By Jan Marc Quisumbing Scheduling Coordinator Sedona News – Join us for popcorn and catch the latest Hollywood blockbusters at 2 p.m. at Sedona Public Library in the Village for free! Join your community and catch up on movies you may have missed while in theatres or discover a new favorite. Visit sedonalibrary.org and click the EVENTS tab and choose the SPL in the Village link to see the monthly calendar of events at your community library! Or give us a call at (928) 282-7714 during library hours. Sedona Public Library is located at 25 West Saddlehorn Road in the Village of…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the globe to present the worldwide theatrical premiere of “The Stones and Brian Jones” showing Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Nick Broomfield’s new documentary “The Stones and Brian Jones” uncovers the true story and legacy of Brian Jones, the founder and creative genius of The Rolling Stones. As a schoolboy aged 14, Nick Broomfield met Brian Jones, by chance, on a train. Brian was at the height of his success, with the world at his feet, yet just six years later he would…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona AZ — Sometimes what needs to be said can only be said with a poem, for words purified in rhyme run deep in the mind and now is the time to sow them. Ride Noble Captain Under the gun of a moonless sky Johnny B. Good takes a ride Down the broken streets of time Through this strange and twisting rhyme. “Where goes the poet tonight?” He’s asked by the cop with the flashing lights. “I’m going where truth dies, he replies. “I’m going… to the birthplace of lies.” Ride noble captain into the blood…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Titanic: The Musical” — filmed for the screen in London’s West End — showing Nov. 5-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. In the final hours of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and ‘the unsinkable ship’ slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century — 1,517 men, women, and children lost their lives. Based on real people aboard the…
Sedona News – The Sedona-Oak Creek Airport Authority (SOCAA) announces that the Sedona Airport on Wed, October 25th hosted the Sedona Art’s Center Sedona Plein Air Festival. Artists arrived between 3 and 4 pm and selected from one of four locations to paint from nature. Options were the Northern end of Tabletop Mesa, an elevated area near the helipads, the Airport Terminal, and the Airport Scenic Overlook. They painted from nature with the light changing over the next several hours and gathered in the Airport Terminal by 6pm to frame and show their just-finished artworks. They were met by a…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory It depends on how you define human. I am guessing my definition would be different from yours. In my definition, I am a messy human just like you, just like the entire population of this glorious planet … another concept I’d need to define a bit differently as well. In the dreamworld, what most call life, I’m an appearance of being human, experiencing a version of life unique to me. I appear to interact with other appearances but in reality I am interacting with the concepts and ideas, thoughts and perceptions, feelings and sensations that are…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Full Circle” showing Nov. 3-9 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Faced with a traumatic injury that renders you permanently disabled, how would you reinvent yourself? In 2014, Trevor Kennison’s life was forever altered by a broken back — for worse and for better, in equal measures. Barry Corbet, an intrepid skier, mountaineer, explorer, filmmaker, and Jackson Hole legend, broke his back in a helicopter crash in 1968. Frustrated by a pre-ADA culture that did not accept or support the disabled, Barry reinvented himself,…
Sedona News – Come enjoy a wide variety of foods, brews and tunes as the Sedona Food Truck Festival returns to Posse Grounds Park from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 4, 2023! A mouthwatering food truck lineup will be on site, each offering a $5 sampler item in addition to a complete menu. Craft beer and wine will be for sale courtesy of Rotary Club of the Red Rocks. Musical entertainment will be part of the festivities all day, and includes the retro vibes of DJ Lounge Lizard D, with featured live band Llory McDonald and Combo…
Verde Valley News – Camp Verde Youth Action Alliance is inviting teens ages 11-17 to their 1st Annual Halloween After-Party for Teens! After the Trunk or Treat event on Main Street, teens are invited to join us for some hair-raising, spooky fun at Camp Verde Community Library between 6:00p and 9:00p on Tuesday, October 31st. Teens are encouraged to come in costume for Halloween games, music, and treats! In addition to having a spine-chilling good time, interested teens can find out more about the Verde Youth Action Alliance, or VYAA. VYAA is a group of teens whose mission is to make the community a…
Sedona News – The Climbing Film Tour visits Sedona Nov. 3-9 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. The tour is back for its fourth season with an awesome selection of short films celebrating the global climbing community. Brace yourself for an even more thrilling and adrenaline-pumping experience, showcasing the most captivating Australian vertical adventures on the global stage. Get ready to be inspired by tales of courage, unsung heroes, and climbing icons, fueling your passion to conquer new heights and fulfill your wildest dreams. Join us for an exhilarating journey like no other! The…
Sedona, AZ – Sunday, October 29th, 5pm to 8pm, Sound Bites Grill is offering the unforgettable Halloween musical murder mystery, Batrina’s Ghosts & Beggars Ball. This special Halloween Eve treat will surely trick guests into “who dun it” and get their Halloween festivities underway for the weekend. Cast members are listed as a Who’s who of Sedona and the Verde Valley. Dev Ross as Detective Dandy Dick. Tom Jepperson as crazy mad scientist Dr. Frankenfurter, Brad Roberts as sleazy TV producer Hector, and Shondra Jepperson as Batrina the Hostess with the Mostess. Dev Ross, Brad Roberts, and Tom & Shondra have extensive theatre, TV, film…
… while we humans can rely on others to harvest our food and bring it to stores which are convenient for us so that all we have to do is enter the store and select what we want, bring it home and consume it, most other species are not so fortunate and must bring full concentration and focus to the job of collecting their sustenance … you can see it in their eyes … total focus … they can only afford to miss so many times before they lose the strength to try again. The bobcat in the photo above…
Sedona News – In honor and celebration of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), “Coco” returns to the big screen in Sedona on Thursday, Nov. 2. The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the return one-night-only engagement at 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Feel free to dress in costume — if you wish — and come enjoy the festivities of Dia de los Muertos with this special screening with Day of the Dead treats, food and fun — all included in the ticket price! Prizes will be given for the best costumes.…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host its annual Veterans Day Tribute on Saturday, November 11, at 11 am. Veterans from every branch of the US military, active military, family, friends, supporters, and residents who want to show their appreciation for our nation’s veterans are invited to attend this annual event. Shondra Jepperson will act as emcee for the program. Tom Jepperson and Jeanie Carroll will perform patriotic songs. Bugler Brad Moors, retired Master Sergeant from The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” will play “Taps.” Moors served as a bugler at the Tomb of the Unknowns in…
Sedona News – This Halloween, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 from 5 to 8 p.m., the Sedona Parks and Recreation Department, Sedona Police Department and Uptown merchants will partner to host trick or treating once again in the Uptown area. Trick or treaters can expect the same safe and fun community experience this year, with hundreds of families coming out to enjoy this traditional Sedona event. Uptown merchants participating in the event will display “participating merchant” signage and will be well stocked with candy supplies. In addition to the community coming together in costume, the Sedona Dance Academy and the Halloween…