Sedona News – The city of Sedona invites the community to a Listening Session on tourism on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Sedona Public Library at 3250 White Bear Rd. Community members will have the opportunity to voice their ideas and concerns about tourism while city staff and consultants listen. Input from this meeting will help inform the Tourism Strategic Plan, destination brand and marketing plan being currently developed by the city. More specifically at the Listening Session, residents will be asked to answer specific questions about tourism, such as: What are the top…
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Sedona News – Sedona Historical Society and Sedona Heritage Museum Executive Director Nate Meyers will be the organization’s speaker at their next Sedona Stories event on Thursday, January 25, at 10 am. The event will take place in the historic Apple Shed at the Museum. The title of the presentation is “Re-interpreting Sedona’s History.” Meyers, who has spent his entire career working in local history museums, will share his perspective on Sedona’s unique history, reinterpreting familiar stories and sharing new insights into the people and events that have shaped the community. “A community’s history is what makes it unique, and…
By Tommy Acosta The city’s heart certainly seems to be in the right place with their consideration of providing homeless people who work in town a safe place to park their cars and sleep through the night. Erecting toilets and showers also seem like a good idea and prove there is compassion in the hearts of the council members who, because of apparent insurmounntabl hurtles, cannot build affordable housing for underprivileged workers in Sedona. We are still waiting, though, for an accurate count on just how many homeless workers are in Sedona and how many would take advantage of the…
There is a global crisis manifesting that could pose more of a mortal danger to humanity than global warming itself. It’s not the rising seas, the melting polar ice cap, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, or tornadoes. It’s something more insidious that if not addressed now could one day end the human race. Yes, you guessed it. Humanity is thinning itself out. The scourge of dwindling birth rates is now threatening the planet. Women are having fewer and fewer babies. More people are dying than being born. And the captains of industry, our leaders, the elite, are worried that one day they…
By Steve Segner Sedona, AZ –The word around City Hall is that the city funding for the uptown visitor center is in jeopardy and the ramifications of the Chamber ending its contract with the City Hall, with no set plans for the future, are now being felt. Here’s a bit of a history on the topic: The city of Sedona has funded the Visitor Center to the tune of $300,000 to 500,000+ for the last 9 years primarily using funds created by the .5% increase in bed tax in 2014. The .5% tax was created to enhance the marketing efforts…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory After a wonderful walk in the woods, reveling in the tall Firs and ginormous Maples, Sophia and I returned home and let the lush earth hold and support us. It’s hard to believe that is not quite Summer. We’ve had so many warm (hot) days already that it feels like July or August, but it is still only May. I just realized that this Monday is Memorial Day … yeah, I’m kind of slow sometimes. I like slow. I think I already mentioned that ???? in another piece. Laying on the grass, gazing up at the…
… been listening to music from years ago … Perry Como, Mac Davis, Johnny Rivers, Rod McKuen, Dire Straits and Celion Dione singing I’m Alive, as I began working on the email for tonight … life is so very precious and needs to be lived to the fullest each and every day … that is all we have and when it is over, that is it! Live and dream of what is and what can be. The presentation at the Sedona Westerners Hiking Club was a lot of fun … check them out if you have an interest in hiking…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley to present a free encore screening of “Golda” on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 4:00 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Golda” is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unW5w6JCEb8 One woman stood between victory and defeat. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State…
Arizona News – The Prescott, Coconino, Kaibab and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests have begun the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process for a proposed land exchange with the Yavapai-Apache Nation and a Draft Environmental Assessment is available for public review and comment. The Forest Service is hosting two informational community meetings: Jan. 17 in Camp Verde and Jan. 18 in Prescott. These are open house format. Agency leadership, subject matter experts and resource specialists will be on hand to answer questions and provide instructions for submitting formal comments. Camp Verde Open House Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 6 p.m. to 8…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum proudly presents renowned storyteller Micheal Peach in a performance of his original show “Fool Me Twice!” on Saturday, February 3 at 1:30 pm. Peach’s program is inspired by his explorations of Sedona, Verde Valley, and Arizona history. Audiences love his style, which blends cowboy poetry, tall tales, and historical humor as he delves into local mythology and takes a tongue in cheek look at the past. You’ll laugh at outrageous stories glorifying train robbers, fraudulent miners, local pranksters, and a publicity hungry huckster. You might even hear a story about Walt Disney’s connections…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Sunday, Jan. 21 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “Giselle” – a new production from the Dutch National Ballet. There will be one show at 1:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NkTH0scUGs The ultimate romantic ballet, “Giselle” is performed by former Bolshoi Ballet principals Olga Smirnova and Jacopo Tissi, who fled Russia and joined the Dutch National Ballet, where this production was filmed. The young peasant girl Giselle falls in love with Albrecht, a nobleman already betrothed who hides his true identity…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum is excited to announce the return of its popular monthly program featuring historical interpreters, History ALIVE! The program returns on February 1 at 3:30 pm. History Alive! features costumed interpreters dressed as people from Sedona’s history sharing those peoples’ stories. Historical figures you may meet during the program include Ruth and Walter Jordan (orchardists who owned the site and buildings where the Museum is today), Dorothea Tanning (photographer and wife of famed artist Max Ernst), Patty Fox (a local rancher’s wife), Sedona Schnebly (Sedona’s namesake), and J.J. Thompson (19th century homesteader). After the event,…
… tomorrow night, January 11 at 6PM, I will be giving a presentation to The Sedona Westerners Hiking Club at the Methodist Church on SR179 … if you are a member or a person interested in hiking and joining the group, I hope you will come out for it. The title of the presentation is “Uncharted Trails.” For the first time in any of my presentations I will be talking about the machines I have flown … silent flight! There are about 476,000 pilots in the USA of all ratings plus another 280,000 student pilots … there are less than 25,000 who…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Journey to the South Pacific” and “Hurricane on the Bayou” showing Jan. 19-25 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. The two award-winning films will show in one package. JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC Get ready to sail away to one of the most mesmerizing and irreplaceable environments on earth in “Journey to the South Pacific” — the color-and-music-fueled story of an island boy’s adventure to learn all he can about protecting his spectacular oceanic home. Featuring narration from Academy Award-winner…
Sedona News – Sealed bids for the construction of the SD-12 Schnebly Grove Drainage Improvements Project will be received by the Public Works Department, located at 102 Roadrunner Drive, Sedona, Arizona, until 2:00 P.M. local time, Wednesday February 14, 2024. At that time, bids will be opened and documented. Bid results will be available upon request after opening. PROJECT: SD-12 Schnebly Grove Drainage Improvements Project DESCRIPTION: Drainage improvements and utility protection along Schnebly Rd in Uptown Sedona, between Grove Dr and Ridge Dr; approximately 800 feet. This project calls for new catch basins, storm drains and dry-stack retaining walls. Contract Documents may be downloaded from the…