Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the “Festival Flashback” encore return of “Hello, My Name is Doris” showing Aug. 12-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. She’s not ready to act her age. Doris Miller (Academy Award-winner Sally Field) is a shy, eccentric 60-something woman, living alone following the death of her mother, whom she has lived with for her whole life. At the funeral, her brother Todd and his wife Cynthia try to persuade her to sell the house, especially the possessions, as she is a hoarder. Her only close friend is the…
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Camp Verde News – Ben Roti Ceramics presents the inaugural Verde Valley Pottery Festival, a collective of Arizona-connected potters committed to expanding the reach and increasing the understanding of contemporary studio pottery. The FREE festival will feature demonstrations, public lectures, and artist displays. This event will feature unique handmade items perfect for the home, garden, and gift-giving! Join us on Saturday, November 19, 2022, from 10 am to 5 pm, & Sunday, November 20, 2022, from 10 am to 3 pm at Ben Roti Ceramics at 2175 S. Glenrose Dr. Camp Verde, AZ 86322. Meet 10 talented local and regional artists,…
Camp Verde News – Camp Verde Community Library received a check for $24,500 from Arizona Community Foundation (ACF). In presenting the check, Glenn Wike, Chief of Staff/Senior Vice President, Community Investment at ACF thanked the library “for the important service you provide to the community.” Camp Verde Library Endowment (CVLE) President, Ambie Charles and board members, Charlie and Linda German remember the hard work they and many others put into the variety of fundraisers sponsored by CVLE over the years of fundraising. From selling bottles of “library” water at Cornfest, Pecan & Wine Festival, and other events, selling used books…
Sedona News – The city invites residents to apply for the 2022 Sedona Police Department Citizens Academy, a free program designed to experience firsthand engagement with the Sedona Police Department, have a better understanding of the department’s role within the community and foster a collaborative relationship with residents. The nine-week program will be held every Wednesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. starting on Sept. 7, 2022. It is for residents of Sedona and members of the business community and helps create open communication between the department’s community members and the Sedona Police Department staff. The police personnel are afforded…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Free Puppies!” showing Aug. 12-28 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Millions of rescue dogs from the rural South have been transported to new homes thanks to the tireless efforts of a grassroots network of dog rescuers. When Hurricane Katrina left more than 250,000 pets stranded, the infrastructure of modern pet transport for a nation-wide dog rescue effort was born. Since then, individual volunteers, transporters, shelters and rescue groups have created a movement to place millions of southern dogs in areas of the country…
Yavapai County News – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced in July the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has awarded $4,500,000 in grant funding to Yavapai, Mohave, and Coconino counties to help eliminate opioid addiction for people in the criminal justice system. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received $1,000,000 from this grant yesterday and will use the funding to support the Reach Out Program. This program helps people in jail suffering from opioid substance use disorders. The funds will also go toward a remodel of the detention center to create the Inmate Programs Unit, which will offer programs such as 12-step and GED attainment to help those…
… I never tire of looking at creatures with wings, the way they takeoff, fly and land … I sometimes dream of flying and not in my sailplanes or motorglider … I have developed very good sculling techniques to propel myself … like a swimmer in water but now the air behaves in the same manner and I fly … and then I awake! Above is a Double Crested Cormorant in partial breeding plumage as he is leaving a tree branch in the water. Cormorants feed on fish as do the Common Mergansers shown in flight below and so do…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of “Marcel the shell with Shoes On” showing Aug. 12-18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” is a worldwide audience sensation after premiering at prestigious film festivals around the globe to rave audience and critic reviews! The film features the talents of Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini, Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann and Lesley Stahl. Prepare to be delighted and experience a truly uplifting and hilarious cinematic experience! Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with…
Sedona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation is advising drivers and area residents and businesses to plan for overnight full closures of State Route 89A in Oak Creek Canyon weekdays from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Mondays through Fridays on Aug. 15-19 and Aug. 22-26. Closures will begin each evening at 9 p.m. starting on Monday, Aug. 15, and the roadway will reopen each morning at 6 a.m. SR 89A will be closed to all traffic traveling north from Sedona beginning at the Cave Springs Campground (milepost 386). DETOUR: Drivers on SR 89A traveling north to Flagstaff will use…
Sedona News – The Rotary Club of Sedona Village is hosting a Golf Extravaganza at Oakcreek Country Club Saturday, September 24, 2022. The event will raise money to support many Village Rotary Club projects including the Community Garden, Veterans programs, books for preschoolers, and new this year, part of the proceeds will be shared with the Sedona Public Library in the Village and Project Share the Need Food Pantry. The Golf Extravaganza stands out as a unique golf experience and participants are encouraged to sign up just for that, the experience. The event will have “challenges” on every hole and…
Verde Valley News – Grant applications are being accepted now by the Coconino Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) for forest health and restoration projects that can be funded under the authority of the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Self-Determination Act. The primary location for projects must be on federal lands within Coconino County, which includes the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests, and small sections of the Prescott and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. However, projects can also be on non-federal lands within Coconino County where it is clearly demonstrated that the project benefits resources on the national forests. The Act authorizes grants to…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the summer encore of the Met Opera’s “La Bohéme” (from the 2017/2018 season) on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Puccini’s timeless love story, which includes some of the composer’s most beloved music, has moved generations of opera lovers since its 1896 world premiere. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the fragile seamstress Mimì, who instantly falls in love with the passionate poet Rodolfo, sung by tenor Michael Fabiano. Soprano Susanna Phillips and baritone Lucas Meachem trade both spars and kisses as the on-again-off-again…
Arizona News – The outbreak of monkeypox puts all Arizonans at potential risk for the infection that is rarely fatal. According to a World Health Organization statement on July 20, the reported mortality rate for those infected by monkeypox stood at 0.00036%. Of 14,000 infections worldwide, five deaths were reported, none in the United States. The mortality rate for severe flu annually is 0.1%, according to the World Health Organization. “While the virus is disproportionately affecting gay and bisexual men, the risk of infection is possible among all of us,” said Jimmy Thomason, executive director at Aunt Rita’s Foundation. “The…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Life offers an infinite supply of grand and glorious adventures. Humans pursue anything and everything in their search for happiness and inner peace, calling their pursuit material or spiritual, religious or worldly, work or play, peace or violence. In truth, it is simply what we say it is. Whatever path we appear to be walking, it seems as if we have chosen it or are victims of it, sometimes, both. Isn’t life fascinating?! We can charge into the world of commerce and fill our coffers or go kicking and screaming. Seems in this world most of…
… reaching for the sky … reaching for the stars and always we dream of touching the upper limits when we turn our gaze to the sky, the clouds and dream of what it would be like to be up there. The Great Blue Heron above is reaching for the sky as he leaves the upper branches of a tree he was perched on in Lake Pleasant and below a Great Egret is also leaving his perch on some tree limbs protruding out of the lake … both of them reaching for the sky as they sever their connections to…