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…
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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…
Sedona News – The Sedona Symphony (formerly Verde Valley Sinfonietta) presents its third concert of the 2023-2024 season under the direction of Artistic Director, Janna Hymes. The concert features guest artist Ralph Skiano, performing Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 on Sunday, February 4 at 2:30 PM in the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. in Sedona. Debussy’s Petite Suite, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 round out the program. Ralph Skiano currently serves as Principal Clarinetist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra after serving in the same position…
… a new year is in the process of rolling across the planet … no other creature on earth cares as it only marks the beginning of another day as earth wobbles its way around the sun … a marking point for sure and most importantly it is another chance to get it right. Now is all we have and that is not guaranteed either. We’ll start the year with a couple of Great Blue Herons … in the shot above our friend has struck and came up with a miss and below, the same story, but with a little…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory I’ve been playing with the idea of hurricanes as analogy. They appear to be composed of earth, air, fire and water. Within the infinite oceanic flow the hurricane coalesces. It is not different from earth, air, fire and water. It is composed of, and contingent on all four elements. Why fire? Hurricanes don’t form in cold water. I’m not well-versed in science, so reel out a little slack here. I’m just playing and letting it take me where it will. The known cannot take me to the unknown, so science isn’t quite so important to this…
By Mark TenBroek, January 1, 2024 As we enter the New Year of 2024 the Sedona economy seems to be doing well with Sales and Bed Taxes at almost record levels. So, what is not to like? A quick look at the growth of Sedona Lodging sales over the past 7 years since Arizona Senate Bill 1350 (SB 1350) was passed has shown dramatic growth of both the local economy and the use of Short-Term Rentals as evidenced by the attached graphic: While there has been significant growth of lodging overall, almost half of the total are sales from Short…
… and some of the best for last … and then there is me and Max. This photo was taken in September of 2019 when I was visiting Terra Haute, Indiana after visiting friends in Indianapolis. There is a life size sculpture of Max Ehrman on the corner of the crossroads where he used to be found writing on occasion. Max is probably known primarily for his prose poem Desiderata which was first published in 1927. Corky and I had the poem on the bulletin board at home probably going back to the early ’60s and always in the office.…