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…
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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…
y Ted Grussing… we made it, we’re here and beginning another terrific year … it is hard to complain about much when you are alive and able to enjoy all that is available to us on this little planet we call home. We’ll start the year with this photo of a Grackle that I shot whilst he was perched on the handrail of a steel dock at Bubbling Ponds Fishery in Page Springs this past week. He may be looking for some food in the bucket at the end of the dock … checking us out or perhaps wondering what…
The Sedona Historical Society will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the vintage western film made in Sedona, ‘Pony Soldier’, on Sunday, February 6 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. The afternoon of cinematic excellence and Sedona movie history will begin when doors open at 3:00 p.m.2022 celebrates 70 years since the release of ‘Pony Soldier’, which starred several Hollywood greats, including Tyrone Power, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Horton, Thomas Gomez, and Penny Edwards. As usual back in that era, Sedona doubled for someplace else, in this case cast in the movie as the Canadian Rockies. During the pre-film discussion, you’ll hear…
By Craig Swanson President, Keep Sedona BeautifulKeep Sedona Beautiful was formed fifty years ago by a group of dedicated citizens to protect the beauty and natural environment of our area. Throughout our golden anniversary year of 2022, we’ll be celebrating our past accomplishments and highlighting our current and future initiatives. We’ve created an anniversary logo that you see to the right, and have revised our mission statement to more accurately reflect who we are and what we do. The mission of KSB is “To protect and enhance the scenic beauty and natural environment of Sedona and the Verde Valley.”We also…
By Nikki and John Ramagli and Joanna Horton McPhersonAfter the closing of the Big Park Community School (BPCS) families longed to have a place in the community where our kids could learn together. We had the vision to create a neighborhood school in a dedicated space, and that vision became the Sedona Village Learning Center (SVLC), an early childhood program currently located on the former BPCS campus.Going on our 2nd year our kids are thriving at SVLC. As working parents, we are grateful to have an excellent school right in the Village. It is what every parent dreams of for…
… this morning I got a call from a friend and he suggested we head out and find some creatures with wings to shoot … not a lot of sun, pretty cool and rain in the forecast … what would any sane photographer or ex duck hunter do? Yep, 20 minutes later we were out the door and in search of. I got this shot of two Snow Geese as they were headed out of the pond we were shooting … close formation and no doubt headed into the new year 2022. The photo below is one from earlier this…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the globe in hosting the Vertical Life Film Tour on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Join us for Australia & New Zealand’s very own climbing film tour. This year’s tour features four diverse and inspirational films. The Vertical Life Film Tour was created and conceived by the team behind Vertical Life Magazine in 2020 when many events were being impacted by COVID-19. This year the tour will run with an all-new set of films focused on climbing, mountaineering and our…