By Roseanne Jennings Sedona, AZ — The tourism sector is evolving rapidly, with travelers seeking new attractions and experiences every time. Among the recent travel trends is wellness tourism, which showcases retreats and activities that promote holistic healing. Findings from The Hilton Trends Report in 2023 reveals that 50% of travelers are in search of authentic experiences that address their physical and mental wellness beyond spas and fitness centers. It is in this light that Sedona’s vortexes emerge as a healing destination for tourists visiting Arizona. More than just unique geological wonders, the town’s vortex sites can help travelers tap…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present award-winning recording artist and Arizona music legend Walt Richardson & Friends live in concert on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Walt Richardson and his talented musical friends — Dowell Davis, Beth Lederman and Marcus Weeden — will perform a combination of acoustic folk rock infused with African and Reggae rhythms. This promises to be an intimate, magical journey and an unforgettable musical experience! Recently inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame, Richardson is one of the most endearing,…
Camp Verde News – VEN Centers will be at the library from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm on Thursday, August 8th to offer their health screening services to the community. VEN Centers offer Arizona residents Hepatitis C Testing & Treatment, and PrEP or PEP HIV prevention medicines to anyone who needs it. While at the library, they will also provide HIV screening, random blood sugar testing, and vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and oxygen saturation. Camp Verde Community Library is located just off Montezuma Castle Highway at 130 N Black Bridge Road, Camp Verde AZ. For more…
Arizona News – ADOT MVD today will enable mobile ID acceptance on iPhone with the Smart ID Verifier app. By using the Smart ID Verifier app, Arizona retailers can easily and securely accept mobile IDs in person to verify the ages of customers purchasing alcohol directly on their iPhones, no additional hardware needed. This new feature will bring Arizonans another way to use their mobile driver licenses. The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division is partnering with the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control to enable Mobile ID Acceptance on iPhone with the Smart ID Verifier app, available in…
Sedona News – Brooke Hirsheimer, the visionary behind Little Dude Art, has joined forces with popular Sedona hiking influencer Ashley Petefish (@Ashley.Goes.Hiking) to unveil an exclusive abstract print series inspired by Sedona’s breathtaking landscapes. This collaboration aims to encapsulate Sedona’s distinctive natural history and its allure to the hiking community through vibrant artwork. Sedona attracts over 75 percent of its visitors for its hiking trails, boasting over 200 trails that range from serene creekside strolls to the challenging ascent of Wilson Mountain, standing at 7,122 feet. Hirsheimer’s inspiration for this project struck during a hiking and yoga retreat at Cathedral…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the summer encore of the Met Opera’s “La Cenerentola” (from the 2013-14 season) on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 12 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mJHWnjmHmM Rossini’s charming take on the Cinderella story returns to cinemas, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Flórez in Cesare Lievi’s whimsical production. Fabio Luisi conducts. The 2024 Met Opera Summer Encores are generously sponsored by Chris Fladlien and Bea Hanks. “La Cenerentola” from the Metropolitan Opera will be shown at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 3…
Sedona, AZ — In an exclusive for Sedona.biz Yavapai County Board of Supervisors Vice-Chair Donna Michaels is interviewed by author Lane M. Badger, as part of Lane’s “The Other America” series. The following interview explores Donna’s vision for her county, constituents and future of the community she serves. “More than sustainability, regenerative practices will define the future of America.” “The health of the land and the people and the many Issues within the Verde Valley will represent a broad spectrum of rural Arizona.” – Donna Michaels Down a hard-tack road, dotted with ranches and barns, Courthouse Butte looms large as the dominant…
… and a wonderful weekend it was … much time going through photos and faceting gems … just a couple hours left on one I started yesterday and photos to follow. In the photo above a Great Egret has just speared a fish on the fly and is preparing to wheel up and out of the area; I love the way his right wing is spread and curved just centimeters above the lake surface and his snack securely speared on his beak. Below is another Great Egret with his catch flying straight at us. He was only about twenty-five feet…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Wildcat” showing Aug. 2-7 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvYkEpDlqlQ Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award-nominee Ethan Hawke, “Wildcat” invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with…
Verde Valley News – In a dignified but festive ceremony brightened by proud family members and friends, sixteen Yavapai College Emergency Medical Service students received their completion certificates and now return to serve their local communities as certified paramedics. Yavapai College congratulates the men and women who completed their rigorous Paramedic Training Program and graduated Thursday, July 25 at the Prescott Campus. “You have chosen a path that demands courage, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to serving others.” Yavapai College EMS Program Director Alexander Lewis BAS, NPR, CEP, said in his remarks. “I have no doubt that you will rise…
Sedona News – Maurice Crandall, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at the Arizona State University will speak about “Playing Indian in Yavapai-Apache Sacred Spaces,” at the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, August 4 at the Synagogue at 100 Meadowlark Drive, on Route 179, in Sedona, next to the Fire Station. There is no cost and everyone is welcome. The Yavapai-Apache people have lived in the Sedona and Verde Valley area since time immemorial, and their history, culture, and identity are inextricably tied to this land. With good intentions, but without deep understanding, many non-Indigenous residents and…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Coup!” showing Aug. 2-8 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJpPkX1FKPo Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard). When the plague descends on the island, the wily cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and take over the mansion. Their wealthy employer suspects the cook’s coup is part of a more sinister agenda, and mind games between master and…
Lin Ennis will present “Listening to Trees” Sunday, August 11, 2024, as part of a summer series on Building Community, sponsored by Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. To suggest how to “build community” with inanimate arboreal objects, she will illustrate how they communicate with one another, nurture their young, deter predators and share food and water with neighboring trees. She will suggest building friendships with trees. Spending as little as two hours in the presence of mature trees improves a person’s health for as much as thirty days. Several specific health benefits will be highlighted. Recorded sounds trees make, their voice,…
By Steve Segner After reading the recent article in the Red Rock News about Olson Real Estate Group’s lawsuit against the City of Sedona and a handful of local NIMBYs, I am reminded of the old Uncle Remus tale of the Tar-Baby. In the story, Br’er Rabbit finds himself entangled with the Tar-Baby, a doll made of tar and turpentine, which was designed to trap him. The more Br’er Rabbit struggles, the more tangled he becomes. The City of Sedona and certain local groups have found themselves in a predicament similar to Br’er Rabbit’s entanglement in a lawsuit with Olson…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ/ — How sad Time is running out for the tenants of Windsong Mobile Home Park on 89A, as they now face a $300 to $400 rent increase on August 1 due to its sale to a new owner, as reported in the Red Rock News. For some of us $300 to $400 is dinner with a few friends. Sometime even a tip at our classier restaurants. For the tenants of Windsong, the rent increase of approximately 40 percent is a disaster. Most tenents are working class Latinos employed as gardeners, day workers, hotel staff…