Does Sedona Have a Healthy Economy? By Mark TenBroek Sedona Arizona – We have been hearing that the local economy is heading toward a recession and that the local business situation is dire. So it is important to look back and see how the economy has performed over the past few years and how this compares with the current economic situation. This can tell us where we are likely headed and how we may be able to adjust course. It is also important to understand that we have been through a significant upset in the local, national, and international economies. …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18TgC8GXcBM Sedona, AZ — Jazz master Dave Len Scott will be performing Saturday, June 23, from 5:30 p.m. onwards, at the Steakhouse89 lounge in West Sedona. Scott is known throughout the Sedona music scene as a true professional performer with years as a luminary in the world of jazz. He was raised in Detroit, Michigan, Scott spending 25 years as a freelance trumpeter and pianist, touring with Boz Scaggs and recording with artists on the Concord Jazz record label (Rosemary Clooney, Michael Feinstein, Big Kahuna & The Copa Cat Pack). For a time, he was lead trumpeter and featured soloist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Prisoner’s Daughter” showing June 30-July 6 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “Prisoner’s Daughter” features an award-winning ensemble cast, including Brian Cox, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Convery. Following a terminal cancer diagnosis, a prisoner is granted a compassionate release: an opportunity to spend his final few weeks under house arrest with his loved ones. Except there is very little love lost between Maxine (Kate Beckinsale) and her estranged ex-con father Max (Brian Cox). It’s only her perilous financial state which…
Sedona News – The Cathedral Rock Trailhead on the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest will be closed to the public on Tuesday (June 27) 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.
… what a great day it was and early morning found us on the quiet waters of Lake Pleasant and the shooting was as good as the dining for the creatures that inhabit the area. Above is a shot of a Great Blue Heron attempting to get a fresh kill down the hatch … it simply wasn’t going to happen though as the fish was way to big to get down his throat! I’m sure that some other creature was happy to finish off the fresh catch though and our heron found a more diminutive fish for breakfast. An egret…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona encore of “Loren & Rose” showing June 30-July 5 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Loren & Rose” premiered at the recent Sedona International Film Festival and received some of the highest audience ratings in the festival lineup. Film star Jacqueline Bisset was honored with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The film is returning to Sedona by popular demand. Rose is a legendary actress trying to revive her career. Loren is a promising filmmaker. Over the course of their many encounters, a deep friendship evolves as their…
… continuing the review of older photos in the portfolio today and a look at some recent ones … the photo above is an azalea plant at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California that I shot last month when I was up there for a presentation to the Padre Trails Camera Club. I love shooting flowers and the very short lived beauty that they bring to those who take the time to look around. The bloom is gone, but the beauty shared will be here for a while. Below is a shot of a golden retriever puppy that was calling it quits on being in…
Arizona News – Crews are continuing work on the Wilbur fire, a lightning-caused wildfire located on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest. Wilbur Fire at a glance: Acreage: 9,048 Containment: 41 percent Start date: May 21, 2023 Total personnel: 130 Location: 8.5 miles west of Clints Well, Arizona Fuels: Ponderosa pine and pinyon-juniper Highlights: Monday night fire crews conducted hand ignitions on Twentynine Mile Butte, achieving desired low to moderate-severity fire effects on the landscape. On Tuesday, ignitions were conducted along Forest Road (FR) 144 and progressed west to the existing fire perimeter along State Route (SR) 260 south…
… a few days ago I got an email with photos from a friend on the east coast recounting the days that he and friends spent slope soaring RC gliders at Cape Cod … well, I never did Cape Cod, but I did fly RC gliders on the bluffs overlooking the Santa Ana River and the beautiful Huntington Beach, beaches and the Pacific Ocean. I wanted to send Dick a few photos of those days so I have been combing old and forgotten folders with scans from those days … time got away from me so the length of the…
… a little fun and change of pace as we head out to the bed of Spuria Innovator Iris’s in my back yard … both images show one of the iris’s as the bloom is beginning to unfurl, but the one above has a ladybug at the top of the bud in exquisite detail, whilst the one below is relying on its natural beauty to attract my attention. The blooms are now in the past, but the memories live on and next year they will again bloom … seasons pass and life goes on for all of us … what…
Sedona News – The Unauthorized Happiness Improv team is back and honored to bring a night of laughter to the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Tuesday, June 27 at 7 p.m. This month, the UH Team is bringing out some NEW GAMES for the June show that are sure to make everyone absolutely burst with laughter! Calling all Random Objects! We’re inviting audience members to bring small, random objects from their house, a funny doll, a nick-nack from the office or just something weird from your AirBnB! Make sure it’s clean; inappropriate objects will not be authorized. Unauthorized Happiness will…
Arizona News – Crews are continuing work on the Wilbur fire; a lightning-caused wildfire located on the Mogollon Rim Ranger District (MRRD) of the Coconino National Forest. Acreage: 7,938 Containment: 41 percent Start date: May 21, 2023 Total personnel: 150 Location: 8.5 miles west of Clints Well (Mogollon Rim Ranger District, Coconino National Forest) Fuels: Ponderosa pine and pinyon-juniper Highlights: Over the weekend fire crews patrolled and secured the fire’s edge along Forest Road (FR) 142 and Highway 260 near FR 144. Crews conducted tactical firing operations along FR 616 to FR 149 utilizing interior forest roads and continuing west to…
Cottonwood AZ – The City of Cottonwood adopted a new short-term/vacation rental registration and notification process under Ordinance # 731 which was approved by the Cottonwood City Council on March 7, 2023. This ordinance can be found on the City’s website and explains the details of the registration and any fines and fees associated with the ordinance. This letter is to provide the new application to residential property owners and to serve as notification that any residential property used as a short team rental property (and located within Cottonwood City Limits) shall be registered. A short-term rental is defined as…
Sedona News – The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) of Sedona presents filmmaker and educator Jennifer W. Stein in the new series dedicated to the scientific research of the UFO phenomena. Her lecture is “Gobekli Tepe – An Enigma of Human History” Sunday, July 9, at 3:00 pm, at The Center for Christ Consciousness, 100 Northview Road, Sedona, AZ 86336. Gobekli Tepe, which means “potbelly hill” in Turkish, is thought to be at least 12,000 years old. It was excavated in 1994 after being buried for thousands of years. The site contains the oldest known megaliths in the world: two pillars made…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Whirlpools, spirals, fingerprint patterns, snakes coiled ready to strike … vortexes of movement expanding contracting pulling in, pushing out … forces of aliveness in form, heartbeats of life. So easy to overlook, to miss completely, to rush past in embrace of the next new thing. Force fields, unwinding or coiling tighter, appearances of amplification and condensation, of compression and relaxation, up or down, in or out. Every action a vortex, tightening its grip on what is known or opening into the unknown, every breath paying homage to love or to fear, sometimes both at the same…