… I have a huge number of raptor shots that I absolutely love and here are two of them that have consistently been on my walls at home. The shot above is one of Leroy, a Harris’s Hawk as he is cranking and banking coming around a juniper tree on the plains north of Flagstaff during a photo shoot with Michele and a few friends who came along with me. Michele and I are doing a show at the Mary Fisher Theater in Sedona on February 7th, 2024, at 4PM. Leroy will be there along with three other raptors and…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “National Parks Adventure” and “Great Bear Rainforest” showing Dec. 29-Jan. 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The two award-winning films will show in one package. NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE Narrated by Academy Award-winner Robert Redford, “National Parks Adventure” takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors and untamed wilderness. Immersive IMAX cinematography takes viewers soaring over red rock canyons, up craggy mountain peaks and into other-worldly realms found within America’s most legendary outdoor playgrounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iqF2Tk_1WA Join world-class mountaineer…
Arizona News – In an effort to protect forest roads from damage, the Coconino National Forest has started closing forest roads in the Flagstaff Ranger District (FRD) for the winter and will continue closing roads over the course of the coming weeks across the forest in higher elevations. While the FRD has closed forest roads north of Interstate 40 along U.S. Highway 180 and U.S. Highway 89, many forest roads currently remain open due to low levels of snow and precipitation. Seasonal road closures on each district of the Coconino NF occur at different times each year and depend on…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona currently seeks a Tourism Manager to manage the city’s first-ever in-house Tourism Program. This person will be the spokesperson and expert on city tourism efforts, and will develop, implement and manage a program that balances Sedona’s thriving tourism economy with resident quality of life. Over the past seven months, the city has been hard at work setting the foundation blocks for the Tourism Program including creating the website, Scenic Sedona; creating a Tourism Advisory Board made up of a mix of residents and business owners; setting up Simpleview; launching a Winter destination marketing campaign;…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona theatrical premiere of “Farewell, Mr. Haffmann” showing Dec. 29-Jan. 4 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Farewell, Mr. Haffmann” won the top two awards at the recent Sedona International Film Festival: the Audience Choice Award for Best International Feature Film and Best of Fest. It also won the top Audience Choice Award at 15 prestigious film festivals around the country. It is returning to Sedona for a theatrical run by popular demand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjGjA2lXD8 Occupied Paris, 1941: all members of the Jewish community are instructed to…
Sedona News – The public comment period for the Red Rock Trails Access Plan, scheduled through December 20, has ended. The Coconino National Forest would like to thank the public for its enthusiastic response and to inform interested parties of anticipated next steps. Hundreds of comments were received, the majority of which focused on the proposed Turkey Creek Trail System. Forest staff will analyze these comments, the effects of the project, and consider modifications to the proposal. Red Rock District Ranger Amy Tinderholt highlighted that “public comment periods are an important tool for understanding issues or concerns that staff may not…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona seeks musicians of all varieties to apply for the spring and fall 2024 Red Dirt Concerts Series. The Red Dirt Concerts are free to the public and will be held every Friday in May and September, from 5 – 8 p.m., at the Posse Grounds Pavilion in Posse Grounds Park. “The Red Dirt Concert Series is one of the most popular community events hosted by the Parks and Recreation Department, and they continue to get better and better. If history is any indication, 2024 will be the best year yet!” said Recreation Coordinator…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will roll out a new rate for admission starting January 1, 2024. Beginning in the new year, regular admission to the Museum will be $10. Starting January 1, the professionally produced audio tour will be incorporated as part of the Museum experience for all visitors. The audio tour, produced by Bill Levengood, and written by Janeen Trevillyan and Michael Peach, consists of 35 audio clips, located in exhibits all over the Museum. Some of the clips add background and context to the story of the exhibits while others provide first-person accounts of people…
… here are two of my all-time favorites utilizing compositing tools … what I call “Unleashed” images containing two or more photos and a liberal dose of imagination as to what might be. Both of these images are on my walls at home … I like them! The image above combines a photo taken east of the San Francisco Peaks on a morning when there was a solid low cloud layer from around the peaks all the way to the Grand Canyon. Sunset crater pokes up through the clouds as does O’Leary Peak just above and to the right of…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” showing Dec. 29-Jan. 4 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” is Estonia’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57aVf1-SBk In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion. No story too shameful, no burden too heavy to carry when you share it with your sisterhood. The Vana-Võromaa (region in South…
Sedona News – Vajrayana Buddhist teacher, Venerable Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche, will visit Sedona, Arizona New Years weekend for a teaching and smoke offering puja. At the request of Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) Spiritual Director Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo, on Saturday, Dec. 30, Khenpo will give a talk on the Purpose and Meaning of the Riwo Sangchöd Practice at Sedonya Conscious Living Center. Seating for the talk is limited, tickets are available on Eventbrite. On Sunday, Dec. 31, he will then lead the Riwo Sang Chöd smoke offering puja at the Amitabha Stupa. All are welcome to attend either event separately…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Glory to the Heroes” showing Dec. 29-Jan. 4 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPUNraVkesg In June 2023, Russia destroys the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine and commits an unprecedented ecocide. In response, French philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy returns to Ukraine to capture Ukraine’s deep humanity despite the dire conditions, and a civilian resilience and resistance unlike any other. In “Glory to the Heroes”, Lévy, along with his co-director Marc Roussel, spends the summer in eastern Ukraine recording for the world a passionate…
By Roseanne Jennings Sedona, AZ – If you’re looking for reasons to visit the sun and red sands of Sedona, here’s an idea: romance. In a new survey from New York Travel Guides, Sedona, Arizona earned the title of the second most romantic city in the US, just behind Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The top ranking is mainly thanks to Sedona’s art galleries, wine-tasting opportunities, red rock buttes, and luxury destinations. The survey also highlighted Sedona’s “world-class” spa resorts and accommodations, many of which won national accolades in the past year. Previously, Sedona came in as the eighth small town and 23rd best place in…
by Russell Vandenbroucke — Sedona, AZ – What moral universe condones a surprise attack in Israel–lasting less than a day–that slaughtered 1200 men, women, and children and kidnapped hundreds more? What moral universe authorizes killing, in retaliation, more than 17,000 Palestinians (and rising), 70 percent of them women and children, in less than two months? In comparison, Ukraine recently reported 560 children among 10,000 civilian deaths during the first 20 months of Russia’s “special military operation.” What moral universe sanctions my taxes to support the carnage? My government is also the sole member of the UN Security Council to veto…
… for the rest of the year I will be sending out some of my all-time favorite photographs and photographic art including composites. These are images that I have or have had on display in my home … the artists favorite picks! The shot of the donkeys above has been in the top list since I took it in February 2021, and it has also been one of my best sellers. It is awaiting its turn in rotation in the dining room. I had a permanent frame made on a wall in the dining room that takes a 48″ x…