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 in the middle of the road. Ken Rice, who lives on t… Read more
What can you expect from DreamWorks’ new movie about a little girl and a horse in “Spirit Untamed”? You can expect a … Read more
Mogollon Monster Mudda & Gladiator Challenge is Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19 at the Payson Event Center,… Read more
Manuel Lucero IV, president of the Prescott Powwow and assistant director of The Museum of Indigenous People, is offe… Read more
Sometimes we just like to go into a dark place (like a theater), hold hands and get the jeebers scared out of us. Wel… Read more
For six years Arizona Professional Writers has presented the Payson Book Festival, Inc. This year on Saturday, July 1… Read more
The Pine and Payson public libraries launched summer reading programs last week. The theme for the “official” reading… Read more
Gila County Superior Court Administrator Jonathon Bearup has announced Gila County Superior Court Judge Bryan Chamber… Read more
There’s nothing like escaping the lights of the city, stepping out of your vehicle and being greeted by millions upon… Read more
Payson High School graduated 135 seniors at services May 28 on the football field. Read more
Many of us in the darkened theater seats have wondered since 1996 “How did that crazy Cruella de Vil get so nuts and … Read more
Entries for the annual Rim Country Camera Club charity calendars are due no later than June 30 at midnight. Read more
Payson schools’ annual end-of-the-year band concert was May 20 at Green Valley Park with both the middle school and h… Read more
Gone are the days that visitors to Green Valley Park would see Ernie or Bernie perched atop the willow tree on the bi… Read more
Robert Heinlein said about critics, “A ‘critic’ is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the… Read more
The 35th Annual Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo is Friday and Saturday, May 21 and 22 at the Payson Multi-Event Center on H… Read more
Writer/director Taylor Sheridan snagged an Oscar nomination for writing the script for “Hell or High Water.” He knows… Read more
They tell me that my brother’s life is slowly winding down, Read more
Rim Country residents and visitors can’t help but notice that Payson’s becoming more colorful. Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, at the Mount Cross Lutheran Church Lomona… Read more
We love British director Guy Richie for his over-the-top, funny, horribly violent, and relentlessly clever movie abou… Read more
Nurse, aviator, leader — Marie Fasano brings a wealth of experience to our area. The Arizona Professional Writers pre… Read more
Grab your binoculars and field guide May 8 for a morning spent tallying towhees and counting cardinals as a participa… Read more
The Isabelle Hunt Memorial Library’s Summer Reading program, Tails and Tales, is from June 1 through July 24 for all … Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club is once again putting together a charity calendar. It will be the eighth year the club ha… Read more
Six Academy Award nominations for a film whose name translates as “Water Celery.” Who would have guessed? Read more
Faith James is signing copies of her book, “Tender Victories” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, May 15 at Christian G… Read more
“Mortal Kombat” comes with a built-in contradiction. The most accepting demographic for this movie is probably young … Read more
Visit the PIEbar, 5096 N. Hwy. 87, Strawberry from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 1 for a socially distanced outdoo… Read more
This is the first time up to the plate as a director for Greek born Evan Spiliotopoulos. He has a long list of writin… Read more
How do we get from here, Earth, to there, a distant star system? This quandary has puzzled science fiction fans and w… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 21 at the Lomona Lodge, Mount Cross Luthera… Read more
Registration is now open for Rock of Ages Lutheran Church’s free summer music learning program.The program, “Making M… Read more
Summer is still a month away, but both the Payson and Pine libraries are planning summer reading programs for area yo… Read more
Two of our favorite giant monsters are together again for the first time since the 1962 classic “King Kong vs. Godzil… Read more
The Sawmill Theatres releases two new movies this week. I wanted to see “French Exit” just to see Michelle Pfeiffer a… Read more
From the Roosevelt Lake bridge to the longest two-lane, single-span, steel-arch bridge in North America and the Mogol… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club recently celebrated several members of the club being recognized at the 2021 Arizona Came… Read more
The Town of Payson brings back the community Easter Egg Hunt — Eggstravaganza — Saturday, April 3. The free family ev… Read more
Anthony Hopkins just doesn’t make bad or even mediocre movies. If we consider the four Golden Globes nominations for … Read more
The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, reopened to the public Wednesday, March 17. Read more
In this, the second plague year, when a film company has the courage and the sheer effrontery to plunk down a hundred… Read more
Payson Unified School District is on spring break this week and next (March 15-26). Those making travel plans could e… Read more
The kids will love this latest addition to the huge Disney storehouse of princess movies. This makes number 14 on the… Read more
Rim Country author Gail Kittleson will be at Christian Gifts and Home Décor this weekend signing copies of her latest… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 17 at the Lomona Lodge, Mount Cross Luthera… Read more
We continue this week with another in a series of solid, dramatic films, of excellent quality but few car chases or e… Read more
Arizona alert — the movie people filmed part of “Nomadland” in Arizona. The theme of people who have homes but not ho… 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.
We continue this week with another in a series of solid, dramatic films, of excellent quality but few car chases or explosions. Read more
Arizona alert — the movie people filmed part of “Nomadland” in Arizona. The theme of people who have homes but not houses had to include the v… Read more
Editor’s note: Buckshot Dot wrote the following in celebration of her second COVID shot — and her first meal out in who knows how long. Read more
When we hear Fred Hampton lead the crowd of supporters in repeated chants of “I am a revolutionary” we believe him. The people he led in real … Read more
The mansion of cinema has many rooms. Some, down in the basement or up in the attic can scare the bejeebers out of us when we enter them. But … Read more
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“The best movie of 2021,” “A thinking person’s murder mystery.” Those were just some of the favorable comments that burbled out of the popcorn… Read more
Lots of people turned to bird watching during the past year, seeking enjoyment and relaxation. Chickadees, cardinals, finches and other birds … Read more
We have become accustomed to seeing Liam Neeson in violent shoot ’em ups so “The Marksman” will not surprise or disappoint us. Neeson plays a … Read more
The count is in — the Payson Christmas Bird Count, that is. Since 1900, the National Audubon Society has conducted bird counts throughout Nort… Read more
A guy (wildly handsome actor Michael Ealy) is having problems with his marriage. His wife (played by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and act… Read more
Hopefully, we are reaching the end of the plague tainted movie year. We totally missed another Tom Hanks film last year. “Greyhound,” a film s… Read more
The Professional Bull Riders is making their first ever visit to Payson in January. Read more
Hooray, finally we get a spectacular new movie to watch. The $60 million movie, “Monster Hunter” stars singer, actress, supermodel and wonderf… Read more
Relatives still coming or need to send out a gift to someone you won’t be able to see this year? Give them a unique gift — part Arizona histor… Read more
A living Nativity event is planned from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 19 at the parking lot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai… Read more
December can be a prime month to find colorful birds at Green Valley Park and other places around Rim Country. Read more
In this plague year of 2020, we have learned to relish even mid-level talents like director Luke Greenfield. Greenfield directed this offering… Read more
The producers risked $65 million to make this sequel to the 2013 original. In this plague year, I hope they can get a return for their investm… Read more
“Freaky” is certainly the most entertaining dead teenager movie of 2020 and will rank high on the all-time list of this horror genre. I said m… Read more
“Hillbilly Elegy” is a superb five sawblade movie that will surely garner Oscar nominations for Best Actress, Glenn Close, and Best Actress, A… Read more
In the plague year of 2020, we rejoice when we can see a full-blown $20 million Hollywood crime drama like “Let Him Go.” This is doubly true w… Read more
Halloween has come around again, and with it a crop of new and not so new scary films. The new horror film is “Come Play.” In this tale, a mon… Read more
“The War With Grandpa” opened on Aug. 28, 2020, in Lithuania, which speaks as much to the film itself as it does to the terrible state of the … Read more
Writer/director Miranda July (got to love a name like that) has a reputation and a following for the handful of films she has made. Here with … Read more
Rarely has a fresh new actress so dominated the screen as does 25-year-old Aussie Geraldine Viswanathan in “The Broken Hearts Gallery.” She us… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club 2021 charity calendars are now available. Last year’s calendars sold out rapidly, and they expect the same respons… Read more
Temperatures in the low to mid-70s may not quite feel like fall, but that’s not stopping the 13th Annual Fall Festival in Pine. Read more
Writer/director Cyrus Nowrasteh has made some controversial films and been criticized from both the right and left sides of the political spec… Read more
The Rim Country Classic Auto Club is modifying the 27th annual Beeline Cruise-In and Car Show because of COVID-19 restrictions. This year, ins… Read more
With the production of movies disrupted by the plague, the Sawmill Theatres is showing a great movie from times gone by. Read more
For the fourth year, Rim Country Empty Bowls is raising funds for local food banks. Artisans from the Rim Country Mud Club are again offering … Read more
COVID-19 won’t cancel the 27th annual Beeline Cruise-In and Car Show. But it can force the annual event to take a different route or two or three. Read more
The fabulous films of yesteryear, the 1989 “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and the 1991 sequel “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey” have finall… Read more
The state’s best fiddlers gather in Green Valley Park this weekend. The talented musicians make their way to Rim Country for the 50th annual O… Read more
Russell Crowe can play a big, angry guy just about as well as anyone on the planet. Here, in “Unhinged” he has a chance to do exactly that. Sa… Read more
Oh boy, at long last we burst from the ropes and chains wrapped around movie lovers for months by killjoys with way too much power. For crying… Read more
The Rim Country Camera Club returns to in-person meetings with Zoom availability at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16 in the Lamona Lodge of Mount C… Read more
The long-running Northern Gila County Fair opens Thursday, Sept. 10 and continues through Saturday, Sept. 12, with a couple of special events … Read more
The Northern Gila County Fair includes a photography contest. Entries will be accepted from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Tonto … Read more
Author Daniel Herman works a day job as a history professor. Read more
Horticulturist Kim Stone, a horticulturist and author, offers a free webinar, Growing a Winter Vegetable Garden, at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 10. Read more
This version of “True Grit” must not be mixed up with the nearly as good John Wayne version that came out in 1969. It is a truism that we don’… Read more
How was I to know that “Last Christmas,” the movie title, comes from “Last Christmas,” the 1984 song title by Wham!? Read more
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The Rim Country will rumble with three days of rodeo excitement this week as the 137th World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo is celebrated in Payson. Read more
Have you ever wondered what Mel Gibson has got up to these days? He has had some very public failings in this century. We might not have notic… Read more
I once again watched the Guy Ritchie film from last year, “The Gentlemen.” This film is pure Guy Ritchie. Ritchie directed it, wrote it, and p… Read more
The Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, ended its Imagine Your Story Summer Reading Program the last week of July. Read more
I just watched Helen Mirren in “The Good Liar,” which got me thinking about her vast body of work. Read more
