Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of art series at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (September 11, 2020) – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with “Secret Impressionists”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time.
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By Craig SwansonTrustee, Keep Sedona BeautifulSedona AZ (September 11, 2020) – Through September 15, Yavapai County will be accepting comments from residents on the proposed Spring Creek Ranch development through an online survey. This is the formal mechanism Yavapai County is using during COVID-19 to collect and record comments. Click the following link to complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SpringCreek.Keep Sedona Beautiful strongly urges residents of Yavapai County to complete the survey and make your voice heard. If you’re unclear why KSB so strongly opposes this 2,100 unit development, you can CLICK HERE for detailed information.
By Darcy Hitchcock Co-Founder, Sustainability AllianceSedona AZ (September 11, 2020) – Recovering from the pandemic will require creative approaches. Typically, economic development focuses on serving business owners or entrepreneurs. But social enterprise can start by asking, Who needs an opportunity? We can also explore what waste streams could be turned into value added products. Here are some inspiring examples.
By Virginia Volkman, Library DirectorSedona AZ (September 11, 2020) – Change in Library Hours: Starting September 14, Monday through Friday, Sedona Public Library in West Sedona will offer curbside holds pick-up from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The Library will be open for computer use and browsing from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Masks are required and social distancing will be followed.Starting September 15, Sedona Public Library in the Village will offer holds pick-up at the door and computer use in the building. Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Masks are required and social…
By Ted Grussing… such a week … closing it out with a photo of two cats, two craters and a frog … the primary crater in tonight’s photo is Colton Crater with the diminutive cinder cone that is left in the bottom of the crater after a steam explosion cleaned the entire crater out. About 2.5 miles to the north (right side of photo) is S-P Crater which is not shown, second from left on the horizon is Kendrick Peak which at 10,425′ is one of the highest peaks in the San Francisco Volcanic Field. Further to the right you…
Annette Bening and Bill Nighy star in in William Nicholson’s award-winning new dramaSedona AZ (September 10, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Hope Gap” showing Sept. 18-24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.A together-forever couple (Annette Bening and Bill Nighy) unpack the many complications of splitting up, in Oscar-nominated writer-director William Nicholson’s razor-sharp drama “Hope Gap”.Featuring brilliant performances from Bill Nighy and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, this exquisite drama will resonate with anyone who has ever navigated the choppy waters of long-term love.
Sedona AZ (September 10, 2020) – OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) has always offered a vast array of courses for the Fall Term, and this year it is even bigger and better with the new online program starting September 14. Because of Zoom technology, OLLI Sedona•Verde Valley is adding courses from Prescott OLLI, which can all be taken from the comfort of your home. With forty new courses, ten new facilitators who have been welcomed to Sedona•Verde Valley OLLI, and those instructors familiar to OLLI members, there is much to experience and learn. The Fall Term has also been split…
By Dave MyersSedona AZ (September 10, 2020) – Have you missed your friends at Oak Creek Apples? We’ve had no meetings since January, and we’ve missed you. Because the Sedona Library is still closed for meetings, we are going to try a virtual/online meeting for September 2020. Our next meeting will be Saturday, September 19, 2020, beginning at 10:00AM at the following online address: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79108670592?pwd=eDEwNTR5cVNjYjNWRnI5V3p3cTZiUT09. You will need to enter the passcode, 1L0Wvd
By Ted Grussing… one of my favorite volcanic craters in the San Francisco Volcanic fields is Strawberry Crater which is located about 20 miles north of Flagstaff and NW of Sunset Crater. It is one of the smaller ones in the field with its peak at about 6550′ and a prominence of 467′. It is easily accessible via Forest Road 545 which runs under the power transmission lines that are at the top of the image on the left side. For me it is the visual delight. I was at 7260′ when I took this shot, roughly 700′ above the…
Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska and Sam Neill star in new dramaSedona AZ (September 9, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Blackbird” showing Sept. 18-24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Blackbird” — a crowd-pleasing drama by Roger Mitchell — features an award-winning, all-star ensemble cast including Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Lindsay Duncan and Sam Neill.In a remake of an acclaimed Dutch film, a mother summons her family home for one final reunion before she ends her battle with a terminal illness on her own dignified terms. There…
Sedona AZ (September 9, 2020) – The city of Sedona, in partnership with the third-party vendor LODGINGRevs, has established a 24/7 hotline and incident reporting form that people can use to report concerns, issues or problems they have with a short-term rental.Those who have issues with short-term rentals may:
By Ted Grussing… I do not believe that I have ever sent out a shot of a bullfrog before and I’m not even sure why I am tonight. I send out images of predators with wings and with legs, all elegant and lethal, but have not sent out a bullfrog. Bullfrogs are amphibians and are also lethal predators in their own right. Their diet consists of bugs, small fish, tadpoles, snails and large ones can even get birds, reptiles and even bats. They lie in wait for the right moment and their sticky tongue is shot out to capture the…
Cottonwood AZ (September 8, 2020) – Our water and communities will be better protected, thanks to the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust which has donated nearly $1.2 million to restore and protect the Verde River to The Nature Conservancy in Arizona and Friends of the Verde River. The generous funding supports projects aimed at improving scores from the recently released Verde River Watershed Health Report Card.In February, the first-ever Verde River Watershed Health Report Card gave the watershed a grade of C+. Of the three categories – water, communities and habitat – water and habitat had moderate scores, 48 percent and 54 percent respectively, and…
By Vanessa Trujillo TenbrinkSedona AZ (September 8, 2020) – At Verde Valley School we investigate and grow global citizenship. We are loyal stewards of this land, of this place. We offer transformative experiences that reveal the depths of someone’s courage, character, and convictions. We ask questions. We uncover surprising answers. We laugh. We rediscover our world, each other, and ourselves. Who says that ought to be reserved for teenagers? Any adult I respect would say such concepts relate to her daily life, her work in becoming the fullest version of herself, her journey in building a life that aligns with her…
New Federal Guidelines Were Not AppliedPhoenix AZ (September 8, 2020) – The Department of Economic Security (DES) has issued a statement advising Arizona nonprofits that self-insure for unemployment insurance purposes to disregard billing statements requiring full prepayment for unemployment claims until new statements can be issued reflecting Congress-established guidelines removing the full prepayment requirement. Interest on the balances will not accrue until Oct. 31, according to the DES statement.On Aug. 20, Congress passed the Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020, which removed the full prepayment requirement. A provision in the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and…