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…
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… 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”…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Here I go again … loving me some what ifs! What if there’s nothing wrong? What if you’ve never made a mistake? What if everything is as it is and couldn’t be any other way … or it would be? Can you relax into that? Can you let the hard times be hard, let the pain be pain, and simply enjoy the times that are easier? With that, can you let all those you believe harmed you off the hook, because if you haven’t made a mistake, neither did they? That doesn’t mean they didn’t hurt…
Sedona News – Do you have artistic, literary or other creative ideas that you want to turn into a business, but you aren’t sure how to get started? Join creative consultant J’net Smith at Sedona Public Library in the Community Room on Thursday, October 19 at 6:30 p.m. for a free informative hour-long program. Turn your ideas and passion into reality! Attendees will learn the top 10 questions (AND ANSWERS) Smith uses to guide her clients as they establish a plan for developing a creative business and building a brand. J’net Smith, owner All Art Licensing, has played a leading role…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” showing Friday, Oct. 20 and Thursday, Oct. 26 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A voice that spanned genres and generations, a talent that elevated the art of the song, a heart like a wheel that continues to revolve around family, music, and the art that brings us together. Since bursting onto the music scene in 1967, Linda Ronstadt’s extraordinary vocal range and ambition created unforgettable songs across rock, pop, country, folk ballads, American standards, classic Mexican music…
The Sedona Heritage Museum presents poet and author Michael Peach in a special and spooky performance of “Haunted History” on Sunday, October 29, at 3 pm in the Apple Shed at the Museum. Spend a haunted afternoon at the Museum listening to ghostly tales, some of which took place right here in Sedona! Peach, a master storyteller, will share local history, original stories, and his own poetry all with spooky Halloween twists and turns! An award winning actor, playwright, and historian, Michael Peach is especially good at bringing history to life through the spoken word. But listener beware – he…
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 will officially kick off with Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walkng” live via simulcast on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. and the encore presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 3 p.m. Plan to come early as John Steinbrunner will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the LIVE production on Saturday. Jake Heggie’s powerful work has its highly anticipated Met premiere in a new production…
… on an early April morning on the lake we had some awesome shooting whilst the grebes on the lake were doing pretty good too … the Western Grebe above had just scored a breakfast and his day was off to a good start. The Eared Grebe below would score soon, but here he is still searching for his first one. Grebes spend their lives on the water … their legs are on the very back of the body and that makes them ill-suited to walk on the land. Another terrific day has been lived … still breathing and still…