Verde Valley News – Tweens will get a chance to choose a country to research and then bring it to life in the environment of Minecraft! Participants will read about historical dates, people, cultures, and monuments, and then build those places and events in the Minecraft platform. The program is first-come, first-served and limited to eight participants with registration required. Participants may register on the library events calendar at https://yavapai.events/event/minecraft-around-world. Parent/Guardian permission required for gameplay recording via Twitch, with participants identities concealed. The program takes place over six weeks beginning Friday, September 22 through October 27. Camp Verde Community Library is located…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Passages” showing Sept. 15-20 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Celebrated filmmaker Ira Sachs (Love is Strange) makes a breathtaking return with “Passages” — a fresh, honest and brutally funny take on messy, modern relationships, starring Franz Rogowski (Great Freedom), Ben Whishaw (Women Talking) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour). Set in Paris, this seductive drama tells the story of Tomas (Rogowski) and Martin (Whishaw), a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe…
… we have some movers taking to the sky tonight … the photo above is of a great blue heron climbing out after taking off from a levee at Bubbling Pond Hatchery in Page Springs and below is a fast mover Coopers Hawk rocketing out of the grass behind our home with a lizard firmly clasped in his talons. The tail and part of the head are visible on the upside of his tail … fine dining is moments away! Imagine a 757 taking to the air followed by an F-16 🙂 A beautiful day was lived today, friends, relaxation,…
Sedona News -The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Scrapper” showing Sept. 15-21 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in a working-class suburb of London following the death of her mother, filling their flat with her own special kind of magic. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason…
Verde Valley News – In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Camp Verde Community Library is hosting a series of craft classes with hands-on activities about the Dia de los Muertos holiday for families and children. Starting September 16, 2023, the classes will teach the elements and symbols of the “Ofrenda” and the special aspects of the holiday. An Ofrenda display will be showcased at the library in honor of Hispanic Heritage. The Latino community is the second largest community in Camp Verde and the Verde Valley. “Celebrating different cultures unites us as a community and broadens our experiences and perspectives of others,” said Leticia…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory It’s quite funny, you know. Seeing what this is instantly awakens everyone, the everyone that is the dreaming, that is the illusion of choice and mistakes and possibilities of failure. Everything that came before is clearly seen to be the dreaming … everything, not just the stuff you don’t want or like, but everything … all the escape routes, the ideas of getting somewhere, the hopes for better. It is quite laughable really, laughable in a soft gentle couldn’t-be-otherwise oh-what-a-life-this-is way. There is no way out of the dream. It’s all dream or simulation or illusion…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Lakota Nation vs. United States” showing Sept. 15-20 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. The award-winning documentary “Lakota Nation vs. United States” tracks the Lakota tribe’s quest to reclaim the Black Hills after the US broke their treaties with them. It is the most sacred place on earth, the birthplace of the Lakota that has shaped thought, identity and philosophy for the Očéti Šakówiŋ since time immemorial — the life-giving land known as the Black Hills. Yet with the arrival…
… it’s here … for me, and like the wild donkey in the photo, I’m on the go! More busy days coming up and that is always welcome. I got this shot down at Lake Pleasant and love all of the wild donkeys down there. After a couple of hundred years, they are still considered an invasive species … seems to me they are entitled to be considered citizens after that long … perhaps it is because they are a different species than us? Anyhow, there are hundreds of them and I’m glad they are here. Got a link to…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “The Big Chill” on Thursday, Sept. 14 at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “The Big Chill” is the second film in a month-long tribute to Glenn Close with a special “Close Encounters” series in September featuring a different Glenn Close film each week. “The Big Chill” features an all-star ensemble cast including Glenn Close, Tom Berenger, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly and Jobeth Williams. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and a Best…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona’s Parks and Recreation Department will host the fourth annual WagFest & Fair on Sept. 16, 2023 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Posse Ground Pavilion at Posse Grounds Park. This free community event is sponsored by The Golden Bone and features a variety of dog-focused fun and games, including a costume contest, talent show and doggy musical chairs! There will also be a free raffle, gift bags for the first 100 attendees, special treats, canine art exhibits, education and more. “It’s gonna be a dog-gone good time once again, with some brand new…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ —My mother died two years ago today. We all knew her as Mamasita, and she loved Sedona so. We have all experienced the death of a loved one, and always, the question arises, why? It’s so final. One minute they are here, and the next they are gone. What is the meaning of this life anyway if it inevitably ends in death? Maybe things have to die for new things to be born. Otherwise, the world would choke with no room for the new if the old don’t go. Death eats life like we do…
… the photo of the three young egrets above was taken just a week or so before they fledged and began seeking their own food and finding their own shelter. By now they are flying daily and displaying the elegance of flight that amazes those who are fortunate enough to witness it as seen in the image below the nestlings. I took the photo below when a group of 304CZ owners got together at Jean, Nevada over a long weekend. The photo is of a friend flying his 304CZ with the winglets in 15-meter configuration. We were flying the ridgeline…
Sedona News – The Unauthorized Happiness Improv team is honored to bring this month’s night of unauthorized laughter to the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 is National Video Games Day! The Unauthorized Happiness Improv team is honored to bring their monthly show of unauthorized laughter! To celebrate this silly holiday, the troupe will feature a twist to one of their beloved games, “Stunt Double”, and will bring a video-game-theme to life using audience suggestions. Congratulations to Dan Bowden, Suggestion of the Night Winner from the August show, for shouting “everlasting gobstopper” during…
Arizona News – Free firewood is available on a new area of the Coconino National Forest’s Flagstaff Ranger District for valid permit holders. The free use area is located roughly 1.5 miles down Little Elden Springs Road (Forest Road 556). Directions are included in the attached map. Collection areas are clearly marked. Free use permits are needed to collect wood and can be obtained by calling or visiting the Coconino National Forest’s Flagstaff Ranger Station located at 5057 N. Highway 89 during business hours. The Flagstaff Ranger Station is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding federal holidays. Due to limited…
Sedona, AZ — Friday Sept 22nd from 6-9 p.m. is the opening night party for “Jazz It up Sedona” celebration for the Sedona Winefest. The event will benefit the Verde Valley Wine Consortium which is a Wine producer’s trade organization that promotes, enhances and connects every part of the wine community in the Verde Valley. You will enjoy wine tasting from four Arizona produced Wineries, Dinner and Live music by The Art of Sax with Will Donato and Eddie Reddick. Doors open at 6 p.m., with complimentary wine tasting from 3 Arizona Wineries from 6-8 p.m. There will be a gourmet…