The Tonto Community Concert Association presents Black Market Trust at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22 at the Payson High School auditorium. Read more
I was all set to write a scathing review of this, the third in the “Kingsman” franchise. This episode is a prequel, a… Read more
Music lovers can enjoy two performances next week, thanks to the Tonto Community Concert Association. Read more
A sports movie, like westerns, like romances, and like other genres, has a particular rhythm to it, a familiar and co… Read more
“American Pickers” returns to Arizona. The plan is to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series thro… Read more
We have a rarity this week, a movie that is well-reviewed by the critics (what do they know?) and which is also warml… Read more
It is sort of nice to get the old band together, perhaps for the last time. Ana Wachowski wrote, directed, and produc… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club presented donations to two food banks at its recent December meeting, and because of the … Read more
The Tonto Community Concert Association was finally able to bring the Celtic Angels to the Rim Country for a holiday … Read more
We’re down to the eleventh hour to get those Christmas gifts and if you are still looking for ideas, the Tonto Commun… Read more
This blast back to the time of the film noir movie genre has as its foundation the novel of the same name, a novel wr… Read more
Billy the Bird, Mr. Moose Miller — who had been a contender long ago but at 80 years could still pack a punch, number… Read more
Sixty years have passed since we had a screen version of “West Side Story.” Most of us can hum along with many of the… Read more
The Tonto Community Concert Association brings the Celtic Angels Christmas program to Rim Country at 7 p.m., Monday, … Read more
“Belfast” is a cinematic love letter to the town of that name by writer/director/producer Kenneth Branagh. Branagh wa… Read more
The Payson Choral Society’s Christmas presentation of “Christmas Stories!” is offered at two performances — 4 p.m., S… Read more
The public lands around Payson contain hundreds or perhaps thousands of prehistoric sites that are wide open to any h… Read more
This is one of those films that we, as movie fans, will either adore or ignore. We might well adore “House of Gucci” … Read more
Goat Camp Ruin is a prehistoric Northern Salado site owned by the Town of Payson, which acquired it from the Forest S… Read more
Organizers say the 15th Rim Country Quilt Roundup was a success, with approximately 1,150 people attending and guests… Read more
“Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!” rings still in our brain place, bringing smiles at the silly stuff the gang got u… Read more
The holiday season starts this week with Thanksgiving. Rim Country residents can enjoy a free Thanksgiving dinner cou… Read more
The Swiss Village Lighting festivities start at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 26. Events take place throughout the day with t… Read more
While less charming than the source material, “Clifford the Big Red Dog” will keep the younger set in the seats for a… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club will hold its next in-person / Zoom meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17 at … Read more
The Tonto Community Concert Association has replaced the second performance of the season, “Duo Baldo,” with “John De… Read more
We are compelled to see a movie that the producers spent $200 million to make. We sort of have to see it in order to … Read more
The Mazatzal Hotel & Casino Exhibition Hall fills with an extraordinary array of quilts this weekend with the Rim… Read more
The Payson Public Library is hosting a reception and exhibition for Roxanne and Suzy Almblade. The event is from 6 p.… Read more
For the fifth year, Rim Country Empty Bowls will raise funds for local food banks with artisans from the Rim Country … Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club made a bold decision to double its efforts for charity this year, ordering an additional … Read more
Every October the film industry pumps out a new batch of horror films to scare or disgust us. Very seldom do we have … Read more
Evian Hurtado’s brief opening turn as a New York City newsboy set the stage for the Payson High School Longhorn Theat… Read more
The Payson Choral Society’s Christmas presentation of “Christmas Stories!” will be offered at two performances – 4 p.… Read more
The 2021-22 season of the Tonto Community Concert Association opens with a performance by Holy Rocka Rollaz at 7 p.m.… Read more
“Dune” is easily the most visually arresting film of the year. We have a vast desert landscape of tremendous grandeur… Read more
The Rim Country Quilt Roundup is less than two weeks away. This year’s event is now titled the Tommie Cline Martin Me… Read more
The Payson Elks Lodge, 1206 N. Beeline Highway, hosts its annual Children’s Halloween Carnival from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.,… Read more
COVID-19 changed a lot of things in 2020. One of the changes – the Payson Art League and the Rim Country Empty Bowls … Read more
The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Rd., is hosting a program on old coins with Bob the Coin Guy at 3 p.m., Wedn… Read more
It’s a love story. Read more
Alison Stegert, daughter of Payson resident Judy Douglas, has won the 2021 TIMES/Chicken House/IET 150 Award. Chicken… Read more
Who doesn’t love a good sword-fight movie? There have been some great ones (“Robin and Marian” comes to mind.) We lov… Read more
Holy Rocka Rollaz opens the 2021-22 season of the Tonto Community Concert Association with a Payson performance at 7 … Read more
The super-popular HBO TV series “The Sopranos” ran for eight years from 1999 to 2007. It became an American cultural … Read more
The Rim Country Classic Auto Club members have been showing off the shining chrome and paint jobs on antique, vintage… Read more
The 2021 monsoon storms forced Payson’s Old Time Fiddle & Acoustic Celebration inside this past weekend. Read more
Art on wheels rolls into the Rim Country next weekend when the annual Beeline Cruise-In Car Show takes place Friday, … Read more
This is our Rim Country community events calendar for events free to the public. If you would like to submit an event that charges for tickets, admission etc., please contact Gary Tackett, gtackett@payson.com or call 928-474-5251. If you are a current Payson Roundup advertiser, please contact your advertising representative. To submit your free community event, please use this form. Thank you.
The 2021 monsoon storms forced Payson’s Old Time Fiddle & Acoustic Celebration inside this past weekend. Read more
Art on wheels rolls into the Rim Country next weekend when the annual Beeline Cruise-In Car Show takes place Friday, Oct. 8 and Saturday, Oct. 9. Read more
In the days of my misspent youth, we often saw movies at the drive-in theater. Sometimes we would hide our friends and the beer in the trunk o… Read more
Clint Eastwood directed his first movie 50 years ago, “Play Misty for Me,” a disturbing film of obsession and insanity. The 91-year-old Eastwo… Read more
The Old Time Fiddle & Acoustic Celebration, including the Arizona State Fiddle Competition, is Friday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 26 a… Read more
Scary, creepy movies are not my cup of tea but people like to be scared or grossed out, so here we go. In the story, a woman has terrible daym… Read more
The Rim Country Quilt Roundup Tommie Martin Memorial Quilt Show is Nov. 12 and 13. Organizers are accepting entries through midnight, Saturday… Read more
The Mazatzal Hotel & Casino welcomes country music icon, Jerrod Niemann, unplugged, Friday, Sept. 24. Read more
I, and millions of other fans, like nothing better on a hot summer day than to go into the cool darkness of the local theater and watch a stup… Read more
Members of the Oxbow Outfit and Payson Petticoats re-enactors will be at the Payson Sawmill Theatres at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 3 for the premie… Read more
I never heard of Neo Noir before I went to see “Reminiscence.” The classic period of film noir came in the 1940s and 1950s. Such memorable fil… Read more
We have a lot to like about this action flick. First, there is Maggie Q, a nice girl born in Hawaii who stars as a very highly skilled assassi… Read more
At first I thought his would be just a fluff film, something light and trivial to watch, laugh at and forget. But then I found out that the pr… Read more
Missoula Children’s Theatre has returned to Payson for its ninth visit. This year it will lead about 60 local school students in the full-leng… Read more
Music-lovers can get a discount on a Tonto Community Concert Association 2021-22 subscription through Tuesday, Aug. 31. A basic subscription f… Read more
Someone once said, “Patience is a virtue.” Everyone who has been involved with the new addition to the library has definitely learned the mean… Read more
The Tonto Apache Tribe, owner and operator of the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, is teaming with TwinSpires, the Churchill Downs-owned online wa… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club has selected photos from 32 photographers that will run in this year’s charity calendar. The annual photo competit… Read more
An audition for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of “Sleeping Beauty” is at 4:15 p.m., Monday, Aug. 23 at the Payson High Scho… Read more
The tradition continues Tuesday, Aug. 17 when the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino hosts the 2021 Official World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo Kickoff … Read more
When Disney lines up at the plate and spends $200 million to make a movie with two of the most popular stars of the day it is time to look for… Read more
Judging by “The Suicide Squad,” writer/director James Gunn may have peaked with his dazzling, entertaining “Guardians of the Galaxy” films. St… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club has put out a call for help with several upcoming activities that are geared to accomplish its charitable goals as… Read more
The Library Friends of Payson are eager to welcome the community back for monthly presentations in the new, expanded meeting room at the Payso… Read more
Michelle McDaniel has collected mushrooms in the forests of the Mogollon Rim for the last five years. She said the effort naturally developed … Read more
The Daughters of the American Revolution organization is presenting the “1776 Project” and needs the help of area youth ages 10 to 18. Read more
The buzz has already started for Matt Damon to get his fifth Oscar acting nomination for “Stillwater.” He has won an Oscar but it was for his … Read more
We love M. Night Shyamalan, even if we never did figure out how to say his name. He deals in films with outlandish themes, which nevertheless … Read more
Will enough grown-ups go to see “Space Jam: A New Legacy” or at least bring their kids or grandkids to see this new film to make up for the bl… Read more
Zane Grey's most famous, most successful Western novel makes for an exciting read. Just as interesting and captivating is the story of how Zan… Read more
A little weather delay wasn’t how John Carpino and the Hot Cappuccinos hoped to kick off Saturday’s concert at Green Valley Park. Read more
One of the things I love about movies is their fluidity. When a character like Black Widow gets killed off in a film, the movie people just go… Read more
Young’s Pleasant Valley Days celebration is Friday, July 16 through Sunday, July 18. The road to Young – AZ-288 – is open and the community is… Read more
It’s time to be in the cool mountain town of Rim Country all day during the Payson Book Festival at the Mazatzal Casino Saturday, July 17. Gue… Read more
When the fireworks began to explode over the big lake at Payson's Green Valley Park, there was a collective sigh of relief. Relief that the Ri… Read more
A participant or two shared the parade spirit at Green Valley Park prior to the big events getting underway. Read more
Sequels tend to give us a degree of familiarity and comfort. We think we can safely view a film because we know and have often seen its predec… Read more
Payson happily celebrated Fourth of July 2021 in the lush surroundings of Green Valley Park. The day started with volunteers reading the Decla… Read more
The Tonto Community Concert Association 2021-2022 concert series is finalized. After an abbreviated season for 2019-2020 and then no 2020-2021… Read more
The Payson Book Festival is only a few weeks away on Saturday, July 17. The organizers are excited about bringing all the authors to the commu… Read more
Get out early Saturday mornings now through Sept. 18. The Payson Farmers Market, in the Sawmill Crossing parking lot, is open from 8 a.m. to n… Read more
Wow, nine of these things now, hard to believe but true. The films are loud, silly, colorful, and move so quickly that we stare at the big scr… Read more
According to Payson Town Manager Troy Smith, the town continues to evaluate the ability to conduct the Fourth of July fireworks show on a dail… Read more
This might be the only time in Hollywood when the bean counters that insist on making a sequel to a successful movie take a breath and listen … Read more
Come and feast your eyes on the banquet of all available new books at the sixth annual Payson Book Festival Saturday, July 17. The 80 Arizona … Read more
Drive up and take a look at Aviator Circle off Earhart Parkway in Payson in the Mazatzal Airpark. You no longer will see a pile of red rocks i… Read more
The deadline for submissions to the 2022 Rim Country Camera Club Charity Calendar is looming — The deadline has been extended through July 8, … Read more
What can you expect from DreamWorks’ new movie about a little girl and a horse in “Spirit Untamed”? You can expect a lot of shenanigans from a… Read more
Mogollon Monster Mudda & Gladiator Challenge is Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19 at the Payson Event Center, 1400 S. Beeline Highway.… Read more
