Sedona News – Chamber Music Sedona is excited to announce the long-awaited return of the Dover Quartet, performing a concert on Sunday, March 5, 2023 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. One of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world, the Dover Quartet currently consists of violinists Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violist Hezekiah Leung, and cellist Camden Shaw. At the March 5 concert, the GRAMMY®-nominated Quartet will perform a program of works by Joseph Haydn, William Grant Still, and Antonin Dvorak. Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the Dover…
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… we get fly by’s all of the time, but it is kinda fun to see a very close fly by of a western grebe by a hen golden eye duck. She was all by herself when we spotted her and unlike the larger flocks of golden eyes that have been skittish at the least, she allowed us within a hundred feet before she flew. With a sharp beak such as the grebe has, methinks that I would give him a little wider berth as I barreled by him at high speed, or was this an avian game of chicken?…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story” showing Feb. 13-15 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Rolling Thunder Revue: a Bob Dylan Story” captures the spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, Rolling Thunder is a one of a kind experience, from master filmmaker Martin Scorsese. In 1975, in an America defined by both the self-mythologizing pomp of the upcoming bicentennial and ongoing sociopolitical turmoil, Bob Dylan and a band…
Arizona News – CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH, WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION – Yee Ha’ólníi Doo has welcomed Samantha Holiday to the team as the Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgai Community Center Director. Holiday came aboard on December 19, 2022, and has since been focusing on developing programs addressing Navajo cultural and language preservation, food sovereignty, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. “I’ve been getting feedback from the elderly and they are open to becoming involved in teaching language classes and cultural workshops,” she said. “Many people want to volunteer, help plan workshops, and help build curriculum. They’re excited about helping.” Holiday has also reached out to local NGOs…
Sedona News – Sedona Chamber Ballet is thrilled to announce that the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company will perform LIVE in Sedona on March 15, 2023 at 7pm at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. American Ballet Theatre Studio Company is made up of 12 -18 rising stars of the ballet world and will perform masterworks of the classical and neoclassical canons, alongside contemporary and newly created works. The group commissions a wide variety of choreographers to create new, custom pieces on the dancers each season. As part of the ABT Women’s Movement, the Studio Company commissions at least one new…
Sedona News – On Tuesday, February 28 at 5 p.m., “Let’s Talk Music,” an event held at the Sedona Public Library, will offer fascinating insight into the composers and style of Baroque period music. Presented by Rob Schottland, a member of the Chamber Music Sedona Board of Trustees, the event will be structured as a conversation, with participants invited to interact and share their reactions to clips of music. At the Library session, Rob will play a video featuring a short piece of music in its original instrumentation, as well as three adaptations, and invite attendees to serve as “music critics” by…
… I love this shot of the Sedona Mittens … everything has a dusting or more of snow and the beautiful Arizona sky is poking through the large gaps between clouds in the north eastern sky. This is also the view that the pilot has as he leaves the run up area at the north end of Sedona’s airport as he enters runway 21, a 90 degree right turn and you accelerate down the runway and enter flight. No idea how many times I looked up canyon like this before taking off, but each time, the feelings of “this is…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore of “The Wrecking Crew” showing Feb. 10-15 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. This special encore of the award-winning music documentary “The Wrecking Crew” by Denny Tedesco is just in time before the Sedona International Film Festival which will feature the premiere of Tedesco’s follow-up documentary “Immediate Family”. Music lovers won’t want to miss either film! What the Funk Brothers did for Motown, The Wrecking Crew did — only bigger — for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row…
Sedona News – The Sedona Historical Society (SHS) and its volunteers recently partnered with volunteers from Friends of the Forest to implement some critical work to stabilize the historic Thompson springhouse at Indian Gardens. The springhouse was originally built about 1905-06, and a house was built next to it about 1910. The springhouse was built over a spring seeping water from the ground, and used as a cooler to keep food fresh. This was long before electricity came to the Canyon. The house was the second home of John James (J.J.) Thompson, Oak Creek Canyon’s first permanent Anglo settler, and…
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the speaker series event for February 8 has been cancelled. The Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series will continue on Wednesday March 8, 2023 with speaker Mike Dechter.
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “All Quiet on the Western Front” showing Feb. 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “All Quiet on the Western Front” is nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film. It is also in the Oscar running for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Score and Best Sound. “All Quiet on the Western Front” tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the…
Verde Valley News – Does laughing turn you on? Start the romance early for your Valentine’s Day with Zenprov Comedy’s completely improvised show “Love Struck: Head Over Heels Hilarious!” on Friday, Feb 10 at 7:00 PM at the Old Town Center for the Arts in Cottonwood. Joining Zenprov on stage, straight from Chicago’s Second City, will be veteran improviser Jessica Mitolo. “We’ve been working with Jessica since 2020, and we’re excited to have her perform with us at this one-time-only engagement,” said Derek Dujardin, director of Zenprov Comedy. For ticket prices and more information about these and other upcoming events,…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Today has been a day for musing, pondering fear and denial and how they fit together. For a long time, perhaps as long as I’ve been putting two plus two together, I’ve thought that there must be a reason, thought patterns or something, a genuine equation for the way people think, especially those who think things that I find inconceivable, who hold restrictive ideas that wouldn’t even fit in the Dark Ages … like climate shift is a hoax or Trump is a good man. I couldn’t … still can’t … understand what kind of thinking…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Seriously Red” showing Feb. 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “Seriously Red” stars Krew Boylan, Rose Byrne, Daniel Webber and Bobby Cannavale. In this rowdy and rambunctious musical dramedy, Red (Krew Boylan) is at a crossroads in her life. A vivacious and hilarious red-haired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9-to-5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator. Red…
Verde Valley News – Are you interested in learning more about, or sharing your passion for fly fishing? Interested in getting together with other Prescott, Prescott Valley, & Verde Valley anglers? Join Fly Fishers Arizona at Camp Verde Community Library at 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 16th for a new coalition of anglers in the Prescott, Verde Valley, and other northern Arizona areas. Fly Fishers Arizona is committed to sharing and educating the community related to the sport of Fly Fishing. Fly Fishers Arizona both initiates and supports a variety of conservation and community outreach projects around the state. For this first…