Manet – The Railway

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with the Sedona Arts Center to present EXHIBITION: Art on Screen on Sunday, May 19 when it hosts the big screen premiere of the work of renowned artist Edouard Manet. There will be one show at 2:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

From the people who brought live Metropolitan Opera performances to a movie theater near you comes the next big-screen cultural attraction: museum art exhibits from around the world. Art critics and film critics from all around the world are raving. “EXHIBITION” is a new theatrical series of events, bringing the world’s greatest art exhibitions to cinema screens worldwide. “EXHIBITION” will feature the world’s foremost upcoming art exhibitions, creatively captured especially for the big screen. Each Event Film – hosted by art historian Tim Marlow – will go beyond the gallery with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.

The “EXHIBITION” series begins with a career-encompassing collection of the works of Edouard Manet on exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts.

The eagerly awaited exhibition, “Manet: Portraying Life” has been captured for cinema screens worldwide. This is the first ever major exhibition in the UK devoted to the portraiture of Edouard Manet, spanning his entire career. The exhibition will bring together great works from across Europe, Asia and the USA.

The show features about 50 portraits and related works by Manet, the 19th-century French realist who is considered “the father of modern painting.” It is the largest Manet show ever staged in Britain and the first to concentrate on his portraits. Manet redefined portraiture by depicting his friends and relatives wearing contemporary dress and engaged in everyday activities with a new painterly immediacy. He gave their expressions and poses both a fleeting freshness and a sobering sense of isolation, even of enigma, that feel modern. He also blurred portraiture with other traditional art categories, like genre painting, still life and history painting, achieving new hybrids.

Cinemagoers will see exclusive behind-the-scenes moments of the Royal Academy’s exhibition preparation – moments usually hidden from view — and experience a detailed, superbly crafted biography of Manet and 19th century Paris. Host Tim Marlow along with expert guests examine the work of one of the all-time great artists.

EXHIBITION: “Manet: Portraying Life” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on one day only: Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $12.50 for Film Festival or Sedona Arts Center members. Tickets are available in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.

The idea that inspired this 2013 Focus on “Acts of Kindness” has already resulted in over $6,000 for Big Park Community School. Marketplace Cafe has chosen Yavapai Food Council as the designated charity for its second community event on April 26th. Previously named the Verde Food Council, this expanded organization is now addressing the hunger issue across Yavapai County. Most of us have no idea how serious the issue of hunger is in our community. It isn’t obvious, and so it can easily be ignored.
On April 26th, you will learn how the community is already responding to the hunger issue and how you can become involved by demonstrating compassion for those who are experiencing hunger through your own acts of kindness.

At the Marketplace Café on Friday the 26th of April, there will be performances by seven outstanding local musicians, who are donating their time and talent to help with this fundraising event.

Chris Jamison

6:00 – 6:30 pm: Chris Jamison

6:45 – 7:45 pm: Robin Dean Salmon and Chris Robin

8:00 – 8:45 pm: Diversity – Rene’e and Tim Claybon

9:00 – 10:00 pm: Michelle Williams and Alan Standingbear

Michelle Williams and Alan Standingbear

They will provide a musical concert for which you would pay more than $26 to experience in any other venue. A $26 cover charge is requested as a ticket for admission. The entire $26 fee will be donated to Yavapai Food Council. Some of the benefits for those in attendance will include surprise gifts to be distributed to those who participates in the event, $2.60 well drinks, house wine and beer for the entire evening and “Kindness Charms” created by the Women of Sedona that will be randomly placed on the tables. Perhaps you will be one of the lucky individuals who will be found by the “Kindness Charms” and have the opportunity to pass them on.
Throughout the evening you will have the ability to simply sit and enjoy the music or get up and dance the night away. It will be a
celebration of life! Take action and join us for this second “Acts of Kindness” event. The first 26 people to make reservations will receive a free calendar called “Reflections”, a gift from Beverly Copen and Pat Brazil, with twelve beautiful photographs suitable for framing, plus a copy of Ken Rouse’s book, “Putting Money In Its Place.”

Friday, April 26th, 6:00 to 10:00 PM

Plan now to be a part of this second “Acts of Kindness” Event.
Make your reservations now!
Marketplace Café – 928-284-5478

CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING

The delightful British comedy/drama “Cheerful Weather for the Wedding” takes place in England, 1932. Dolly Thatcham is getting married today, and nothing has been left to chance. Her widowed mother has everything under control — or so she thinks — apart from the weather, which is far from settled.

Dolly Thatcham is getting married today, and nothing has been left to chance. Her widowed mother has everything under control — or so she thinks — apart from the weather, which is far from settled. Dolly is holed up in the bathroom feeling sick with nerves, and from downstairs comes the ever growing racket of pre-wedding chaos.

Dolly’s family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that bubble to the surface at such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly’s lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil.

And that is just the beginning of the wedding day chaos. With the wedding ring missing, the bride having doubts, the groom getting anxious and the clock ticking, the family members are at each other’s throats and the mother-of-the-bride is at the end of her tether.

Dolly’s mother will not allow her carefully laid plans for her daughter’s future to be threatened, and as the clock ticks the bride can’t decide whether to run away with Joseph or start a new life in Argentina with her husband-to-be. As the clock chimes to two, the bride descends the stairs where her car, the vicar, her former lover and her destiny await.

SISTER

Critics and audiences are raving about the award-winning French Film “Sister”, which garnered the Silver Bear Award at its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

Simon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory.

“ ‘Sister’ tells the story of child who wants to go up in the world — in every sense of the term,” said director Ursula Meier. “He’s seeking physical, social and financial elevation. While the world down below is nothing but desolation, mud and fog – both literally and symbolically – up top is a garden of delights: sun, immaculate snow, money, flashiness.”

“Simon feels important up there, whilst remaining anonymous behind his stolen ski goggles. It’s as if he is on stage in a theatre: he has a role, inventing a life for himself with rich parents, in the limelight, wearing a costume. Down below, Simon has a minor role, which he accepts without complaint, understanding that it’s better to have a small role alongside Louise than no role at all.”

Both films will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre Jan. 16-18. Showtimes for “Cheerful Weather For The Wedding” will be 7 p.m. on Wednesday and 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. “Sister” will show at 4 p.m. on Wednesday and 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.

Joel Link, violin ~ Camden Shaw, cello ~ Bryan Lee, violin ~ Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola

Cellist Norman Fischer

Sunday, January 13, 2013 @ 2:30pm
“The Austro-German Masters”

St. John Vianney Church
180 St. John Vianney Lane, Sedona ,AZ

Performing
Quartet No. 4 in C Minor Opus 18, No. 4
by Ludwig van Beethoven;

Five Movements Opus 5
by Anton Webern; and

Quintet in C Major (D. 956, Opus posth. 163)
by Franz Schubert with cellist Norman Fischer

PRE-CONCERT TALK
1:15-1:55pm
With Edward Ingraham

TICKETS
$40 reserved, $19 general admission
$10 students with full time ID

Available on line at
www.chambermusicsedona.org

and in
Sedona at Bashas’ and Rycus’ Corners-VOC
Cottonwood at Planet Video & Music
Flagstaff at Arizona Music Pro and Cedar Music

For additional information call 928.204.2415 or visit
www.ChamberMusicSedona.org

The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Monday, Jan. 14 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “Esmeralda” from the famed Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. There will be one show at 4:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.

Victor Hugo’s tale of love and loyalty triumphing over corruption springs to life in “Esmeralda”, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa, with a new version by Yuri Burklava and Vasily Medvedev. “Esmeralda” stars Denis Savin, Ruslan Skvortsov and Maria Alexandrova, who “infuses her perfectly shaped classical style with contemporary energy” (The New York Times).

Poet Gringoire, sentenced to be hanged, is saved by beautiful Esmeralda who agrees to marry him. Archdeacon Frollo, torn between his love for God and his obsession for the gypsy girl, sends his henchman Quasimodo to capture her. Esmeralda is rescued by Phoebus, the captain of the guard, who gives her his scarf as a souvenir. Later, alone, Esmeralda, starts dreaming about the handsome captain.

Choreographer Marius Petipa (France 1818 – 1910) is considered to be the most influential ballet master and choreographer of ballet in history. Noted for his long career as Premier Maître de Ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres (1871-1903), Petipa created over fifty ballets and revived a substantial number of works by other Ballet Masters. Most of his choreographies are cornerstones within the classical ballet repertory. Yuri Burlaka — admitted into the Moscow Ballet School in 1986 — became first soloist of the Russian Ballet Company on the same year. After many successful productions (such as Le Corsaire which he created with Alexei Ratmansky in 2007), he became artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2009. Vasily Medvedev — A graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg — has worked with many theaters across the world both as a dancer and/or choreographer. He has been a member of the International Dance Committee (UNESCO) since 2007 and the artistic director of International Dance Festival “Dance Open”.

“Esmeralda” will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on one day only: Monday, Jan. 14 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $12.50 for Film Festival members. Tickets are available in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.

Verde’s Aida: December 15th

December 1st is the timeless classic La Clemenza di Tito starring the virtuosic Elīna Garanča as she sings Sesto in Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia, in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.

December 8th is Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera—in a new production by Director David Alden’s in his dreamlike setting providing a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and Stephanie Blythe sings the role of the fortune-teller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.

December 15th The Met brings Aida to the big screen in its unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama starring Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts.

“The Sedona Performing Arts Center opened its doors October 2010 and continues to develop as an important cultural center,” said Chamber Music Sedona’s Bert Harclerode. “We are pleased that the Metropolitan Opera’s technical specifications were installed into the audience chamber including the big screen and projector, and surround-sound system resulting in a magnificent sound and picture. Seats are brand new and each opera is preceded by a pre-opera “Curtain Raiser” lecture from 9:45-10:30am: December 1st with Edward Ingraham, December 8th with Russell Fox and December 15th with Thomas Cleman. Box lunches round-out the Sedona Met HD experience complemented by the spectacular panoramic red rocks visible from the lobby and patios.

Tickets, $23 for reserved and $19 for general admission may be purchased on line at www.SedonaMetInHD.org or by calling 928.204.2415. Lunches must be purchased by 12:30pm Thursday prior to the Saturday opera. Student tickets are $10 at the door with ID. The 2013 Sedona Met Live in HD simulcasts continue January 5.

Chamber Music Sedona’s 30th Anniversary Season is made possible with underwriting support from Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, P.L.L.C., Attorneys at Law. Additional support comes from The City of Sedona; Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts, The Margaret T. Morris Foundation, the Verde Valley Medical Center and WESTAF.

For information call 928.204.2415 or visit www.ChamberMusicSedona.org

“Thriller – Ghost Rave” dance performances will take place from 5 to 8 pm at C-Market, on the corner of SR 89A & Jordan Road. Prepare to be mesmerized by these dancers from the local community coordinated by Martha Edwards, all generously donating their time and talent.

Parking is available in Sedona’s Public Parking Lot on Schnebly Road, all along SR 89A and in parking lots at plazas and shops in the area. This free event is made possible by the generosity of all the participating merchants and coordinated by Sedona Main Street Program.

So don your costumes or come as you are for this howling good time! Contact 928.204.2390 Monday-Friday or visit www.sedonamainstreet.com.