The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “My Donkey, My Lover & I” showing July 23-27 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. In Caroline Vignal’s irresistible French comedic road movie “My Donkey, My Lover & I”, Laure Calamy (in a Best Actress César Award-winning performance) is the delightfully zany Antoinette — a heartbroken school teacher who impulsively goes on a six-day hike to follow her lover. Antoinette is looking forward to her long planned summer holidays with her secret lover Vladimir, the father of one of her pupils. When learning…
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Join us on Thursday, July 28th from 5:00-6:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for our next free Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series featuring the band Creekside Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There will be one band or solo artist that plays for the duration of the concert with a different artist playing each month, on the 4th Thursday of the month. This month’s concert features Creekside. Classic rock merged with country music and rhythm and blues, you get a…
On July 12, Friends of The Sedona Library made a $20,000 gift to Sedona Public Library to support the new Courtyard. The Friends’ gift names the seating area around the fireplace in the new Courtyard due to open in August. “The Friends’ Fire Circle” will provide a lovely space for presentations, gatherings, and meetings, and when the weather is chilly, the fire will keep visitors warm. The Friends’ Fire Circle also exemplifies the enduring relationship between the Library and the Friends. Sedona Public Library is grateful for this tried-and-true friendship.Donna Hawk, Friends of the Sedona Library Treasurer agrees. “Our two…
… A couple shots of the kids tonight … above is a photo of a juvenile Bald Eagle taking off and exerting enormous power in his wing beats as he enters flight and below we have a shot of a juvenile Black Hawk as he flies along the shore of the trout farm looking for an easy meal. The Bald Eagles do not get their iconic white head and tail feathers until they are around five years old … Black Hawks reach full size in months and maturity in about a year to a year and a half. Very far…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Alone Together” showing July 22-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Alone Together” is written and directed by Katie Holmes who also stars in the film along with Jim Sturgess and Derek Luke. Going upstate for a short romantic getaway to escape the pandemic in New York City, food critic June’s (Katie Holmes) plans go wrong from the start when she arrives at her AirBnb only to find that it’s been double booked by recently single Charlie (Jim Sturgess). When her boyfriend (Derek Luke) decides to…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Peaceful” showing July 22-28 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Peaceful” — by award-winning filmmaker Emmanuelle Bercot — premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Benoit Magimel (who won the Cesar Award for Best Actor for this role), Cécile de France and Gabriel Sara. A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fighting to do their job and help them find acceptance. The four of them have one…
The Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship invites local residents to participate in a free informal workshop on “Spirituality and Justice: Walking the Unitarian Universalist Path,” at the Sedona Public Library (in the Quiet Room) on Wednesday, July 27, from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalists embrace a theology of engagement. They draw inspiration and wisdom from interacting with each other and the world around them. By doing so, they witness both the beauty and brokenness of our larger community and environment. They savor the beauty and help to heal the brokenness.UUs view spirituality as awareness of infinite connectedness. Therefore, seeking justice…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the award-winning and acclaimed new film “The Phantom of the Open” showing July 22-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Phantom of the Open” stars Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance, Academy Award-nominee Sally Hawkins and BAFTA Award-winner Rhys Ifans. Follow your dreams, wherever they take you. “The Phantom of the Open” tells the heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance), a dreamer and unrelenting optimist. Things have never been easy for the working-class family man, but along the way he’s tried his hand at everything from writing…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Forgiven” showing July 22-28 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “The Forgiven” stars Academy Award-winner Jessica Chastain and Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes. Everything must be faced. Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion of the local…