New edit of film produced and directed by Yavapai Community College film school graduate ML Lincoln to be shown in Building M, Room 137 Tuesday night

The Yavapai Community College Film and Media Arts Program brings a showing of ML. Lincoln’s documentary movie, “Wrenched, to the Verde Valley Campus, on Tuesday, September 24 at Building M, Room 137. The show begins at 6:30 p.m. It is the new edit, with footage of environmental activist Tim DeChristopher.

The Community Colleges describes the moving as showing how Edward Abbey’s conservationist novels influenced the emerging environmental movement of the 1970s and ‘80s. Even today, Abbey’s books, particularly The Monkey Wrench Gang, inspire radical action groups in their fight to protect wilderness.

The movie is described in part on the movie’s own website as follows: 

It “reveals how Edward Abbey’s anarchistic spirit and riotous novels influenced and helped guide the nascent environmental movement of the 1970s and ‘80s. Through interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, ML Lincoln captures the outrage of Abbey’s friends who were the original eco-warriors. In defense of wilderness, these early activists pioneered ”monkeywrenching” – a radical blueprint for “wrenching the system.” Exemplified by EarthFirst! in the early ‘80s, direct action and civil disobedience grew in popularity. With tree-spiking, forest occupation and high-profile publicity stunts such as the cracking at Glen Canyon Dam, this group became the eventual target of FBI infiltrators, leading to the arrest of various members.”

The movie is free and the public is encouraged to attend.

As noted above, “Wrenched” was produced and directed by YC film school graduate ML Lincoln.

Sources:  Yavapai Community College; “Wrenched” website.

Matt Baker to present “A Rhapsody of Gershwin” at the Sedona Creative Life Center  Friday Sept 6 at 7 p.m.

Tickets now on sale

The Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering is scheduled for August 8, 9 and 10 on the Prescott Campus at the Performing Arts Center.  Click here to purchase tickets. Below are some of the shows that are scheduled.   Click here to see the full schedule of events.

Exhibit Dates: Aug 8, 9, 10, 2019 (Thu, Fri, Sat) — 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Live Poetry Event: Sat., Aug. 10, noon to 2 p.m.

The Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering presents their first “Western Art Exhibit” at the Art Gallery on the Prescott Campus featuring five outstanding western artists whose art has been featured on its collectible souvenir posters. The exhibit dates are August 8, 9, and 10 (Thursday to Saturday) from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.  A live poetry event is scheduled for Saturday, August 10 from noon to 2 p.m.

Artists Joe Netherwood, Bill Nebeker, Steve Atkinson, Shawn Cameron and Marless Fellows have been chosen for this exhibit which  coincides with the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering.

Apparently, Yavapai Community College financially backed the production in Prescott; Cottonwood and Sedona sponsored the  program locally

The Missoula Children’s Theatre production had a very successful tour in Yavapai County in June of this year.  Among the communities participating were Cottonwood, Sedona, and the west side of the County as represented by Yavapai Community College.

The production company fees are paid for in a variety of ways.  In the case of Sedona, the local Rotary Club and other sponsors supported the project.  In Cottonwood, the Parks and Recreation Department was the driving force.

In Prescott, it appears (but we cannot verify because the College will not return questions about it) that Yavapai Community College picked up the costs associated with the program. The Performing Arts Center on the Prescott Campus was the center for the program and the productions by the children were listed as events by the College.

The production company provided  two  professional actor/directors along with costoumes and other theatre paraphernalia.  The program runs five days with 20 hours of rehearsal for children ranging in ages beginning in kindergarten through 12^th grade.  The cast can consist of up to 60 local children who put on two productions.   

The Missoula Children’s Theatre organization says that its primary goal is the development of life skills in children through participation in the performing arts. It states that “within each MCT cast, girls and boys are equal; the disabled become able; the shy experiment with bravery; the slow are rehearsed to perfection; and the gifted become part of the whole. The lesson they learn is that all of them are necessary for the show to go on. Few arenas exist where responsibility is taught and learned so clearly. MCT provides a unique opportunity to learn the lessons of group dynamics while excelling as an individual – a lesson from art that carries into life. MCT strives to use participation in the performing arts as a vehicle to develop lifeskills including social skills, communication skills, self-discipline, a strong work ethic, an understanding of the team concept and self-esteem.”

Children’s Theater Group: Yavapai Community College PAC

The event was sponsored by the YC Film and Media Arts Program

The Yavapai Community College Film and Media Arts Program is part of a very special “Phoenix, Oregon” 70 city nationwide screening tour that will take the film to the East coast and back this summer. The screening on July 8 at the Prescott Campus was the only chance for local Prescott audiences to see the film and partake in a Q&A with the filmmakers.

The showing of the film, sponsored by the YC Film and Media Arts Program, was followed by a Q&A with Writer, Director & Editor Gary Lundgren and Producers Annie Lundgren and Luis Rodriguez. The film screened at the YC Community Room, (next to the library on the Prescott Campus.)

Market celebrates 22 years; great place for breakfast, brunch or lunch with variety of tamales, tacos, quiche, breakfast muffins, samosas, grass-fed burgers, baked goods and  fresh brewed coffee; College appears to host nothing similar outside Prescott Campus

Every Saturday morning from 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM MST you will find the Prescott Campus alive with residents enjoying a visit to the Prescott Summer Farmers Market.  The event is held in the Yavapai Community College Parking Lot D on the Campus.  The event will run every Saturday until October 26.

The market is a PFM producer-only farmers market, meaning every item sold is either grown or produced by the seller using Arizona-grown ingredients. Each week at the market, customers can find a variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, baked goods, eggs, nuts, grass-fed beef, pork and poultry. Local farmers grow a variety of vegetables throughout the season, including leeks, potatoes, beets, radishes, carrots, salad mix, squash, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons.

Customers can swipe their SNAP/EBT, debit or credit cards to receive tokens at the information booth. The Double Up Food Bucks Arizona program allows customers to double their SNAP benefits at the market, up to $20 per market visit. All vendors always accept cash.

The market brings hundreds of persons to the Community College Campus each weekend.  A nice subtle public relations marketing touch for the Community College.  Some persons on the east side of the County have urged the Community College to begin to utilize existing, or create new open space, on the Verde Campus for similar types of events.