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,…
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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…
Verde Valley News – This week, Manzanita Outreach earned the status of Gold Level Certified Sustainable Business by the Verde Valley Regional Economic Organization. Only four other Verde Valley organizations have this designation, and Manzanita is the only one outside of Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek with this Gold Level status. “Some of what makes Manzanita different is our holistic view of creating food security, which is our primary goal,” said Dave Stabenfeldt, Vice Chair of Manzanita’s Board of Directors. “If we want a more resilient, sustainable, and food-secure region, we’re going to need to support local agriculture.…
The Gallery Shop at the Sedona Arts Center (SAC) is pleased to announce ceramicist Neil Kennedy as its featured artist for the months of November and December 2023 along with the works from the 19th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival. Kennedy’s artworks meld a spiritual simplicity with a figurative rhythm and physical energy. His ceramic pieces range from functional thrown forms to coil and slab-built figurative sculptures. Current artworks meld thrown forms, slabs, altering, incising and sculpting. His oeuvre reflects the spiritual energy and the magical natural beauty of Sedona, and his pieces are represented in collections throughout the Southwest, Southern California…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “The Happy Prince” showing Nov. 3-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre in honor of the festival’s 30th anniversary season. “The Happy Prince” — written and directed by Rupert Everett — features an award-winning all-star cast, including Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, Edwin Thomas and Colin Morgan. In a cheap Parisian hotel room, Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by…
Sedona AZ –Dali Lama says, “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” The City of Sedona agrees. Once again, at the suggestion of SedonaKind, the mayor and City Council voted to proclaim November 13 at Sedona Kindness Day. Around the world, people celebrate Kindness Day on November 13th, each year. With encouragement from SedonaKind, our community does the same. Throughout what has become Sedona Kindness Season, members of our community will join together to express gratitude and support each other with acts of kindness. The commitment to kindness will carry everyone through another year, despite the turmoil in the…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona, AZ — And so, it begins – the chess game of death. The opening move was the massacre in Israel, setting the stage for the opponent’s move, the bombing of Gaza into rubble and the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops in preparation for the grand invasion. The U.S. moves its pieces onto the chessboard — aircraft carriers, guided missile ships, troops, etc. Tehran, and Russia nudge their pieces into the game with Hezzbolah and other actors ready to play their part. An invasion will be launched. The players engage. The killing begins in…
… the flowers above are called Red Hot Pokers and they are pretty amazing blooms to view … below is a piece of Blue Chalcedony from Africa that I cut … some very beautiful material, translucent and amazingly clean … it is AAAA grade though, so it should be. Years ago, I was able to buy a kilo of the material when the dealer’s main customer for this grade didn’t buy it all. Sometimes you get lucky! Just a few fan headers to connect to the motherboard and then put the computer case back together and test it. It is…