Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Beyond Utopia” on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 23 and 24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A suspenseful, riveting portrait of the lengths people will go to gain freedom, “Beyond Utopia” follows various families as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most oppressive places on Earth, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. At the film’s core is a courageous pastor, a man of God on a mission to help a mother reunite with…
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Award-winning bronze sculptor Kim Kori, who has called Sedona home for 45 years, recently published a book chronicling her storied career. Throughout 156 pages, Stories in Bronze features images of 60 sculptures, including Kim’s very first, Edge of the Forest, released in 1986, along with an account of the artist’s life and accomplishments. Spurred on by an encouraging collector, it took Kim more than two years to finish the coffee-table book. Kim describes her work as magical realism. Her depictions of flora and fauna are executed realistically, yet her sculptures tell stories that are in a place somewhere between possible and impossible. Kim grew up…
Sedona AZ — Sedona-based artist Christine DeSpain Schroeder will be exhibiting her new series of ethereal angel paintings Sunday, October 29, 4 to 7 p.m. at the James Ratliff Gallery in Hillside Sedona, joined by renowned violinist Marlene Rausch who will perform during the presentation a symphony of angels. Touched and guided by angels since she was a child and through her artistic career as a painter and artist, DeSpain’s new works culminate a lifetime of artistic accomplishments and endeavors as her new ethereal paintings take the viewer on a metaphysical journey through time and space, guided by the angels…
… Katie has finally decided to take control and learn to fly jets … I got this shot of her after landing her Lear Jet a little long on R3 at KSEZ and taxiing back to the main ramp at A6 … in back of her and at about 500′ AGL the V-22 Osprey is coming in for a landing on R21 … no doubt many more flights and planes for Katie to come in the future. A friend referred me to a longtime favorite book of many people called Stick and Rudder an explanation of the art of flying. It is…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival presents “The Wonders of Sedona and Northern Arizona: Through the Lens, Eyes and Mind of Ted Grussing” at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The event will benefit the International Raptor and Falconry Center. Join Ted as he guides you through the wonders and beauty of Sedona, the Colorado Plateau and Northern/Central Arizona from a perspective that few have ever seen … the beauty of the red rocks as seen from above and through the clouds, volcanoes and mountains, canyons and rivers … and on…
Verde Valley News – Camp Verde Community Library’s next free Special Concert Series is Thursday, October 26th from 5:00- 6:30 pm, featuring Sue Schnitzer. Sue Schnitzer grew up dancing to AM radio rock and roll with her mom in the kitchen. She took the requisite piano lessons and when she was 12 used her own money to buy a shiny guitar for around $30. In her teens she started writing angsty songs and poems which she has in a few boxes but refuses to share. In college she got more serious about her writing and playing. After college, music took a back…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Love and Laughter” Comedy Night live onstage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. What do you get when you take two national stand-up comedy headliners with material that deals with relationships, kids and has 90 minutes of hilarity? You get the nation’s most requested comedy show, “Love and Laughter”. The show stars Barry Neal, aka The Counselor of Love. Barry has been seen on NBC, Comedy Central, MTV, and has toured the world with his brand of comedy that is enjoyed…
… at last, some fresh photos taken over the past few days … subject matter being apex predators, animal and human. A friend and I went up to the airport the afternoon before the airshow at KSEZ and got some great shots of the Marine aircraft that came in … a Cobra attack helicopter, A Huey helicopter and a V22 Osprey … fabulous birds all and an extension of the power of humans. When I got home, I flopped on the bed to take a short nap, but with the window open, I heard a golfer exclaim: “Bobcat!” … ten…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “The Birds” 60th Anniversary on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “The Birds” is the fifth film in a month-long tribute to Alfred Hitchcock with a special “Hitchcock-tober” series in October. “The Birds’ features an all-star ensemble cast including Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects. Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” — celebrating its 60th anniversary — is an unforgettable masterpiece that is considered one of the most…
Verde Valley News – In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Camp Verde Community Library and the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts (PECPAF) has joined forces to sponsor a community event in celebration of the Día de los Muertos holiday. The free event will be held on Sunday, November 5, 2023, from 1:30 to 6:00 pm at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts, 210 Camp Lincoln Road in Camp Verde. It will feature Ballet Folklorico de Colores, mariachi music, ofrendas (offerings to the departed), a food truck, hands-on activities, and more. The Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai…
Sedona, AZ — Tlaquepaque Arts & Shopping Village celebrates its twelfth anniversary of Day of the Dead this year. You can expect lavish decorations, life size sculptures, and world class, interactive entertainment at the event. This Free five-day celebration runs from October 28th through November 2nd. In Tlaquepaque’s usual fashion, they will celebrate art in all its forms! Day of the Dead or “Old Souls Day” maybe Mexico’s most popular holiday. In Mexican culture, death is not to be feared. As the afterlife is viewed as a natural part of a person’s journey. The tradition goes back thousands of years…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum is excited to present an all new program: “Our Town Sedona: Only We’re Dead…The Musical!” This unique theatrical performance will take place for two nights only, October 27 and 28, at 4:45 pm in Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery. “Our Town Sedona” features actors who take on the personalities of people from Sedona’s past who are buried in our community’s historic cemeteries – Cook’s Cedar Glade Cemetery and Schuerman Red Rock Loop Cemetery. Their spirits will rise from the grave to share their stories of laughter and sadness, love and heartache with the audience. …
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Pigeon Tunnel” showing Oct. 20-26 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of former British spy David Cornwell — better known as John le Carré, author of such classic espionage novels as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Constant Gardener. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Cold War leading into present day, the film spans six decades as le…
Hālau Hula Nāpuaokaleiʻilima has received many requests for performances in the area. Finding it difficult to meet all of these requests, Kumu Hula Kēhau Chrisman invites you to join her students (haumana) at the 18th annual Hoʻike (hula exhibition show) on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts at 280 Camp Lincoln Road in Camp Verde. Doors open at 1:15 PM, and the show starts at 1:30 PM. During the show, Haumana (students) will perform ‘Auana (modern) hula and rarely seen Kahiko (ancient) hula learned over the years from Kumu Hula Kēhau Chrisman. Take advantage…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona theatrical debut of “Americanish” showing Oct. 20-26 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. “Americanish” was a hit at the 2022 Sedona International Film Festival where it won the coveted Directors’ Choice Award for Best Comedy Feature Film. The film has won numerous top awards from prestigious film festivals around the country. Welcome to America: Where dreams come true … ish. A break from the traditional romantic comedy, “Americanish” highlights different layers of womanhood as they intersect with cultural and societal expectations. “Americanish”…