Have you heard of macular degeneration? Learn about this common eye condition at The Sedona Women (“TSW”) program on January 12, 2022 at 10:00a.m. via Zoom. Sedona Optometrist Dr. Kendra Ivy will describe the latest science on this condition and discuss how to keep macular degeneration at bay.Macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss among people 50 years and older in the U.S. It can affect the central vision needed for reading and driving and may significantly impact independence. Dr. Kendra Ivy will discuss the causes, symptoms and latest treatments during this important eye health discussion. Dr. Ivy…
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Keep Sedona Beautiful will host Desert Botanical Garden’s Wendy Hodgson, on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. for its monthly Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series. This event will be held via Zoom. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details.The evening’s topic is titled “Agaves in the Southwestern United States: Discovering Lost Crops Among the Hohokam and Other Pre-Contact Arizona Cultures.”.Ms. Hodgson is the Herbarium Curator Emerita and Senior Research Botanist at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and has extensively researched Sedona’s rare domesticated Agave species.According to Ms. Hodgson, “Researchers have long recognized the importance of Agaves to…
… it was a very good day at Lake Pleasant today if you like eagles … we saw more bald eagles, adults and juveniles than we have seen before and had great opportunities for wonderful shooting most of the day on the lake regardless of where we were. The lake level is up a couple more feet and encounters with the lake bed are becoming fewer.This is a sequence of three photos of a juvenile bald eagle taking off from a tree limb near shore. The total elapsed time for the sequence is only 1/6th of a second … things…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “June Again” showing Jan. 14-19 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Live again. Love again. In the heartfelt comedy “June Again”, a twist of fate gives family matriarch June (Noni Hazlehurst) a reprieve from a debilitating illness.Much to their amazement, June re-enters the lives of her adult children, Ginny (Claudia Karvan) and Devon (Stephen Curry), and learns that ‘things haven’t gone according to plan’.With limited time but plenty of pluck, she sets about trying to put everything, and everyone, back on track. When her meddling backfires, June…
By Dave MyersWe hope your 2022 is off to a grand start. Maybe you acquired a new Apple product (iPhone 13) and/or related software (IOS 15, Monterey OS) in the past few months and would like to know more about how things work. Any user of Apple products is invited to attend the January 2022 Zoom meeting of the Oak Creek Apples Macintosh User Group (OCAMUG, or OCA, for short). Alan Gore will facilitate a general question-and-answer session. He often covers recent and upcoming trends, as well as bugs and fixes. There is no charge to participate. OCA will continue its monthly virtual/online meetings…
… in flight … beauty that has intrigued mankind since forever … we watch the beauty of birds of all kinds as they wend their way through unseen and unmarked highways in the sky. The photo above is an Osprey that has just launched from his perch on a tree in Lake Pleasant and is on his way to do some grocery shopping … nothing like fresh fish for dinner! And then there is the view … what does it look like to see what they do and without the aid of devices we make we would never experience? Perhaps…
The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting the next in its Living History speaker series on Thursday January 13 at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum when Ken Zoll will present an introduction to the new Verde Valley Archaeology Center in Camp Verde.He will trace the Center’s development from an idea in 2010 to its property that contains a pit house village dated to 650 AD, development of a Native American Pathway and Garden, and the new 11,000 SF facility. Ken will preview the current and planned exhibits and present highlights of the Center’s collection.Zoll is a founding member, and current Executive…
First Friday with music by Kaleidoscope Redrocks, Friday, Jan. 7, 5 to 8 p.m. Join us to celebrate First Friday and enjoy our art gallery and live music by Kaleidoscope Redrocks, the sister duo of Gracie and Tivona from the Village of Oak Creek. They’ll be playing rock, country, folk and pop favorites from the 1970’s. Free and open to public.Professional Development Introductory 101 Series, Mondays beginning Jan. 10, 10 a.m. Arts Academy of Sedona’s introductory professional development series plans to elevate, align, and grow Sedona’s nonprofit landscape with professional development, consultation, community events and more. We believe in the…
Professional photographer Laurent Martres will present at the meeting of the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 31st, at the Sedona Creative Life Center, 333 Schnebly Hill Road, Sedona. Doors open at 5:30. Due to Covid-19 concerns about safety practices for indoor events, attendees are required to wear masks. The Sedona Creative Life Center allows for social distancing and the club will not serve refreshments to further mitigate risk. For additional safety, we request attendees to be fully vaccinated. In Part 1 of his presentation, Laurent will discuss a number of shooting techniques photographers will find…