Mary D. Fisher Theatre is the home for the opera simulcast and encore eventsSedona AZ (March 14, 2017) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the next Met Live Opera presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Idomeneo” on Saturday, March 25. There will be two shows that day at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: 10 a.m. (live simulcast) and 4 p.m. (encore).Plan to come early as Ed Ingraham will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before each production (9 a.m. for the morning show and 3 p.m. for the encore).
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Camp Verde AZ (March 14, 2017) – On March 11, 2017, at approximately 1:30PM, YCSO deputies were dispatched to a section of the Verde River near Highway 260 at the end of Beaver Drive, Camp Verde, regarding a stranded kayaker. The reporting party indicated the kayaker, a 36-year-old woman from Glendale, was stuck on a rock in the middle of the river as her kayak filled with water. She reportedly could not feel her legs. Although wearing a vest, she wisely remained stationary awaiting rescue personnel while people on shore maintained visual contact and updated the YCSO dispatch center.
Cottonwood AZ (March 14, 2017) – Are you interested in serving as a volunteer guide or mentor for someone reentering the community after serving in prison? If so, the Yavapai Reentry Project is seeking your help as a Community Coach. Volunteer coaches give these individuals the opportunity for community support, the ability to build healthy relationships and to create hope for their future.
Sedona AZ (March 14, 2017) – The Sedona Economic Development Office has teamed with the U.S. Small Business Administration to host a seminar for veterans and other Verde Valley residents interested in starting a business. In conjunction with the SBA’s Veterans Business Outreach Centers (VBOC), the city will host a free, two-hour seminar on April 5 at City Hall for U.S. military veterans, active military, and civilians in Northern Arizona.
By Ted Grussing… kind of a strange evening, working on stones, paging through photographs and beginning another purge of the portfolio … trying to decide what to work on and then I just started messing around with different images and came up with this … I do not drink, I do not do drugs, in case you’re wondering, but I do allow my mind to wander and dream of things that have been and things that may be. I shot the stumps down at the ponds a few days ago; they have cut down most of the willows and cottonwood…
New production from Stratford-Upon-Avon makes debut at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (March 13, 2017) – The Royal Shakespeare Company’s extraordinary new production of “The Tempest” makes its Sedona big-screen debut on Thursday, March 23. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the high-definition premiere of William Shakespeare’s renowned play from its home in Stratford-Upon-Avon. There will be one show at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Simon Russell Beale returns to the RSC after 20 years to play Prospero in a production directed by Artistic Director Gregory Doran.
Sedona AZ (March 13, 2017) – Colleen Miniuk-Sperry will help local photographers to “Find Your Creative Voice” at the meeting of the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 27th, at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd, Sedona.Using Colleen’s insights from her exciting artistic transformation, she’ll share how you can rely less on your external surroundings to provide the creative “juice” and how to bring your own to every subject and location. Learn how to tap into your individuality, collect new ideas and knowledge, and grow over time to not only to develop distinctive visual expressions that…
Sedona AZ (March 13, 2017) – Get your dabbing arm ready and join the Verde Valley Humane Society at their fundraiser on Saturday, April 22nd at Sedona Elks Lodge (100 Airport Road). Free admission but reservations are needed as seats are limited to 132. Visit the Events page on their web site (verdevalleyhumanesociety.org) to reserve your seat!All proceeds from the game cards will directly benefit the VVHS animals.
Camp Verde AZ (March 13, 2017) – An OLLI Open House will be held on Thursday, March 23, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Camp Verde Community Library, Terracotta Room.Nationwide, there are more than 100 university-affiliated Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, all dedicated to creating learning communities for adults focused on the joy of learning with no tests or grades.
By Claudelle Johnson, PWG PresidentSedona AZ (March 13, 2017) – Join us for our next Professional Woman’s Group PM Networking Event on Tuesday, March 21st from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Our hosts at the Heartline Cafe, 1610 AZ-89A in Sedona will be serving a delicious buffet style menu in their beautiful garden atmosphere. Each PWG Woman will have the opportunity to promote her business or service.
Ruminations from the Arizona Room is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, a former Shakespeare professor, a spiritual writer, and an award winning poet. A Sedonian of four years, she will share the thoughts that arise as she sits in the literal Arizona room in her home as well as the metaphorical “Arizona room” that is Sedona.By Elizabeth Oakes(March 13, 2017)I have often said that unless there is one line in a poem that just comes, the poem will not, as Emily Dickinson called it, “breathe.”Examples abound of ideas, images, and words just arising. In 1797 the poet Samuel Taylor…
Mary D. Fisher Theatre is the official exclusive Northern Arizona location for monthly eventsSedona AZ (March 11, 2017) – The Sedona International Film Festival is the official, exclusive Northern Arizona home for the New York Film Critics monthly series debuting new films weeks prior to their theatrical release. The series is hosted by Rolling Stone Magazine’s Peter Travers, via satellite, and features a Q&A with the filmmaker and stars from the film each month. The March premiere event will feature the debut of the new comedy “All Nighter” for one show, one night only on Tuesday, March 21 at 7 p.m.…
Crews continue working near Williams, in Oak Creek CanyonPhoenix AZ (March 11, 2017) – With warmer weather in the high country, Arizona Department of Transportation maintenance crews are catching up with pavement repair along Interstates 17 and 40 and State Route 89A after an active winter season.Next week, crews will lay asphalt over existing pavement to smooth rough sections of road along I-40 between mileposts 169 and 172 eastbound, about 10 miles east of Williams. Work will also occur on I-40 eastbound at mileposts 92, 96 and 102-104, in between the US 93 junction and Seligman.
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of art series at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (March 10, 2017) – Sedona International Film Festival presents the new season of the Exhibition on Screen series with “The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch”. The event will show in Sedona on Monday, March 20 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This is the first in a series of four featured programs.The festival is proud to be the official host of the series, joining hundreds of theatres around the globe for this special exhibition on screen. Cinema guests can…
Sedona AZ (March 10, 2017) – Motorists using State Route 89A between Sedona and Flagstaff should allow extra travel time Monday through Friday, March 13-17, while Arizona Department of Transportation crews continue paving in Oak Creek Canyon.SR 89A will be reduced to one lane from just south of Grasshopper Point (milepost 376) to Pine Flats Campground (milepost 387) between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. Flaggers will provide alternating north- and southbound travel through the work zone. Motorists should allow extra travel time and plan for delays.