Sedona News – The Sedona Symphony (formerly Verde Valley Sinfonietta) presents its third concert of the 2024-2025 season under the innovative direction of Artistic Director Janna Hymes. The concert features violinist Tai Murray, praised as “superb” by The New York Times and celebrated for her “technically flawless” style, performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 2:30 PM at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. in Sedona. The Sedona Symphony will also include Saint-George’s Overture to L’Amant anonyme and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major,…
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… it seems like the Great Blue Heron is in an ultra rush as he appears to be running and flying at the same time … Maybe the rush is to get to an In n Out burger place a few minutes before closing … there is one on the other side of the mountains in the background 🙂 Heart Healthy food for sure! Below is a shot I took of a Bald Eagle at Bubbling Ponds Fish Hatchery after he had grabbed a snack from one of the ponds and was heading for a quiet place to enjoy the reward he…
Sedona News – Award-winning, renowned tribute artist Michael Ross Nugent comes to Sedona with his acclaimed live concert “A Tribute to Michael Bublé and The Great American Songbook”. There will be two performances Jan. 17 and 18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Attention fans of singers and swing, baby boomers, young people with old souls and Michael Bublé fans! It’s an evening of sophistication and class with Michael Ross Nugent and his tribute to the music of The Great American Songbook and Michael Bublé. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHbogAHwSAU Rather than impersonate Bublé, Nugent pays homage…
Arizona News – The Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) will host its 22nd Annual Members Meeting on January 11. The meeting is designed to inform CWAG members about projects planned for 2025 and to seek member suggestions on future projects and programs. The agenda includes a short business meeting followed by a presentation on 2025 projects and a review of current water issues. There is time allotted for questions and discussion. Lunch will follow the presentation. Some of the issues we’ll be working on in 2025: Regional Water Management and Planning Upper Verde Wild & Scenic proposal SRP/COP/PV Big Chino…
Sedona News – “Monday at the Museum” is a demonstration conducted every Monday. Please call for a current schedule. The Museum is always looking for participants who are willing to share their knowledge and skills. For details call 928-282-7038. January 13, Verde Valley Wood Carvers If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on Monday, January 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and join the Verde Valley Woodcarvers. Hundreds of people have tried their hand at carving with this group since its founding in 1997…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival and Jester Comedy are proud to present Stand-Up Comedy Night live onstage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P_iQqhKqWc The show will feature headliner Carlos Rodriguez with Justin Tietjen opening the evening. CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Carlos Rodriguez was thrown into comedy. Born into a large family, he quickly became a fast-talking entertainer which eventually led him to comedy. Taking the stage, you see the inner child come out with all the passion, excitement and energy of a new performer with the grace and comfort of a…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ — It took years in the making and the effort finally paid off with Sedona movie maker, producer and writer Paul Davids’s “The Naughty Adventures of Scarlett May Blossom,” picked up by Amazon Prime Video as a nine-episode AI series based on the exploits of a beautiful trailer trash Southern Belle who is lured into the adventure of her life by a phony Email scam telling her she had inherited millions and must travel to Africa to collect her bounty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqHuECn2VRI&t=34s The AI produced movie is a saucy, sassy, sizzling and satiric parody, and a…
Sedona, AZ — On Sunday, January 12 at 3 pm, at the Global Center for Christ Consciousness in Sedona, MUFON will be showing Life After Death Project 2: Personal Encounters, produced and written by Sedona cinematographer, director and producer Paul Davids. Davids Delves into paranormal phenomena as he presents the second film in his series. This film provides spell binding accounts of personal encounters with after death communication as witnessed by people from all walks of life and professions, including archaeologists, physicists, librarians, clinical psychologists, sales executives, publishers and most interesting perhaps doctors and nurses who have worked with the dying.…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Do this; do that. Say this; don’t say that. Wear this; don’t wear that. Buy this; oh my God, don’t buy that. Eat this; whatever you do, don’t eat that. Everyone’s got something to say, especially when they are selling something to go with it, but it’s shelled out for free too. Consummate salespeople that we are, we sell it to ourselves. I don’t often hear, ‘just be you’. Everything that’s out there wants an improved you, a fixed you, a not-you you. That built-in lack, the ‘never gonna be enough’ message, is a true killer…
Sedona News – Manos Percussion takes the stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 4:00 p.m., bringing their special journey of rhythm and sound to Sedona audiences. Manos Percussion brings together three classically-trained percussionists — Maria Flurry, Bensen Kwan and Joshua Ferrell — for a journey through the world of rhythm and sound. Featuring 37 instruments, including water, their performances blend classical precision with creative exploration. With music spanning Afro-Cuban grooves, Basque traditions, calypso, Bach, and Debussy, Manos Percussion creates an experience for both your intellect and your inner child. Expect the unexpected as this…
Bear Howard Chronicles By Bear Howard Ah, 2024. The year when tribalism officially replaced reason and compromise in the political arena. Forget gods, afterlives, or even shared values—today’s battles are fought on the altar of partisan loyalty. To listen to Ai dictation, click below: American politics has transformed into a spectacle with all the decorum of a backyard brawl, where the rules are made up, and the middle ground is a mythical land no one dares to visit. Pick a side and stick with it, or risk being cast out as a traitor. It’s like showing up at a Raiders-Patriots…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. Erev Shabbat services begin at 5:30 pm on Friday, January 10, 2025, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal. The incoming Board of Directors will be installed and blessed. New members will also be honored at this service. Rabbi Magal will chant from the Torah portion Vayechi (Genesis 47:28 – 50:26), telling of Jacob’s last years. Before his death, he blesses…
… about fifteen years ago I did a composite using a Hubble shot and a backlighted squirrel in a tree on the seventeenth tee box of Oak Creek Country Club … I called him Astro Squirrel … I did it on a whim and tonight I found a photo I took a month or so ago and now have an astro composite with a male cardinal in the Pinion Pine in the backyard … Astro Red! Fun to create images like this again. The image below is an aerial shot looking to the NNE from the SE end of the San Francisco Peaks ……
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Girl With the Needle”, showing Jan. 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okeL9ieapLw “The Girl With the Needle” is nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Non-English Language) and is shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film. Karoline, a young factory worker, is struggling to survive in post WW1 Copenhagen. When she finds herself unemployed, abandoned and pregnant, she meets Dagmar, a charismatic woman running an underground adoption agency, helping mothers to find foster homes for their unwanted…
Sedona News – The Sedona Women (TSW) are pleased to present the how and why of organization, and how our physical space is intimately connected to our consciousness and healthier living. “Putting Your House in Order” will be presented on Thursday, January 9th, at the Sedona Public Library, where TSW programs are scheduled monthly every second Thursday from September through May from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Three organizational experts will present varied approaches to successful organization, including: The principles of Feng Shui The practices and advantages of organized living How to purge your closet, and restyle your look for ease,…