Join us on Thursday, February 17th from 5:30-7:00 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for a special performance by Gypsy Caravan. Gypsy Caravan is the duet of Jim Marik and Wendy Lindahl focusing on harmonies and fun! Jim and Wendy both sing and play guitars while Wendy adds Native American flute to some songs and Jim has a gifted and beautiful fingerpicking style. If there is any silver lining to the COVID times, it is that they met when they joined a weekly Zoom open mic since they couldn’t meet in person. When COVID safety allowed, they decided…
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… so we left for the Gilbert Riparian Water Park at 5AM this morning and for me it was going to be an intense training in the use of my new 800 mm f/11 lens on the Canon R5 body … no back up lens, just the big gun! It is the equivalent of going duck hunting with a .30 cal rifle and leaving the 12 ga shotgun at home. There were a lot of shots I automatically excluded myself from getting, like large birds flying directly at us, but I was able to grab a lot of smaller birds…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the multiple award-winning international film “Drive My Car” showing Feb. 4-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Drive My Car” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film and is shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film. Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There, he meets Misaki Watari, a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur…
Old Town Center for the Arts has lined up renowned performers from around the U.S., and right here in Arizona for our February Concert schedule. Just in time for Valentine’s we start the month with a laugh when Zenprov Comedy takes the stage. One of the most virtuosic and talented guitarists, Anthony Mazzella follows in an amazing solo concert. We finish the month with Dave Stamey, a nationally acclaimed cowboy singer/songwriter. Here’s a brief description of some of our upcoming concerts and events at Old Town Center for the Arts in February.Zenprov Comedy Addicted to Love and LaughsSaturday, February 12,…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryLet’s talk about love. Love may just be one of the most misunderstood words ever. What passes for love, is misunderstood, underestimated, personalized, reified, compartmentalized and often exploited. Love for most, is transactional. If you give me what I want and need, I will love you. If you don’t, I won’t. It’s a love that can be withdrawn, withheld, that can be present one moment and vanish in the next.One of the many problems with being a desire fulfiller is it is impossible to give someone what they really want. Your lover might think he wants to…
Coconino National Forest is proud to be working with many different partners to implement three of four critical recovery and wildfire mitigation projects in Arizona slated to receive millions of dollars as part of the larger Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Agriculture Department’s 10-year strategy to fight wildfires across Arizona. With the recent strategy presented by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Randy Moore to combat wildfires across the United States, Coconino National Forest is focusing on leveraging partnerships to implement and complete the Museum Fire Sediment Reduction Project, Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project, and Cragin Watershed…
What’s up at Watson, Willow and Goldwater Lakes? How have changes in the regulatory landscape impacted the city’s stewardship of those lakes? Matt Killeen, the City of Prescott’s Environmental Coordinator, will present new and evolving information on the water quality of Prescott’s lakes and creeks, dispel misinformation, and talk about the city’s rainwater harvesting project at the Rodeo Grounds during a Zoom webinar presented by the Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. – noon. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. The Zoom registration link is posted in the “Next Meeting” section…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryI feel the urge to write but I do not know what I would write about. It seems the well is dry … and then words begin to appear. It’s all make-believe anyway, stories in storyland, none of it real, no version better than the others. Does what I write, or if I write matter? No. It seems not at all, and yet, writing appears.Life can only be deemed good or bad based on a skewed point of view. What makes up any and all points of view? More stories in a world of stories, ideas and…
More than 140 films have been selected for live screenings at the upcoming 28th annual Sedona International Film Festival, Feb. 19-27. “We’re coming back in a very big way,” said Executive Director Pat Schweiss. “The screening committees have once again created a lineup of remarkably creative, compelling and entertaining films across diverse genres and equally diverse topics. We can’t wait to see people back in the theaters experiencing films the way they should be seen – on the big screen.” Films will be screened at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, Sedona Performing Arts Center at Sedona Red Rock High School…