Sedona News – Village Rotarians hosted Ivy Chamberlin from Matforce Youth Services at our recent Rotary meeting. Ivy provided valuable insights into Matforce’s mission to combat substance abuse through education, focusing on K-12 drug prevention programs in the Verde Valley. She highlighted the critical role mental health plays, noting that anxiety and depression among young people often lead to substance use if not addressed with appropriate tools and strategies. In light of these pressing issues, Carol Hess, President-Elect introduced the Rotary International Mental Health Initiative Rotary Action Group (RAG). The Rotary District and local Rotary Clubs have recognized the urgent…
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Verde Valley News – Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced that Brett Brawley, FNP, has joined the NAH Camp Verde Immediate Care clinic. Immediate Care offers treatment for most of the same conditions treated at an urgent care. Brett has been providing health care services at NAH for over 16 years, working in an array of roles. “We are excited to be welcoming Brett to the Immediate Care team in Camp Verde,” said Northern Arizona Healthcare Medical Group President Pasquale Bernardi, MD. “Brett has been an team member at NAH for the past 16 years and recently relocated from Flagstaff to…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is taking its show on the road on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at The Wilde Resort and Spa for “Wilde Wednesdays” — an outdoor under-the-stars movie experience with “Movies on the Move”. “Concert for George” will be screened in The Grove Fire Pit Garden at The Wilde Resort and Spa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7o1ZQ7RqWE On November 29, 2002 — one year after the passing of George Harrison — Olivia Harrison and longtime friend Eric Clapton organized a performance tribute in his honor. Held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the momentous evening featured George’s songs, and music…
… sometimes the wildlife we see at the lake could easily be a bronze or other media sculpture and such is the case with the double crested cormorants above as they perch on a tree trunk in the water. The male develops bushy eyebrows either white or black during the breeding season … the female does not. Be a cool sculpture to own! Below is a photo of a pair of common mergansers … the drake has the green head, and water is flying everywhere as they hurtle down a watery runway gaining speed to enter flight. Cormorants also run…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is taking its show on the road with its new “Movies on the Move” mobile movie truck and outdoor film experience … to The Village! The next event of the summer will be Tuesday, Aug. 6 at The Collective in the Village of Oak Creek, featuring the blockbuster big screen hit “Wonka”. Showtime will be at dusk (approximately 7:45-8:00 p.m.). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNh9bTjXWg Bring your lawn chairs and your family and friends and enjoy “Cinema Under the Stars” on the festival’s giant outdoor screen with state-of-the-art projection and sound! The festival’s mobile concession stand…
Sedona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers and area residents to prepare for short-term full closures of State Route 89A in the switchbacks area of Oak Creek Canyon on Tuesday, Aug. 13, Thursday, Aug. 15, and Friday, Aug. 16. The full closure will be in effect from 6 – 8 a.m each day roughly between Cookstove Draw and Oak Creek Vista (mileposts 387-390). NORTHBOUND DETOUR: Sedona area drivers traveling north to Flagstaff will use State Route 179 to Interstate 17. SOUTHBOUND DETOUR: Flagstaff area drivers traveling south to Sedona will use I-17 to SR 179. The highway…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal The JCSVV offers services and classes which are life-affirming and soul enriching. All are listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. People who cannot attend or who live far away can access the service through zoom. Erev Shabbat services begin on Friday evening, August 9, 2024, beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom led by Rabbi Alicia Magal. The Rabbi will chant a selection from the first chapters in the Book of Devarim, Deuteronomy, with Moses’ farewell speech to the Children of Israel near the…
By David Stephens Sedona, AZ –If the brain were to define sleep, how would it? The question refers to the adjustments made within the brain by the functional elements that result in the experience of sleep. Simply, how do the elements that ensure functions during the day change to help fall and stay asleep? Also, at what instance do these elements adjust enough to result in sleep? Why does sleep sometimes succeed bodily fatigue? Why is it necessary for many to close their eyes and avoid ambient light and sound to ensure sleep? These questions are not the same as…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival presents the premiere of “Political Cool Down” on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. As Earth, Orion’s Belt and the star Sirius align and The Lion’s Gate peaks on August 8th, a portal for activating oneness in group meditation is a golden opportunity for a screening of an innovative new meditation film project in the vortex rich town of Sedona. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPhgnr3ryF8 Let’s face it, in the long hot fever dream summer of 2024, Americans are neck deep in the most divisive presidential election in US history.…
Verde Valley News – The wonders of nature surround us. Yet, sometimes the best way to reconnect with its beauty is to see it translated into art. Yavapai College’s Patty McMullen-Mickles Gallery invites you to Flora and Fauna, a celebration of the natural world in watercolors, oils, sculpture photography and more, August 22 through September 19, at YC’s Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale. Flora and Fauna showcases artistic interpretations of the natural world, highlighting our intricate relationships with plants, creatures and the environment we share. Juror Beth Courtright-Detwiler reviewed submitted works from all around the country before selecting an exciting…
… yesterday was epic … we released a very young American Kestrel back into the wild and I captured the first quarter of a second as she rocketed into the air and freedom with all the joy and risks that go with being alive in the wild. The first-year survival rate for American Kestrels is between thirty and forty percent and each successive year after the first they have a little better than fifty percent chance of making it another year. Pictured in the photo from the left are my friends Donna Michaels on whose ranch we released the Kestrel…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the country to present “RiffTrax Live: Point Break” showing Aug. 8 and 13 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. The stars of Mystery Science Theater are back for their 35th RiffTrax Live show! Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett will riff “Point Break” in theaters nationwide! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbrg2OZBzdc “Point Break” is possibly the most ’90s movie ever made and undoubtedly the pinnacle of the “FBI infiltrates bank robber gang through surfing” genre. We promise the laughs will be as extreme as the action. Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves)…
Verde Valley News – You may not notice them at first. Pieces of paper, blue and white, wadded into balls. Lingering in the corners and shadows of YC’s Faculty Art Show. They are easy to ignore individually. But together they appear to belong and may even be overlooked. In the back of the Prescott Campus Art Gallery, a stark image awaits. “It’s an arrestingly large handprint, the universal signal for ‘Stop,’ in International Klein Blue,” sculptor Rita Toikka says. What happens next depends upon the viewer, will they stop and lend a hand? “Blue is the international color for human…
Sedona News – The Art in the Roundabouts (AiR) Committee of the Sedona Village Partnership is excited to announce two of the five artist entries submitted have been conditionally accepted for 3-dimensional public art for display on two of the four roundabouts in the Village of Oak Creek. According to Committee Co-chair Steve Fiedler, the two artist entries are “Village Treasures” by Reagan Word and “Dreamcatcher” by Chris Navarro. The AiR committee reviewed inputs from the public and also considered the potential for acceptance by Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). ADOT approval and fundraising are the next steps in moving…
Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with “Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires”. The film will premiere in Sedona on Tuesday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 11 at 3:30 p.m. at the festival’s Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_u5MtdjiKM Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time. “Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires” strives to shed new light on Edvard Munch, a profoundly mysterious, fascinating man, a trailblazer and a master for everyone who came after him. Now…