… as you drive up I-17 to Flagstaff you get a visual treat as the San Francisco Peaks come into view and dominate the horizon … it is wondrous! The tallest peak that you see as you drive up is not Humphreys Peak (the tallest of the peaks 12,637′) , but Agassiz Peak, the second highest peak and the second highest in Arizona at 12,360′ … it blocks the view of Humphreys Peak from the south. In the photo above, Agassiz is behind me and off frame on the right … Humphreys is the highest peak in the image and…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Chamber Music Sedona for a special encore of “The Conductor” in celebration of the Chamber Music Season on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The multiple award-winning film “The Conductor” received the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the 2022 Sedona International Film Festival. It is a hit with audiences and critics worldwide. Marin Alsop is a woman of firsts. She was the first (and only) conductor to receive a MacArthur Award. Marin became the first female to be appointed…
Sedona News – Join wilderness survival expert and Forest Service volunteer, Al Cornell, on Monday, February 20th from 11:00am-1:00pm, for this fascinating presentation on Animal Tracks, Scat and Signs. Highlighted will be the variety of animal tracks visitors and residents would encounter while walking or hiking in Red Rock Country. Included will be a display of plaster casts of many Southwest mammal and bird tracks, along with some scat displays. The focus will be on how to distinguish between the various species of wild canines, felines, Black Bear and the deer species by examining tracks and scat they will leave behind. “Monday at…
By Dave Myers Sedona News – Any user of Apple products, (iPhone, iPad, MAC) is invited to attend the February 2023 Zoom meeting of the Oak Creek Apples Macintosh User Group (OCAMUG, or OCA, for short). Alan Gore, expert in all things Apple, will facilitate a general question-and-answer session, including recent releases, upgrades, bugs, and fixes. There is no charge to participate. OCA will continue its monthly virtual/online meetings on the 3rd Saturday of February, Saturday, February 18, 2023, beginning at 10:00 AM at the following online address: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2725089002?pwd=MXBWdm1PdzhlR1VkTHJSblpjRE1BZz09 Meeting ID: 272 508 9002 Passcode: 223997 If you want to attend the meeting by phone, please follow…
By Tommy Acosta It was about three minutes into President Biden’s speech in his State of the Union address when I found myself searching for clues as to the speaker’s real identity. “It just couldn’t be him,” I thought. “An imposter had taken his place and was getting away with it!” Where was the stumbling, fumbling, bumbling, mumbling President America has grown to love? What the heck was going on? His demeaner was confident. He was lucid. He did not lose himself somewhere in his mind between sentences. He hardly referred to his notes and went on delivering his message…
Hit the right notes with your sweetie this Valentine’s Day at an intimate concert by legendary guitarist Esteban on Tuesday, February. 14, from 7 to 9 p..m. at Sound Bites Grill in Sedona. Guests will experience classical Spanish fusion with a contemporary rock influence as Esteban plays with renowned violinist and daughter Teresa Joy. Join Esteban and Teresa Joy as they breathe loving melodies and beats into beautiful Spanish classical music and newly composed songs fused with many old favorites. “I invite you to join us for an up-close concert experience for Valentine’s Day like no other where you’ll feel every…
Sedona News – Chamber Music Sedona is excited to announce the long-awaited return of the Dover Quartet, performing a concert on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. One of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world, the Dover Quartet currently consists of violinists Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violist Hezekiah Leung, and cellist Camden Shaw. At the March 5 concert, the GRAMMY®-nominated Quartet will perform a program of works by Joseph Haydn, William Grant Still, and Antonin Dvorak. Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the Dover…
… we get fly by’s all of the time, but it is kinda fun to see a very close fly by of a western grebe by a hen golden eye duck. She was all by herself when we spotted her and unlike the larger flocks of golden eyes that have been skittish at the least, she allowed us within a hundred feet before she flew. With a sharp beak such as the grebe has, methinks that I would give him a little wider berth as I barreled by him at high speed, or was this an avian game of chicken?…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story” showing Feb. 13-15 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Rolling Thunder Revue: a Bob Dylan Story” captures the spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, Rolling Thunder is a one of a kind experience, from master filmmaker Martin Scorsese. In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band…
Arizona News – CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH, WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION – Yee Ha’ólníi Doo has welcomed Samantha Holiday to the team as the Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgai Community Center Director. Holiday came aboard on December 19, 2022, and has since been focusing on developing programs addressing Navajo cultural and language preservation, food sovereignty, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. “I’ve been getting feedback from the elderly and they are open to becoming involved in teaching language classes and cultural workshops,” she said. “Many people want to volunteer, help plan workshops, and help build curriculum. They’re excited about helping.” Holiday has also reached out to local NGOs…
Sedona News – Sedona Chamber Ballet is thrilled to announce that the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company will perform LIVE in Sedona on March 15, 2023 at 7pm at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. American Ballet Theatre Studio Company is made up of 12 -18 rising stars of the ballet world and will perform masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons, alongside contemporary and newly created works. The group commissions a wide variety of choreographers to create new, custom pieces on the dancers each season. As part of the ABT Women’s Movement, the Studio Company commissions at least one new…
Sedona News – On Tuesday, February 28 at 5 p.m., “Let’s Talk Music,” an event held at the Sedona Public Library, will offer fascinating insight into the composers and style of Baroque period music. Presented by Rob Schottland, a member of the Chamber Music Sedona Board of Trustees, the event will be structured as a conversation, with participants invited to interact and share their reactions to clips of music. At the Library session, Rob will play a video featuring a short piece of music in its original instrumentation, as well as three adaptations, and invite attendees to serve as “music critics” by…
… I love this shot of the Sedona Mittens … everything has a dusting or more of snow and the beautiful Arizona sky is poking through the large gaps between clouds in the north eastern sky. This is also the view that the pilot has as he leaves the run up area at the north end of Sedona’s airport as he enters runway 21, a 90 degree right turn and you accelerate down the runway and enter flight. No idea how many times I looked up canyon like this before taking off, but each time, the feelings of “this is…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore of “The Wrecking Crew” showing Feb. 10-15 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. This special encore of the award-winning music documentary “The Wrecking Crew” by Denny Tedesco is just in time before the Sedona International Film Festival which will feature the premiere of Tedesco’s follow-up documentary “Immediate Family”. Music lovers won’t want to miss either film! What the Funk Brothers did for Motown, The Wrecking Crew did — only bigger — for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row…
Sedona News – The Sedona Historical Society (SHS) and its volunteers recently partnered with volunteers from Friends of the Forest to implement some critical work to stabilize the historic Thompson springhouse at Indian Gardens. The springhouse was originally built about 1905-06, and a house was built next to it about 1910. The springhouse was built over a spring seeping water from the ground, and used as a cooler to keep food fresh. This was long before electricity came to the Canyon. The house was the second home of John James (J.J.) Thompson, Oak Creek Canyon’s first permanent Anglo settler, and…