… there is a universal manner to settle disputes which crosses the lines of all species and that is combat … food gathering is also a necessity common to all species. In the photo above we have a coopers hawk that has found captured, de-feathered and is consuming its dinner … quail … we like them too! coopers hawks primarily dine on other birds. In the photo below we have a coopers hawk in combat with a pair of crows that delight in terrorizing other creatures in the neighborhood. The coopers hawks are favorite targets, but usually the coopers hawk…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the summer encore of the Met Opera’s “Akhnaten” (from the 2019 season) on Saturday, July 29 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The Met’s critically acclaimed 2019 production of Philip Glass’s mesmerizing modern masterpiece returns to cinemas this summer, starring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the revolutionary pharaoh who attempted to radically alter his empire. Karen Kamensek conducts. Phelim McDermott’s stunning production employs a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers to conjure a mystical reimagining of ancient Egypt. In her Met debut, J’Nai Bridges sings…
Verde Valley News – Camp Verde Community Library’s next free Special Concert Series is Thursday, July 27th from 5:00- 6:30 pm, featuring the band Slide Rock. Winston Norrish and Chris Malek met in 2021 after both of their families moved to Sedona, and they began playing as Slide Rock later that year. “Our catalog is the songbook of our lives” says Chris, “with music from the ‘60s through the present day, reflecting the many places we’ve lived: Texas, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, Washington, Europe, Canada, and of course, Arizona. While many of the groups we play are familiar, for the most part we…
Verde Valley News – Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery presents the Art in the Pines Artists’ Pre-Exhibition, a showcase of landscape and nature paintings by 16 artists from across Arizona. The artists were chosen from among dozens of hopefuls to participate in Art in the Pines: The 4th Annual Prescott Plein Air Festival, August 24-27, 2023. A pre-event to the Plein Air Festival, the Aug. 10-20 exhibition will present up to three paintings for sale by each artist and will include an online charity auction of paintings donated by the artists. Proceeds from the auction will go to fund art prizes for YC students and Plein…
… seems like I am stuck in a groove celebrating coolness … mostly the temperature kind, but the time I spent slope/ridge soaring the ridge lines at the San Francisco Peaks was pretty cool too … so tonight we combine the two. The top photo was taken on a mid June day a few years ago … there are eight hikes on the summit of Humphreys Peak and there is still snow on the ridge lines and you can see the trail leading to the summit; below and behind the peak is the inner basin with all the rich greenery…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Afire” showing July 28-Aug. 3 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon (Thomas Schubert) and photographer Felix (Langston Uibel) are surprised by the presence of Nadja (Paula Beer), a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at Felix’s family’s holiday home. Nadja distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel and with brutal honesty, forces him to confront his caustic temperament and self-absorption. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and tensions…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona invites city residents to participate in the city’s expanded community food scraps compost program now that there are 50 additional slots open. In the program’s first year, 50 Sedona households were invited to apply, with all the slots being filled within the first four months. With the start of the program’s second year, it will now be open to an additional 50 Sedona households with no extra cost to the city. Participating households may drop off food scraps at Posse Grounds Park during open park hours. The drop-off location is located by the…
Sedona News – The Cathedral Rock Trailhead on the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest will be closed to the public on Wednesday (July 19) due to the City of Sedona conducting work along Back O’ Beyond Road and the necessity to close the road which accesses the trailhead. The trail itself is open for hiking, but the public will need to access Cathedral Rock Trail through alternate trailheads, such as Baldwin Trail Trailhead or Little Horse Trailhead. The city’s work consists of installing a new concrete box culvert system at the low-water crossing along Back O’ Beyond Road.
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theatres nationwide and select locations internationally to present the Metropolitan Opera acclaimed summer encore series at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The 2023 Summer Encore Series includes: Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten” Saturday, July 29 at 1 p.m. The Met’s critically acclaimed 2019 production of Philip Glass’s mesmerizing modern masterpiece returns to cinemas this summer, starring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the revolutionary pharaoh who attempted to radically alter his empire. Karen Kamensek conducts. Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” Saturday, Aug. 5 at 1 p.m Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor Marcelo…
… a terrific weekend … mostly indoors and reviewing many photos taken during cooler times than we are currently experiencing. The shot above was taken looking to the NNW from over the Village of Oak Creek … Courthouse Rock is in the lower left , Cathedral Rock above that and Airport Mesa Above that and Thunder Mountain above it … Wilson Mountain is on the right side partially in the clouds and Oak Creek Canyon behind it … it was a beautiful day and cool. Below is a photo of the rim and wilderness area between Sedona and the Village…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theatres around the globe to present the world tour of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival showing July 21-27 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Get ready for heart-thumping action, big laughs, and pure inspiration. Each year, the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival takes award-winning and other selected films on tour around Canada and to various locations throughout the USA and around the world. This year’s tour will feature the following films: DREAMING OF A BETTER PLACE: Nestled deep within British Columbia, the Gostlin family finds solace in the…
Sedona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises Verde Valley area drivers to plan for daytime lane restrictions on State Route 179 beginning Monday, July 17, through Friday July 28. Drivers should allow for extra travel time while the following daytime restrictions are in place from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and 5 a.m. to noon on Fridays as needed: SR 179 will be narrowed to one lane only with alternating north- and southbound travel between I-17 and the Village of Oak Creek (mileposts 300 – 305). Flaggers and a pilot car will guide drivers through…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Past Lives” showing July 21-27 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea in “Past Lives”. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance. “A soaring, decades-spanning romance that will make you catch your breath.” — The Hollywood Reporter “Past Lives” will be…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Like chess pieces on a board, life moves us into our always-changing positions. It’s not actually predetermined. It’s improvisational, in the moment, the natural flow of experience. Were we able to choose our experience, we would have autonomy, but we don’t, not really, even though it seems we do at times. Life is pretty cool that way. Do we choose cancer or heart attacks, relationship break-ups, or getting a new job just in time to be in the wrong place, wrong as far as we would choose if we had the choice? Maybe we don’t choose…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “My Happy Ending” showing July 21-27 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “My Happy Ending” is a poignant and funny female ensemble comedy about four women laughing in the face of adversity, that packs a strong emotional punch. Julia Roth (Andie MacDowell) — a somewhat forgotten Hollywood star — discovers she has cancer the day the West End play that was supposed to be her comeback is cancelled. Not fully understanding the magnitude of this discovery, she decides to go…