… it was an interesting day on the lake today … the forecast winds of 3 to 5 mph yielded white caps and waves up to about 2 feet high all of which made crossing the lake a wee bit slow going into the wind and waves, but a real fun ride when coming back. With the wind forecast out the window, the birds expressed their displeasure with the weatherman by not letting us get within a thousand yards before they would take off … all of the birds, save the osprey featured above and likely that was because he…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the classic film “Harold and Maude” showing Feb. 10-11 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. This special encore of the critically-acclaimed audience sensation “Harold and Maude” is just in time before the Sedona International Film Festival which will feature the premiere of “Celebrating Laughter, The Life and Films of Colin Higgins”. Higgins is the writer of “Harold and Maude” and other crowd-pleasing comedies including “9 to 5” and “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” as well as “Foul Play” and “Silver Streak”. Relive this classic film the…
Arizona News – Wupatki National Monument has initiated a wilderness study and is seeking public comment. This study, in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and a 2022 National Park Service (NPS) wilderness eligibility determination, will review the ongoing preservation of wilderness characteristics at Wupatki National Monument. The study will complement the recently completed Backcountry Management Plan. The NPS seeks public input on the acreage and boundaries established by the wilderness eligibility determination to help refine those boundaries based on the degree to which the lands reflect wilderness character. The Wilderness Act of 1964 states that federal agencies, like the NPS, are responsible for preserving the character of wilderness areas. This study may…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a special program “Immigrant Mothers Shorts” showing on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This triple-header features three short documentaries from 2013 that were made as thesis films at the City University of New York’s MFA program in film production. Although independently conceived and developed, the three stories have a powerful element in common: immigrant mothers. “i live In Life”, by Sedona resident Lars Fuchs, explores the impact of Alzheimer’s on his relationship with his mother, Anna-Rita, who was born in Finland during the Great…
Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Fire District was recently awarded a grant for the FFY 2023 in the amount of $14,619.00 from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) to continue their child car seat safety program. Thanks to GOHS, the District expects to provide approximately 210 child car seats to those in need in the community. The District’s car seat program provides car seats at no cost to low-income families. Trained car seat technicians install the seats and provide instruction to parents and caregivers about the proper installation. This instruction is also provided, free of charge, to…
Sedona News – The Unauthorized Happiness Improv team is shocked to announce the release of a show date for the month of February. “This is great! I’ll put on another pot of coffee and wash my on-stage pants”, proclaims Chuck Tyler, a founding member of the comedy troupe. Due to the demands of pulling off the widely successful Sedona International Film Festival, the troupe had decided to give the venue a break by skipping a performance that month. The troupe knew that Executive Director, Patrick Schweiss, would be crossing T’s and dotting I’s to accommodate the roughly 10,000 people who…
Sedona News – If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on Monday, February 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 by Norm Knight. The group consists of carvers ranging from beginners to master carvers. Come by with your own equipment or just come to watch these artisans do relief carving, chip carving, and bark carving. There is no fee for this demonstration. “Monday at the…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Oh God … she squirms … there’s no way out! No exit. No escape. No where to go. No one to get there. There’s just this, in all its apparently simple complexity, its seemingly complex simplicity. People, when they come face to face with it, talk about dying. It is the big topic, the one people would rather ignore, deny, or shove under the bed. They can for a while, that is until they open the door and the unwanted guest steps across their threshold. But why wait? Death is a key player, an important feature…
… watching movies on aviation topics always seems to grab me and fortunately I have a portfolio of tens of thousands of photographs that I took whilst flying. The shot above shows the Village underneath low lying clouds and the beauty of the red rocks as you look north towards Sedona … directly above the village is the wilderness area and the Chapel area above that … Sedona itself is under the blanket of white. Above the clouds was the never ending cloudscape consisting of cloud canyons and mountains … a place disconnected from the world below and a world…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Kitchen Brigade” showing Feb. 4-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Cathy Marie (Audrey Lamy), an imperious sous chef, wants to open a restaurant. With financial difficulties, Cathy accepts a job at a shelter for young migrants. At first she hates the job then her passion for cuisine starts to change children’s lives. It takes the kindness and vulnerability of the young people to get her off her high horse. Forced out of necessity to take a job as the hostel’s live-in cook,…
… wonderful to be back this morning, breathing and all that good stuff essential to life as we know it. A wonderful weekend with lots to do and so it continues into the new week … even though we live in a continuum it is nice to insert marker points to give us fresh beginnings and endings. Late afternoon today I went down to the Del Rio Lake in Cottonwood with Eric, as a friend of ours had told Eric there were wood ducks on the lake … we arrived … took our shots and departed. One of the woodies…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore of “Janis: Little Girl Blue” showing Feb. 4-7 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. This special encore of “Janis: Little Girl Blue” is in honor of what would have been Janis Joplin’s 80th birthday on January 19th. Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg examines the meteoric rise and untimely fall of one of the most revered and iconic rock ‘n’ roll singers of all time: Janis Joplin. Joplin’s life story is revealed for the first time on film through electrifying archival footage, revealing interviews with friends and family…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Body Parts” showing Feb. 3-9 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Innovative and incisive, “Body Parts” explores the evolution of desire and “sex” on-screen from a woman’s perspective. Demystifying the often invisible processes in creating intimacy for film and television, the documentary sheds light on the most closely-guarded secrets of an industry now at a crossroads. “Body Parts” features candid interviews with actors and creators who are advocating for real change, including Jane Fonda, Joey Soloway, Angela Robinson, Karyn Kusama, Rose McGowan, Rosanna Arquette,…
Verde Valley News – No-cost tax preparation and e-filing services for taxpayers of all ages by AARP Tax-Aide IRS-certified volunteers will be at Camp Verde Community Library again this year. Patrons requiring tax assistance need to first come to Camp Verde Community Library’s PC Help Desk, pick up an AARP Taxpayer Packet, and sign-up with their name and phone number. You will then be contacted by an AARP representative to set 2 appointments to meet with them at the library at the agreed upon time which will be on Tuesdays during tax season between 3 and 6 pm. AARP representatives…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory It’s a hard-earned, well-researched belief. There’s a mountain of support for it, an overwhelming consensus that says it’s true. It seems to pop up whenever you lose it and get angry, or hide under the covers unable to face the moment. It hangs around at the edges, waiting to claim a chunk of your heart … or the whole damn thing. It says that you aren’t supposed to act that way, that you aren’t supposed to hurt, to grieve, to react in any human way. If you do, you can’t pass go and have to go…