A Brave Heart, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, Dying to Know Also Honored Sedona AZ (June 4, 2015) – Down to Earth, the story of a family who left the beaten path in order to find a new perspective on life, captured the Jury Prize at the second annual Illuminate Film Festival, the world’s premier festival for conscious cinema.
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Sedona AZ (June 4, 2015) – Build your way to an awesome summer with Play-Well TEKnologies Lego Engineering Summer Camp! This new and exciting camp is being held at the Recreation Room at Posse Grounds Park for two sessions with two age categories (5 to 7 and 8 to 12) per camp session. Camp One is July 6 through 10 and Camp Two is July 20 through 24.
By Mary Cravets, Business Coach & Speaker Sedona AZ (June 4, 2015) – The other day I was moping about because I wasn’t making a million dollars a day, or some other such “realistic” expectation. I moved on to kicking myself for all the things I hadn’t accomplished yet, and all of the things I haven’t perfected. Isn’t it frustrating how being an ambitious big thinker can make you feel like you’re a loser? This is a common hazard for entrepreneurs. We always see that next goal, that next accomplishment – and even as we’re achieving our goals, we are…
By Ted Grussing … I began work on an entirely new series of images, composites and straight photographs to use for the screen backdrop complementing the artistry of Anthony Mazzella when he performs live at the Mary Fisher a week from Saturday. Each image will be created for the composition that it accompanies. We think it will be fun and for sure you will be captivated by his extraordinary talents. The concert setting allows him to let loose and you will get the full experience and range of his talent. You can purchase tickets to the concert at: and tickets…
Sedona AZ (June 3, 2015) – The City of Sedona, in cooperation with the Sedona Fire Department, is offering City of Sedona residents an opportunity to dispose of their yard waste and flammable vegetation prior to fire season. This is also an opportunity to clean up any debris related to drainage maintenance prior to monsoon season. Shrubs and growth may reduce the capacity of washes or drainage ditches, and any loose trimmings and yard waste may impede proper flows. The City of Sedona Maintenance Yard, located at 2070 Contractors Road, will be accepting yard waste starting Tuesday, June 16 through…
Sedona AZ (June 3, 2015) – Sedona sculptor Tom Gebler headlines the June meeting of the Sedona Visual Artist’s Coalition (SVAC) as he shares the remarkable story of how he came to create Kituwah, a bronze sculpture that received the People’s Choice Award at the SVAC Fall Exhibition at Sedona Arts Center Gallery last November. The meeting, 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, is at the church at 54 Bow String Drive in Sedona. Gebler says his experience with Kituwah reflects both a deep, personal as well as artistic journey and that completing the sculpture has ignited the true artist…
New award-winning films make Sedona premiere at Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (June 3, 2015) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Madame Bovary” and the encore return of “Charlie’s Country” showing June 12-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. MADAME BOVARY “Madame Bovary” features an all-star ensemble cast including Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Rhys Ifans, Laura Carmichael and Ezra Miller. The film is based on the acclaimed novel that transformed the Romantic era.
By Ted Grussing … so young to be a mom, but a mother she is and she also seems to have a very gentle nature; we had a nice conversation and she struck a number of nice poses before she departed up a tree. I like squirrels and their playful and inquisitive nature. The last few minutes of light flowed over the grass creating a green luminance that glowed.
Flagstaff AZ (June 2, 2015) – Coconino National Forest invites the public to a community meeting this week to discuss an “all hands, all lands” approach to sustainable outdoor recreation management in northern Arizona. The meeting will be at the City of Flagstaff Aquaplex located at 1702 N. 4th Street, Flagstaff, Ariz., on Wednesday (June 3) from 4 – 7 p.m. Forest Service personnel will facilitate discussions on how to approach recreation opportunities in northern Arizona that are economically, ecologically and socially sustainable.
Sedona AZ (June 2, 2015) – On May 28, 2015, YCSO deputies were dispatched to an overturned vehicle on Beaverhead Flat Road near the Village of Oak Creek. The vehicle, a 2011 silver Hyundai Sedan, was being driven east on Beaverhead Flat Road by a 16-year-old male and contained 3 passengers – a 16-year-old front seat passenger and 2 male back seat passengers ages 16 and 17. They were being followed by another vehicle containing several friends. While the vehicle was moving east along Beaverhead Flat Road, the front seat female passenger made a decision to stand up so that…
By Ted Grussing Late afternoon I got a call from Derek inviting me to join in on a shoot of the moon rising over Cathedral Rock and shot from Red Rock Crossing … sounded like fun and even though I was informed tripods were required, I had enough time to figure out how to use one. I got some beautiful shots and afterwards a bunch of shots of a dog playing in the creek.
Sedona AZ (June 1, 2015) – At the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley on May 30, the 2015-16 board and officers were elected including Barbara Litrell, President; Robyn Prud’homme Bauer, Vice President; Mary Gassaway, Secretary/Treasurer and Janet Kissinger and Kathy Davis, Board Members. Ellie Bauer, retiring as P resident of the LWVGVV, was recognized for her leadership and many years of service to the League.
Two of the world’s greatest living actors star in Pulitzer Prize-winning play on screen Sedona AZ (May 31, 2015) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Broadway Near You to host the big screen encore of “Driving Miss Daisy”, starring Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones. The theatrical stage production will be featured in high definition on Thursday, June 11 at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. There will be two shows at 4 and 7 p.m. Two of the world’s greatest living actors — five-time Tony Award and three-time Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury and…
Sedona AZ (May 31, 2015) – So far, we have been lucky. But what do they say about luck….it is the intersection of preparation and hard work. In the case of the Slide Fire, the preparation and hard work is that of the firefighters, public safety personnel, forest and conservation crews who worked and continue to work to protect our community and our beloved Oak Creek Canyon. Just a year ago nearly 1200 firefighters from across the country battled day and night for over two weeks to contain the Slide Fire, minimize the damage to the Coconino National Forest and…
Sedona AZ (May 31, 2015) – The Teen Club Scene at Sound Bites Grill in Sedona is the hottest event this summer! Every Tuesday, an awesome teen dance party will light up the night at Sound Bites Grill. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., teens 15 years and older can dance to the Verde Valley’s hottest DJ, who will create the ultimate dance experience. This summer, the teen dance party at Sound Bites Grill will be the #1 event for under 21 entertainment in the Verde Valley.