Sedona AZ (December 15, 2013) – Here’s a great way to start the year 2014 peacefully. The 15th of January marks the first day of the 7th annual 40-day world-wide Winter Feast for the Soul. It’s a perfect time to renew personals commitment to one’s spiritual practice. Regardless of one’s faith or beliefs, the public is invited to participate in the opening meditation gathering at the Sedona Creative Life Center Chapel at 5 pm. Last year over 10,000 people in over 29 different countries participated in this worldwide event as they committed to a personal spiritual practice for 40 minutes…
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Verde Valley AZ (December 13, 2013) – Please share the information on these three scams with friends, family and neighbors – especially senior citizens who tend to be the primary targets for suspects in these type of incidents. On December 12, 2013, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, Criminal Investigations Section, was notified about a telephone scam targeting seniors. The victim received an unsolicited call from an organization calling themselves “Senior Crime Watch.” The caller asks the person answering the phone if they are at least 60 years old and if the response is yes, the caller proceeds to offer free…
Sedona AZ (December 13, 2013) – The West Sedona School PTA invites holiday shoppers to the 2nd Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair Bonanza in the gymnasium at West Sedona School on Friday, December 20th. Doors open at 12:30. Admission and parking is free. Local artists, crafters, and small business owners will be selling their products to last-minute shoppers until 6pm. Browse unique, hand-made crafts, jewelry, wooden toys, garden statuary, scarves, aromatherapy and herbal products, goat milk soap products, organic body care, local olive oils, jams and preserves, and much more.
Verde Valley AZ (December 13, 2013) – This is the 14th annual Hopi Holiday Project by Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects, Sedona: “since 1999, supports Hopi sustainability, self-empowerment and cross-cultural learning opportunities for all peoples.” This gifting is from a place of respect and thanks acknowledging the challenges of living on an Indian reservation in remote Northeastern Arizona far from the economic resources of urban America. Hopi people sincerely carry on a tradition with roots going back thousands of years that is of importance to all the world and is dedicated to all peoples with Mother Earth.
Clarkdale AZ (December 12, 2013) – Made In Clarkdale 2013 will be open daily from 9 am until the end of each event, so you can come by and see the work of the 60 plus artists at your leisure. It’s a great place for holiday art-gifting for you or loved ones! The last day of the show is Sunday, December 15th. Free. www.MadeInClarkdale.org Thursday, December 12Art As Fashion, 5:00pm To Close Of Event, Clark Memorial Clubhouse, 9th & Main St, Clarkdale. 5:00pm, Meet and Greet Jewelry Artist Kaayla Fox as she shares the psychological effects and spiritual significance of color…
Inspiring kids celebrate the holiday season at the Sedona YMCA! Sedona AZ (December 11, 2013) – Community 7th/8th-grade kids are invited to a snow ball dance and ice cream party on Friday, December 20, 2013, 6:30 – 8:45 p.m. Parents can drop off their kids at Y headquarters at Posse Grounds Park where they can laugh, dance, sing, mingle with their peers, enjoy awesome ice cream and listen to inspiring and entertaining mixes by DJ Sno. All of this for the amazing low cost of five dollars per child plus two dollars per bowl of ice cream! YMCA staff, volunteer…
Cottonwood AZ (December 12, 2013) – Swing your partner and tap those toes at the annual Holiday Contra Dance, Saturday Dec. 21st. We will have one of Arizona’s favorite contra bands: Updraft, featuring fiddle, piano, and mandolin with calling by Judy Zeidel from Phoenix. The dance is held at the Cottonwood Civic Center, 805 N. Main St. in old town Cottonwood. Beginners are always welcome and should be sure to come to the pre-dance lesson at 6:30; the regular dance is 7PM to 10 PM. No partner or experience is necessary. Please bring a snack to share if you can. Cost…
Sedona AZ (December 10, 2013) – Sedona International Film Festival invites Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, to Sedona to show FAME HIGH, a new documentary on students in the performing arts on Saturday, Jan. 4, starting 7 p.m. and Sunday Jan. 5, 2 p.m. A director Q&A will follow both screenings. On Sunday, Scott will present his documentary master class, From Initial Idea to Oscar Nomination. Admission is $50 and open to all.
All Thoughts Are LiesTrue or False? (December 10, 2013) One thing Sedona has no shortage of is spiritual teachers and healers. Representing just about every spiritual philosophy and school under the sun and beyond, Sedona stands at the forefront of spiritual enlightenment and fulfillment in the world of meditation and metaphysics. As varied as the philosophical perspectives on achieving enlightenment are, one particular school of thought (or non-thought as some would clarify) postulates that truth can not be held by any thought and that it exists on a plane that can not be defined by words or grasped by thought…
Clarkdale AZ (December 9, 2013) – Starting on December 14, the Town of Clarkdale will be sponsoring a scavenger hunt to kick-off the recently established Arts & Entertainment District. Maps and cards are available at the Community Development Department at 890 Main Street and at participating businesses in the historic Clarkdale business area. To participate, everyone is encouraged to pick up a map and card and patronize participating businesses within the District between December 14 and January 20, 2014 to get their cards marked. This event is being coordinated during Buy Local Month with the assistance of Local First…
Sedona AZ (December 9, 2013) – There will be plenty of tantalizing silver jewelry for sale on Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15, from 10-5 at Victoria Z Rivers’ holiday studio sale. The sale features antique amulets, charms, talismans and beads from Morocco, Mauritania, across the Sahara Desert and into Ethiopia. These old elements are carefully curated and sourced, then incorporated with sterling and tribal silver into necklaces, pendants on chains, bracelets and earrings. You will find hand made sterling chains, and pieces with antique Mediterranean and Yemen coral, precious amazonite and antique trade glass beads as well.
Sedona AZ (December 8, 2013) – A jazz Dinner show with well known Christmas favorites and songs in different languages including Swedish Lucia songs at Relics Restaurant on Saturday Dec 21st at 6.30. Ingrid Hagelberg “Vismaya” who was born in Sweden, but lives in Sedona, has toured the World with her International jazz cabaret show. (ingridhagelbergjazz.com). Most recently she appeared at the wellknown Jazz Club in Paris “Chez Papa jazz club” in Quartier latin. She also has premiered her One woman show called “Songs from my red suitcase” which she will perform again on March 15 in Sedona at the…
Camp Verde AZ (December 6, 2013) – Award winning artist Neil Rizos has been selected to present a printmaking demonstration at White Hills Gallery, at 325 S. Main St. in downtown Camp Verde, on the night of their holiday party, Saturday December 14th starting at 5pm. During the presentation, Rizos will offer a brief history of etching and demonstrate the process using his printing press. Rizos has been a professional artist for the past 25 years, working in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpting, and printmaking. His primary subject is birds in their natural habitat and he has…
Clarkdale AZ (December 6, 2013) – The Clarkdale Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on December 17, 2013 in the Men’s Lounge of the Clark Memorial Clubhouse at 19 N. 9th Street to discuss changes to the Zoning Code regarding the manufacturing of consumable products. The draft ordinance to be discussed would add manufacturing and production of consumable products as permitted uses in the Central Business and Commercial Zoning Districts within the Town. Consumable products are items such as specialty food and cheeses, soaps, lotions, essential oils and pet food. The changes would also allow distillation and production of…
Sedona AZ (December 6, 2013) – Meet Samantha! A gorgeous orange female tabby who just loves to cuddle. Samantha is a big sweet girl…er…older “lady” as she is 7 years old and qualifies for the $30 Wise Woman Adoption rate. Come and meet Samantha and many other wonderful pets available for adoption at the Humane Society of Sedona daily from 10 am to 4 pm. www.HumaneSocietyofSedona.com – 928-282-4679.