By Craig Swanson President, Keep Sedona Beautiful Sedona News – Keep Sedona Beautiful recently learned about SB1100, a new bill that would increase the maximum allowable weight of OHVs from 2,500 to 3,500 lbs. This bill has already passed the Arizona Senate on a 19-10 vote and is now being considered by the Arizona House of Representatives. Wednesday, March, 22, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. the bill will be discussed and voted on in the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. If it passes through this committee, it will go to the full House for a vote. By increasing the…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Lost King” showing March 24-30 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. In the archaeological find of a century, the remains of King Richard III — presumed scattered over 500 years ago — were discovered under a parking lot in Leicester in 2012. The search was spearheaded by amateur historian Philippa Langley, whose passion and unrelenting research were met with skepticism by the academic establishment. Directed by two-time Oscar-nominee Stephen Frears and starring two-time Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins as Langley, “The Lost King” is…
… there are times when we can observe beautiful patterns, life forms and vegetation and immerse ourselves in the vast fields of beauty of the planet and then there are times when you look upon nature and get the feeling that a message is being directed at you! The photo above is of mesquite pods in late August … I saw them on one of my daily walks and was struck by their beauty, so I spent some time on that day and several subsequent days photographing them, capturing the beauty as best I could … they communicated a sense…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Tutor” showing March 24-30 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. An in-demand tutor for the East Coast monied elite, Ethan (Garrett Hedlund) lands a high-paying assignment to instruct a billionaire’s son, Jackson (Noah Schnapp), at a remote New York waterfront estate. Almost immediately, Ethan realizes that his student’s interest in his life borders upon obsession. As tension grows, Jackson’s accusations threaten to expose Ethan’s perceived dark secrets to his girlfriend (Victoria Justice) and the authorities. As sentiment turns against Ethan, it is up…
… there are times when I browse images looking for new possibilities and there are times when I look at image and it tells me what to do … it just happens! So I was looking through a portfolio containing abstract photos that I have taken … an image of the bark of a sycamore tree down by Montezuma’s Well caught my attention and I immediately knew that it had to be mated with a photo of Katie … a little work and imagination and we have my Katie Kamo image above. Stealthy and looking for prey! Below is a…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Forger” showing March 24-30 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Based on a true story of bravery in the face of evil, “The Forger” stars Louis Hofmann as an audacious young man who poses as a marine officer and forges documents to help fellow Jews escape Nazi Germany. Berlin, 1942. Cioma Schönhaus is a young Jewish man who won’t let anyone take away his zest for life, especially not the Nazis. Since the best hiding spots are in plain sight, Cioma audaciously adopts…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host an authentic chuck wagon dinner followed by the screening of a classic Western movie made in Sedona on Saturday, April 29 at the Museum. Award-winning chuck wagon cook Bill Cowan and his crew will serve a delicious menu of beef stew, biscuits, and apple cobbler from his M Bar Lazy B chuck wagon. The entire meal will be cooked over open fires in well-seasoned cast iron. Cowan has competed in chuck wagon cook-offs across Arizona and the West racking up wins at noteworthy cook-offs from Chandler to Ruidoso. Guests will have…
Sedona News – The Verde Valley Sinfonietta presents its fourth and final concert of the 2022-2023 season under the direction of guest conductor Janna Hymes, one of four finalists in the Sinfonietta’s season-long search for a new music director. The concert also features guest cellist Sterling Elliott, performing the Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 of Camille Saint-Saëns, on Sunday April 2, at 2:30 PM in the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga’s Los esclavos felices: Overture round…
When your home borders a national forest and Rocky Mountain National Park is just a scenic drive away, you’re bound to interact with wildlife regularly. Impressionistic wildlife sculptor Joshua Tobey says installing game cameras around his Colorado property was one of the best decisions he’s made. The video footage, in fact, inspired one of the sculptures he will debut during his one-man show, Joshua Tobey: Unleashed, at Rowe Fine Art Gallery on Friday, April 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 8, from 1 to 4 p.m. “Wild Child features a mother bear carrying her troublemaker cub to safety,” says…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world to present the one-night-only world premiere of “In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis” on Monday, March 27 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis” is a decade-long chronicling of the travels of Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic church across all corners of the world. Composed mostly of archival footage, the film grants rare access to the public life of the pontifical, not only from the elevated security of a pulpit but from…
… thanks to everyone who caught my error re model number of the pictured F-35 and thus added to my knowledge base … also the purpose of the saw tooth edges on the hatches of the F-35 series. A is the Air Force version … B is the Marine version and C is the Navy version. The saw tooth design interferes with the radar return and helps reduce the likelihood of detection. The photo above is of a tiny Canyon Wren that I shot down at the Lake last week. Tiny and a very distinctive song. He let us within…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with the Illuminate Film Festival for a special encore of “The Invisible Extinction” on Tuesday, March 21 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Invisible Extinction” won the distinguished Director’s Choice Award at the recent Illuminate Film Festival where it premiered online. This special encore theatrical return will feature a zoom Q&A with co-directors and co-producers Steven Lawrence and Sarah Schenck following both screenings. Travel around the globe as two microbiologists race to save our vanishing microbes before they’re gone. Why are they…
Arizona News – The Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project will host a special event featuring the traditional Diné/Navajo winter story about leadership and the wisdom of the wolf (Mai Tso) told by storyteller and folklorist Sunny Dooley at the Shrine of the Ages auditorium at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 7 pm. Appropriate for all ages, this Navajo tale shares culturally grounded lessons of leadership and demonstrates that nature is a powerful teacher for humankind. This event is free and open to the public with Grand Canyon National Park admission. Sunny Dooley, a…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the two-show encore of “Muscle Shoals” showing March 20 and 23 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America’s most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual influence of the “Singing River,” as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. At its heart is Rick Hall who founded FAME Studios. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Hall…
By Judy Neiman Sedona, AZ — I’d been waiting for the gunshot for over an hour. After struggling down the thirty-foot, grassy, steep creek bank, I’d removed my white bobbysocks, and ugly brown shoes. I sat in the warm sand, letting the cool water dribble over my toes and rubbing my heels in the sand. Our family dog, Pet, a small, short-haired, white with brown spots terrier, rested beside me. The stream was only about two feet wide at this time of the year. When it rained up North, the creek would flood from bank to bank with a thirty-foot-high…