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…
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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…
Coconino County News – The Flat Fire located north of the San Francisco Peaks and 4.5 miles west of U.S. Highway 89 (GPS: 35°28’04.0″N 111°39’16.3″W), began Monday, July 10, was caused from an individual burning grass trimmings. The fire is currently estimated to be 32% contained at 156 acres and started from a private citizen burning grass trimmings in a burn pit that got out of control due to wind conditions and spread quickly. Coconino County Sheriff’s Office arrested an individual and charged him with reckless burning and violation of the county fire ban. Current resources assigned to the fire include…
Sedona News – In a collaborative effort between Manzanita Outreach, Yavapai County Community Health Services, and the Yavapai County Free Library District, a new website was launched this week to increase access to basic needs resources throughout Yavapai County. Individuals, social workers, and basic needs providers will use the site – MOHelp.org – as a simple process to find comprehensive support. All three organizations independently received funding in 2022 to support such an initiative. Beginning last year, representatives from each organization began meeting to discuss how to collaborate with each other in lieu of producing nearly identical projects separately. “Collaboration…
By Tommy Acosta We all know that tourism remains the lifeblood of Sedona’s economy. The recent discord between the city and the Sedona Chamber of Commerce has led to a significant decline in visitor numbers. To revitalize tourism and restore Sedona to its former glory, strategic efforts from multiple stakeholders are needed. We, as a community, need to explore various avenues for enticing tourists to visit Sedona and outline actionable steps that businesses, the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and local media can take to boost tourism. First, Sedona must adopt an integrated and targeted advertising approach. The city…
Artists get asked a lot of questions, but one of the most common just might be: What inspires you to create? In preparation for In the Mood, Rowe Fine Art Gallery’s latest show, which opens with a reception on Friday, August 4, at 4 p.m., the gallery posed that very question to its own family of painters, sculptors and jewelers. As it turns out, inspiration can result in either a specific artwork or just the drive to spend time in the studio. Navajo stone sculptor Alvin Marshall gets in the mood to create by waking up early, a practice his…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)” showing July 21-27 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s feature documentary “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)” tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time. They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom…
… in just a few months we will be enjoying cooling weather and forget the heat of summer … throughout the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s all governmental agencies and the media including scientific journals and papers were proclaiming the eminent coming of another ice age … mercifully all scary predictions whether heat or cold never seem to actually occur … I love this cooling scene at the airport after a very warm day in Phoenix and it will be this way again in just a few months. The airport was closed and I spent some time shooting everything I could…