In honor of fresh starts, bright beginnings and shout-it-from-the-rooftop accomplishments, Rowe Fine Art Gallery rings in 2024 on Friday, January 5, at 4 p.m. with New Start, New Art. For the first time, the gallery shines a spotlight on precast sculptures, those raw, beautiful works in clay that hint at the bronze masterpieces to come. It’s a rare opportunity to see a work of art in progress. In addition to the precast sculptures, partygoers will enjoy new paintings and jewelry. Precast sculptures include two from artist and gallery owner Ken Rowe and one from sculptor Kim Kori. Ken will showcase The Collector,…
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… something a little different tonight/morning. The top image is the original photograph I took as the sun was beginning to make its way behind Mingus Mountain near sunset on a beautiful May end of day. The NE part of Long Canyon. is on a diagonal from lower left and Brins mesa is near the top of the canyon and then the terrain drops off into the uptown area of Sedona. on the far-right above center is uptown and part of west Sedona. Wilson Mountain is just above and beyond Brins Mesa on the left. The image is a great…
Sedona News – Ring in the holidays and celebrate the sounds of the season with “In the Christmas Mood: A Holiday Music Spectacular” on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. This special celebration is presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. A show that’s quickly becoming a holiday tradition for audiences! Get in the spirit of the season with “In the Christmas Mood: A Holiday Music Spectacular”. The evening is filled with singing, dancing, comedy and holiday magic as the show pays homage to the classic Andy Williams and Bing Crosby Christmas specials. “In…
Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Leadership is now accepting applications for Class XVII. The experiential leadership training program partners with Yavapai College and a vast network of community leaders to provide leadership and career development training. Both working professionals and advanced collegiate students are encouraged to apply. Verde Valley Leadership provides a comprehensive leadership program with professional and personal growth and advancement opportunities. The class meets monthly at Yavapai College and works through a curriculum specifically designed to enhance leadership capacities and management skills. Each student is also involved in shadow days with community leaders, a day of service,…
By Tommy Acosta — Sedona, AZ — I remember as a kid how we all tried to behave better as Christmas approached One special Christmas song we paid extra attention to was “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” For us habitually naughty kids, it was a dark specter that we lived under because of the incredible magic powers we were told Santa had. To be a tad bit cynical here, one can almost compare Santa’s omniscience to God, or even our present-day government’s ability to observe everything that goes on in the world. Right off, the song kicks off with…
Sedona, AZ –When Santa’s gone back to the North Pole and all the gifts have been unwrapped and given, and the last Christmas song is sung, it’s time to kick back and relax and take the family out for a Christmas Day dinner at Sound Bites Grill in Uptown Sedona. Open from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. their scrumptious regular menu will be offered with some Holiday Specials thrown in to sweeten up the feast. Live music will be provided by David Vincent Mills from 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. Mills is a consummate performer with…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present The Bergamot live in concert with a special holiday show on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Back in Sedona just in time for the holidays, The Bergamot presents “A South Shore Christmas” — an afternoon of festive music and storytelling where founding members Nathaniel Hoff and Jillian Speece warm the hearts of listeners with songs and stories of inspiration and hope. Fans can expect to hear uplifting holiday favorites like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “I’ll Have A Blue Christmas”,…
… threats are an everyday occurrence for all species and there can be serious consequences resulting from these threats, but then there are others which are pure and simple harassment just because the creatures feel like it. Such is the plight of our Coopers Hawk which was perched in a tree on the tee box in the back of the house. He was perched and looking for prey, but our local gang of crows decided that they would give him no peace and set up an aerial attack with several of them joining in the attack … one after the…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of the sensational acclaimed film “Quartet” Dec. 18-20 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, in celebration of the festival’s 30th anniversary season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5-u6loZpOM “Quartet” — directed by Dustin Hoffman — stars Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins and features Michael Gambon. Smith was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. Adapted by Ronald Harwood from his 1999 stage play, “Quartet” is set in a bucolic retirement community for former opera…
Verde Valley News – Music in the Stacks returns to Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room on Thursday, December 14th at 5:00 pm. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 3-5 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month. December’s concert features some of the fan favorites that have been playing since the first days of the library’s Music in the Stacks program. These amazing musicians, sometimes referred to as “The Keepers of the Flame”, include Gary Simpkins, Christy Fisher, Mike McReynolds, Tony Cook, Mark Gifford, and Matt Fabritz. Gary Simpkins has been around the folk/rock, singer/songwriter scene…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” showing Dec. 15-20 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7_VUdESrvM “The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan” features a stellar ensemble cast, including Vincent Cassel, Francois Civil, Romain Duris, Pio Marmai, Eva Green and Louis Garrel. D’Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King. D’Artagnan faces the dark…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory For the bodymind, what could be more important than love? Could anything possibly rise above this our greatest desire, the desire to love and to be loved, to raise the strongly reinforced barriers we have constructed and yield the I, to allow ourselves to be in union, to relinquish the sense of separation? It’s actually rather strange how being loved absolutely, letting go and simply loving regardless of return, is also our greatest fear, bigger than the fear of death. Why? Something within us knows if we allow ourselves to immolate in the fire of full…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “La Syndicaliste” showing Dec. 15-20 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and corrupt politics, “La Syndicaliste” follows the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the influential head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. A deft navigator of elite political and financial circles, Maureen becomes a whistleblower when she discovers international backroom dealings, exposing secrets that shook the French nuclear sector. Fighting against government ministers and industry leaders, Maureen worked tirelessly to…
Sedona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers that State Route 89A north of uptown Sedona is now scheduled to remain closed around the clock until Saturday, Dec. 16, as construction crews perform critical clean-up work after recent blasting for rockfall mitigation. Safety of the traveling public is a key reason for the extended closure of SR 89A between the Owenby Way roundabout and the Midgley Bridge picnic area (mileposts 375-376). While construction crews are expediting efforts to remove the loose rock on the canyon wall and clear the roadway, the highway closure is scheduled until 6 a.m.…
Sedona News – In celebration of the holiday season, popular local storyteller Michael Peach will give a reading of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” at the Sedona Heritage Museum on Saturday, December 23 at 3:00 pm. The historic setting of the Sedona Heritage Museum will give the telling of the favorite tale a unique twist, as listeners follow Peach through Scrooge’s encounters with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. This special performance is an hour long and appropriate for all audiences. Each guest is asked to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to the Sedona…