Sedona News – The city opened new November and December appointments for Straight Talk with Karen, a program in which once a month, residents can come to City Hall and sit down with City Manager Karen Osburn to discuss any topic of their choice. The goal of this popular program is to facilitate an opportunity for residents to meet with Osburn on any question, concern, issue or general topic they would like to talk about. The November and December format will feature an open forum, so that up to four residents can sit down together with Osburn, hear each other’s…
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Sedona,AZ News -The newest addition to the popular Hozho Shopping Center on Gallery Row in Sedona, Good Juju, will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, November 3, inviting Sedona residents and visitors alike to see what’s in store. Good Juju is a lifestyle boutique that owner Julie Rasmussen creatively curates to promote holistic living. The eclectic mix of merchandise includes sustainable, linen and 100% cotton dresses from Italy, lush, embroidered blouses from India and fashion-forward clothing and accessories. The jewelry is mindfully chosen with an emphasis on natural components like gemstones, wood, and blown glass. Hand-beaded earrings, soy candles, bath…
… wow, the weekend is already gone and we’re into another day and week waiting to be filled with all things good … starts for me in just a few hours as the lake is calling. The migration is in full swing and we’re hoping for more feeding frenzies like the mini one we had last week when the grebes and gulls were going nuts in a large school of bait fish. The photo above is of a gull that just splashed in and is grabbing a small bait fish and the next frame with it secure in his beak…
Sedona News – Just in time for Halloween: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — the outrageous cultural phenomenon that has been a hit with movie lovers for nearly four decades — returns to the big screen in Sedona on Saturday, Oct. 29. The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the return one-night-only engagement at 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Feel free to dress in costume — if you wish — and come dance, sing along and do the time warp with other Rocky Horror fans! Relive Richard O’Brien’s sinfully twisted salute to horror, sci-fi,…
Sedona News – SedonaKind will host a three hour workshop with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) entitled “Benefits of and Creative Ways to Share Kindness” on Thursday, November 10th, at 1pm. This special, one time workshop will take place at the Sedona Center of Yavapai College at 4215 Arts Village Drive. The simplest acts of kindness have a rippling effect that can spread across the globe. Come and meet some of the members of SedonaKind, which is a local non-profit that encourages acts of kindness, large and small, locally and around the world. Learn about simple acts of kindness. …
Sedona AZ 2023 Mayoral Election By Samaire Armstrong Dear Community: Our sweet hometown now stands at the precipice of having to decide whether to continue along its path towards urbanization, overcrowding, overspending and losing our character, or moving into the future with fresh ideas and a sense of purpose guiding us to a new tomorrow. We have seen what the last ten years of unimaginative thinking and lack of will have brought to our city. Never more than now is change needed. My opponent wishes to cling to the past and continue with failed policies that now threaten the very existence…
Sedona News – Kicking off our “Hallo-weekend” of films and just in time for Halloween: “Young Frankenstein” returns to the big screen in Sedona on Friday, Oct. 28. The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the return one-night-only engagement at 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Feel free to dress in costume — if you wish — and come kick off Halloween Weekend by seeing this classic comedy the way it was meant to be experienced: on the big screen! There will be special concessions treats in the theme of the evening! Mel Brooks’ hit…
By Craig Swanson President, Keep Sedona Beautiful Sedona News – Keep Sedona Beautiful has created a new film showing the devastation to the National Forest by irresponsible OHV drivers. We urge you to watch this film and then contact the Forest Service at 928-527-3600 to demand that OHV abuse stops in both the Broken Arrow Neighborhood and in the Bear Mountain area. Find out more about the Sedona OHV Crisis. Please share this video as widely as you can. Shareable link: https://vimeo.com/762765604
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Shalom and greetings from the Rabbi, Board of Directors, and congregation of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley., All the services, classes, and programs are listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Visitors are welcome to attend services. On Friday, October 28 a Friday evening Erev Shabbat service, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, begins at 5:30 pm both in person and on Zoom, and live-streamed for members and their invitees. This is the New Member Shabbat to welcome those who joined in the last two and half years, since it was not possible to hold this…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Pez Outlaw” showing Oct. 28-Nov. 3 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “The Pez Outlaw” was a hit at prestigious festivals around the country and world, including SXSW, Nantucket Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival and more. This incredible fish-out-of-water story follows the adventures of Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan man, who boards a plane for Eastern Europe soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mission is to locate a secret factory that holds the key to…
By Carson Ralston Verde Valley News – Join us on Thursday, October 27th 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 Gary Simpkins, Mike McReynolds & Joe Clyne. Gary Simpkins has been around the folk/rock, singer/songwriter scene since the ’60’s, cutting his teeth on the Open Mic scene in his college days in New Haven. He’s played gigs all over the Northeast, notably at the Bitter End in New York City, Club 47 (Now Club Passim’s) in Cambridge, the Exit in New Haven, and Salt in Newport…
Sedona News – Back by popular demand! “Monday at the Museum” will feature a Pueblo Pumpkin-Piñon bread baking workshop by gifted baker Clancy Sage on October 31, from 11:00am –1:00pm. Give fall a hearty welcome with this warm, freshly baked bread using a most interesting recipe from the award winning cookbook Spirit of the Harvest, North American Indian Cooking. The book won the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award and the Julia Childs Cookbook Award. Baker Clancy says she is always asked for the recipe! Please bring an apron and a container to take your bread home, everything else will be…
Sedona News – Good things come in small packages – even art. Whether your collection is bursting at the seams and space is limited, you’re just dipping your toes into the realm of art, or you’re shopping for holiday gifts, Rowe Fine Art Gallery’s November small-works show, Itty, Bitty…and Oh, So Pretty!, is your one-stop shop. The show opens Friday, November 4, at 4 p.m. and continues through the entire month. Itty, Bitty…and Oh, So Pretty! features tabletop-size sculptures and paintings that measure no more than nine inches by twelve inches. There will be plenty of jewelry available, too. And just in…
… it’s been a very long day, but a terrific one it has been … left for the lake at 6A and got off about 11:30A, home and then into town to pick up some photos, deliver them and a fabulous pizza at Hide Away restaurant, then home and busyness getting a new lapidary room set up. Also set up my new Galaxy 22+ mobile number and more … brain is frazzled! I got this shot of a Western Grebe on the lake yesterday morning and we generally had a great day of shooting … leaving the photo of Corky…
Sedona News – The final film in our “Hallo-weekend” of films and just in time for Halloween: Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” returns to the big screen in Sedona on Sunday, Oct. 30. The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the return one-night-only engagement at 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Feel free to dress in costume — if you wish — and celebrate Halloween Weekend by seeing this classic horror thriller the way it was meant to be experienced: on the big screen! There will be special concessions treats in the theme of the evening! Alfred…