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‘HARD WORK AND FAITH’

J. Pierce brightens the world with the stroke of a brush

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski had the whole Cali vibe.” J. Pierce sits on the sofa of his Gilbert home donning black pants, a playful Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles T-shirt he designed, and colorful shoes that pop. He discovered penciling and sketching at age 15, when he was in foster care as his parents were going through “tough times,” he says. They went their own ways, and Pierce spent two years in foster care. He, in turn, basically emancipated The cream-colored walls are bare, soon thereafter. which is surprising for the prolific artist “In high school, I started painting who has sold his Keith Haring-like custom clothing — like painting on artwork to likes of rapper Rick Ross and shoes, shirts and dress shirts,” Pierce Arizona Coyotes President and Chief says. “I’d wear it to school, and all my Executive Officer Xavier Gutierrez. friends asked where I found the stuff. It

“Anytime I put up artwork, I always led to painting on canvases.” end up selling it,” Pierce says with a In high school, he was inspired to start shrug. He’s working on T-shirts for his own brand by LRG owner Jonas Monroe’s Hot Chicken, which is owned Bevacqua, who died of natural causes in by Lo-Lo’s. 2011.

Pierce is one of Arizona’s best-kept “He was one of the biggest streetwear secrets. Besides his work for Ross and brands,” he says. Gutierrez, Pierce designed T-shirts “I’d send him my art and show him. for Samuel L. Jackson and artwork He emailed me and said to keep up for former professional baseball player the good work, keep doing my thing. Howie Kendrick, who lives in Phoenix. He sent me free gear. That inspired me Pierce’s work, particularly for Jackson, through those times in foster care.” led to mentions on “Jimmy Kimmel He moved to Anthem at age 18 and Live!” worked at Anthem stores like Docker’s,

“It was cool when Jimmy Kimmel Quicksilver and Columbia Sportswear. gave me a shoutout,” Pierce says with Besides participating in the Chandler Art his trademark wide smile. “He said I Walk, he was part of the jury. was an Arizona artist. There are always “I had a business partner who I was California artists, New York or Miami artists, Chicago artists. It’s cool to represent Arizona.

“It’s been awesome, man. I originally started out doing art walks, like the Chandler Art Walk, and selling my paintings for $20 or $40. Now I’m seeing my artwork sell for hundreds and thousands.”

LIVING IN THE ‘HOOD’

As a child, Pierce split his time between California and Chicago after his parents separated. He attended high school and college in San Jose.

In Chicago, he lived in the “hood,” as he calls it, where he learned to hustle and paint T-shirts for gangsters.

“I never messed around in that (gang life), but I was always protected,” he says. “They liked me because I skateboarded and lived in the hood in Chicago.

“But there would be barbecues every other day with my family. So, I would be in Chicago, going Downtown and being in the city. Then, living in San Jose, it working with in Anthem,” Pierce says. “He was a business partner and investor who was going to help me get my brand and my art to the next level. Nothing really panned out, and we parted ways.”

He stayed in the Valley, however. He moved to Gilbert in 2008.

Pierce has collaborated with a slew of local businesses, restaurants and organizations. He encourages his clients to share their art direction, and he takes it from there.

“We created a limited-edition shirt that can be purchased at any of the LoLo’s Chicken & Waffles stores,” he says.

“It’s pretty cool because I’ve never collaborated with a restaurant. And to see the staff walking around with my shirt and my name on it, it was so cool.”

When the Arizona Coyotes hosted Hockey Fights Cancer Night on April 19, he created a special sneaker for several players — Captain Oliver

Ekman-Larsson, Jakob Chychrun, Clayton Keller and Jordan Oesterle — to share how cancer touched their lives.

The shoes were auctioned to raise money for the Arizona Coyotes Foundation. The collaboration came about after Gutierrez’s wife contacted Pierce through Instagram.

“She said they were looking for a painting for a wall space,” he says. “They invited me to their house.”

Unfamiliar with Gutierrez, Pierce asked what he did for a living. He told Pierce he was the president and chief executive officer.

“I thought, ‘Oh, dang. That’s awesome,’” he says, laughing. “I said I always wanted to do the Kachina logo in my style of art and collaborate with the Coyotes.

“He said, ‘That’s why I wanted to talk to you.’ He connected me with the foundation.”

Inspired by the late Haring, Dr. Seuss and Picasso, Pierce says Arizona is the lead character.

“I started doing Arizona landscapes because you see horses in oil paintings and things like that,” he says. “I wanted to create a new, fun look at Southwestern art.

“I’ve done tons of portraits. I do a lot of cartoons based on pop culture and retro cartoons that we grew up watching, like Looney Tunes. Landscapes and skylines are big, too. I’m always trying to think of new stuff to paint, rather than just sticking to one.”

Pierce grew up skateboarding and was entrenched in the culture and lifestyle. He attended skateboarding trade shows and hung out with the skateboarding community.

He’s always tickled when new collectors discover his art.

“There was this one dude who I worked for; he has 80 paintings throughout his house and just found out about my stuff,” he says. “He said, ‘Dude, I want to collect a lot of your stuff.’”

Art is Pierce’s full-time job. If he isn’t painting murals, he’s working on product design logos, custom shoes and “anything art related.”

“Other than that, I’m always busy painting, fulfilling orders and patterns,” he says.

Pierce has plenty to be proud of, between his works for Jackson and Ross, as well as businesses and homes around the Valley. He’s still amazed by the way his art has traveled. He even had a clothing and shoe line in Wuhan, China, four years ago.

“It’s huge,” he says of Ross, who purchased a painting of himself and custom art. “He’s a huge person, and to have my art go into his house and the way he hung it up and everything is so awesome.

“My other huge accomplishment was when Samuel Jackson shouted me out on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ and then getting Jimmy Kimmel to follow me on Instagram. Being friends with Samuel Jackson has been a blessing.”

Pierce and Jackson became acquainted two years ago, when he, on a whim, reached out via Instagram to Jackson, who was filming overseas.

“I hit him up late at night because he was in another country,” Pierce says.

“It was morning for him, and he responded. I said, ‘Yo, can I send some of my shirts to you?’ He responded with, ‘You had me at shirts, brother.’ Then he gave me his address and I thought, ‘Wow, this is sick, dude.’ Hard work and faith are the keys to whatever I do in life.”

J. Pierce

Instagram — @iamjpierce Website — artbyjpierce.com Online store — https://arena. store/collections/j-pierce

Keeler’s is a comfortable neighborhood steakhouse

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

Paul Keeler wanted a restaurant that was welcoming, affordable and comfortable for guests.

On New Year’s Eve 2018, he opened Keeler’s Neighborhood Steakhouse in Carefree — and he hasn’t looked back.

“I wanted a neighborhood steakhouse,” Keeler says. “A neighborhood steakhouse, to me, is much more than a special-occasion, steak-on-a-plate concept. There are many of those around the Valley, where you pay top dollar for the prime steak, $12 to $15 for asparagus or baked potato. It’s all a la carte.”

Keeler’s provides the same quality. He serves Certified Angus Beef brand, but each of his steaks and chops come with two sides of Yukon Gold mash, loaded baked potato, scalloped potatoes, mac and cheese, truffle fries, onion rings, risotto, green beans, Brussels sprouts, sauteed mushrooms, creamy corn or grilled asparagus.

“I wanted to provide a better value for the dollar, as far as the entrees were concerned,” Keeler says. “We have great seafood, chicken, pork and lamb items as well. There is a pretty diversified menu, that being said.”

Prime top sirloin baseball cut ($36), New York strip ($49), ribeye ($52), petite filet mignon ($49), filet mignon ($55), double-cut pork chop ($36), rack of lamb ($39), slow-roasted prime rib ($39 and $45), smoked half chicken ($26) and baby back ribs ($20 and $30) are all on the menu and “full of flavor,” according to the menu.

“We have several steaks,” Keeler says. “The New York strip, ribeye and filets are all very popular. We have a baseball cut sirloin, which is the big center cut filet. That’s a very popular steak.”

Soups and salads ranging from French onion soup ($10) to Keeler’s steak salad ($19) kickstart the meal. For those who want to eat light, there are small plates like lobster mac and cheese ($17), crab cakes ($17) or steak tartare ($15).

Sandwiches, which include burgers, lobster rolls and a prime rib French dip, come with truffle fries, onion rings or a chopped salad ($13 to $18).

Seafood fans will enjoy diver scallops, Atlantic salmon, Baja seabass and shrimp scampi ($29 to $36).

As of May 26, seasonal features are cowboy flat iron steak ($39), marinated pork tenderloin ($34) and braised short ribs ($34).

“We update the menu on a quarterly basis,” Keeler says. “We like to do features on a regular basis as well. We recently promoted a sommelier we had working for us who is developing the wine culture at Keeler’s.”

Diners will soon see an expanded wine list and help with selecting bottles of wine that complement meals. Recently, Keeler’s rolled out its own Garrison Brothers bourbon, which the staff barrelages itself.

“We make sure we have something for everybody there, without blurring who we are, first and foremost,” Keeler says.

Atmosphere is everything, and Keeler’s has it, he says. The restaurant boasts a centrally located island bar, large adjacent patio, gorgeous courtyard, and rooftop deck designed for stargazing and acoustic performances.

“I wanted more of a neighborhood social restaurant that locals could come to one, two, three, four times a week for different, compelling reasons,” Keeler says.

“The patio that’s adjacent to the restaurant, the courtyard in the middle of the complex, is very desirable. The Starlight Rooftop, where it’s completely covered with a retractable awning, is heated in the winter and misted in the summer, has entertainment once a week. The happy hour portion of the concept is where we get a lot of repeat clientele.”

The food and beverage industry is all Keeler has known. He started out early, around age 15, and eventually owned his own restaurant in the Boston/Upstate New York area. Keeler was recruited to work in the hotel industry.

Keeler was named corporate director of food and beverage for Beacon Hotels Corp. in July 1984 and was promoted to the position of vice president-food and beverage for the company two years later.

In February 1995, he joined the Doubletree Hotels Corp. as vice president-food and beverage and continued there until its merger with Promus Hotel Corp. in 1999.

That year, he joined Hilton, for which he was responsible for its strategic planning for food and beverage operations at more than 3,000 North American hotels. They were generating over $2.5 billion in annual food and beverage revenue when he left in February 2007.

“I’m a recovering restaurateur,” he says with a laugh. “We went back into the restaurant business (after Hilton). It’s a family situation. I have two of my sons working with me.

“I’m originally from Northern California, and I spent a third of my life in Northern California, a third on the East Coast and a third in Arizona. It’s a good variety. I’ve enjoyed these destinations. I’m definitely a restaurant guy.”

Keeler Hospitality Group LLC now includes Spencer’s Omaha in Nebraska and three Liberty Station American Tavern and Smokehouse restaurants, two in Scottsdale and one in Madison, Wisconsin. Keeler intends to grow his company by opening a restaurant in either the West Valley and/or Norterra.

“I’m looking to grow primarily in Arizona, in the greater Phoenix area,” he says. “I am very energized by looking for the right location for the right concept.”

As for Keeler’s Neighborhood Steakhouse, Keeler was introduced to the Historic Spanish Village space by the previous landlord. He was immediately impressed and dreamt about what he could create.

“It’s like finding the right home when you’re looking for a house,” Keeler says. “You immediately know. This one best exemplified a steakhouse. We wanted to be nonintimidating and very inviting so people knew they could come dressed any way — coming straight off the golf course — or they could dress up, depending on the occasion.”

Keeler’s Neighborhood Steakhouse

Historic Spanish Village 7212 E. Ho Hum Road, Carefree 602.374.4784 keelerssteakhouse.com keelerhospitalitygroup.com

FLOATING FUN

Salt River Tubing celebrates state’s natural resources

By Claire Spinner

Salt River Tubing gives tubers the chance to celebrate their inner pirate and sail the “seven seas” without leaving Arizona.

Salt River Pirates, as part of USDA’s National Get Outdoors Day, is set for Saturday, June 12. It's one of many themed events throughout Salt River Tubing’s season.

Dressing up as a pirate is optional, and anyone can journey through the Tonto National Forest.

“We’ll all be dressed up in our best pirate costumes,” says Lynda Breault, Salt River Tubing’s vice president and director of marketing and human resources.

“We’re going to decorate our shuttle buses and really try to provide a carnival atmosphere to promote coming out and enjoying the river in an entirely new way. And how perfect is it to be able to be a pirate as you fl oat across the river?”

Th e lower Salt River was charted by Breault’s husband, Henry, 42 years ago. After noticing that people often came to the river to tube but rarely respected the land, Henry lobbied for a national permit so he could transform it.

“He had parking lots and bathrooms put in and just made it so easy to go tubing without disturbing the environment,” she says.

“We’ve seen a lot of diff erence in the river just from pushing back parking from the river’s edge and encouraging litter prevention.”

Salt River Tubing has been granted the “Take Pride in America” Award, which encourages caring for public lands, four times since it opened in 1981. Breault says she and her husband are proud for their anti-littering campaigns.

“Our mission statement is to promote the protection and conservation of the natural resources and environment of the lower Salt River recreation area, as well as encouraging fun,” Breault says.

Salt River Tubing operates on nearly 25 acres of land, and the tubing path stretches over 5 miles, making it a socially distanced option for escaping the heat. With more events happening later in the month and during July — like Superhero Splashdown on June 26 and Spooktacular Halloween on July 17 — there are plenty of opportunities for a tubing experience.

“We love to say that it is Arizona’s fl oating beach blast. With our events, we want to make sure it feels like there’s a great celebration going on.”

Salt River Tubing operates throughout the summer, and fl oating along the river has been an Arizonan tradition for nearly 50 years.

“We feel like, when you are fl oating on the lower Salt River, it’s like fl oating in the mini Grand Canyon of Tonto National Forest,” Breault says. “It’s just phenomenal. You get to lay back in a

While tubers are still required to wear masks during tube rentals and returns, as well as shuttle buses, Breault says she Memorial Day, it would be a really great sign for us and potentially a reason to loosen our mask requirements.”

For those who are still weary of being in communal spaces, Salt River Tubing provides open air and acres of space, making it one of the safest options for outdoor activities this summer, Breault says.

She expects people to be eager to get out on the river and hopes to see new faces this summer.

“It’s just a great place to bring your family and friends, especially because it’s naturally socially distanced. And it’s the perfect summer activity, because even when it’s 110 or 120 degrees outside, the water is still cool and refreshing and clean,” Breault says. “It’s tubing time, and I can’t think of a better way to cool off and just fl oat.”

tube and have a leisurely fl oat and enjoy all of the wildlife. It truly is an Arizona tradition.” is hoping to re-evaluate safety protocols before Salt River Pirates.

“We really are hoping that things will be back to normal this summer,” she says. “If we aren’t seeing spikes in COVID-19 cases a few weeks after

Salt River Tubing

9200 N. Bush Highway, Mesa 480.984.3305 saltrivertubing.com

SEEING THE POSITIVES

Authority Zero says there’s no need to hide

never experienced as a drummer before.” Formerly of Pour Habit, Walsh is the latest addition to Authority Zero, having By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski and mentally between the left and right, little while.” come into the band’s fold in February. Authority Zero has never been called “negative.” Even during a pandemic, they kept their collective chin up, put their heads which is very apparent. It’s a focus of come out, feel free and feel a sense of confidence to live with an unheavy heart and mind again.” Authority Zero will preview those songs at the Marquee Theatre on Friday, That “fifth member” enhanced the music and lyrics of Spero and DeVore, who hunkered down for three months during the pandemic’s grip to hash out the songs for “Ollie Ollie Oxen Free.” The two were committed to the lyrics, He’s never been far, however. Authority Zero took Walsh’s first band out on its first national tour. At age 18, he hung out in his van while Authority Zero hit the stage inside of legendary venues like Club Rio in Tempe, Arizona. down and wrote what could be called June 18. melodies and music — until Webb DeVore, Spero and Dalley knew Walsh their career album. Fans will hear the title track rattling came along. That’s not a bad thing, was the one — right then and there —

Set for release in June, Authority cages with DeVore’s encouraging lyrics, Spero says. during auditions. Zero’s album “Ollie Ollie Oxen Free” the frenetic blur of Christopher Dalley’s “We ended up with different lyrical With its updated sound, “Ollie Ollie takes a line from hide-and-seek to drumming and Spero’s bass, coupled content than we had originally decided,” Oxen Free” fits in with Authority Zero’s encourage fans to leave the COVID-19 with muscular guitar licks true to the Spero says. “Jason sends a type of catalog, DeVore says. depression behind and celebrate life. playing style of new guitarist Eric Walsh. message that he’s always looking at the “It’s more of the times of 2020,” he During the pandemic, singer Jason Authority Zero brought along a few positive side of things and challenges his says. “We really tried to focus more on DeVore saw families torn apart by friends for the ride — Iagri Shuhei from listeners to grow in that way. Cameron the positive side of things that came political views and COVID-19. Now Japan’s HEY-SMITH on “Ear to Ear,” was able to go in there and push it from the pandemic, rather than the that the divide has somewhat subsided, while Pennywise’s Jim Lindberg guests further.” negative that came out of it. it’s time to come out and be yourself on “Don’t Tear Me Down.” Webb brought the best out of Dalley, “We inflect lyrics and music in an again. For “Ollie Ollie Oxen Free,” Authority too, by letting him unleash his inner uplifting manner. We wanted to shine a

“The phrasing in the title track Zero broke from tradition and returned Keith Moon, who, ironically, is one light at the end of the tunnel.” stems from the idea of ‘come out, to producer Cameron Webb (Sum of his heroes. The song “Ollie Ollie come out, wherever you are,’” says 41, Pennywise, A Day to Remember, Oxen Free” was written around one DeVore, who co-writes with bassist Motörhead, Megadeth). Webb last of Dalley’s drum ideas. Spero was so Michael Spero. worked with Authority Zero on 2013’s inspired that he penned the music

“It encourages a focus on the positive “The Tipping Point.” overnight. side of 2020, while still maintaining “Working with a guy like Cameron “I had been told by other producers to awareness of the hardships and is great because he’s just as invested in simply — keep it simple, stupid,” says detriment of it all. People have been the writing process and the music in Dalley, whose son is named after Moon. trapped within themselves, depressed general as you are, the artist,” Spero “He told me to play the weirdest stuff inside of their houses and otherwise. says. “He was writing in there with us. I could think of. He told me to go off We’ve been separated both politically It felt like having a fifth member for a where necessary. That was something I

Authority Zero w/Madd Dog Tannen and Miles to Nowhere

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 18 WHERE: Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Avenue, Tempe COST: Tickets start at $25; 13 and older INFO: luckymanonline.com

11 NO MORE ‘LUCKING OUT’

Sedona film festival gets cautious in wake of pandemic

By Connor Dziawura

Sedona International Film Festival organizers lucked out with last year’s event.

Set just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic led to mass shutdowns of businesses and cancellations of events, the event continued with little foresight as to what was to come — and came out “unscathed,” Executive Director Pat Schweiss says.

Organizers are hoping that success carries forward when the Sedona festival returns June 12 to June 20 for its 27th year — this time with the necessary safety precautions in place. It will feature nearly 180 films, whittled down from over 1,000 contenders, plus a variety of guests, conversations, workshops and more.

“We knew that we could not luck out again, have the festival in February and have it seem any sort of normal, so we got our sponsors, donors, key stakeholders together and said, ‘What does this look like?’” Schweiss admits.

The result of those discussions is a delayed, hybrid event, with films both new and old presented at venues such as Harkins Theatres Sedona 6, the Sedona Performing Arts Center at Sedona Red Rock High School, the Mary D. Fisher Theatre and the Enchantment Resort — as well as online. Workshops will also be hosted both in person and virtually.

Although the festival curated a selection of films consistent in size with pre-pandemic lineups, Schweiss says it’s a scaled-down affair otherwise, with reduced-capacity theaters, social distancing and eliminated wait lines. Masks will be required unless seated in the theaters, and health and safety protocols will be followed.

“We didn’t scale it down quality or artistic content-wise, but we are limited to half to two-thirds capacity in the theaters we’re showing,” Schweiss explains.

That content is diverse, with features and shorts ranging from documentaries to narrative stories, whether they’re animated, foreign, a student production or otherwise. Schweiss estimates 80% of the films will be streamable for at-home viewers.

The long lineup of recent films the festival will screen includes “Queen Bees,” a comedy starring Ann-Margret, Ellyn Burstyn, James Caan, Jane Curtin, Christopher Lloyd and Loretta Devine; “One Moment,” actor Danny Aiello’s final film; the documentary “Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd”; “The Cave,” a narrative telling of the 2018 Thailand soccer team rescue that made headlines; and many more.

Among the other highlights of the festival is a screening of François Girard’s Academy Award-winning 1998 drama “The Red Violin,” which Schweiss calls “an extraordinary work of art about this violin that has this history of passing through all of these different owners over the years.”

“We have the woman coming who owns the violin, whose grandfather is the one that bought that violin in the auction that’s featured in the movie — and so we have the actual red violin,” Schweiss says, adding that the Saturday, June 12, screening will be followed that evening by a performance by classical musician Elizabeth Pitcairn on the “one-of-a-kind” 1720 Stradivarius violin, nicknamed the “Red Mendelssohn.” Both will take place at the Sedona Performing Arts Center.

The next day, Sunday, June 13, the performing arts center will screen the documentary feature “In Memoriam.” It will be followed by the documentary short “The Children Will Lead the Way,” produced by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary. The films’ subject matters deal with mass shootings.

“What he (Yarrow) decided to do is go into the schools where there have been school shootings and work with students and work with the teachers to heal through music; so, you know, write a song, compose a song, record a song — not him but the students, but he’s working with them side by side,” Schweiss says.

The festival will bestow Yarrow with the Humanitarian Award for his track record of activism, and Schweiss says the school shooting survivors who are featured in his short will perform.

“That’s going to be kind of a nice little touching moment, because he wants people to see that there’s hope; that these schools, as tragic as it’s been, they’re doing their best to bounce back; and he could do his part of it, we all can do our part of it by offering some way to give these people hope,” Schweiss says.

Several Lifetime Achievement Awards will also be given out.

Marking the 35th anniversary of the Ritchie Valens biopic “La Bamba” is a Tuesday, June 15, retrospective viewing of the film from the performing arts center. Director Luis Miguel Valdez will receive one such award.

Then, Wednesday, June 16, the performing arts center will screen the 1975 Oscar-nominated musical “Funny Lady,” starring Barbra Streisand and James Caan, as part of a tribute to fashion designer Bob Mackie, whose work will be on display. Mackie will participate in a live conversation on Thursday, June 17, and receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Saturday, June 19, a screening of the new film “East of the Mountains” will be followed with actor Tom Skerritt receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award. It co-stars Mira Sorvino and local Sedona actor Jule Johnson.

Earlier in the week, on Monday, June 14, the Sedona International Film Festival will host the blindDANCE Film Festival, which provides film industry opportunities and training to visually impaired people, for a variety of screenings — including the locally shot documentary “See Sedona Blind” — at the performing arts center.

In conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the American Foundation for the Blind, the selections will also feature a screening of the Academy Award-winning 1954 documentary “Helen Keller in Her Story” and a display of memorabilia from her museum in Alabama, such as the Oscar.

“There’s a film on this group of Mexican — I think it’s down in Mexico City — students that are all visually impaired, and they filmed their process of doing this big performance, and you would never, ever know these kids are blind,” Schweiss adds of “Color Sonrisa,” the documentary short that will kick off the daylong blindDANCE Film Festival lineup as part of what’s called the Able Artists Gallery.

“It’s just so inspiring and beautiful and wonderful, and they’re working on their visas now to see if the kids can come up and join us for a festival,” Schweiss says.

The Directors’ Choice Awards and Audience Choice Awards will be presented on the final day, Sunday, June 20. The former is tallied by festival committees, while the latter is determined based on ballots handed out to audience members at screenings.

“Our film screeners are from all walks of life, because that’s what our audience members are,” Schweiss explains. “So, some are in the business; some are not. Some are retirees; some are working people. Some are housewives; some are lawyers. It’s made up of a vast, broad array of people, because that’s what you experience in the theaters.”

Inevitably, Schweiss says, the committees that are selecting the films and the audiences who are then watching them have similar tastes.

“It’s pretty amazing how we’re pretty close,” Schweiss says. “Our committees are pretty close to how the audience ends up rating them.”

Thou Shalt Not Hate

Sedona International Film Festival

When: Saturday, June 12, to Sunday, June 20 Where: Harkins Theatres Sedona 6, 2081 W. Highway 89A; Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road; Mary D. Fisher Theatre, 2030 W. State Route 89A, Suite A-3; and the Enchantment Resort, 525 Boynton Canyon Road, plus other locations Cost: Prices vary; individual tickets, $15, go on sale June 7; packages on sale now Info: 928.282.1177, sedonafilmfestival.com