… I shoot a lot and for purposes of this nightly missive I usually select images from the days shooting or something close in proximity to the day. The the shots of yesterday are eventually forgotten as ever newer images are shot and added to the portfolio and eventually they become hidden buried by the thousands of shots I take every month. I was cruising through some older folders tonight and came on a number of shoots I did a few years ago in Northern Wisconsin. Above is a shot of a white tail deer that was standing next to…
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Sedona News – The National Theatre of London continues its new season with its acclaimed new production of “Prima Facie” showing in Sedona on Sunday, July 24 at 4 p.m. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Jodie Comer makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play “Prima Facie”. Tessa (Comer) is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to…
Sedona News – While there are no evacuation orders currently, representatives from the Sedona Fire District, Coconino County Sherriff’s Office, Yavapai County Sherriff’s Office, the Sedona Police Department, and city management proactively reviewed a preliminary evacuation map for Sedona’s city limits in light of the recent fire activity with the Committee Fire currently located along the Mogollon Rim east of Sedona. The preliminary evacuation map identifies geographic zones and outlines how neighborhoods may be evacuated in the event an evacuation is needed. This work also helps the incident management team quantify the time and resources necessary to conduct such an…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “My Donkey, My Lover & I” showing July 23-27 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. In Caroline Vignal’s irresistible French comedic road movie “My Donkey, My Lover & I”, Laure Calamy (in a Best Actress César Award-winning performance) is the delightfully zany Antoinette — a heartbroken school teacher who impulsively goes on a six-day hike to follow her lover. Antoinette is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her…
By Carson Ralston Verde Valley News – Join us on Thursday, July 28th from 5:00-6:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for our next free Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series featuring the band Creekside Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There will be one band or solo artist that plays for the duration of the concert with a different artist playing each month, on the 4th Thursday of the month. This month’s concert features Creekside. Classic rock merged with country music…
Sedona News – On July 12, Friends of The Sedona Library made a $20,000 gift to Sedona Public Library to support the new Courtyard. The Friends’ gift names the seating area around the fireplace in the new Courtyard due to open in August. “The Friends’ Fire Circle” will provide a lovely space for presentations, gatherings, and meetings, and when the weather is chilly, the fire will keep visitors warm. The Friends’ Fire Circle also exemplifies the enduring relationship between the Library and the Friends. Sedona Public Library is grateful for this tried-and-true friendship. Donna Hawk, Friends of the Sedona Library…
… A couple shots of the kids tonight … above is a photo of a juvenile Bald Eagle taking off and exerting enormous power in his wing beats as he enters flight and below we have a shot of a juvenile Black Hawk as he flies along the shore of the trout farm looking for an easy meal. The Bald Eagles do not get their iconic white head and tail feathers until they are around five years old … Black Hawks reach full size in months and maturity in about a year to a year and a half. Very far…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Alone Together” showing July 22-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Alone Together” is written and directed by Katie Holmes who also stars in the film along with Jim Sturgess and Derek Luke. Going upstate for a short romantic getaway to escape the pandemic in New York City, food critic June’s (Katie Holmes) plans go wrong from the start when she arrives at her AirBnb only to find that it’s been double booked by recently single Charlie (Jim Sturgess). When her boyfriend (Derek…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Peaceful” showing July 22-28 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Peaceful” — by award-winning filmmaker Emmanuelle Bercot — premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Benoit Magimel (who won the Cesar Award for Best Actor for this role), Cécile de France and Gabriel Sara. A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and help them find acceptance. The four of…
Sedona News – The Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship invites local residents to participate in a free informal workshop on “Spirituality and Justice: Walking the Unitarian Universalist Path,” at the Sedona Public Library (in the Quiet Room) on Wednesday, July 27, from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalists embrace a theology of engagement. They draw inspiration and wisdom from interacting with each other and the world around them. By doing so, they witness both the beauty and brokenness of our larger community and environment. They savor the beauty and help to heal the brokenness. UUs view spirituality as awareness of infinite connectedness. Therefore,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the award-winning and acclaimed new film “The Phantom of the Open” showing July 22-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Phantom of the Open” stars Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance, Academy Award-nominee Sally Hawkins and BAFTA Award-winner Rhys Ifans. Follow your dreams, wherever they take you. “The Phantom of the Open” tells the heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist. Things have never been easy for the working-class family man, but along the way he’s tried his hand at…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Forgiven” showing July 22-28 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “The Forgiven” stars Academy Award-winner Jessica Chastain and Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes. Everything must be faced. Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the summer encore of the Met Opera’s “The Merry Widow” (from the 2014/2015 season) on Saturday, July 16 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Soprano Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the wealthy widowed heroines in Lehár’s popular operetta, set in Paris and seen in a glittering production directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman. Baritone Nathan Gunn is Danilo, Hanna’s former flame, who is supposed to woo and marry her in order to keep her fortune in their home country…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory What if we threw it all out — all the beliefs, every last one and started from scratch? It’s nigh impossible to tell truth from fiction, little white lies from the darker variety. Truth is a rare commodity and those who can discern the truth from the lie even rarer. It seems everyone has their own truth. How can it be truth if there are infinite versions of it? The world seems designed to hide the truth, to prevent us from looking for it, let alone finding it. Bombarded with everyone’s expert opinion, it’s often far…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning documentary “Living Wine” showing July 16-21 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Living Wine” follows the journeys of natural winemakers in Northern California, during the largest wildfire season on record. Equal parts farmer, winemaker, and artist, they stay true to their ideals of creating exceptional wines made through innovative sustainable and regenerative farming and without chemical additives. Eschewing the industrial agricultural practices of the corporate wine industry, our winemakers are healing the very environment they are surviving — a changing climate marked…