Sedona News – In its ongoing series of featured artists, the Sedona Renegades Artist Group is pleased to welcome Mary Dove as their honored guest artist in July. She will be exhibiting an engaging selection of her works throughout the month at the Sedona Center for Harmony and Enrichment in Hozho Center. In addition, the group will be supporting the generous work of the Sedona Community Food Bank and its volunteers and patrons during July. The public is cordially invited to the venue’s First Friday reception on July 7 from 5-7:30 PM, where Ms. Dove will be present to chat…
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Sedona Az–Vino di Sedona in West Sedona celebrated its Grand Re-Opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, June 27, to a standing room only crowd of supporters and patrons. New owners Jonathan and Lauren Maldonado hosted the event with music, delicious food, a custom beer release, and good cheer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0gae0BXYYo Sedona Mayor Scott Jablow was there participating in the festivities and gave his blessings to the success of the young couple owners. Vino di Sedona has an extensive selection of fine wines of the highest quality and taste. The same for their extensive selection of beer bound to satisfy any beer…
… above, Enedina, Michele’s Saker Falcon is coming in for a landing and for refueling and in the photo below, Michele is providing the necessary water to keep Enedina hydrated. Enedina is a member of the second fastest species on planet earth … Saker Falcons attain sustained speeds in excess of 90 mph in level flight and can hit 200 mph in a stoop (dive) and are the second largest falcon … only the Peregrine Falcon is faster and the Gyrfalcon larger. Some fun facts about falcons. Michele (IRFC) picked up a new male American Kestrel in New Mexico today … anxious to…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Theatrikos Theatre Company to present “5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche” live on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, July 2 at 2 p.m. “5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche” — by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood — is a production of Theatrikos Theatre Company in Flagstaff and directed for the stage by Michael Rulon. Hold on to your quiches! It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. A tasty recipe of hysterical laughs,…
Arizona News – Stage 1 fire and smoking restrictions will be in effect Thursday, June 29 at 8 a.m. across the entirety of the Coconino National Forest and the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. The City of Flagstaff and Coconino County plan on implementing fire restrictions this week as well. Under Forest Service Stage 1 restrictions, fires, campfires, charcoal, coal and wood stoves are prohibited, except within a developed recreation site. Smoking is also prohibited, except within an enclosed vehicle, building or a developed recreation site. Fireworks are always prohibited on all national forest and state lands. Using a device that is solely fueled by pressurized liquid petroleum…
Sedona News – Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold a special event on Wednesday, July 5 at 6:00 pm. featuring the documentary titled Youth v. Gov. The documentary will be shown at KSB’s EcoHub located at 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. This award-winning documentary gives voice to the twenty-one youth plaintiffs in the federal case, Juliana v. the United States of America, demanding the government protect their future from the chaos of a changing climate. Youth v. Gov gives thoughtful insight into their lives and foreshadowed the Held v. State of Montana, June 14, 2023, hearing. The Montana youth, sixteen plaintiffs between the…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Close to Vermeer” showing July 7-11 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. In “Close to Vermeer”, award-winning director Suzanne Raes gives us a unique insight into the realization of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever. She films Rijksmuseum curators Gregor Weber and Pieter Roelofs and conservators Abbie Vandivere and Anna Krekeler in their mission to shine a new light on Johannes Vermeer. Although The Milkmaid and Girl with a Pearl Earring are world-famous, we know little about the painter himself. No…
… there are places I enjoy being and here are two of them … few places are as captivating as flying over the Colorado Plateau and here we have a three peak lineup with Kendrick being the closest, then Sitgreaves mountain and Bill Williams Mountain in the background on the left side and the clouds and lighting were fabulous … and how can you beat a round of golf at the Ocean course in Half Moon Bay? The Ritz Carlton is like a castle on the point overlooking the Pacific Ocean and beyond that off the point you can see…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theatres around the country to present the premiere of “Sound of Freedom” showing July 3-6 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Sound of Freedom” is an inspiring story based on true events that sheds light on the grim reality of child sex trafficking. It is the true story of a man who risks everything to bring a ray of light and hope to the most hidden corners of our world, seeking to save children chained in the dark. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a…
Arizona News – The Coconino National Forest resumed command of the lightning-caused 10,279-acre Wilbur Fire Thursday morning (June 22), which originated 8.5 miles west of Clints Well on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District. The Wilbur Fire is being managed with multiple strategies to meet objectives including the release of nutrients back into the soil and the reduction of hazardous fuel accumulations. Objectives also include protecting critical infrastructure, watersheds, wildlife habitat and culturally sensitive areas from future catastrophic wildfires. Managing low-intensity wildfires such as this reduces the threat of catastrophic fire by reducing the accumulation of dead wood, pinecones, and pine needles, that…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Unify Sedona to host “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” Extravaganza as the grand finale of the Gay Pride Month celebration on Friday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Costumes are encouraged, so … come dressed in your favorite “Queen of the Desert” attire and join the party! Prizes will be given for Most Outrageous Costume, Best Themed Costume and Best Headdress. A champagne reception in the courtyard will follow the film. Get your picture taken in our own “Priscilla”…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Each of us lives in a world of limitation, limits set by the capacity of our imagination. It seems that the entire thrust of life is to manifest the creative urge within while breaking through the boundaries we self-create. The is no one boundary shared by all. That should tell you something about the reality of boundaries. The boundary is different for each of us, based upon what we can allow to be possible. The very personalized real-ms of possibility are constantly morphing, expanding, or shrinking. They are never static even though it may seem that…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Blue Jean” showing June 30-July 6 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. In Georgia Oakley’s stunning directorial debut “Blue Jean”, it’s 1988 England and Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law stigmatizing gays and lesbians, forcing Jean (Rosy McEwen, in a powerhouse performance), a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core. The BAFTA-nominated film won the Venice Film Festival’s…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, Az –There is an old saying that holds especially true in this day and age that “The Devil is in the details.” On page 96 of the City council agenda packet for it’s Tuesday June 27 meeting there is a detail that warrants a bit of scrutiny for those whose lives and livelihood could be affected by the planned city ordinance to ban off road vehicles from the city’s streets. It may be something. It may be nothing. But let us take a look at this detail just for the heck of it. First what makes…
By Carl Jackson Sedona Az News – In an era of self-driving cars and artificial intelligence it’s hard to imagine that once upon a time the simple roundabout was a technological marvel. According to the Department of Transportation, the roundabout was invented in 1877 by the French architect Eugene Henard. But it wasn’t until 1966 in the United Kingdom that the modern roundabout, known as the “yield-at-entry” roundabout, became widely popular. Modern roundabouts then came to France in 1983 but didn’t make their way to America until 1990. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Arizona has about 80…