Powerful and magnetic actor featured In festival’s “Men In Hollywood” series at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (September 30, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom” on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom” is the second film in an eight-week tribute to “Men in Hollywood” series featuring a different male celebrity each week. Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean, was one of the very first teen idols and one of the last real movie…
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Cottonwood AZ (September 30, 2021) – Old Town Center for the Arts is pleased to begin presenting live concerts and events this Fall and beyond. Here are some highlights of upcoming events to mark your calendar. You can find ticket info below. “We’re really excited to continue our concert events’” Co-Director of OTCA commented. “After a year and half absence, we’re sensing that our ‘audience’ also looks forward to returning to live events, to hear, witness, and experience some sensational performances.”
Sedona AZ (September 30, 2021) – The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising motorists that overnight lane restrictions will start Sunday night, Oct. 3, at the intersection of State Routes 89A and 179, known locally as the “Y Roundabout,” in Sedona as work continues on the intersection modernization project.
Sedona AZ (September 30, 2021) – Salsa Night with Dana on Mondays starting Aug. 30 through Oct. 11, 7 to 8 p.m. Dana De Luz leads this Salsa 101 six-week series where you’ll learn and perfect at least 15 easy salsa steps. Have fun while enjoying lively Latin music certain to get your hips moving! Each class will include a warm-up with Latin motion techniques and review of steps from the previous week. Then we’ll learn some new steps. Put on the music and shake those hips! Advanced registration is recommended. For the six week series the price is $120, or drop-in for $30…
By Ted Grussing … what is the price of a feather … perhaps the life of the one who grows the feather … thus a fair lady at the ball wears a hat with the feather removed from the beautiful creature that was killed to provide the fashionable adornment. The great egret was hunted almost to extinction in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries … more than 95% of them were killed for their breeding plumage feathers The practice was banned and the egrets made a rapid recovery … many other birds and animals have found their way into…
Cottonwood AZ (September 29, 2021) – Step back in time as the creepier and quirkier side of Cottonwood Arizona’s history is unveiled through a tour of the Clemenceau Heritage Museum on October Friday and Saturday afternoons between 3:00-5:00pm. Seven creepy stations introduce participants to unusual happenings of the creepier kind in Cottonwood, Arizona’s history. Come in costume to add to the fun of this family friendly adventure.
Prescott AZ (September 29, 2021) – Yavapai County Recorder, Leslie Hoffman would like to announce the following information: The following jurisdictions will hold All-Mail Elections on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. City of Prescott – General Election Crown King Fire District Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary School District Mingus Union High School District All registered voters that reside within the above jurisdictions are eligible to vote in this Election.
By Charlene Roth safetykid.info Sedona AZ (September 29, 2021) – Although many music festivals and concerts have taken place in 2021, things are still not back to normal for those of us in the music industry. But you have to make a living somehow! Keep reading for a few tips from Sedona.biz on things you can do to get by until venues are at full capacity once again.
By Al Comello Chair of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau Sedona AZ (September 28, 2021) – There are two types of owners of short term rentals in Sedona. If you own and live in a home and rent out a room or two, it is quite profitable and beneficial. This extra income can cover the cost of ownership plus some. For some, it’s like having a good job. I think the original intent of the 1350 was just that, to create a new source of income to benefit the owner who lived in the home. I think…
By Ted Grussing … been going through the thousands of aerial shots that I have not looked at other when I first uploaded them and culled the shots I did not want to keep … that is running into years now and I am finding a lot of shots better than what I have previously sent out. The photograph above was taken from about three miles south of the confluence of the Verde River and Sycamore Creek and from an altitude of something over 10,000′ looking towards the north. Starting at the bottom and working up you have the Verde…
Western drama that pays homage to Westerns of the past debuts at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (September 27, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new western action drama “Old Henry” showing Oct. 1-7 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. You can’t bury the past. “Old Henry” is an action-Western about a widowed farmer and his son who warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash.
By Ted Grussing … the Avocets go into their breeding plumage … they go from all white and black to a reddish brown plumage on their heads, necks and breasts. They hunt for food near the shore and have upturned beaks in order that they can use it to lift rocks on the lake bottom and get their beaks under there to get food. They are beautiful fliers and fly remarkable formations in perfect synchronization. They had no fear of us and let us get within 10 feet of them. Knot Yacht (my boat) drifted up onto the shore almost…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona News — Some might have called it a great informational meeting. Others may have called it an exercise in futility. Some might say it was a little bit of both. We are talking about the September 22 short-term rental community event at the OLLI Yavapai Community College sponsored by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau and the Sedona Lodging Council. It was well attended with more than 100 souls in attendance. The City of Sedona was well represented with Sedona City Attorneys Kurt Christianson, Sedona City Manager Karen Osburn speaking on the issue. Chamber…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Sedona News – On the absolute level I am not, only This Is, therefore I who don’t exist don’t have choice. It’s pretty straightforward. On the relative level it gets muddy quickly because everything is an appearance. The world and you and me are an appearance in consciousness — a majestic phantasm, an illusion beyond the capabilities of Houdini. Is the phantasm real? It’s a real phantasm. Real not real? Don’t get caught up in the comparison, in trying to label reality, and miss the experience. Believing something to be unreal gives license to dismiss it…
By Peter Cutler Sedona News -“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” – Shakespeare One may imagine Shakespeare enlightened with such lines as this or the depth of his understanding of human nature. Like everyone else, I share the illusion of the human nature character we call I, me, myself. It’s only that I now see it as a role, not who I am or having anything to do with me other than a character to be played for a certain time. Oh, yes, I forget from time to time, as we all do…