Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore of “David Crosby: Remember My Name” showing Feb. 3-9 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. This special encore of “David Crosby: Remember My Name” is in remembrance of the late David Crosby, who passed away on January 18. A triumph at Sundance, this inspired collaboration between director A.J. Eaton and producer Cameron Crowe coaxes Crosby, member of three major groups in music history (The Byrds; Crosby, Stills & Nash; and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), into unflinching candor as the singer-songwriter confronts mortality and assesses…
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Verde Valley News – Yavapai County Community Health Services will offer the PreventT2 lifestyle change program to Camp Verde residents. Prevent T2 is part of the National Diabetes Prevention Program, led by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and is proven to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The CDC estimates that more than 1 in 3 adults – 96 million Americans – have prediabetes. More than 8 in 10 adults with prediabetes don’t know they have it. Additionally, about 20% of American adults with diabetes don’t know they have it. People with prediabetes – higher-than-normal blood glucose…
Sedona News – From January – May 2023, Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann will be traveling the entire country performing one show in each of the United States as the singing and dancing sensation called Letters From Home. Letters From Home was founded in 2010, featuring music from the soundtracks of WWII, Vietnam, and beyond. This vaudevillian-style singing and tap-dancing duo has honored our veterans, active military heroes, and their families by uniting the nation through music. The show’s idea came from Pat Dearth, a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. Since its inception, Letters From Home has performed…
Sedona News – Love quilting? Got questions? Members of the Red Rock Quilters will be the featured guests for Monday at the Museum on Monday, February 6, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Perhaps bring a small project to work on and enjoy the fellowship of quilting by getting your questions answered or just talking about the joy of quilting. They welcome all levels of quilters, fabric lovers, guests and traveling quilters. There is no charge for this demonstration. “Mondays at the Museum” is a workshop/ demonstration held every Monday; please call for a current schedule. The Museum is always looking…
Sedona, AZ –As the Sedona Car Club gets ready to put on their 40th Annual Sedona Car Show at the Sedona Airport, an air of excitement begins to build in anticipation of yet another great show and display of some of the most beautiful cars ever built in automotive history. Their annual car shows draw people from around the country who love and admire the beauty of vintage cars restored to pristine perfection, as if they had just been rolled out of the factory. For those not familiar with its history, The Sedona Car Club began in July 1982 when…
Verde Valley News – Old Town Center for the Arts presents the Electric Harp Guitar Group in Concert, on Saturday, February 4, at 7:00 PM. The Electric Harp Guitar Group (EHGG) is visionary guitarists William Eaton, Anthony Mazzella, and Fitzhugh Jenkins who will perform on their unique hand-crafted electric harp guitars, 6 string guitars and double neck harp synthesizer guitar. A local phenomenon with international experience ‘Ehgg’ combines individual virtuosity with ensemble sensibility to create instrumental compositions, drawn from transcendental world, jazz, rock and new age genres. Joining ‘Ehgg’ will be special guest percussionist Logan Turner on cajon, dumbeck and…
… the wind was up today and not that many birds were flying. It was a challenge just getting what birds there were in the camera frame and keeping them there … lots of wave action! We did get some nice shots though and above is a fly by shot I got of a group of hen Common Mergansers with the Bradshaw’s in the background … something very cool about the way these ducks look and the intensity with which they fly. Found a Peregrine Falcon too, but I didn’t get a shot due to navigational issues. I set up…
Sedona News – Celebrate the spirit, songs of Simon & Garfunkel when The Tributaries come to Sedona with “Homeward Bound: A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel” live concert. There will be one performance on Friday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Mike Yarema and Walker Foard present a truly unique concert experience. Relive your favorite songs from arguably the most influential folk musicians of our time: Simon & Garfunkel. Enjoy hits like “Mrs. Robinson”, “Homeward Bound”, “The Boxer”, “The Sound of Silence” and more! Mike and Walker will…
By Carson Ralston Library Specialist-Adult Programs Camp Verde News – Join us on Thursday, January 26th from 5:00-6:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for our next free Music in the Stacks Special Concert Series, featuring Mike Greenleaf. Mike Greenleaf is a Seattle-born singer-songwriter now living in the Arizona desert and has been writing and performing for over 40 years. His songwriting is influenced by a wide variety of musical styles – at times heartfelt, at times humorous, but always deeply personal and intelligent. Mike’s songs capture the genuine experience of everyday reality. His performance style is warm, open, engaging, and unpretentious. Camp Verde…
By Kristina Sabetta, LMSW Verde Valley News – Please join us for our next Mental Health Monday program via Zoom which will take place on January 30st, 2023, 10:00 to 11:30 AM, and will focus on Alcohol and the Effects on the Brain. This important and valuable discussion led by our speaker Patty May, LISAC. Patty moved to Cottonwood, Arizona in 1995 and began to work at the Verde Valley Guidance Clinic, which is now SPECTRUM. She has a BA in Art Education and an MA in Counseling Psychology. She has 27 years of recovery from alcohol use. She developed and opened the Women’s World program…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum presents Michael Peach in a performance of his original show “Fool Me Twice!” on Saturday, February 4 at 1:30 p.m. Poet and historical researcher, Peach’s program is inspired by his investigations into Sedona and Arizona history. Sedona audiences have grown to love his style of blending original ‘cowboy’ poetry, tall tales, and historical humor as he exposes local mythology and takes a tongue-in-cheek look at quirky incidents from the past using jokes, storytelling, and first person narrative. As is customary with Mike’s shows, this one incorporates the spirit of the Old West with…
Sedona News – LOVE and CONNECTION: an Evening of Poetry, brings together four Sedona Poets performing their original works at Sedona’s Rumi Tree Art Gallery. These word paintings will inspire and uplift you, and entice you with tales of heart-to-heart connections, divine inspiration, and mystical dives into Love. These members of the Sedona Coyote Poets take great delight in sharing their poetry. Martha Entin and Constance Patrick celebrate the creation of their poetry books: Ocean of Love II, Meditations, and Patterns. They are joined by the brilliant poets Sylvia Somerville and Nancy Ruby, with haikus and eloquent poems that will…
… what a treat this morning to wake up to a winter wonderland and about four inches of snow blanketing my driveway and the path up to the front door. The top photo was shot through my main kitchen window looking out onto the golf course and cart path … after my friend and I had coffee this morning I went out and shoveled the driveway and walkways. It was actually fun! Below is an aerial shot I took looking north from a location north of Bell Rock and Courthouse Rock. Mid photo you are looking into Oak Creek Canyon…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Man in the Basement” showing Jan. 28-Feb. 2 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. In this taut psychological thriller, a benign real estate deal becomes a sinister standoff between a bourgeois French couple and a dangerous negationist. A Parisian architect (Jérémie Renier) sells his flat’s unused cellar to a former history teacher (François Cluzet), well-mannered and seemingly normal. But when he takes up residence, the stranger’s secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist emerges. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the…
CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH, WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION – Yee Ha’ólníi Doo congratulates former Executive Director Ethel Branch on her appointment to the position of Navajo Nation Attorney General. Branch was appointed as Navajo Nation Attorney General by Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren effective Tuesday, January 10 at 12 p.m. As Executive Director of Yee Ha’ólníi Doo, Branch organized a team of indigenous matriarchs to provide relief to Navajo and Hopi communities during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in March 2020. The organization was successful in launching a GoFundMe account that became a top 5 grossing campaign on the platform for 2020. Under Branch’s…