SEDONA, Ariz. – The city welcomes the public to join the Sedona Police Department for the Community Outreach Event, formally known as National Night Out on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at The Hub at Posse Grounds, located at 525 Posse Ground Road. This family-friendly event is an opportunity to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention, and public safety, and bring police and citizens together in a positive way. The Sedona Police Department will host representatives from public, private and non-profit organizations that are working together to keep Sedona a safe place to live, work and visit,…
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Sue Buffum and Dr. Mark Bocchicchio bring leadership experience and a lifelong passion for music as the organization prepares for its 43rd season. SEDONA, Ariz., September 10, 2025 – Chamber Music Sedona is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan (Sue) Buffum and Dr. Mark Bocchicchio to its Board of Trustees. Both of these exceptionally qualified new additions bring deep personal connections to music along with valuable leadership and professional experience, which will further strengthen the organization’s mission of presenting outstanding classical performances and fostering a love of music throughout Northern Arizona. Sue Buffum moved to Sedona in 2017 after a distinguished career in finance on the East…
By D-Step Sedona, AZ — What is the value, to humanity, in downplaying AI’s advance? If the commentators believe they know a lot about the technology to be certain of its limitations, are they simply opposing those they say are overestimating the technology? Wherever AI is, what is likely to be its biggest casualty? Human intelligence. So, for those that claim to care, what should they care about? Human intelligence. What does it mean that artificial intelligence can do what human intelligence does? This is the most important question of this era. AI makes mistakes, but when it does fine, with…
Sedona, AZ — Sedona Sister Cities and the Polish American Congress are proud to cosponsor Sedona’s first authentic Polish Picnic on Saturday, September 20, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Posse Grounds Park. This free, family-friendly event will feature delicious Polish food and beer, traditional games, and vibrant cultural entertainment. A highlight of the day will be a special performance by Biołe Góry – the Arizona Polish Highlanders Youth Group. Formed earlier this year, Biołe Góry brings to life the rich traditions of Poland’s Tatra Mountains through lively dance, beautiful songs, and authentic folk costumes. Their mission extends beyond…
By Dav-Ste Sedona, AZ — There is a new [September 5, 2025] paper review in Scientific American, How the Brain Tells Imagination from Reality, stating that, “Picture an apple, any apple. As long as you don’t have aphantasia—the inability to visualize things in your mind’s eye—this suggestion triggers brain activity that’s surprisingly similar to what happens when you see a real-world apple with your eyes. Such neural overlap is economical because both cases require the brain’s visual system to carry out many of the same tasks. But it also raises a question: How does our brain tell reality and imagination apart.” “Neuroscientists…
Camp Verde, AZ- Seed Saving for Home Gardeners Presentation at Camp Verde Community Library Curious about saving seeds from your own vegetable garden? Do you want to continue growing favorite varieties year after year? Gardeners across the country are saving their own seeds. For our area, it means that we can develop local varieties that are disease and pest resistant in our soils, are able to withstand our extreme heat, our dry climate, and produce well in our local environment. “Seed Saving for Home Gardeners” will be presented by a Local Yavapai County Master Gardener where we will learn the basics of saving seeds. Topics to…
SEDONA, Ariz. – The city invites the public to save the date for its next artist reception on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers and the Vultee Conference Room at City Hall to view naturalist Greg Lawson’s photographs and impressionistic painter Hope Riccardi’s work, on display through Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. Special music guest will be violinist Drew Riccardi. Lawson has been recording images ever since he captured his first on the streets of New York City as an early teen. His “painting with light” photographs have been created in all still-camera formats,…
Sedona, AZ –– Clear your calendars, cancel your boring weekend plans, and prepare your wallets. On Friday and Saturday, September 12–14, 2025 , The Oak Creek Arts & Crafts Show is back at Sedona Vista Village, 6657 Hwy 179, and this year it’s bigger, better, and sassier than ever. Let’s be honest—where else can you go to see art, grab a burger, buy lingerie, get your fortune read, and then top it all off by signing up for Verizon internet? Nowhere. That’s where. Plaza Perks: A Shopping Safari Inside Sedona Vista Village, you’ll find more temptations than a midnight fridge…
By Sylvia Sepielli Sedona, AZ — The Master Plan dated July 2025 is a progress report of surveys, discussions, design options and assumptions. https://plansedona.com/master-plan-july-2025-draft?document=1 If this were a private project looking for investors, underlying feasibility studies, fiscal and developmental requirements would be mandatory. The City of Sedona is the owner/developer, with debt on the property. It also controls zoning, building codes, design review, approvals, oversees the Fiscal Budgets and City Funds, as well as determines the Master Developer and how parcels to individual developers will be sold. This closed-circuit control affects all residents for better or worse. Fiscal year budget…
Sedona, AZ – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with The Artists Consortium to present the first-ever in-person Master Musicians Symposium on Friday, Sept. 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Sedona’s been waiting for this! Our local, popular and widely acclaimed Master Musicians are convening together on stage to play their unique instruments, share their “aha moment’ when music enriched their lives to the point when they decided to go professional, exchange info about their careers, and why Sedona is their ART MECCA. It’s a first-ever gig that you won’t want to miss!…
By Tommy Acosta I can honestly say, having grown up in the Bronx in the 60s, that if it had not been for the Beatles I most likely would have grown up to be a criminal or been killed in a violent gang war. I’ll never forget that night when on the Ed Sullivan Show the Beatles made their first appearance.I was glued to the TV. I was mesmerized. I saw the girls in the audience screaming. They were just so friggen cool. I saw myself there on a stage someday, rocking and singing and girls going wild over me.…
By Bear Howard As the United States approaches its 250th year, one might expect a season of reflection and renewal—a chance to measure how far we have come since 1776 and how we might grow into the next quarter millennium. Instead, the country seems to be tumbling toward the darkest echoes of its own past, replaying the very sins that once scarred its promise. The signs are everywhere if one cares to look. The president recently boasted, “I love the smell of deportation in the morning,” a cynical parody of the infamous line from Apocalypse Now: “I love the smell…
By Amaya Gregory Sedona, AZ — Today has been an interesting day. While mowing an acre of grass, taking a hoe to the vegetable garden, and enjoying a three-mile walk with Sophia, I’ve been pondering life, this appearance of duality that is physically dubious and yet remarkably, manifests shamelessly as the material world. It is the veritable impossible dream. I’ve been thinking about how life hooks us into believing in it, how it reels us in with its drama, how it creates the illusion of something to fight for, something to fight against, and how if we don’t buy into…
Juniper Bar & Grille at Sedona Golf Resort set to host event to support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault SEDONA, Ariz. — Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS) is excited to announce its newest fundraising event this fall, our 2025 Casino Night. Set for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Sedona Golf Resort’s Juniper Bar & Grille, 35 Ridge Trail Drive, participants will get an opportunity to play live casino games like blackjack, poker, craps and roulette. Other fun games include a Glow in the Dark Putting Contest for a prize, and the opportunity to win $300 cash…
Sedona, Az — The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. Rabbi Magal will lead Friday evening services on September 12 at 5:30 pm. The service will…