… so we left for the Gilbert Riparian Water Park at 5AM this morning and for me it was going to be an intense training in the use of my new 800 mm f/11 lens on the Canon R5 body … no back up lens, just the big gun! It is the equivalent of going duck hunting with a .30 cal rifle and leaving the 12 ga shotgun at home. There were a lot of shots I automatically excluded myself from getting, like large birds flying directly at us, but I was able to grab a lot of smaller birds…
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By Michael Schroeder Sedona, AZ: You get what you vote for. This doesn’t happen by accident. The voters keep putting people on the council who have never built anything, or who are ideologues and have never had the money or resources to try their experiments which most of the time don’t work. You vote for incompetence, they hire incompetence (not all of course but many) and expect what, a different outcome? Now we have a council that funds what appears to be a quasi-government — the Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau with an operational budget of a million or…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the multiple award-winning international film “Drive My Car” showing Feb. 4-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Drive My Car” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film and is shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film. Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari, a taciturn young woman assigned by…
Sedona News – Old Town Center for the Arts has lined up renowned performers from around the U.S., and right here in Arizona for our February Concert schedule. Just in time for Valentine’s we start the month with a laugh when Zenprov Comedy takes the stage. One of the most virtuosic and talented guitarists, Anthony Mazzella follows in an amazing solo concert. We finish the month with Dave Stamey, a nationally acclaimed cowboy singer/songwriter. Here’s a brief description of some of our upcoming concerts and events at Old Town Center for the Arts in February. Zenprov Comedy Addicted to Love…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Let’s talk about love. Love may just be one of the most misunderstood words ever. What passes for love, is misunderstood, underestimated, personalized, reified, compartmentalized and often exploited. Love for most, is transactional. If you give me what I want and need, I will love you. If you don’t, I won’t. It’s a love that can be withdrawn, withheld, that can be present one moment and vanish in the next. One of the many problems with being a desire fulfiller is it is impossible to give someone what they really want. Your lover might think he…
Sedona News – Coconino National Forest is proud to be working with many different partners to implement three of four critical recovery and wildfire mitigation projects in Arizona slated to receive millions of dollars as part of the larger Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Agriculture Department’s 10-year strategy to fight wildfires across Arizona. With the recent strategy presented by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Randy Moore to combat wildfires across the United States, Coconino National Forest is focusing on leveraging partnerships to implement and complete the Museum Fire Sediment Reduction Project, Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project, and Cragin…
Verde Valley News – What’s up at Watson, Willow and Goldwater Lakes? How have changes in the regulatory landscape impacted the city’s stewardship of those lakes? Matt Killeen, the City of Prescott’s Environmental Coordinator, will present new and evolving information on the water quality of Prescott’s lakes and creeks, dispel misinformation, and talk about the city’s rainwater harvesting project at the Rodeo Grounds during a Zoom webinar presented by the Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. – noon. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. The Zoom registration link is posted in…
Sedona News – More than 140 films have been selected for live screenings at the upcoming 28th annual Sedona International Film Festival, Feb. 19-27. “We’re coming back in a very big way,” said Executive Director Pat Schweiss. “The screening committees have once again created a lineup of remarkably creative, compelling and entertaining films across diverse genres and equally diverse topics. We can’t wait to see people back in the theaters experiencing films the way they should be seen – on the big screen.” Films will be screened at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, Sedona Performing Arts Center at Sedona Red Rock…
Camp Verde News – Are you new to computers? Do you get frustrated trying to figure out how to use email, social media, new versions of Microsoft Word, etc.? Do you need to know how to navigate online video services such as Zoom and Google Meet? Are you having trouble understanding your Android device and wondering how to download and use apps? Are you a veteran needing help using My Healthy Vet? Join us on one or all 8 Saturday classes to improve your knowledge and skills. Classes are scheduled for the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month at…
… I got kinda hung up with raptors tonight, so we’ll have five of them from 2011 to 2021 although I shoot nearly ever subject, wildlife remains far and away my favorite subject matter. We get so busy in our daily lives, whether play, work or worrying about what the rest of humanity is doing that we overlook the abundance of life that we share the planet with … have you noticed that with the exception of those who have learned to live off of us, by and large other life forms tend to avoid us ? Can’t really blame…
Verde Valley News – El Valle Artist Association Artist of the Month for January is Carol DeGregory for her work “Private Conversations.” According to Carol “Each of us is born into this world with our own unique ‘spirit’. For me it is an adventurous, artistic spirit. Even as a small child my favorite activity was art.” Her love of nature leads her to a variety of subjects. She is fascinated by the beauty and vivacity of our world. Color choices are the beginning of every painting. When she gets it right, she can almost hear the colors singing in a…
Sedona News – As part of the State Route (SR) 179 Sewer Main Replacement Project: Phase 2, the city of Sedona and their contractor, Standard Construction Company, will extend night work and road closures potentially for the duration of the project due to unforeseen utility work. For this coming week, the contractor will continue night work to complete work that cannot be performed during the day without major traffic implications. Specifically, work will occur on the nights of Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, and Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Traffic control set-up will begin at 8 p.m., with…
By Will Hamburg Sedona Business –As the world becomes more and more digitized, more and more aspects of our lives are being moved onto the blockchain. One such application is tokenizing physical assets using blockchain technology. In this article, I’ll explain what tokenizing a house using blockchain technology entails, and how it can be beneficial to homeowners. Tokenization is the practice of converting rights to an asset into a digital token on a blockchain. Tokenization allows for assets like real estate, art, jewelry, cars, etc., to be bought and sold via smart contracts. When you tokenize a house, you create…
It’s another stellar, live-music line up at Steakhouse89 this week with a stellar line-up of some of Sedona’s finest performing musicians. On Friday, January 28 and Thursday, February 3, from 5 to 9 p.m., Steakhouse89 hosts jazz impresario Dave Len Scott, entertaining on piano and trumpet. Scott is what cool is all about, getting deep into his formidable jazz roots with tunes everyone who loves grooving, finger-snapping and toe tapping can get into. On Saturday, January 29, from 5 to 9 p.m., it’s veteran crooner Bobby Myhre. Myhre is a natural on the stage, a consummate performer interpreting the classic…
Sedona Entertainment — Get set Sedona for the return of Jennifer Batten (former guitarist for Michael Jackson) to the Sound Bites Grill Celebrity Room on Saturday, February 5, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This perennial rocker will be joined by vocalist Pat Yadon and together they will heat up the night with one hot-rocking tune after another featuring Batton’s sizzling guitar work and Yadon’s powerful vocals. Batten rose from the guitar underground as the guitar magazines promptly began chronicling her savvy musicianship and highly original approach to the electric guitar. A major turning point came when she was selected from…