… friends who have been coming to northern Arizona for a very long time fell in love with the area and named their daughter, Sedona. Sedona is a city to be sure, but the city took the name Sedona from a real person, Sedona Schnebly who along with her husband were early settlers of the area. I spent yesterday with my friends and Sedona said she would like a special photo of One tonight as a composite. So here it is, One commandeered an Osprey up at the Sedona Rainbow Trout Farm and made off with the fresh catch of…
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The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore of the acclaimed new drama “Margrete: Queen of the North” showing April June 10-15 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Based on a true story, “Margrete: Queen of the North” premiered at the recent Sedona International Film Festival where it was one of the highest rated audience choice films in the narrative lineup. Audience members and critics have been raving about the film. The year is 1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making…
The Sedona Community Pool opened on Saturday, May 28, 2022 for a full summer of lap swimming, water aerobics, swim lessons, recreational swim and more. Additionally, registration for youth swim lessons will open on June 1, 2022 online with classes beginning the week of Monday, June 13, 2022. “It was so great to see all the smiling faces on our opening weekend and we look forward to providing great programming this summer for our residents,” said Josh Frewin, city of Sedona recreation and aquatics supervisor. Please visit www.sedonaaz.gov/pool for updated information, the schedule, class registration and more.
Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, June 9th 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. June’s concert features the following talented local musicians: Jo Berger, Ryan Biter, and Ron McClain. Singer-songwriter Jo Berger grew up in Colorado with a strong love for the land. Learning guitar and flute, she loved the old-time music of the West and the folk music of the 60s. She…
… today we remember the more than 1,200,000 people who have died in the service of our country since its founding. We remember their sacrifice and pray that someday such sacrifice will not be necessary … there is hope, because we are human and capable of incredible acts of goodness .. but then there is the flip side of the equation too. All we can do is to bring kindness and understanding with us in our daily lives and perhaps … perhaps those who lead the nations of the world will acknowledge that their duties are to honor their citizens…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryHappiness is where we start. It’s at the heart of us. It is what we are before we layer on all the trappings of hope for an acceptable outcome, expectation that the outcome won’t be acceptable, and resistance to what has come before, to what is, and what will be. Resistance is always to what is, even though it seems locked into patterns of past or future. It’s expended energy right now, right here in reaction to a thought that shares the moment with us or more accurately stated – an awareness of thought known by an…
Sound Bites Grill in Sedona celebrates its tenth-year anniversary this weekend jazzing it up with Groove Jazz masters JJ Sansaverino and Will Donato. Will Donato will be performing with Steve Oliver on Friday, June 3, 7 to 9 P.M., and JJ Sansaverino on Saturday, June 4, from 7 to 9 P.M. What better way to celebrate Sound Bites’ decade of providing some of the best music in Northern Arizona other than with a jazz extravaganza? A high energy Groove Jazz audience engaging show is what these three jazz musicians inspire for aficionados, and they are ready to put on a…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning documentary “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” showing June 4-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” weaves together live performances and interviews from the 50th anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the signature annual music and cultural event of the city with hundreds of thousands of attendees each year. The N.O. ‘Jazz Fest’ celebrates the music, food, people, arts & crafts, and culture of all of Louisiana since 1970, and is an essential showcase of…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryWe pack up their lunch, make sure they have their gym clothes and books, and bundle them into the car or out to the bus stop, take a deep breath and begin our day. School’s kind of a free period for parenting, or at least for a lot of parents.Do kids think about yesterday’s school shooting as they are being methodically herded out the door? Yesterday’s? There’s always a yesterday’s school shooting it seems.Do parents?We seem to forget pretty quickly, moving onto the next one, and then the next until we simply can’t notice anymore. It’s not…