Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “It’s Complicated” on Thursday, Aug. 24 at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “It’s Complicated” is the fourth film in a month-long tribute to Meryl Streep with a special “Meryl-thon” series in August featuring a different Meryl Streep film each week. “It’s Complicated” features an all-star ensemble cast including Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell and Rita Wilson. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Comedy or Musical. Streep was also nominated for a Golden…
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Sedona News – Information stations have been installed at the three Sedona Shuttle Park & Ride lots that feature trail maps, safety guidance and responsible practices, courtesy of the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund. The stations support the USFS’s objective of providing trail users with information that encourages safe and responsible trail use. The Park & Ride lots are operated by the City of Sedona to help mitigate the traffic and parking snarls in the Back O’ Beyond, Soldiers Pass and other neighborhoods by providing recreationists a free, easy and safe way to access popular trailheads. In operation since spring break 2022, as…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host another round of their popular local history tours, on September 27-30, visiting historic sites, homesteads, and buildings along the Red Rock Loop Road. ‘Red Rock’ was what the area around the base of Cathedral Rock was known as long before anyone ever heard of the name ‘Sedona’. The tour in this area will be guided by Sedona Historical Society historians. They will share stories of early settlers, wine history, homesteading, irrigation and water rights, and so much more. Tour participants will learn about the origins of Red Rock State Park, and…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Postcards from the Edge” on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Postcards from the Edge” is the third film in a month-long tribute to Meryl Streep with a special “Meryl-thon” series in August featuring a different Meryl Streep film each week. “Postcards from the Edge” features an award-winning ensemble cast including Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss and Rob Reiner. Streep was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her…
… a couple of portraits tonight … above one of my favorite bobcats which spent some time visiting with me as I collected hundreds of shots of him … a shared life even if for just a few minutes … he knows where and what his place in all that is, is. For me, the wonder only grows as certainties become what they always have been … uncertainties. And the shot below is a portrait of one of the coyotes that inhabits the area too … another creature that knows his place in life … perhaps it is about the…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Nothing’s For Free: The History of Freeride Mountain Biking” showing Aug. 20-24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Every sport has its Dog Town and Z Boys or Riding Giants. “Nothing’s For Free” is the real story of the birth and legacy of freeride mountain biking. Chronicling the blue-collar story and rise of a cult sport to a global phenomenon that put the race-driven sport of mountain biking on the map in the world of action sports and the mainstream. Outside Studios, in…
Sedona News – After an incredible celebration of its 40th anniversary during the 2022-23 concert season, Chamber Music Sedona is excited to welcome back audiences for a new season beginning November 5, 2023. From celebrating the romantic glory of Rachmaninoff, to showcasing returning favorites such as Tessa Lark and the venerable Orion String Quartet, to introducing new faces like saxophone phenomenon Steven Banks, the 41st season will dazzle audiences with five concerts, as well as winter and spring salons. The new season will launch with “Rachmaninoff: A Two-Piano Celebration” on Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. Performed…
Arizona News – As of 8 a.m. today, the Coconino and Kaibab national forests have lifted all fire restrictions. Stage 1 restrictions had been in place across Coconino National Forest and the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest since June 29. Fire managers continually evaluate conditions across the forest to help determine when to implement or rescind fire restrictions. Enough rain has fallen across the forest to increase fuel moisture levels and decrease fire danger. The forecast shows these improved conditions continuing. The increased moisture and cooler temperatures have reduced the risk of severe fire behavior, and fire…
Prescott News – From August 24-27, 2023, 16 juried professional plein air artists all hailing from Arizona will paint from Prescott’s beautiful forests, lakesides, and downtown historical and architectural beauty, as Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery and the Highlands Center for Natural History present “Art in the Pines: The 4th Annual Prescott Plein Air Festival.” The artists may be found painting throughout Yavapai County, but the public is invited to observe and engage with them at no cost as they create their art at specific accessible demonstration sites. The Plein Air Festival’s pre-events will start Aug. 10 with an exhibition…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Simone: Woman of the Century” showing Aug. 18-23 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Simone: Woman of the Century” premiered at the recent Sedona International Film Festival as one of the closing night films and received rave reviews. The film is returning to Sedona by popular demand. Celebrate the monumental life and legacy of Simone Veil, one of the most beloved French women of all time whose extraordinary life is brought to the silver screen in this moving and monumental biopic from director Olivier Dahan (“La Vie en Rose”).…
… humans have done a miraculous job in creating a complex food gathering, processing and distribution system for the primary necessities of life and especially this is true with food … most of us never have to think about where or how we get our food, we simply go to the grocery store and choose from an incredible variety of food products (my current preference is Entenmann’s chocolate covered donuts) bring our choices home and then feed our families. It was not always so for us, and we used to be much closer to what the other species on the…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Adults” showing Aug. 18-24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Adults” stars Michael Cera, Hannah Gross and Sophia Lillis. Some adults need to grow up. “The Adults” follows Eric (Cera) as he returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Humans seem to want messages of love and light and quickly scroll past anything that speaks to the state in which we currently find ourselves. Reality is the totality. It is not just the yummy stuff, new modalities of healing, ways to soothe the savage beast, sitting on the meditation cushion while the world burns. Were we to look carefully at what is, we would find less need for the yummy stuff. We would find love and compassion in every corner we stumble into, for love is everywhere, is everything. It is in the eyes of…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Between Two Worlds” showing Aug. 18-23 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres. Famed author Marianne Winckler (Juliette Binoche) goes undercover to investigate the exploitation of the working class in Northern France. She eventually lands a job as a cleaner on the cross-channel ferry and develops close connections with the other cleaning women, many of whom have extremely limited resources and income opportunities. As she learns more about the plight of these workers, Marianne struggles with her deception towards them and…
… a look back on a beautiful Spring morning on the Colorado Plateau at 8272 feet MSL, located just west of SR 89A a mile or so above the switchbacks and looking NNE. The lakes in the meadows in the foreground are from snowmelt … normally this entire area is a dry meadow. Above this you can just make out Rogers Lake and slightly above that and a little to the right is A-1 Crater looming up in front of the San Francisco Peaks which dominate the skyline. Earth’s surface directly below me is about 6800 feet MSL. The peaks…