By Ted Grussing… spent some time today going through the images I captured a couple of weeks ago at the Confluence and enjoyed a series I shot with the Canon 6D + the 100mm macro lens on it … pretty awesome detail when you consider I was about two miles above the river(s). near the left side at about center you can see a couple of rafts on the Colorado River tied up at the shoreline.
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Award-winning, critically-acclaimed films premiere at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 14, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of “A Hologram for the King” (starring Tom Hanks) and “Gurukulam” showing June 24-29 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
Sedona AZ (June 14, 2016) – The Sedona Posse Grounds Hub is excited to present as part of their “Music In the House” performance series, the outstanding and critically acclaimed Nashville duo Adam & I on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). Tickets are $10 at the door.Adam & I are Adam and Andrea Melia, a delightfully fresh young duo from Nashville. Adam & I will pull you right in with their spot-on songwriting of human emotion and experience. Capturing the energy of Americana styles while giving a joyful nod to the sounds of the…
Flagstaff AZ (June 14, 2016) – Campfire and smoking restrictions will begin 8 a.m. Wednesday (June 15) on the Coconino, Kaibab, Prescott and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in order to protect public health and reduce preventable human-caused fires.Under the restrictions, fires, campfires, charcoal, coal and wood stoves are allowed in developed campgrounds only, which are managed by concessionaires or have campground hosts. The restrictions also limit smoking to within enclosed vehicles or buildings or in developed campgrounds.
By Ted Grussing… remember those days when after church on Sunday there would be the pot roasts, mashed potatoes (real ones), gravy, vegetables and a nice pie (alamode) for desert and then after sleeping off the overly full belly (the men … women had to clean up the mess) everyone would pile in the car and go for a Sunday afternoon drive. Frequently we would go out to the Narrows at Lake Minnetonka and do some fishing and hope the fish didn’t bite (gotta clean them and eat them).
Cottonwood AZ (June 13, 2016) – On June 9, 2016, at approximately 6PM, a YCSO deputy attempted a traffic stop for an equipment violation involving a silver 2003 Jaguar sedan. The deputy initially spotted the vehicle on Western Drive in Cottonwood. Instead of stopping, the vehicle accelerated and fled. The deputy initiated a pursuit and the suspect driver, later identified as 48-year-old Robert Warix from Glendale, Arizona, recklessly drove through several neighborhood streets to avoid the deputy.
Andrew Frost Receives National Recognition for Delivery of Superior Hospice Care during National Nursing Assistants WeekSedona AZ (June 13, 2016) – The Compassus program serving Sedona and the surrounding areas is proud to recognize Andrew Frost during National Nursing Assistants Week, June 9-16, for providing the highest level of quality hospice care for patients and their families.
Sedona Lit is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, an award winning poet and former Shakespeare professor. A Sedonian of three years, she will highlight the literature, written or performed, of Sedona, past and present.By Elizabeth Oakes(June 13, 2016)Here we are again – in a Sedona summer, when those weaponized plants, the cacti, split open with color so saturated it seems to be swarming around them, like the bees, as well as coming from them.It’s the season for poets and photographers too. I sent out a call to Sedona and environs, and they answered. Here are twelve haikus, all hot-off-the-press…
Director Neil Norman to attend special premiere event at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 12, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a special premiere event with the filmmaker: “The Seeds” showing one day only: Thursday, June 23 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Award-winning director Neil Norman will host the film premiere and engage the audience in a fascinating Q&A after each screening.
Renowned musician Frank Morgan featured in documentary at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 11, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new music documentary “Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story” showing one day only: Wednesday, June 22 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.For three decades, in the jazz clubs and recording studios of Los Angeles, anyone could tell you that Frank Morgan was one of the best saxophone players around. But if you wanted to hear Morgan play live, you would have…
By Ted GrussingI like this shot that a friend took of me in AZ2 as we were cruising down a valley … AZ2 is an HPH 304CA 17.43m (57.2 ft wingspan) ship with a 48 to 1 glide ratio. Looks like I am running with negative flaps too … better performance. I miss having that glide ratio, but having an engine when I need it saves those long retrieves from small desert strips, alfalfa fields and what not. Still, I spent about 1400 hours flying her on long and not so long cross country flights. Paul has been flying AZ2…
Sedona AZ (June 10, 2016) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting a new summer exhibit entitled “Here Come the Brides – Weddings Throughout the Decades” from June to September 2016.Wedding dresses and bridal accessories from 1874 to the 1950s will be on display. Featured dresses and veils will include those from several Sedona brides, including Sedona’ Schnebly’s granddaughter Paula’s 1956 wedding, Anne Jordan Jackson’s wedding gown from her 1952 wedding on the front yard of the Museum when it was her family’s home, and her sister Ruthie Jordan Jackson’s long veil.
Sedona AZ (June 10, 2016) – Who are Arizona’s 1.2 million Independent voters? What are their philosophies, viewpoints, and voting patterns? How do you effectively reach them in this 2016 election cycle? The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley has invited David Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Director at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at ASU, to share the results of the first ever study done of Arizona Voters to profile and understand Arizona’s Independent Voter.
Sedona AZ (June 10, 2016) – To paraphrase Stanley Adams’ popular 1934 song, “What A Difference A Day Makes”, the Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley is hosting a panel discussion on “Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Mental Illness: What A Difference A Year Makes.” The panel will be part of Mental Health Monday on June 27 at 9AM at Yavapai College Sedona. According to Barbara Litrell, facilitator of the Coalition, “It’s been very exciting to see the many new programs and changes implemented in the Yavapai County Detention System over the past year, ranging from Mental Health Court to a Behavioral…
Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and John C. Reilly star in film premiering at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 10, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Lobster” — starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly and Olivia Colman — showing June 17-21 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Colin Farrell stars as David, a man who has just been dumped by his wife. To make matters worse, David lives in a society where single people have 45 days to find true love, or else they are turned into the animal of…