Sedona AZ (November 22, 2021) – The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is proud to present the acclaimed new drama “The Power of the Dog” showing for a limited time: Dec. 3-5. “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst, and is written and directed by Academy Award-winner Jane Campion. Set in Montana in the 1920s, Campion’s hotly anticipated new film is an enthralling revisionist western awash in sublime expanses and nuance, capturing a landscape and a people driven by the fantasy and folly of western expansion. Adapted from Thomas Savage’s novel of the same name, “The Power…
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Cottonwood AZ (November 22, 2021) – The Old Town Center for the Arts is pleased to present Grace Field, performing “A Broadway Holiday” Saturday, December 4th at 7:00 PM. Grace has been featured on NBC’s the Today Show performing with Hugh Jackman, is a proud member of Tony Award Winning Broadway Inspirational Voices and has been in multiple musical theatre productions across the globe. She most recently performed on Broadway in “Disney on Broadway 25th Anniversary Special” with Whoopi Goldberg at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Grace was born in the little town of Austin, Texas. From the get-go, everyone knew she was an artist; before she could ever…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Experience is the path to the Holy Grail, the finger pointing to the moon, a Zen koan, the sweet sound of a dharma bell. Experience, just as it is in this moment is the perfect prefect, the sacred enforcer, the blackboard on which life with its pieces of chalk writes, “Look carefully and see what’s real.” Experience, whether entered into fully, with righteous hesitancy, or as many are wont to do, kicking and screaming; engaged in its slippery slidey messy entirety or scrubbed and polished to within an inch of life itself; lived with authentic aplomb…
Prescott AZ (November 22, 2021) – Holiday stress will be the topic of the next Mental Health Monday on November 29th, 10-11:30 AM, via Zoom. Holidays and stress seem to go together, especially with the added stress of the Covid-19 pandemic which may make this time of year more challenging. Join us for this presentation to find out how holiday stress affects different populations and ways to reduce that stress. Three speakers will be featured: Michael King — Licensed Professional Counselor who holds a master’s degree in counseling and a bachelor’s degree in youth and human service administration. His counseling experiences have included…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ – One could say that Kyle Rittenhouse should never have gone to Kenosha, Wisconsin with a Smith & Wesson, AR-style, semi-automatic rifle slung around his neck. That he had no business being there. That in bringing the weapon to the streets, he, and his mother who drove him there should have known that in trying to protect the community against the rioters, that he might have actually had to discharge the weapon in defending what he said he went there to defend. Somewhere in the back of his mind did he realize that he might…
Sedona AZ (November 21, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Sunday, Nov. 28 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” from Ballet Zürich in Switzerland. There will be one show at 1:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” is a spectacular holiday ballet par excellence, like you’ve never seen it before in a revisited version by visionary choreographer Christian Spuck. His mise en scène, poetic and precise, plunges more deeply than most versions into the source text by macabre…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Sedona: Most of us on what is called the spiritual path want to awaken for a reason: to finally be enough, to feel it, to know it without question and find peace within; to be accepted, included, not standing on the outside looking in, not separate from life; to find meaning, purpose in what often feels like meaninglessness; to soothe the heartache and stop the pain and suffering, to at last be happy. While these are heartfelt reasons, truly precious and real, they are not the true impulse but the impulse made visible. …
Sedona AZ (November 19, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the most-awarded film at Sundance “Hive” showing Nov. 27-Dec. 1 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Hive” is Kosovo’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature. Sundance triple award-winner “Hive” is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije (award-winning Albanian actress Yllka Gashi), who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order…
CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH (Window Rock, Navajo Nation) (November 19, 2021) – In a race against the rapid spread of COVID-19 precipitated by the summer surge of the more easily transmissible Delta variant, Yee Ha’ólníi Doo d/b/a Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund implemented a Delta Relief Program to prevent the spread of the virus on the Navajo and Hopi nations. The Delta Relief Program provides on-demand humanitarian assistance to Navajo and Hopi families living on the two nations that have an active case of COVID and need to isolate, or have a member who has been exposed to an active…
Sedona AZ (November 19, 2021) – The Verde Valley is home to a treasure trove of cultural heritage sites and museums. Many of these have Museum Gift Shops offering gifts for the coming holiday season – gifts that you may not find anywhere else. By shopping at these non-profit organizations you will be providing much needed support by spending some of your shopping dollars with them. You can find unique gifts for everyone on your list in un-crowded environments, enjoy tax-free purchases, and support area cultural institutions all in one shopping trip! These cultural and historical centers have worked hard…
By Ted Grussing … today I began the fun trips re-visiting volcanic cinder cones in the San Francisco Volcanic Field … these trips are on the ground and a neat comparison of photos from above and from the surface. The first outing was to S-P Cinder Cone, which is about 29 miles north of Flagstaff and 5 miles west of US 89 which heads north out of Flagstaff and heard up to Page. The Photo of above was shot from south of the cone looking north. The perfection of this cone is amazing and you can see the roughly 5 miles…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Does truth exist? Seems pretty flexible. What might be true for me may seem like voo-doo to you. What feels right to a rightist feels wrong to one who isn’t. Truth, at least what passes for truth here, causes wars, splits families, causes untold damage and yet many want it, spend their lives seeking for it. With all the fuss, there must be an ultimate truth. Right? Are the truths that each person holds true? To the person they are. That’s one of the reasons pushing one’s truth on another doesn’t work. Everyone already has their…
Sedona AZ (November 18, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed, new award-winning film “Wife of a Spy” showing Nov. 26-Dec. 2 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa won the Silver Lion (Best Director) Award at the Venice Film Festival for “Wife of a Spy” — a riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller shot in stunning 8K. The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku (Issey Takahashi) senses that things are…
Phoenix AZ (November 18, 2021) – With syphilis cases nationwide increasing at alarming rates, recognizing the symptoms and treating the disease quickly will prevent the onset of serious complications. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can cause serious health problems if not treated” but “is simple to cure with the right treatment.” In 2019, syphilis cases in the United States doubled from five years earlier to more than 129,800 cases. National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported that “in the same time period, cases of congenital syphilis, in which…
Cottonwood AZ (November 18, 2021) – The Cottonwood Community Band, under the direction of Mr. Jeff Bowell, is happy to announce their 2021 holiday concert to be held at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts in Camp Verde on Sunday afternoon, December 5, at 3:00 PM. The theme for this holiday concert is A Christmas Festival, and the Leroy Anderson composition by that title will be the lead off selection. It’s a rousing medley of several well known Christmas carols that sets the standard against which all other Christmas medleys are judged. The band will also acknowledge our Jewish…