efforts to match with a sister city or cities as the TSW kickoff 2024 program on Thursday, January 11 at the Sedona Public Library. TSW programs are scheduled monthly from September through May. Chuck Marr & Judy Neiman will share & report on Sedona’s Sister Cities Association. Sister Cities is an International organization, founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, and serves as a powerful vehicle for fostering global understanding and peace. There are more than 500 U.S. Sister City relationships in 138 nations, the…
Sedona, AZ- The Verde Valley Wine Trail will be holding its Inaugural Fundraising Dinner & Silent auction on Saturday, January 27th. There will be a champagne reception at 6:00 PM dinner to follow. It will be held at Cottonwood community clubhouse 805 N Main St. The event is called “The Repeal” celebrating the repeal of prohibition in 1933. The theme is to “Party Like it’s 1933. Guest are encouraged to dress in 1930s attire, which is optional. The Verde Valley Wine Trail has been carefully planning this event for “90” years and it promises to be the premier wine dinner…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Poor Things” showing Jan. 19-25 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlbR5N6veqw “Poor Things” won two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Best Actress for Emma Stone. It was nominated for five additional Golden Globes. Additionally, the film is shortlisted for three Academy Awards, including Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score and Best Visual Effects. It features an award-winning ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo. From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and…
Sedona News – The parking lot for the Broken Arrow Trail in Sedona will be closed Friday (Jan. 12) for public safety as Forest Service personnel remove hazardous trees surrounding the lot. Broken Arrow Trail will remain open but visitors using the trail should plan for potential delays throughout the day. Once the hazardous trees have been removed, the parking lot will reopen.
Sedona/AZ –Once again Sound Bites Grill brings to its Celebrity Showroom Stage yet another internationally renowned performing artist, featuring five-Grammy nominated stylist Ottmar Liebert and his band Luna Negra on Saturday, June 1, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and on Sunday, June 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Liebert is a world-renowned musician and composer who has won the hearts of millions with his unique blend of flamenco, jazz, and other world music styles. His music is characterized by its intricate guitar work, driving rhythms, and haunting melodies that transport listeners to faraway lands. Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1959,…
… a couple more shots from last week’s trip down to Lake Pleasant … after being stalked by us three times our Osprey decided that an entirely different part of the lake was in his plans, and he left whilst I got the above inflight shot of him as he departed. The Greenhead Mallard below was not enamored with our presence either, and he erupted into flight and left us alone in a very small and quiet bay off of Castle Hot Springs Bay … rejection is not all bad as those are my favorite shots when they are in…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of “The Iron Claw” showing Jan. 19-25 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KVsaoveTbw “The Iron Claw” features an all-star ensemble cast, including Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany and Lily James. “The Iron Claw” tells the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on…
Sedona News – Share in some wintertime family fun for the whole community at the annual Winter Play Day on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Posse Grounds Pavilion. Kids of all ages are invited to attend a fun-filled day outdoors, show or shine, at Posse Grounds Park. This free event will include a live DJ, a live musical performance by Kaleidoscope Redrocks from noon to 1 p.m., inflatable slides, games, free raffle prizes, free s’mores, fantastic photo opportunities and more! There is no charge to enter but there will be snacks, hot drinks,…
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…
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…