Sedona News – UPDATE – May 24, 2023 – The Miller Fire, located in the Secret Mountain Wilderness of the Coconino National Forest’s Red Rock Ranger District (RRRD) (GPS coordinates: 34°57’21.2″N 111°50’05.6″W), is now at roughly 19 acres. It is creeping and smoldering upslope and to the southwest toward the south side of Secret Canyon and Maroon Mountain at a low rate of spread. Crews assigned to the fire include one Hotshot crew, two engines and two helicopters. Resources successfully established a control line on the eastern side of the fire in Secret Canyon Tuesday, helping to stop the fire…
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… I spent a couple of hours early this morning (yesterday) and like last week I was in the open gondola about 150′ above ground. The nest is about 400 to 500 feet to the NNW down the cliff face from me and the perch rock is about 150 feet from me in the opposite direction. I’ll send a couple of photos tomorrow to give you context for where I am … I was shooting with a Canon R5 and the 100-500mm lens with the 1.4 extender on it giving me a 700mm lens. The first shot above is one…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “It Ain’t Over” showing June 2-8 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. An intimate and revealing portrait of a largely misunderstood American icon, this emotional and engaging documentary about Yogi Berra takes us beyond the caricatures and “Yogisms,” and into the heart of a sports legend whose unparalleled accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona. Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra is one of baseball’s all-time greatest superstars. He amassed 10 World Series rings, three American League MVP awards and…
By Carson Ralston Library Specialist-Adult Programs Verde Valley News – Join us on Wednesday, May 31st from 5:00-6:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for a special performance by Eliza Lynn & Friends. Sometimes you just need to start again… Eliza Lynn grew up singing, writing songs on the way to pre-school. In college, she looked for low, bluesy songs to sing before realizing that she could write them herself. She produced her first album, Frisky or Fair, in Asheville, NC and put a band together with Mike Alexander playing the bass. For years, Mike had toured with bands…
Sedona News – On Thursday, April 27, the Sedona Historical Society and Sedona Heritage Museum honored the organization’s volunteers at its annual Volunteer Appreciation Party. Volunteers contributed about 10,000 hours to SHS in 2022 – the equivalent of 5 full time staff members! Almost every aspect of the SHS operation is made possible by the efforts of dedicated volunteers – they greet visitors at the front desk, help people with their shopping in our gift shop, organize and run events, develop educational programs, and so much more. Among those honored were volunteers who have completed milestone anniversaries of 1, 5,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the one-day-only special premiere of “Anxious Nation” on Tuesday, May 30 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. There will be two screenings at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. The special debut of “Anxious Nation” is in observance of Mental Health Awareness Month and will feature a Zoom Q&A with co-director and New York Times best-selling author Laura Morton and her daughter, Sevey Morton, after both screenings. Sevey who suffers from severe anxiety is Laura’s inspiration for making the film. She wanted to create a film that would help parents and…
Sedona News – Sedona Lago Gardens is excited to announce the opening of a new residential community for young adults with neurodiversity, like autism. Sedona Lago will showcase their innovative approach in a free Summer webinar series exploring “Relationships on the Spectrum,” “Independent Living Life Skills,” and “Launching Careers.” Opening in July of 2023, the village-like community offers a customized “Pathways to Independence” program with curriculums in four targeted domains: Independent Living, Social Awareness and Achievement, Vocational Skills and Management, and Personal Health and Wellness. “Our community offers unprecedented opportunities for self-directed neurodivergent young adults to polish their skills, pursue…
… spending time going through images that can be used in a feature article that Wayne Ranney and I are doing about the San Francisco Volcanic Field located on the Colorado Plateau … on occasion when weather conditions are benign I have flown deep with the inner basin of the San Francisco Peaks and above is an image taken while deep within the basin and looking to the west. The highest peak in the photo is Agassiz towering more than a half mile above me … you can see the old toll road that people used to drive to get…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers In Blues” showing May 26-June 1 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The story of Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, as told by those who knew them best: brother Jimmie, Eric Clapton, Nile Rodgers, Jackson Browne, Billy Gibbons and their early band mates in “Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers In Blues”. Using never-before-seen photos and home movies as well as the only on-camera interviews of Eric Clapton and Jimmie Vaughan who were there the night Stevie…
Verde Valley News – The theme for the 2023 Summer Reading Program (SRP) is All Together Now. The Children’s Library and Teen Library have put together 6 weeks of activities designed to encourage summer reading and help children keep learning through hands-on, informal STEM activities that promote creativity, problem-solving, and discovery. The Children’s Librarian, Ms. Letty, has ordered many new books in preparation for summer reading. Children can check out books in the Children’s Library and will never be charged overdue fees for returning them late. Books and other library material can be dropped off at the drive-by Book Return…
Green Light Dance Band Rocks Bella Vita Ristorante Memorial Day Weekend They are back! The Green Light Dance Band returns to Bella Vita Ristorante Sunday, Memorial Day weekend, May 28, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. This will be their first performance this year on the restaurant’s beautiful outside patio stage and if you like to dance and enjoy original-classic rock songs sung in two and three-part harmonies, you don’t want to miss this show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obi4iUy_2Yw Music is magic. It captures our feelings better than anything else. Memories and songs are fused forever when they come together at just the right…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ — In the upcoming fight between the city and companies that rent Off Highway Vehicles, the city is going to lose . Simply put, the city has no jurisdiction over state-owned highways. Period. It can manage its own streets and pass ordinances to promote public safety on them, but it can do nada to ban OHVs on S.R.179 or S.R. 89A. Who remembers the fight over dark skies and the light poles on S.R.89A? ADOT had its way no matter how hard the opponents fought. It’s the same here. Can one really believe that Polaris,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Monica” showing May 26-June 1 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Monica” stars Trace Lysette, Academy Award-nominee Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning, Joshua Close and Adriana Barraza. “Monica” is an intimate portrait of a woman who returns home after a long absence to confront the wounds of her past. Reconnecting with her mother (Patricia Clarkson) and the rest of her family for the first time since leaving as a teenager, Monica (Trace Lysette) embarks on a path of healing and acceptance. The film delves into…
Verde Valley News – Camp Verde Community Library will host the Village Troubadours in a performance in the Fireside Room on June 1, 5:00-6:30 pm. The Village Troubadours are Jashan Blackwell and Chantal Harte. Jashan grew up in the 1960’s, fell in love with the music of the times, was the first kid on his block to have a Beatle haircut, and has been writing songs and playing the guitar since the mid-70’s. Chantal is a Mediterranean-born world traveler. Now that she’s retired from her massage practice, she is fully embracing her lifelong passion for music: singing, playing the piano,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Somewhere in Queens” showing May 26-June 1 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Leo Russo (Ray Romano) lives a simple life in Queens, New York with his wife Angela (Laurie Metcalf), their shy but talented son “Sticks” (Jacob Ward), and Leo’s close-knit network of Italian American relatives and neighborhood friends. Happy enough working at the family construction business alongside his father (Tony Lo Bianco) and younger brother (Sebastian Maniscalco), Leo lives each week for Sticks’ high school basketball games, never missing a chance…