Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona one-day-only premiere of “The Automat” on Thursday, May 19 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Once upon a nickel, before fast food, one American restaurant empire was unstoppable. Experience the untold story of “The Automat,” a documentary film directed by Lisa Hurwitz and starring Mel Brooks and featuring Carl Reiner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elliott Gould, Colin Powell and Howard Schultz. “The Automat” recounts the lost history of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, which served affordable-priced quality food to…
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Sedona News – Yavapai County Recorder, Leslie Hoffman would like to announce that new Voter ID Cards have been mailed to all Yavapai County registered voters. New ID Cards are being sent due to Congressional and Legislative boundary changes required by the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. Please discard any previously mailed Voter ID Cards. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding your new Voter ID Card, please contact Yavapai County Voter Registration at 928-771-3248 or by e-mail at web.voter.registration@yavapaiaz.gov. The Yavapai County Recorder’s Office is now on Facebook and Twitter. Please follow us at: facebook.com/ycrecorderelect and twitter.com/yavapairecorder
Camp Verde News – Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, May 12th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 3-5 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month. May’s concert features the following talented local musicians: Gary Simpkins, Christy Fisher, Mike McReynolds, Tony Cook, and Matt Fabritz. 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…
Northern Arizona News – The National Park Service is pleased to announce the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Wupatki National Monument Backcountry Management Plan/Environmental Assessment (plan/EA). The plan/EA and FONSI are available for viewing online at the monument’s Planning, Environment & Public Comment page: (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/WUPA_BMP-EA); https://parkplanning.nps.gov/WUPA_BMP_FONSI). The FONSI, signed by the NPS regional director for Interior Regions 6, 7, and 8 on April 25, 2022, describes the selected action and explains why the plan will have no significant effects on the natural, cultural, or human environment. Therefore, an environmental impact statement will not be prepared. …
Sedona News – Sedona’s SAVCO organization (Sedona Area Veteran & Community Outreach) will conduct the first full Memorial Day service in three years Monday May 30th, 0900-1000 at the Sedona Military Park which is located within the Jack Jameson Memorial Sculpture Park, 25 Northview Rd Sedona AZ. Members of the Civil Air Patrol Verde Valley Composite Squadron 205 and the Sedona Police Explores Post #7100 program will participate as well. John Currivan, a Navy pilot and JAG Officer is this year’s guest speaker. Bugler Captain Dean Cathcart from the Civil Air Patrol will be on hand as well as local…
Sedona News – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Great Art on Screen series with “Tutankhaun: The Last Exhibition”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, May 17 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Great Art on Screen is a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the most extraordinary and groundbreaking art masters of their time. To mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, “Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition” offers audiences an extraordinary opportunity to meet the Pharaoh, with exclusive coverage of how 150 of his treasures were moved to become part…
Sedona News – This Mother’s Day Weekend enjoy great shopping and dining at the Red Rose Art Show and Stagecoach Country Roadhouse. This event is sponsored by the Wild Thyme Restaurant Group the newest restaurant to West Sedona known as the Stagecoach Country Roadhouse located at 1405 West Highway 89A. Beautiful patio dining on the lower and upper-level patios with red rock views. Totally remolded with a western theme private dining for special events, live music, and mechanical bull riding. The newest entertainment hub with a separate bar area featuring large screen televisions, live entertainment, karaoke and much more…
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. Come join us either in person or online. See jcsvv.org for instructions to register for in-person services. On Friday, May 13, a Friday evening service, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, begins at 5:30 pm both in person and on Zoom, and livestreamed for members and their invitees. Congregants participate by lighting candles, doing a reading, or having an Aliyah for the Torah service. Verses from…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory The simplest lesson of all, perhaps the most important too … why is it so hard to learn? What has to transpire in order for the simplest lesson to actually sink in, all the way in, so far in that there is no in, no out left? I love sci-fi, especially sci-fi with a deeper meaning and most of the sci-fi is replete with meaning if you aren’t just there for the action scenes. I watched Dr. Strange again last night. There’s so much about that film that resonates, that reaches a deep place within. I’d…
… being the most intelligent of the raptors it is only natural for the Turkey Vulture to conduct classes from a lectern over the shores of Lake Pleasant … I rather rudely interrupted to take a few pictures of him before moving on. Later that morning I was drifting down a very narrow bay and a rush of motion caught my eye and there climbing up on a rock near shore was this Chuckwalla lizard who did not appreciate my presence interrupting his nap in the sun. The Chuckwalla lizard is about a foot and a half long and is…
Sedona News – Celebrate the spirit, songs and stories of Neil Diamond when world-renowned singer, songwriter and entertainer William Florian brings his live show and concert “The Neil Diamond Story” to Sedona. Florian is a former member of the famous 1960’s group The New Christy Minstrels. There will be one performance on Sunday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. William weaves stories, songs, and humor from Neil Diamond’s early acoustic years honoring the life and achievements of this legendary minstrel. You will find yourself singing along as William…
Verde Valley News – Yavapai County Elections Director, Lynn Constabile would like to announce the locations that have been approved by the Board of Supervisors to be Vote Centers in the August 2, 2022 Primary Election and November 8, 2022 General Election. Registered voters in Yavapai County may go to any of these locations to vote in-person on Election Day, from 6 AM to 7 PM. Voters may also drop-off early ballots at these locations on Election Day. Camp Verde Area • Camp Verde Community Gym, 51 E Hollamon St, Camp Verde Chino Valley Area • Grace Baptist Church, 2010…
Sedona News – Hollace Davids and Judith Fogarty were just beginning their lives in 1969 when they attended the Woodstock Music Festival. These two fascinating women will share their Woodstock memories of peace, love and music at The Sedona Women (“TSW”) program meeting on May 11, 2022. The famous Woodstock Music Festival was held August 15-18, 1969 on a dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. The country was embroiled in the Vietnam war as well as the civil rights movement culminating in great national unrest. Woodstock became a symbol of that movement. Despite the traffic, rain, mud and logistical challenges, young people…
… early this morning I headed down to Lake Pleasant to spend a quiet day on the lake and as always to search for life and photograph what I found. It was a busy morning and lots of life. In these three photographs all of the subjects are reaching for the sky … leaping and stretching their wings to begin the first of many powerful beats; first to attain flight and then to maintain it and go somewhere.The feet of the Great Blue Heron above are just about to leave the water and both eagle shots show the talons just…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the awe-inspiring documentary “The Sanctity of Space” showing May 13-18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Climbers/filmmakers Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson retrace the steps of pioneering mountaineer and aerial photographer Bradford Washburn. Inspired by Washburn’s iconic images of Alaska, Ozturk and Wilkinson attempt the unprecedented traverse of the Mooses Tooth massif. Brad Washburn was the greatest aerial mountain photographer of all time. Hanging out the open door of an airplane, he flew above unmapped mountain ranges — capturing iconic images with which…