… it was a great day on the lake, winds were light and the light was superb … Spring is arriving and nature is well into the mating season. The portrait above is of a Double Crested Cormorant in full breeding plumage …. the eyebrows turn from black to white and they become a most elegant looking creature. Next below is a Great Egret taking off wings spread and she is also in breeding plumage and you can see a bit of the plumage trailing behind the tail … next below is an Osprey cruising along a cliff face ,…
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Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with “Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, March 14 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, curious and engaging. This was a major shift in the way women appeared in art. Directed by Ali Ray (Frida Kahlo) and featuring the world’s most eminent Cassatt curators and scholars (all women), this new feature film “Mary Cassatt: Painting…
Verde Valley News – Ready for a bloomin’ good time? Come to the Plant Sale! Starting at 8:00 sharp on March 18, the Clark Memorial Clubhouse parking lot will become a garden store. Well over a thousand plants and seeds, all adapted to the Verde Valley environment, will be available for sale to benefit Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum. Plants will be arranged in categories for shoppers’ convenience. Each area will be staffed by a volunteer Master Gardener to help with garden planning and growing advice. Area newcomers and longtime residents can learn a lot! For easy browsing, bring a…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors” showing March 10-13 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors” uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock quartet and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy. Directed by award-winning writer/director Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp, the film is a riveting account of the band’s history and the first feature documentary about them. The film reveals an intimate perspective on the creative chemistry between…
… continuing the photos of lethal creatures with and without wings … above is a photo I took in January at Lake Pleasant of a mating pair of adult Bald Eagles. They were perched on top of a low rock island, well off shore and in the background are the mountains on the west shore of the lake, miles away. The female took to flight first and not long after, the male also took to the air. Heading down to the lake early tomorrow morning and hoping to get some more shots of this beautiful apex predator. Below is a…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Blueback” showing March 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. While researching Australia’s deteriorating coral reefs, marine biologist Abby receives word of her elderly mother Dora’s stroke. As she rushes to her seaside hometown to care for Dora, Abby recalls her childhood years spent living in concert with the ocean, and her mother’s efforts to protect the bay from greedy developers and invasive fishermen alike, often to the detriment of their own relationship. Among the coral gardens, Abby also befriends a rare fish, the…
Verde Valley News – On March 7th at 07:39 Verde Valley Fire (VVFD) was dispatched to a structure on fire at the 1600 block of Beecher St. in Clarkdale. Crews from Verde Valley Fire District and Cottonwood Fire and Medical arrived on scene to find a single-family residence with fire and smoke coming out of the front door and windows of the house. Firefighters made an attack on the fire through the front door and were confronted with heat and reduced visibility due to the fire. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control and crews worked their way…
Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Teen Maze is a community-driven event to help youth experience the consequences of life choices. It’s been four years since the last Verde Valley Teen Maze, due primarily to COVID. The event was held February 28th through March 2nd from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Clemenceau Building (COCSD Office), 1 N. Willard St. Cottonwood, AZ 86326. Teen Maze and its design “bring to life” the potential effects of various life choices. This week-long event is coordinated and sponsored by Yavapai County Community Health Services (YCCHS) and Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS). Envision a life-size…
Sedona News – Master Gardener emeritus Trudy Black will demonstrate the art of creating a whimsical Fairy Garden on Monday, March 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sedona Heritage Museum. Fairy Gardening is inexpensive, and utilizes everything from free, natural, found, gifted and purchased items to design mini accessories, and tiny houses! Inspire your imagination and discover the many ways to craft an enchanted garden in tiny controlled spaces while bringing joy, delight and even the possibility of a fun and therapeutic outlet! There is no fee for this demonstration. “Monday at the Museum” is a workshop/ demonstration held every Monday;…
Prescott News – From May 18 through June 20, 2023, the ‘Tis Art Center and Gallery in historic downtown Prescott will present “Journeys in Spirit 2023”: Traditional and Contemporary Native Art. Produced in partnership with the Museum of Indigenous People, with additional support from the City of Prescott and the Prescott Area Arts and Humanities Council, this fascinating exhibit will showcase the artwork, culture and stories of a diverse group of Native artists. Attendees will have a chance to meet the artists during Prescott’s 4th Friday Art Walk, on May 26 from 5-7 p.m. From the rock paintings and carvings of early…
… what a treat … Friday I got a call from friends Glendon and Milly inviting me to come up and do a shoot of the Red Tail Hawks that are neighbors of theirs at the top of a rock in the Loop area. The nest they use every year is about a hundred yards to one side and about fifty feet below their home and a favorite perch is about fifty yards on the other side of their home and about level with their deck on the other side of the home. The hawks are currently in courtship mode…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the premiere of “Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations” on Wednesday, March 15 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. There will be two shows at 4 and 7 p.m. “Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations” — narrated by award-winning actor Matthew Modine — was written and directed by Sedona filmmaker Ron James who will host the special premiere event and a Q&A discussion following both screenings with special guests. The truth can no longer be contained by those duty-bound to hide it. The reality of another intelligence engaging humanity becomes undeniably clear.…
Sedona News – To celebrate the successful conclusion of its 40th concert season, Chamber Music Sedona is excited to present a special 40th Anniversary Gala, with different events leading up to the “Epic Octets” concert on Sunday, April 16 at 3 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. These events will include a Spring Salon held in a private home on Thursday, April 13 and a screening of a music documentary film called Music of Strangers on April 14 (in partnership with the Sedona International Film Festival). With an exciting program of massive and groundbreaking works that will shatter any notion that chamber music…
By Carson Ralston Library Specialist-Adult Programs Verde Valley News – Join us in the Fireside Room at Camp Verde Community Library at 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 16th for another amazing concert with the return of the nationally touring artist, Bernice Lewis. With almost four decades of performing festivals, concert halls, coffeehouses, colleges, and house concerts, along with a half dozen acclaimed CDs, Bernice Lewis has built a solid national fan base. She is also a storyteller, published poet, producer, and educator extraordinaire. Lewis — who studied vocal improvisation with Bobby McFerrin, guitar technique with Alex DeGrassi and Guy van…
Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. This month’s speaker is Mike Dechter, Executive Director –Arizona Mushroom Society. He will be speaking about “The Fungi Kingdom and Sedona Specific Fungi and Edible Mushrooms”. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. Mike will start the presentation broadly with the basics of the fungi kingdom and why they are both helpful to us and fascinating in their own right. Then he’ll talk more specifically about edibility, covering the myths to the must-do’s for learning to eat wild mushrooms. Lastly, he…