Due to unforeseen circumstances, the speaker series event for February 8 has been cancelled. The Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series will continue on Wednesday March 8, 2023 with speaker Mike Dechter.
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “All Quiet on the Western Front” showing Feb. 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film. It is also in the Oscar running for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Score and Best Sound. “All Quiet on the Western Front” tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the…
Verde Valley News – Does laughing turn you on? Start the romance early for your Valentine’s Day with Zenprov Comedy’s completely improvised show “Love Struck: Head Over Heels Hilarious!” on Friday, Feb 10 at 7:00 PM at the Old Town Center for the Arts in Cottonwood. Joining Zenprov on stage, straight from Chicago’s Second City, will be veteran improviser Jessica Mitolo. “We’ve been working with Jessica since 2020, and we’re excited to have her perform with us at this one-time-only engagement,” said Derek Dujardin, director of Zenprov Comedy. For ticket prices and more information about these and other upcoming events,…
By Tommy Acosta If you make less than $150,000 and think of visiting Sedona, you are not the target of a recently proposed marketing effort by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce focused on luring affluent visitors. The chamber’s request that the city release $225,000 from its marketing contingency plan to be used for destination marketing targeting people with money was torpedoed at the Sedona City Council meeting on January 24. Council members rejected the request in a 4-3 vote, with Holly Poog, Melissa Dunn, Brian Fultz, and Kathy Kinsella voting against it and Scott Jablow, Pete Furman, and Jessica Williamson…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Today has been a day for musing, pondering fear and denial and how they fit together. For a long time, perhaps as long as I’ve been putting two plus two together, I’ve thought that there must be a reason, thought patterns or something, a genuine equation for the way people think, especially those who think things that I find inconceivable, who hold restrictive ideas that wouldn’t even fit in the Dark Ages … like climate shift is a hoax or Trump is a good man. I couldn’t … still can’t … understand what kind of thinking…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Seriously Red” showing Feb. 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “Seriously Red” stars Krew Boylan, Rose Byrne, Daniel Webber and Bobby Cannavale. In this rowdy and rambunctious musical dramedy, Red (Krew Boylan) is at a crossroads in her life. A vivacious and hilarious red-haired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9-to-5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator. Red…
Verde Valley News – Are you interested in learning more about, or sharing your passion for fly fishing? Interested in getting together with other Prescott, Prescott Valley, & Verde Valley anglers? Join Fly Fishers Arizona at Camp Verde Community Library at 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 16th for a new coalition of anglers in the Prescott, Verde Valley, and other northern Arizona areas. Fly Fishers Arizona is committed to sharing and educating the community related to the sport of Fly Fishing. Fly Fishers Arizona both initiates and supports a variety of conservation and community outreach projects around the state. For this first…
… it was an interesting day on the lake today … the forecast winds of 3 to 5 mph yielded white caps and waves up to about 2 feet high all of which made crossing the lake a wee bit slow going into the wind and waves, but a real fun ride when coming back. With the wind forecast out the window, the birds expressed their displeasure with the weatherman by not letting us get within a thousand yards before they would take off … all of the birds, save the osprey featured above and likely that was because he…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the classic film “Harold and Maude” showing Feb. 10-11 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. This special encore of the critically-acclaimed audience sensation “Harold and Maude” is just in time before the Sedona International Film Festival which will feature the premiere of “Celebrating Laughter, The Life and Films of Colin Higgins”. Higgins is the writer of “Harold and Maude” and other crowd-pleasing comedies including “9 to 5” and “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” as well as “Foul Play” and “Silver Streak”. Relive this classic film the…
Arizona News – Wupatki National Monument has initiated a wilderness study and is seeking public comment. This study, in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and a 2022 National Park Service (NPS) wilderness eligibility determination, will review the ongoing preservation of wilderness characteristics at Wupatki National Monument. The study will complement the recently completed Backcountry Management Plan. The NPS seeks public input on the acreage and boundaries established by the wilderness eligibility determination to help refine those boundaries based on the degree to which the lands reflect wilderness character. The Wilderness Act of 1964 states that federal agencies, like the NPS, are responsible for preserving the character of wilderness areas. This study may…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a special program “Immigrant Mothers Shorts” showing on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This triple-header features three short documentaries from 2013 that were made as thesis films at the City University of New York’s MFA program in film production. Although independently conceived and developed, the three stories have a powerful element in common: immigrant mothers. “i live In Life”, by Sedona resident Lars Fuchs, explores the impact of Alzheimer’s on his relationship with his mother, Anna-Rita, who was born in Finland during the Great…
Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Fire District was recently awarded a grant for the FFY 2023 in the amount of $14,619.00 from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) to continue their child car seat safety program. Thanks to GOHS, the District expects to provide approximately 210 child car seats to those in need in the community. The District’s car seat program provides car seats at no cost to low-income families. Trained car seat technicians install the seats and provide instruction to parents and caregivers about the proper installation. This instruction is also provided, free of charge, to…
Sedona News – The Unauthorized Happiness Improv team is shocked to announce the release of a show date for the month of February. “This is great! I’ll put on another pot of coffee and wash my on-stage pants”, proclaims Chuck Tyler, a founding member of the comedy troupe. Due to the demands of pulling off the widely successful Sedona International Film Festival, the troupe had decided to give the venue a break by skipping a performance that month. The troupe knew that Executive Director, Patrick Schweiss, would be crossing T’s and dotting I’s to accommodate the roughly 10,000 people who…
Sedona News – If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on Monday, February 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and join the Verde Valley Woodcarvers. Hundreds of people have tried their hand at carving with this group since its founding in 1997 by Norm Knight. The group consists of carvers ranging from beginners to master carvers. Come by with your own equipment or just come to watch these artisans do relief carving, chip carving, and bark carving. There is no fee for this demonstration. “Monday at the…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Oh God … she squirms … there’s no way out! No exit. No escape. No where to go. No one to get there. There’s just this, in all its apparently simple complexity, its seemingly complex simplicity. People, when they come face to face with it, talk about dying. It is the big topic, the one people would rather ignore, deny, or shove under the bed. They can for a while, that is until they open the door and the unwanted guest steps across their threshold. But why wait? Death is a key player, an important feature…