Cinema, Song and Comedy in Sedona, Arizona this Week

Sedona International Film Festival 
“The Deep Blue Sea” & “The Matchmaker”
May 22nd – 25th, 2012
Location: Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Ticket:s$12/$9 for Film Festival Members

• “The Deep Blue Sea“
  A truly moving and powerful film, “The Deep Blue Sea” is the story of a woman who risks everything for the man she loves. The film is an uncompromising study of the fear of loneliness and the frustratingly unreliable nature of love. Hester Collyer (Academy Award-winner Rachel Weisz), a forty-year old woman, has left a privileged life with her husband, Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale) in order to live with a young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston). But Hester and Freddie’s relationship is characterized by drunken rows. Though their love- life is passionate, they have little in common. When Freddie forgets her birthday, an emotionally-unstable Hester attempts to take her own life. As a result, Hester’s husband reenters her life and offers her a second chance with him, which Hester refuses…Read More
  Showtimes will be: 4:00 pm on May 22nd, 4:00 pm on May 23rd, 7:00 pm. on May 24th.

• “The Matchmaker“
  A delightful and romantic comedy/drama from Israel, “The Matchmaker” is premiering to outstanding and joyous reviews from critics and audiences around the world. It has been called an “immensely pleasurable and moving film” and “one of the most rewarding Israeli films ever!” Arik — a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968 — gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in the back of a movie theater that shows only love stories. Yankele introduces Arik to a new world, built on the ruins of an old one…Read More
  Showtimes will be: 7:00 pm on May 22nd & 23rd, 4:00 pm on May 24th & 25th.
  For more information on these Sedona events please visit the Sedona International Film Festival.

Studio Live Sedona
Three Trees & Ariana Saraha
May 26th, 2012
7:30pm
Tickets: $20/day of show and $15/advance

Three Trees will feature ancient healing rhythms and chants.Three Trees is known for taking his audiences on journeys of the soul through the beat of African rhythms and melodies of the middle-eastern gypsies. Using traditional instruments and a layering of live looping he creates a global ensemble before your eyes. Three Trees played in several music projects and styles till finding his passion in world music. In search of his spiritual path he gravitated towards the healing powers of the drum and began to explore the healing hidden within rhythm, melody, and sacred chants. 9 years ago finding his home in Sedona where he offers private and group lessons, sound healing sessions, performances,ceremony, and conferences and retreats as a workshop facilitator. Three Trees also hand crafts flutes, drums and didjeridoos. Joining Three Trees for this enchanting evening, from Boulder Co. is Ariana Saraha ~ Songstress, Shamaness of Sound. At once earthy and ethereal, Ariana’s lush voice and exquisite compositions take the listener on a mystical and soulful journey. Most often compared to Celtic singer Loreena McKennitt, Ariana is a spellbinding artist, escorting audiences into realms untouched by the day-to-day. The exotic fusion of sounds that inspire her music draw upon her gypsy roots, traditional music of India and the Middle-East, and Celtic and Spanish flavorings. . For more information on this Sedona event please visit Studio Live Sedona.

Comedy Zone – Keith Barany & Thom Tran
May 25th & 26th, 2012
7:30 pm – Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Tickets: $20/day of show and $15/advance

• Keith Barany
  Over the last 2 years Corporate Comedian Keith Barany was asked to entertain US troops overseas. It went so “badly” the Pentagon ordered him to perform again this coming year!! Come see what the fuss is all about and watch this video of hilarious and clean, corporate comedian Keith Barany.
• Thom Tran
  Tran came to Los Angeles in 2008 as an internationally touring standup comedian, musician, and writer, after spending a decade in broadcast radio in New York. His comedy career started when his career as a soldier ended. An 8-year stint in the United States Army came to an end in 2005 after Thom was wounded in combat during his year long tour in Iraq. Post-combat, comedy saved his life.After touring the east coast and mid-west as a road comic, a week long vacation to Los Angeles turned into a hunt for an apartment after he got a sample of the comedy scene in LA, and liked it .
  For more information on this Sedona event please visit Studio Live Sedona.