… and still looking, finding and sharing the beauty of the natural world … the photo above is of an eared/black necked grebe swimming and looking for food down at Lake Pleasant and below a photo of a drake cinnamon teal exploding into flight from one of the ponds at Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery in Page Springs … love the beauty of each bird and what fun being close to them. A friend and I went up to Lake Mary in the Flagstaff area this afternoon and I was blown away by the sheer volume of water in the lakes.…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Moving On” showing April 21-27 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “Moving On” was the closing night film at the recent Sedona International Film Festival and is returning to the theatres by popular demand. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star as estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on the petulant widower (Malcolm McDowell) of their recently deceased best friend. Along the way, Fonda’s character reunites with her great love (Richard Roundtree) as each woman learns to make peace with the past and each other.…
By Kristina Sabetta, LMSW NAMI Yavapai Verde Valley News – Please join us for our next Mental Health Monday program via Zoom which will take place on April 24th, 2023, 10:00 to 11:30 AM, and will focus on the mental health epidemic and the increasing rates of mental illness in America. Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author who has won numerous awards as a journalist covering medicine and science, including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers’ Award for best magazine article. In 1998, he co-wrote a series on psychiatric research…
Sedona, AZ — A laid back New York supper club ambiance and décor; a state-of-the-arts sound system; professional lighting; a selection of fine wines and cocktails; and first-class cuisine combine to create the perfect night out at Sound Bites Grill on Saturday, April 22, from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring Jazz luminary and recording artist JJ Sansavorino. JJ, with a Billboard #1 smash hit under his belt titled “Style & Elegance” and numerous highly acclaimed albums and singles recorded during his meteoric rise in the music world, brings to the table an act every Reggae, Jazz and R&B aficionado can…
Sedona News – The Dead would like to have some words with you. And so, begins a cemetery walk at Sedona’s oldest cemetery on April 21 and 22 at the Schuerman Red Rock Cemetery on the Upper Red Rock Loop Road. The Sedona Historical Society has announced that a limited number of ticket holders will meet a whole new set of Sedona’s earliest residents portrayed by re-enactors at this Cemetery Walk. “Voices from the Grave-Spring Spirits Rising” is an open-air cemetery tour with re-enactments by professional actors at this cemetery dating from 1893. Musical interludes will help guide tour groups…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Hilma” showing April 21-27 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Hilma” was the opening night film at the recent Sedona International Film Festival and received some of the highest audience ratings in the festival lineup. Director Lasse Hallström was honored with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Directing. Hallström’s “Hilma” brings to the big screen the life story of a woman who defied conventions and who revolutionized the art world when her work was exhibited in its entirety in 2019 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Hilma…
By Steve Segner Sedona, AZ — The Sedona City Council spent the April 12 council meeting trying to put a positive spin on self-inflicted wounds; it got fired! The Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau quit its million-dollar contract to provide marketing support for the city. That’s right. The city’s largest not-for-profit vendor walked away from the table. Sales in Sedona are off by close to 100,000,000 dollars and tax income for the town by close to $10,000,000. Yes, $10,000,000.00 will not be used for public services for local citizens. I have lived in Sedona for over 25 years.…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ At its April 12 meeting the Sedona City council agreed by consensus to direct staff to hire a consultant to assist the city in forming its own “in house” destination marketing and management program. Say what? Wait! The City of Sedona, which has over the last few years done just about everything it could to stop the Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau from destination marketing, now has to participate in the marketing effort as well. I was going to write a straight-ahead news article on this but the sardonicism of it all was just…
… it was beautiful down at the lake today … winds were calm, spring flowers are everywhere beautiful and life was everywhere. In one back bay we turned the engine off and just spent time listening to the sounds of nature … and we got some nice shots. Earth is still orbiting the sun and the sun continues to provide us with about 99% of our energy. It was warm on the lake today thanks to old Sol … still breathing and still loving this little planet we find ourselves on. I love the shot of the great blue heron…
Sedona News – The Unauthorized Happiness Improv team is ROTFL for their April 18 comedy show at Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The month of April marks National Humor Month, and without it the troupe would not have an official excuse to giggle, chuckle, snort or spit-take. “Not that we need an excuse”, says UH Player, Carlo Habash. “We definitely would laugh either way, because we don’t need no stinking authorization!” Habash, who is known for laughing his signature belly laughs from off-stage at the players on-stage, is especially excited to show Sedona what humor means in the popular game, Town…
… a fun thing I do when putting a program together is to revisit the photo galleries from prior years … I frequently find photos that have been overlooked or that are just so good I want to reshare them … start with the original raw file and process it anew with software that is generations ahead of where they were when the shot was taken. So above is an early morning shot looking north along SR 179 from just north of the Village of Oak Creek and heading into the wilderness area and quickly into Sedona proper. Dark skies…
Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with “Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, April 18 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition” gives you exclusive access to the world’s biggest blockbuster exhibition of 2023. In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Geographer, The Milkmaid,…
Sedona News – When you walk into the Sedona Library, you’re entering a vibrant community space where you’d have to get pretty wild to be shushed. Founded 30 years before Sedona became a city (so in 1958), our library has always been a welcoming place for the curious, eager to learn, avid readers, and hosts of other constituencies, like those needing computer help or wanting to nourish a love of reading in children and grandchildren. The Sedona Women pleased to present their monthly program, “Not Just A Quiet Place…The Sedona Community and The Library of the Future,” from library director…
Sedona News – Renowned for his emotive performances and exemplary classical and flamenco guitar, the critically acclaimed Esteban will be performing multiple must-attend intimate concerts in Northern Arizona this spring. These include monthly performances at Sound Bites Grill in Sedona and two special Mother’s Day concerts in Prescott. Esteban’s Upcoming Concerts In Sedona: Everyone should experience Esteban’s residency performance at Sound Bites Grill in Sedona. This is an intimate dinner theater setting where you can enjoy a rare and unique experience of music mastery at its finest as Esteban blends his signature sounds with stories from his life and career. Performances…
… restaurants always boast about the fresh catch of the day when touting their sea food … then there are those who actually catch their own on a daily basis, like our Western Grebe in the photo above. It is a tad on the large size for him as he swallows the fish whole fish head first (dorsal fins are a one way trip.) It was only moments before he had the fish down and on he went in search of more. I love the red eyes and the tufted hat he was wearing. Grebes spend almost their entire life…