Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with award-winning surround sound composer and producer Koz Mraz for Dark Side of the Room, featuring a “Season Grand Finale” on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. After nine months of sold-out shows the Dark Room 5.1 Surround Music Experience is ending its 2023 season. The same music experience for both nights, the grand finale will be the most dramatic of them all. You will be surrounded by 5.1 music from around the world. African rhythms, Spanish flamenco…
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By Robert Albrecht-Former Board Member Sedona News – The Humane Society of Sedona is pleased to announce that the 2023 Kids & Kritters Summer Camps have returned and are in their 13th year. The Camps are returning with new ideas and expanding on the activities that kids can relate to and have fun doing. Animals are our teachers if we listen to them. They can teach us kindness, compassion, and responsibility; traits that everyone should possess. What more could you ask for in a fun, educational curriculum on life skills as demonstrated by the animals and “Camp” speakers? Summer Camps in…
Verde Valley News – Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, June 8th at 5:00 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 3-5 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month. June’s concert features Ryan Biter, Mark Bishop Evans and a special guest to be named later. Ryan Biter was raised and currently resides in Flagstaff, AZ at 7000 feet. His music echoes the expansive soul of The Southwest. The sound is equal parts rural Americana, spectacled college town hipster, mountain bluegrass, and new age funk beatbox drum circle. It…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world to present the world premiere of “Soul Doctor” showing Tuesday, June 13 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. After hundreds of sold-out performances on Broadway and across the world, “Soul Doctor” comes to the big screen in this uplifting musical journey that the New York Times called, “Inspiring and absorbing! A fascinating story with beautiful music.” The movie musical — which was filmed live in Jerusalem — is a poignant and entertaining portrayal of how music and spirituality formed an unlikely friendship between rockstar Rabbi…
Sedona News – The Coconino National Forest is currently managing three lightning-caused wildfires located in each of its three districts, which are instrumental in hazardous forest fuels reduction, wildlife habitat improvement and watershed protection. While fire managers have been working to confine the Miller Fire to as small a footprint as possible, both the Volunteer and Wilbur fires have been strategically managed to move safely and slowly across the landscape to help improve forest health. The Coconino NF is working with partners to restore healthy, resilient landscapes, and fire is a natural part of that process. Healthy ecosystems are less vulnerable to extreme wildfires that can…
Verde Valley News – Camp Verde Community Library is offering a 6-week session of basic computer and technology classes and two 3-week supplemental classes focusing specifically on Microsoft Word & Excel. The basic classes take place on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, starting on Saturday, June 10th and ending on Saturday, July 15th. Classes will be taught using the Digital Learn platform. You may use one of our laptops or bring your own. Registration for classes is encouraged, as there are only 15 library laptops available for use. You may register for the classes on the Library Events Calendar…
… a long and productive day working on a series of photos for a job … also a day to try out some new techniques utilizing new tools in Photoshop. The photo above is from last weeks feeding frenzy at Lake Pleasant and shows three Great Blue Herons as they depart an area of intense fishing as the fish had evidently moved on or simply dove to safe levels beneath the surface of the lake. All in all the herons, egrets, cormorants and grebes did pretty well … so did the photographers! The image below is the product of some…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Starling Girl” showing June 9-14 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion. With the return of Owen, an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem soon finds herself attracted to…
Sedona News – Over the weekend of October 7-8, 2023, the 32nd Annual Sedona Arts Festival will showcase a diverse lineup of more than 100 juried artists from across the country. Held on the campus of Sedona Red Rock High School, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road in West Sedona, this renowned fine art festival will also feature live music, raffle prizes, food, and a beer and wine garden – all set against the breathtaking backdrop of Sedona’s red rocks. The festival will run from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Sunday.…
… early morning it was over to my friends home and a ride up the tram to begin shooting the red tail hawk family … in two hours plus the adults did not show up … guess the food supply was off a bit as they did not show while I was shooting the nest and kids, The growth during the past week is amazing … in the top photo, the kids are lined up on the edge of the nest taking in the view and the one on the right is thinking about taking the same leap of faith…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Padre Pio” showing June 9-15 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. In the new drama “Padre Pio” — directed by acclaimed filmmaker Abel Ferrara — Padre Pio (Shia LaBeouf) struggles with his faith while an Italian town is racked by political unrest at the end of WWI. World War I has ended and Italian soldiers, broken but victorious, are returning to an impoverished village ruled by wealthy landowners. As events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear the village apart, Padre…
Sedona News – Renowned for his emotive performances and exemplary classical and flamenco guitar, the critically acclaimed Esteban will be performing multiple must-attend intimate concerts at Sound Bites Grill in Sedona this summer. Performances take place on Saturdays, June 10, July 8, August 19 and September 2 at 7 p.m. All concerts are at Sound Bites Grill, located at 101 N. State Route 89A, F29 in Sedona. Tickets range from $59-$179 depending on the package and are available at estebanmusic.com/concert-events or by calling Sound Bites at 928-282-2713. Additional shows will take place this fall om October 14, November 25 and December 16. At…
… one more from Tuesday … a Great Blue Heron was successful in his dive for a fish and is getting out of Dodge before any of the competition tries to take it away from him … occasionally eagles will see a heron, osprey or other large bird with a fish and take it away from him … if the other bird is smart, it drops the fish and flees lest it join the fish as food. Below is a lineup of Kendrick Peak in the foreground, then Sitgreaves Mountain and finally Bill Williams Mountain … about 3 million years…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Daliland” showing June 9-15 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, “Daliland” stars Academy Award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley as the titular Salvador Dalí, one of the most world-renowned artists of the 20th century and focuses on the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the film is told through the eyes…
… it was an absolutely amazing day on the lake this past Tuesday as we were treated to three feeding frenzies by Great Blue Herons, Egrets, Cormorants and Grebes … acres of the surface were under constant attack as dozens of birds dove at the water to collect their share of the bounty that was just beneath the surface. Sometimes they would just hover over the surface whilst they pick out a gourmet meal beneath the surface of the lake. Normally you will see the herons and egrets standing on or near the shoreline waiting for the hapless fish to…