Sedona AZ (December 28, 2012) – Ree Hudson, Sedona resident and a Roman Catholic Womanpriest ordained in 2007 by Bishop Patricia Fresen, will celebrate her first Mass since moving to Sedona in August 2012. The Mass will be Sunday, January 6 at 3PM at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 100 Arroyo Pinon Drive, Sedona. The Mass will be followed by a reception in the Social Hall. All are welcome. Hudson moved to Sedona from Missouri where she co-pastored a parish with another Roman Catholic Womanpriest. Hudson’s husband died in 2011. She has 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Her…
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Film Festival presents award-winning new films at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (December 28, 2012) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of “The Eye of the Storm” — featuring an Academy Award-winning cast — and the award-winning “The Other Son” at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Both films will show Jan. 8-11 at the festival’s arthouse theatre venue in West Sedona.
Sedona AZ (December 27, 2012) – With the holidays now behind us, it is time to re-connect with talented Sedona artists who are celebrated for their works and their commitment to our local communities as well. Come join the Pop Up group at First Friday reception at the Pop-Up Gallery in the prestigious Hillside Sedona center. For January the venue will spotlight the work of glass artist Lorraine Fexas and jewelry / gourd artist Pat Priolo. Both will be on hand to meet the public and discuss their work at the gallery’s reception, 5-8 PM on January 4, 2013. Special…
Doubling last year’s turnout, Sedona Parks and Recreation along with the new YMCA wraps up 2012 with an estimated 400 locals for the annual Breakfast With Santa. Sedona AZ (December 27, 2012) – This certainly has been a season to be jolly with over 400 friends and family joining together for the annual Breakfast with Santa. Held at the new Y at the Sedona Teen Center on Dec. 1st, this festive event included a free pancake and sausage breakfast, various seasonal crafts for kids and lots of children’s pictures taken with Santa Claus.
Sedona AZ (December 27, 2012) – The Sedona Heritage Museum presents Michael Peach in the premier of his new original show, “The Facts Keep Gettin’ in the Way of the Story” at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 5. Peach’s new show features his unique blend of original cowboy poetry with a tongue-in-cheek look at the history of cowboying and the greater Sedona area.
Renowned production from Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet debuts on the big screen at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (December 27, 2012) – The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Monday, Jan. 7 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “Coppelia” from the famed Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. There will be one show at 4:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. A doll comes to life, love triangles, illusions, doubles – the story of Coppelia is just as intriguing and fanciful today as it was in 1870! From the Bolshoi Ballet; Original choreography by Marius Petipa recreated…
Cottonwood AZ (December 26, 2012) – Creating a Business Plan is critical: in starting a new business venture in expanding an existing businesses in changing your existing business strategy Northern Arizona SCORE’s Business Plan Workshop Series provides both the training and guidance for you to create a comprehensive business plan for your business, a task than can be overwhelming if you have not worked through the process of writing a business plan.
Jerome AZ (December 26, 2012) – Gallery 527 hosts the first Art Walk party of 2013 on January 5th as this interesting gallery continues the show of favorite ceramic artist Brandi Lee Cooper. Back from her third year of working and studying at the La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Brandi Lee Cooper has made a new collection of lamps, wall installations, and functional pieces. The show is called ‘Terra e Luce’ or ‘Earth and Light’. The artist states, “As we go into the season of fewer daylight hours, I felt inspired to make some ‘light’. All I can ever…
Film Festival presents special event including red carpet broadcast and interactive Q&A Sedona AZ (December 26, 2012) – Tribeca Film, in a partnership with Emerging Pictures, will be bringing Glee star, Chris Colfer’s film debut, “Struck by Lightning”, to the Mary D. Fisher Theatre in Sedona for a one-night-only special interactive Q&A screening. This special theatrical event will be hosted by cinemas across the country Sunday, Jan. 6 — the same night as the film’s red carpet premiere. Showtime will be 6 p.m. Fans all over the U.S. will be virtually united and given the unique chance to see the…
Two Time Winning IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, and GRAMMY Nominee Brings Her Award Winning Band to Flagstaff January 5th Sedona AZ (December 24, 2012) – Flagstaff Friends of Traditional Music and Chamber Music Sedona will join hands to present one of the world’s most important ladies of Bluegrass, Claire Lynch & the Claire Lynch Band, Saturday, January 5th, 7:30pm at the White Dove Room, 2211 East 7th Avenue in Flagstaff. Lynch is recognized as one of the important creative force in acoustic music and at the forefront of women who have expanded the bluegrass genre. She has twice…
Beaver Creek AZ (December 24, 2012) – On December 20, 2012, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested 57-year-old Kala Pearson for felony theft of monies from the Beaver Creek Village Property Owners Association (BCVPOA). In November of 2012, YCSO detectives met with BCVPOA board members regarding a theft of funds from the association’s corporate bank account. The members reported a loss of $33,000 dollars and noted that only three persons had access to the account, including the designated secretary, Kala Pearson. Board members offered some background to detectives regarding the account monies.
Film Festival presents award-winning new films at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (December 24, 2012) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the Academy Award shortlisted film for best documentary “The Central Park Five” and the award-winning “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel” at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Both films will show Jan. 2-4 at the festival’s arthouse theatre venue in West Sedona.
Jerome AZ (December 24, 2012) – Let the party continue the Saturday after New Year’s Eve with the January 5th Jerome Art Walk. Take the convenient shuttle throughout the town to visit 25 galleries and studios from the Old Jerome High School up the mountain to the new member gallery of The Miner’s Pick Rock Shop beside the lovely Surgeon’s House on Hill Street. The lively gallery group welcomes back Rebecca McDonald of Long Shadow and Sandy Brown of Seeds in The Old Jerome High School as well as new member Sapphire Sky Gallery also in The High School. The…
Fiscal Cliff or Fiscal Stoop? By Tommy Acosta(December 23, 2012) The media frenzy over the looming Fiscal Cliff and panic over its consequences has nothing to do with reality. Get over it. Nothing worse than raised taxes on everyone can happen! Does anyone really think Washington is going to let that occur? Perhaps we’ll suffer a scraped economic knee but no 300-foot straight-down-drop to a waiting shoreline of jagged rocks as the media keeps threatening and predicting.
Sedona AZ (December 23, 2012) – Hello subjects! My name is Baby Doll and I’m the 11th longest resident here at the Humane Society. I arrived back in January of this year. I am a beautiful, bodacious Tortoiseshell. I am very sweet and affectionate and the Queen of Tortie-tude. I love to be petted. You can pet me until the cows come home (do you really have cows?); petting, stroking, you loving on me… I love it all and on my terms (that’s how queens are after all)! I also like to play with wand toys and laser lights. I…