… this could be the last view a bird might have as this Coopers Hawk launched an attack at birds sheltered in one of our desert olive trees in the back yard … he was not able to get his talons far enough into the tree/bush to secure a meal so the tweety birds were safe and my raptor pal had to settle for a delayed meal. Check the intensity of this hawk out … total focus! Thanks to a friend who has helped me redo the back yard, we have sculpted the desert olive trees down to the point…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Chamber Music Sedona for a special encore of “Itzhak” in celebration of the Chamber Music Season on Friday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life; “praying with the violin,” says renowned Tel Aviv violinmaker Amnon Weinstein. Alison Chernick’s enchanting documentary “Itzhak” looks beyond the sublime musician, to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland…
Sedona News – Don’t miss this unique opportunity to join artist, instructor and naturalist Mary Helsaple on Monday, January 30, from 11:00-1:00, for a free hands-on watercolor demonstration. This session will be about how to start a plein air and sketch journal for outdoor and travel. Mary will show and discuss the materials and how to organize a portable kit for sketching and painting. Mary is a winner of the Gateway to Sedona Artist Competition. She is honored to be given a chance to share her watercolor techniques and happy to share the magic of watercolor and her travel sketch journals. Her goal…
Sedona News – Producer Camilla Ross has announced that from February 3-5, the Emerson Theater Collaborative (in the Collective Sedona, Village of Oak Creek) will present three performances of the historical drama A House With No Walls by award-winning playwright Thomas Gibbons. Directed by Ashley Adelman (who recently directed the ETC production of The Great Gatsby, A Radio Play) and presented through special arrangement by Playscripts (and with generous grants from Arizona Community Foundation, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, the City of Sedona, and sponsors Sedona Monthly and No Moss Brands), A House With No Walls explores our relationship with troubling historical reality.…
… the two hen common mergansers above were flying low and extremely fast as they cruised low over the lake and they reminded me of the F-18’s flying low over the water in Top Gun Maverick, as they approached landfall and headed inland to their target. No such actions were contemplated by our merganser friends … I think … among the fastest flying ducks, they have been clocked at 81 mph. A couple of very cool birds. The shot below is sky reflections near sunset on the lake between the 10th and 18th holes on our golf course … the…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Son” showing Jan. 27-Feb. 2 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Son” features an all-star ensemble cast including Academy Award nominees Hugh Jackman and Vanessa Kirby and Academy Award winners Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins, along with Zen McGrath. Hugh Jackman earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his performance in the film. “The Son” is a cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. The film centers…
Sedona News – The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is excited to announce the return of its annual Spring Open Studios Tour, taking place over the weekend of April 28-30, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Now in its 20th year, this beloved event – which is always free to the public – will feature 48 working artists across the Verde Valley who will open their private studios. Named one of the area’s top art events by the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, the self-guided Tour offers attendees an opportunity to visit with the artists in their studios, gain…
Sedona News – Camilla Ross, the Executive Director of the Arts Academy of Sedona and the President of the Emerson Theater Collaborative, which presents theater productions, variety shows, workshops, and cultural events at its luxurious black box theater in The Collective Sedona in the Village of Oak Creek (7000 SR-179, STE C-100), is proud to announce that the two nonprofit theater and creative arts organizations she leads have received generous financial grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Arizona Community Foundation for their 2023 season. The Arizona Commission on the Arts awarded both of Ross’ organizations Creative…
… I really like the shots I am finding in the several Peregrine shoots that I had at the lake and the photo above is no exception. The Peregrine is seriously trying to scare up a meal as he dive bombs a seagull that was bobbing along in the water below … wisely the seagull did not go into flight mode and rode it out. The Peregrine was trying to get the gull to fly which would have been rather fatal for the gull. The Peregrine made several more attempts and it looked like he even clipped the gull with…
Sedona News – Santa Fe-based film historian and writer, Jeff Berg will return to the Mary Fisher Theatre on Monday, Jan. 23 at 4 p.m. to present film clips from movies made in and around Sedona, appropriately titled “Made in Sedona”, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. The making of movies in Sedona- both features and short films, probably started in 1923, when the silent film, ‘The Call of the Canyon’, starring Richard Dix and Lois Wilson was shot at least in part at Red Rock Crossing. A full feature, 70 minutes in length, the film was thought to…
Arizona News – Coconino National Forest welcomes the arrival of Aaron Mayville, who was selected as the new forest supervisor and arrives January 30. He will be arriving from the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland where he has been the deputy forest supervisor for the past three years. In 2018, Mayville served on a temporary detail as the deputy forest supervisor of the Coconino National Forest. “The Coconino National Forest stands out as a real gem in our nation’s National Forest system and represents a truly special place for me and my family,” Mayville said. “I…
Camp Verde News – Camp Verde Community Library is pleased to join a dozen other Verde Valley organizations participating in the AZ State SciTech Festival 2023. Starting Thursday, February 2 at 4:00p, the Children’s Library will host 5 weeks of hands-on STEAM activities for children and families ages 6 and up. This year Verde Valley SciTech participants are focusing on one theme per week. Activities taking place all over the valley are designed to support informal learning experiences around the natural environment, human history, growth and opportunity, exploring the night sky, and sustainability. The library’s events are scheduled on different days…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Remaining present, being in the now, is not the panacea many gurus make it out to be, a snitch of time that has magical properties, a moment of presence that opens the doors to truth, that sets everything aright. Now is a pointer, a pointer that like all pointers, points to a bigger reality. All life points in one non-directional direction – home, to the mystery we are. Every experience, what we call things, has always sung, is always singing, the praise of infinite aliveness and that includes the hugely misunderstood concept of the present moment. …
… the Peregrine Falcon at the top of the missive is a new addition to the portfolio and I got the shot after she had taken off from the now disappeared island in Castle Hot Springs bay on the NW end of Lake Pleasant. I didn’t see her or her mate on the trip down to the lake this past week, but perhaps they’ll be there later this week. She was moving out at a pretty good speed when I took this shot, but nowhere near her top speed of more than 100 mph in level flight … the fastest…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theatres around the world to present the theatrical premiere of “Carole King: Home Again — Live in Central Park” showing Jan. 20-26 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Carole King: Home Again — Live in Central Park” presents musical icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000. The film presents the complete multi-camera 16mm footage filmed and recorded by Lou Adler in 1973 but never before released. Alongside the complete performance…