Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Scarlet” showing Nov. 17-22 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Pietro Marcello — one of contemporary cinema’s most versatile talents — follows up his dramatic breakthrough and Sedona Film Festival selection “Martin Eden” with this enchanting period fable. Shortly after World War I, veteran Raphaël (Raphaël Thiery) returns home from the frontlines a widower and father to an infant daughter. Raised in rural Normandy, the child Juliette (Juliette Jouan) grows into a headstrong young woman who dreams of greater possibilities. She seeks refuge in…
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Sedona News – “Monday at the Museum” is a demonstration conducted every Monday. Please call for a current schedule. The Museum is always looking for participants who are willing to share their knowledge and skills. November 20: Decorative Bow Making Monday at the Museum will feature a class on Decorative Bow Making on Monday, November 20, from 11:00-1:00pm. Your instructor Julie Lilly is a native Arizonan. She has lived in Sedona for seven years and loves the beauty of the red rocks. Julie began making bows in the 1980’s for her daughters and craft projects. Once you learn some basics of bow…
By Steve Segner Sedona, AZ — On Saturday, November 11, starting at 5 p.m. an informational mixer will be held at the Cliff Castle Casino/Hotel Ballroom where the possible reincarnation of the Cultural Park in Sedona will be discussed. Hosted by a non-profit group interested in its future, the original architects of the Sedona Cultural Park Master Plan will attend to present updates. The question remains: is it better for the community to resurrect the Cultural Park or use the land for workforce housing? Lets consider the following in exploring the possibility of bringing the Cultural Park back to life: In…
… most of the jewelry I make goes out of town and I seldom get to see it worn … not so this evening as I delivered my newest creation to friends Andre and BakeR … a 22 carat oval cabochon of very high-quality gem silica in a highly polished reflection dish … and it looks terrific on her … love the smile too! BakeR was the Director of The Gateway House Wellness Center and is still active there. Thank you for allowing me to use this photo BakeR. This morning on Lake Pleasant we followed an Osprey very far back in a narrow…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sonoran Gypsies live in concert with special guest Arvel Bird on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Sonoran Gypsies is an Arizona-centric musical duo offering the unmistakable sound of sophisticated, beautiful, Latin Classical Style Guitar and Indigenous Native American Style Wood Flutes, blended as never before in a unique Southwest Latin and World Music style. SONORAN GYPSIES: Carlos Garibaldi (Guitar): At 26, Carlos is the youngest member of Sonoran Gypsies and has gained a reputation as an extremely versatile guitarist. His young…
Sedona News – For the 8th year, the City of Sedona honored SedonaKind with a Proclamation making November 13th Sedona Kindness Day, aligning with World Kindness Day. Over the years SedonaKind Day has expanded from a single day to Sedona Kindness Week, and now to a full “Season of Kindness.” It is good news that in these troubled times our community increasingly embraces acts of kindness. For this year, SedonaKind is offering the following special events: During the first week of November, SedonaKind will begin placing the popular Gratitude Trees all around town. You can find them in the Sedona…
… the San Francisco Peaks and indeed everything else on the North American Tectonic Plate has moved westward a little over eight feet since I was born … about twenty feet since the United States was founded and more than 60 miles since the San Francisco Volcanic Field began to erupt. A very dynamic little planet that we live on. I took the shot above as I was cruising the western slope of the Peaks … Agassiz is direc6tly ahead and you can see some of the ski runs of Snow Bowl at about the same altitude that I was…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Faithful” showing Nov. 17-22 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Writer/director Annie Berman will be in Sedona to host the first two screenings (Nov. 17 and 18) and conduct a live Q&A after each show. Elvis, Princess Diana, and Pope John Paul II are undoubtedly still alive today, thanks to their devoted followers who love, admire, and consume them. “The Faithful” — a new film by writer/director Annie Berman, powerfully explores the magnetic appeal of three of the most photographed figures of our…
By Zack Garcia, Town of Camp Verde Community Library Verde Valley News – On Saturday, November 25, the Verde Valley GameCon returns! Join us for our fourth annual event from 9am-3pm. GameCon will transform the Camp Verde Community Library into a free, family-friendly convention hall hosting games of all sorts. An all-ages event presented by Camp Verde Community Library, GameCon aims to have something for everyone. Want to try a new board game like Catan, Dominion, or Betrayal at House on the Hill? How about classic games like chess, checkers, Uno or Monopoly? Head upstairs to the Game Library to check-out one of many board games…
Sedona News – Award-winning, world-renowned tribute artist Corrie Sachs brings her acclaimed live production “A Tribute to Reba McEntire” to Sedona when she performs on the Goldenstein Stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. There will be two performances Nov. 17 and 18, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Corrie has traveled extensively throughout the country and Europe for 15 years as Reba McEntire in the production of “Legends in Concert” at over 18 locations in the US and abroad. She was voted singer of the year for 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2013 by the Las Vegas Review Journal…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona AZ — No matter how you cut the cake, toss the dice, deal the cards or slice that pizza, yesterday’s trouncing of Republicans in the elections, proves once again that men have no right telling women what they may or not do with their bodies. Abortion rights will be the key issue both parties will have to deal with as we head into the 2024 election, and Republicans need to take heed and prepare for the worst because their hard line stance on abortion is their Waterloo. Party affinations mean nothing to a woman that has…
… time gets away from me when working on projects, especially new ones like the image above. It started out as a straight photo of the eastern part of the San Francisco Volcanic Field, added some dimension to it with a photograph from the Hubble telescope and then just started playing, adjusting colors, brush strokes and filters. I kinda like it and am thinking of a large metal print of it for my home … the photo art below is already in my home and thinking of a very large metal print of it for my bedroom … or maybe…
Sedona News – The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is honored to continue 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 Anthony Davis’s “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” live via simulcast on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. and the encore presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. Plan to come early as Russ Fox will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the LIVE production on Saturday. Anthony Davis’s groundbreaking opera, which premiered in 1986, arrives at the Met…
Arizona News – Coconino National Forest fire managers have modified prescribed fire plans for this week in order to clear the airshed and also take advantage of a specific wind forecast to keep smoke away from large powerlines during an important prescribed fire project. Originally, the 3,000-acre Upper Beaver Creek Project 13 miles northwest of Clints Well was planned for today through Thursday, as well as the 1,742-acre Bar-M project south of Mormon Lake planned for Tuesday through Thursday. Those two projects have been planned for a later time when conditions are more appropriate. A modified and smaller area of…
Verde Valley News – Camp Verde Community Library’s next free Special Concert Series is Thursday, November 16th from 5:00- 6:30 pm, featuring George & Georgia- Harmony in Music. George and Georgia are a duo from the Phoenix area who play a wide variety of music- rock, pop, and Americana, with a take all their own. You will love their harmonies! Camp Verde Community Library is located at 130 N Black Bridge Road just off Montezuma Castle Highway in Camp Verde. The library is open Monday-Thursday 8:00a-7:00p and Friday-Saturday 9:00a-5:00p. For more information about this or any other library program visit the library’s…