Sedona News – If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on Monday, April 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and join the Verde Valley Woodcarvers. Hundreds of people have tried their hand at carving with this group since its founding in 1997 by Norm Knight. The group consists of carvers ranging from beginners to master carvers. Come by with your own equipment or just come to watch these artisans do relief carving, chip carving, and bark carving. There is no fee for this demonstration. “Monday at the…
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… once in a while it is fun to just kick back and spend time looking at favorite photographs from years past and such was the case this evening … I like all of the photos I send out, but there are those which grab your eyes and bring you back to when you took the shot. These two are among my very favorites … the portrait of the bobcat above drew me into his eyes when I took the shot, one of those sessions when I spent some time sitting on the ground not more than ten feet from…
… today was a beautiful day to be down in the Lake Pleasant area shooting flowers … wildflowers that is. Some of the best flower displays were on the roadside or near the road. Poppies, Brittle Bush, Lupine, Owl’s Clover and many more. It was a fun change of pace and for me it was a challenge to get the right perspective … one which is ordinarily not used. I got the opportunity when we pulled onto Quintero Road off of Carefree Hwy, west of Lake Pleasant. It was late afternoon and no golfers coming in to the facility and…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum is excited to announce the return of their popular tours of Oak Creek Canyon’s historic places on May 3, 4, 5 and 6. People who purchase a ticket for the tour will be whisked away on a bus tour up and down Oak Creek Canyon, and will be introduced to several historical sites along the way. You’ll visit approximately 20 historical sites including homesteads, squatters’ sites, campgrounds, and more! Along the way you’ll see outlaw ‘Bear’ Howard’s cabin and the Purtymun’s Cave Springs kitchen, among others will be visited. A favorite stopover is…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ – Once again, a legendary musical star makes their rounds in beautiful Sedona. On Saturday, April 1, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sound Bites Grill will host John Ford Coley, a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter of hit songs like I’d Really Love To See You Tonight, Nights Are Forever Without You, and many others, performing with Tom Wurth, a fellow talented songwriter and performer. John Ford Coley first played in Sedona at Sound Bites for local resident Terrie Frankel. It was a special gift for her Birthday. Terrie and her sister Jenny worked with John…
By Robert Albrecht Sedona News – Congratulations go to Antonio Lopez! He has been promoted to the position of Shelter Manager. Antonio has been with us for the better part of 7 years. He originally started as part time back in 2014, but quickly went full-time. He took a couple of years off from animal welfare, but soon found he missed it. He returned to the Humane Society of Sedona in 2019 as an Animal Care Lead and has worked his way up the ranks. He is an experienced animal handler and does an amazing job with behavior management.…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world to present the world premiere of “The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli” showing April 2-6 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Combining world-class musical performances with intimate conversations across the awe-inspiring Italian countryside, “The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli” is an exploration of the moments that define us, the songs that inspire us, and the relationships that connect us to what matters most. Bocelli and his wife Veronica travel on horseback along Italy’s Via Francigena, an ancient road traveled by…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum is again offering a performance of “Throwback Thursday”, on Thursday, April 6, at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum. Visitors will enjoy a glimpse of parts of the Museum through encounters with costumed reenactors. These impersonators will breathe life into several Sedona area pioneers and share a bit of that person’s life story and adventures in the Sedona of 70-120 years ago. Guests will rotate through the Museum buildings, delighting in parts of a “day-in-the life” of our early settlers and community-builders, and getting a peek at some of the hopes, dreams, and hardships in…
By Tommy Acosta — What is a life anyway? A single “life?” Is it nothing more than a collection of emotions and thoughts, reverberating pain and pleasure, hopes, dreams and fear? Are we merely meat; flesh and blood creations encapsulating what we believe is a soul? Or is a single life the microcosm and macrocosm of human life on earth, each one of us a unique representation of who we believe we are and the whole of humanity at once? We are born. We grow old. We die. Everything we experience is but a dream between those two points. Or…
Sedona News – The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is honored to continue to be the home for the Met Live Opera programs for the 2022-2023 season, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. The season continues with Giuseppe Verdi’s “Falstaff” live via simulcast on Saturday, April 1 at 9:30 a.m. and the encore presentation on Wednesday, April 5 at 3 p.m. Plan to come early as John Steinbrunner will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the LIVE production on Saturday. Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver…
Camp Verde AZ — Come and honor the veterans who served and fought during the Vietnam War. The recognition begins Wednesday, March 29, 2023 and ends Sunday, April 2, 2023. Below are all the details promoting this patriotic event and organizers are hoping for a solid support from the community in recognizing the brave men and women that fought in this war.
… the beauty of nature brought into our homes and reminders of life beyond ours that can bring a gentle peace into our lives. I enjoy just staring at and studying flowers and tulips are among my favorites. The tulips in both of these photographs are from Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California. Click on the link and learn more about this fantastical place. After my presentation to the Padre Trails Camera Club in Pebble Beach, California on May 3rd, I plan on spending more time shooting in these beautiful gardens before returning home. If you are in the Monterey area…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Chantilly Bridge” showing March 31-April 6 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. It’s twenty-five years later and the same brilliant actresses from “Chantilly Lace” — Linda Yellen’s groundbreaking Sundance hit — return to bring their characters to life in “Chantilly Bridge”. In a rare cinematic experience that travels back and forth between films, the characters’ memories implode on the present. With unpredictable humor and searing honesty, they confront old resentments, celebrate new milestones, and rediscover the unbreakable bond between friends…
… whilst in flight there is a relatively smooth flow of air over the wings; in aircraft the shape of the wings is such that a low pressure is created above the wings and a high pressure below the wings providing lift and the same holds true for birds … they also flap their wings providing thrust in addition to lift … aircraft have engines to provide the thrust … sailplanes push over to maintain airspeed. When in landing mode, everything that flies has to reduce lift and descend … aircraft do it with flaps and spoilers whilst our feathered…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Space Oddity” showing March 31-April 6 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. When Alex gives up on earth and decides to leave it all behind for a one-way mission to Mars, an unexpected romance forces him to choose between an uncertain journey to the stars or an even more uncertain journey of the heart. Alex, grappling with the changes he’s witnessing on the flower farm he calls home, is doing the one thing that makes him feel sane — training a one-way trip to…