Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum’s next speaker in the popular Sedona Stories series is Neil Weintraub. Neil will present “The History of the Grand Canyon Stagecoach Line,” on Thursday, February 29 at 10 am in the Apple Shed at the Museum. Neil Weintraub is a long-time runner and retired archaeologist from the Kaibab National Forest. He will present the history of the Flagstaff to Grand Canyon Stagecoach Line that operated between 1892 and 1901. While the route was only in service for a decade, it played a significant role in attracting tourists to Northern Arizona and the Grand…
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Sedona News – On Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 3 p.m., Chamber Music Sedona will proudly present the legendary Orion String Quartet as part of the group’s Farewell Tour. Considered one of today’s greatest quartets, the Orion String Quartet currently consists of violinist brothers Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips, violist Steven Tenenbom and cellist Timothy Eddy. Featuring a program of works by Beethoven and Schubert, this momentous concert will be held at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd, Sedona, Ariz. 86336. Formed in 1987, the Orion String Quartet derives its name from the celestial constellation,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a FREE concert to celebrate its 30-year anniversary as its way of saying “thank you” to supporters, audience members and sponsors — and the entire Sedona community — for its support for three decades! Sedona natives Daniel and Jenna Watters will be returning from Austin, Texas with their band “The Watters” to perform this FREE closing night concert as the finale to the 30th Anniversary Festival at 7 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 3. The Watters are a seven-piece “Americana/Soul” band that is…
Arizona News – The Coconino National Forest has modified the current Fossil Creek reservation system to increase accessibility and decrease the number of no-show permit holders. These changes provide two opportunities to obtain a permit through recreation.gov for any specific date. Most permits (80%) will be available on a one-month, daily rolling basis each day at 8 a.m. (Arizona time). Visitors will be able to obtain a permit for dates up to one month from the date accessing the system. For example, the earliest a visitor could purchase a permit for Aug. 4 would be July 4 at 8 a.m. Approximately 20% of permits will…
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 security check. People who cannot attend or who live far away can attend through zoom. Erev Shabbat services led by Rabbi Alicia Magal will be held on Friday evening, February 16, 2024, 2024 beginning at 5:30 pm in person and on Zoom. The Biblical reading is from Terumah (Exodus 25:1 – 27:19), concerned with the many donations by the children of Israel for the construction of the Sanctuary in the desert,…
Sedona News – Get set music fans for some of Sedona’s best live music performers strutting their stuff at Sound Bites Grill this week. Enjoy awesome entrees, soups and salads while listening to some of the best live music performances in town. Great performances, great wine and fun times are guaranteed those who dine in the Sound Bites Grill Celebrity Showroom. The fun begins on Wednesday, February 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. with Sedona’s favorite minstrel Patrick Ki hosting the restaurant’s “Wineaux Wednesday” wine tasting event. Ki has been entertaining audiences for more than a decade, mesmerizing fans with…
… a return to the ponds off of Beaverhead Flat Rd for photos of those beautiful blue creatures … incoming is a Western Bluebird and already perched on the rock in the pond is a Mountain Bluebird … the Mountain Bluebird seems to be telling the incoming that the rock is already occupied … and he doesn’t seem to care. Below is a shot on another February day as I was flying ridge lift at the San Francisco Peaks and was leaving the Snow Bowl area … directly ahead is the ridgeline running up to Humphreys Peak the highest point…
Arizona News – Chicanos Por La Causa (CPLC) is seeking nominations across Arizona to recognize the special teachers making a difference in the community. Established in 1998, the Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards program is the only award in Arizona that specifically recognizes Latino teachers whose passion positively impacts the learning environment and inspires future generations. “Behind every great success story is a teacher who believed in a student to reach their full potential,” said Alicia Nuñez, CPLC Interim President and CEO. “CPLC is inspired by the teachers who show up every day for their students, going beyond their job description to…
Sedona News – Parking at Long Canyon trailhead in Sedona will be closed Wednesday (Feb. 14) as Forest Service personnel use heavy equipment to place boulders to define parking and protect natural resources. The purpose of this project is to prevent further loss of vegetation and expansion of bare soil areas, and the closure is to ensure public safety as boulders are placed. The trailhead will open later in the day once the boulders have been put in place.
Verde Valley News – This month, Yavapai College celebrates a full year of training students, staff and community members on a life-saving skill set that prevents severe injuries from becoming fatalities. YC volunteers have trained more than 350 community members on techniques to block and treat catastrophic blood loss, as part of the STOP THE BLEED initiative. Sponsored by the American College of Surgeons, STOP THE BLEED was initiated by The White House’s National Security Council in 2015. Its purpose is to help citizens save lives by teaching basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding – the number one cause of preventable…
Verde Valley News – MATFORCE, a primary prevention organization focused on stopping youth drug use before it starts, partnered with pizza restaurants across Yavapai County to promote the decision to #StayHealthy during Super Bowl weekend. Artwork from past winners in the annual Youth Poster Contest were used to create pizza box toppers. “We are grateful to the 11 pizza restaurants who partnered with MATFORCE in sharing substance use prevention messages created by youth. This partnership shows these businesses’ support of our coalition and work to create healthier communities,” said Executive Director Merilee Fowler. With gratitude, MATFORCE would like to recognize…
Sedona News – The city invites the public to save the date for its next artist reception on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 from 4 to 6 PM in the Council Chambers and Vultee Conference Room at City Hall, where paintings created by Karen Taylor and paintings and ceramics created by Mariann Leahy are on display through May 2, 2024. Special music guest at the reception will be Nathan “Saith” Gangadean. Taylor, originally from San Francisco, majored in Anthropology at San Francisco State University, which cemented her fascination with the broad range of cultural splendor and diversity around the globe. She…
As mother nature – and art lovers! – start to stir after winter’s slumber, Rowe Fine Art Gallery is ready and waiting with doors wide open. On Friday, March 1, the gallery begins a month-long celebration of the season of rebirth during Spring Awakening. The show opens at 4 p.m. with a look at the fresh, colorful artwork the gallery’s family of fine artists has recently created. Enjoy sculptures by Shirley Eichten Albrecht, Kim Kori, Alvin Marshall, Erik Petersen, Joel Petersen, Ken Rowe and Joshua Tobey along with jewelry from Liam Herbert, Jennifer Inge and Lesley Aine McKeown. The show also…
… a couple of shots from up on the plateau tonight … the photo above iis a line up at the San Francisco Peaks with Humphreys Peak in the foreground topping out at 12,637 ft MSL and the highest point in the state of Arizona and running up the left side of the photo is Aubineau and then Rees Peek …. these form the north side of the caldera/inner basin and on the upper right side of the photo is Doyle Peak (on the maps as Shultz) and it is the lowest peak on the south side of the caldera/inner…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory wanna know why it’s beyond hard why you seem to bang your head on dead end after dead end trying to grok what is you weren’t taught to embrace the flow to freefall while standing tall to dance while wrapped in chains to see light in darkness to see darkness in light certainty is required the right answers the right way solutions come prepackaged with ways to get there end results built right in answers don’t account for unanswerable queries don’t … can’t consider the inconceivability of you don’t leave room for life’s wondrous mystery from…