Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, July 14th at 5:30 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. July’s concert features Eric Douglas, Reno McCormick, and Gioia. Eric Douglas is an Arizona singer/songwriter who combines contemporary folk, classic rock, and Texas country to tell stories of people finding their place in the world…for better or worse. Eric paints an American landscape, with songs from the Southwestern desert,…
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The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona one-day-only premiere of “Big Wave Guardians: First Responders of the Sea” on Thursday, July 14 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Big Wave Guardians” highlights dramatic stories of Hawaii’s big wave guardians — some of the world’s best athletes, first responders and surfers, who risk their lives in the world’s most dangerous waves while deploying innovative water safety techniques previously unimagined.Hawaii’s North Shore is the world’s most dangerous 7-mile stretch of beach. Massive swells, life-and-death rescues, and “the best job in the world”…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryI can be awake and actively involved in the manifestation. Yes, it is all unfolding in perfection, not because it’s right but because it must. Life mirrors the inner state. As above — so below. As within — so without. As long as collectively we run on fear, as long as we are enamored with the darkness — even when we see it as light — we will create from distortion and pain will be inflicted. Harm will occur. It is perfect; it couldn’t be any other way. Life unfolds as it must. Experiencing the pain and…
Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with the encore of “Botticelli: Florence and the Medici”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, July 12, at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time. Florence in the era of the powerhouse Italian statesman, politician and patron Lorenzo de’ Medici, was the heart of Renaissance art and culture. One artist, above all others, was able to evoke the lights and shadows…
From October 13-16, 2022, fifteen professional artists will take their studios outdoors, painting at scenic locations around the Prescott area as part of the 3rd Annual Prescott Plein Air Art Festival. Presented by the Highlands Center for Natural History and the City of Prescott, in partnership with the Prescott National Forest and Touchmark at the Ranch, this special event will showcase Prescott’s natural, historical, and architectural beauty. There will also be pre-festival workshops with a pre-exhibit and sale at Yavapai College Gallery, artist demos, and a post-exhibit and sale at Mountain Artists Guild in Prescott. Referencing the French expression for…
By Rabbi Alicia MagalShalom and greetings from the Rabbi, Board of Directors, and congregation of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley.All the services, classes, and programs are listed on the synagogue website.Come join us either in person or online. See jcsvv.org for instructions to register for in-person services or online links. Visitors are welcome to attend services. On Friday, July 15, a Friday evening Erev Shabbat service, led by Joe Berger, VP of the Religious Affairs Committee, begins at 5:30 pm both in person and on Zoom, and livestreamed for members and their invitees. Congregants participate by…
Camp Verde Community Children’s Library invites community members to an after-hours reception and viewing of the community art mural the children have worked on this summer. Join us Tuesday, July 19 between 6:30p and 8:30p to see the fabulous underwater ocean scene. Meet local artist, Mary Rush, who got us started by painting the background that inspired the children to create sea creatures to add to it throughout the summer. We are building up to the finished project which must be seen after sundown under black lights to get the full effect.”The children have had a blast creating ocean art…
… I took this shot of the Coopers Hawk dining on a lizard in a tree near dark tonight from the deck … the normal diet for Coopers Hawks is other birds, but the population of birds around here is down so a change in diet and mostly they have been eating lizards and things this year. He is also mantling over his kill to conceal it from other birds … not much for sharing a hard earned meal. The Western Grebe below was cruising the waters of Lake Pleasant yesterday along with a number of others looking for small…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning documentary “Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel” showing July 11-14 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. From executive producers Martin Scorsese and Lori Cheatle comes “Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel”. The legendary Chelsea Hotel, an icon of 1960s counterculture and a haven for famous artists and intellectuals including Patti Smith, Janis Joplin and the superstars of Warhol’s Factory, is under renovation. Soon it will reopen to the public as one of New York’s most fashionable luxury hotels. Dozens of long-term residents, most in their…