Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the festival flashback of “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” showing Dec. 3-6 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” stars Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters and Vanessa Redgrave. “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” is a true story about what happens when a Hollywood legend discovers romance. Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Jamie Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What…
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Sedona News – The city of Sedona and contractor, Combs Construction Company, recently began work on the Uptown Northbound Roadway Improvements Project, with the goal of completing the project by March 2024. The project’s purpose is to reduce the traffic congestion for northbound travelers on State Route (SR) 89A through Uptown by: Adding an additional northbound lane, between L’Auberge Lane and Forest Road. Removing and replacing the existing curb and gutter along the east side of SR 89A (between L’Auberge Lane and Forest Road). Constructing a permanent barrier for the left turn lane onto Forest Road. Converting the sidewalk along…
Sedona News – Ticket packages and passes for the 30th annual Sedona International Festival (SIFF) go on sale on Dec. 1. The nine-day celebration of the best in independent films from around the world runs from Feb. 24 through March 3, 2024. More than 150 films – from shorts, documentaries and full-length features to animated, foreign and student films – will be featured on screens at five Sedona venues. More than 1,500 films have been submitted for consideration by selection committees for the anniversary celebration. The complete list of films as well as special events and special guests attending will…
… another day in the books and methinks it was pretty good. Working on the portfolio and am finally at the point where I go through the uploaded images and sort everything into the subject folders that I created seven years ago … and contain all photos before 2017. The once sorted we go into each subject folder and do a mass deletion … with all wild burros in one folder it will be easy to go through and delete those that I have better of. Such is my plan! The young wild burro above is walking along a ridge…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Waitress: The Musical” showing Dec. 7-11 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. We’ve baked up something from the heart! “Waitress: The Musical” brings the Tony-nominated, Broadway phenomenon to the big screen for five days only! The acclaimed production stars composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights…
Sedona News – On Sunday, January 7, 2024, violinist Tessa Lark will return to the Chamber Music Sedona stage alongside bassist/composer Michael Thurber and jazz harpist/composer Charles Overton for a concert showcasing works from a multitude of genres, from bluegrass to jazz to classical to originals. The concert, which is the second of Chamber Music Sedona’s 2023-24 season, will take place at 3 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, Ariz. 86336. Considered one of today’s most captivating artistic voices, Tessa Lark is consistently praised by critics and audiences for her astounding range…
… it was a good day today … spent the morning getting issues resolved in the security system with the help of a very knowledgeable tech from ADT and it continues functioning like brand new. Kinda fun being back on a ladder working on devices attached to the ten foot ceiling. With success like I had all morning, I decided to spend the afternoon roasting coffee and watching life go by on the golf course … lots of wildlife could have shown up too and it was sunny and warmish in the sun. Katie got out when I was carrying…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Max Lucado’s Because of Bethlehem” Dec. 5-7 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Inspired by his bestselling book, “Because of Bethlehem”, author Max Lucado invites you and your family to experience the Christmas story from a different perspective in beautiful Nashville, Tennessee. This special event will remind audiences that the spirit of Christmas is much more than a pretty tree with presents piled up underneath, but a time to reflect on the true Gift of the season. Join Max…
… a wonderful weekend with friends and food … I love this time of year as we begin the holiday season … then comes January … the beginning of another year filled with what we do not know, but trusting that all will be well for us, our families and friends. Then we get to live it day by day carrying with us the power to shape each day and choose to make the days good! Above we have a great egret flipping a crawdad before swallowing him whole … nourishment to start the day and below the text a…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival presents “Jesus in India” on Monday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Jesus in India” is an acclaimed documentary about the mystery of the missing years of Jesus by Sedona resident and noted filmmaker Paul Jeffrey Davids. In this film, a former Fundamentalist from Texas is ousted from his church for asking unwelcome questions. “If God wanted you to know that, it would have been in the Bible,” author Edward T. Martin is told, but that does not satisfy him, and he undertakes a seeker’s quest across…
Verde Valley News – Music in the Stacks returns to Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room on Thursday, December 14th at 5:00 pm. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 3-5 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month. December’s concert features some of the fan favorites that have been playing since the first days of the library’s Music in the Stacks program. These amazing musicians, sometimes referred to as “The Keepers of the Flame”, include Gary Simpkins, Christy Fisher, Mike McReynolds, Tony Cook,…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona, AZ –How could they be so stupid? Didn’t Hamas know that by doing what they did they gave Israel the moral green light to go in and destroy their country? Raping women, killing children beheading babies. What the heck were they thinking? They had to know that they would be annihilated for such heinous acts. Yet, they went ahead with them anyway. It just doesn’t make sense. They forced the hand of their most bitter enemy and handed their heads over to them on a silver platter. The images of the destruction of Northern Gaza,…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona is known throughout the world as a spiritual destination point where the land and those who live upon it march to the beat of a different drummer. Compassion. Love. Inclusivity and enlightenment are pillars upon which this community is sustained. Yet, something happened a few days ago that made me question if this is really true. I was at dinner at a local restaurant with a fellow community resident, whom I had thought to be a compassionate person. Quite off-handedly he asked me how I felt about a city plan to provide safe parking for…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory I was sitting here thinking about how little I know and laughing … well giggling might be more accurate. Having always needed to know, to figure stuff out, to raise my hand first with the right answer, I find it hilarious to realize that nothing I thought I knew remains. The instant that This revealed itself, showing itself for what it is, everything fell apart, so far apart that Humpty Dumpty will never be put back together again … and it seems, taking all desire to do so as well. Since that moment, I, this I…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48½ Anniversary” Dec. 3 and 6 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is a 1975 British comedy film written and performed by Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. The film parodies the legend of King Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail. King Arthur (played by Graham Chapman) and…