Sedona News – To celebrate the successful conclusion of its 40th concert season, Chamber Music Sedona is excited to present a special 40th Anniversary Gala, with different events leading up to the “Epic Octets” concert on Sunday, April 16 at 3 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. These events will include a Spring Salon held in a private home on Thursday, April 13 and a screening of a music documentary film called Music of Strangers on April 14 (in partnership with the Sedona International Film Festival). With an exciting program of massive and groundbreaking works that will shatter any notion that chamber music…
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By Carson Ralston Library Specialist-Adult Programs Verde Valley News – Join us in the Fireside Room at Camp Verde Community Library at 5:00 pm on Thursday, March 16th for another amazing concert with the return of the nationally touring artist, Bernice Lewis. With almost four decades of performing festivals, concert halls, coffeehouses, colleges, and house concerts, along with a half dozen acclaimed CDs, Bernice Lewis has built a solid national fan base. She is also a storyteller, published poet, producer, and educator extraordinaire. Lewis — who studied vocal improvisation with Bobby McFerrin, guitar technique with Alex DeGrassi and Guy van…
Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. This month’s speaker is Mike Dechter, Executive Director –Arizona Mushroom Society. He will be speaking about “The Fungi Kingdom and Sedona Specific Fungi and Edible Mushrooms”. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. Mike will start the presentation broadly with the basics of the fungi kingdom and why they are both helpful to us and fascinating in their own right. Then he’ll talk more specifically about edibility, covering the myths to the must-do’s for learning to eat wild mushrooms. Lastly, he…
Sedona News – Sedona’s only Second City-trained improv troupe is back for their 15th year of hilarity. If you’re a fan of Star Trek, space exploration or aliens, you won’t want to miss this one-night-only performance on Saturday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre in Sedona. Tickets are $15. This show is likely to sell out, so order your tickets early. “From Klingons singing a space opera to a PowerPoint presentation about an alien world created on-the-spot by audience members, we’re going where no improv troupe has gone before,” said Derek Dujardin, director of Zenprov…
Sedona, AZ — Did you know that you can help your dog or cat heal by simply rubbing their paws in specific points for specific duration. Learn about the healing power of pet reflexology and improve the quality of life for you and your beloved pet. Learn more HERE. Buy your book HERE What if there was a magical way to help your pets feel happier and healthier right at your fingertips? Well, now there is. Master Reflexologist Thomas Acosta has developed an innovative holistic method for improving their health and well-being with the power of the ancient healing art…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ — There they go shooting themselves in the foot again. It was bad enough when Republicans took down Roe vs Wade, but now they want to derail Biden’s effort to forgive student loans. Bad, bad strategy, considering the damage their stand against abortion caused the party in the mid-term elections. They could have had the Senate to boot. The Supreme Court blew the seal. And who comes out of this smelling like a rose should the student loan forgiveness efforts go the same route as Roe vs Wade? Biden of course. Whether SCOTUS lets it go…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “A Little White Lie” showing March 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “A Little White Lie” features an award-winning ensemble cast, including Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson, Wendie Malick, Don Johnson and Zach Braff. Shriver (Michael Shannon) — a down-on-his-luck handyman who has never read a book in his life — is mistaken for a famous writer that has been in hiding for over 20 years. With nothing to lose, he accepts an invitation to attend a college literary festival and finds himself…
Verde Valley News – Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, March 9th at 5:00 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. 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. March’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, Matt Fabritz, and special guest, Kris Baldwin. Gary Simpkins has been around the…
… I enjoyed exploring the San Francisco Volcanic Field from the air and spent hundreds of hours up there. When I first started flying over the area I thought it was a pretty desolate area, but after flights with friends who were/are geologists I became aware of the extreme beauty and history that was on display beneath me … I was hooked and again, thanks to friends, I continuously marvel at what lay beneath me. The photo above is a line up of Sunset Crater in the foreground and the San Francisco Peaks in the background … just to the right of…
Sedona News – Enjoy Tinseltown’s brightest stars on Hollywood’s biggest night LIVE right here in Sedona on Sunday, March 12 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre at 5 p.m. Join in the fun and festivities of “Oscars on the Rocks”, the official spot to catch the 95th Annual Academy Awards on the big screen. You will feel like you are right in the midst of the Oscar action. Roll out the red carpet, make your Oscar picks and join your fellow movie-lovers for a night out on the town. Think you can pick the winners of the big night? Find…
Sedona, AZ: A major snow storm dumped more than six inches of snow overnight, turning Red Rock Country into a winter wonderland. Brief power outages have been reported and side streets remain covered with snow creating hazardous driving conditions around town. People are finding it difficult to even drive out of their driveways. The heavy snow has also downed trees and S.R. 89A remains closed between Flagstaff and Sedona. Drivers are urged to drive with extreme caution and not to travel if not necessary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBTbQEXoYEs I-17 northbound partially reopens; several high country highways remain closed Interstate 17 northbound has reopened between…
Sedona AZ — Welcome to the City of Sedona’s monthly newsletter! This is to help keep residents informed on City happenings. Read on for a round up of interesting news, events and announcements.
… one of the many highlights from yesterdays trip down to the lake was discovering that the Great Horned Owls are back nesting in a cave in the side of a cliff overlooking a narrow channel in the lake … they took a break from the nest last year. In the photo above you can see one of the residents kicking back and napping in the morning sun. Due to the lower water levels in the lake this year, the cave is about 60′ above the water … by backing way off and using a telephoto lens, the angle is…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “A Radiant Girl” showing March 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Paris, summer 1942. Irene (Rebecca Marder) is a 19-year-old aspiring actress without a care in the world. Her family watches her discover friends, new love and a passion for the theater, all the while without her realizing that time is running out. Legendary French actress Sandrine Kiberlain makes her directorial debut with this allegorical coming-of-age drama set in Nazi-occupied France, that is in turns enchanting and devastating, anchored by a star-making lead…
Arizona News – While applauding the record-breaking Mexican wolf population announced today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”), conservation groups noted that, with lobos, it is not just the total numbers that matter. Though 241 wild lobos is a sign of progress for the program, and a 23 percent increase over last year is remarkable, the genetic diversity of the wild population still needs improvement. Moreover, there are indicators that lobos need more room to roam beyond the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. “The Service did well by keeping wolves in the wild last year, which surely helped increase the…