A stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary Sedona, AZ — The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Road to Patagonia” showing Sept. 5-11 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatr The lives of two strangers are changed forever when they cross paths on the surfing adventure of a lifetime, discovering love, downshifting and four charismatic horses. “The Road to Patagonia” is a stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary – firstly a love between two people, and secondly between humanity and the Earth. We follow…
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By DavSte The industry standard for mental health safety — around consumer AI chatbots — would have to be a display, with boxes [representing destinations of mind] and arrows [as paths to destinations], showing the targets [of conversations] with AI chatbots: this is where this chat is directing your mind. If there is a compliment, encouragement or others, the targets could be pleasure, satisfaction and others, while reality, caution and consequences — as destinations — are ignored. The display could be by the side, reading the outputs for words that are correlated with certain emotions, for the likelihood of those emotional states.…
Sedona, AZ — As a Board Member I AM EXCITED about this event brought to you by our Community Library Sedona – Make a date to Participate in this WORLD CLASS PERFORMER EVENT ! Featured Here WITH STEVE MARTIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFMX4t4FHsc Featured here 5 days ago with STEVE MARTIN and JACKSON BROWNE https://youtu.be/v_yJFbvOkXs Here Comes the Sun! https://youtu.be/GfA38E0ufjk Said to be the fastest fingers of the west https://youtu.be/Y_QPtgRMuXc Purchase your tickets now and send to your friends. Let’s fill the HOUSE! SEE BELOW! You will be investing in the Library’s future – redefining who we can be for you in our community. STRETCH YOURSELVES and…
Sedona, AZ — After consulting with local County Emergency Managers and District Rangers, it has been determined that effective Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Sedona Fire District (SFD) is moving into Stage I Fire Restrictions. Sedona Fire District joins Coconino County, Yavapai County, Coconino National Forest, and other local fire jurisdictions in this action. These restrictions prohibit all solid-fueled open fires, fire pits, and campfires. During the fire restrictions, no burn permits will be issued, and existing burn permits are hereby suspended. Fireworks and other pyrotechnic displays are prohibited unless permitted by the Fire Marshal. Prohibited: No building, maintaining, attending,…
SEDONA, Ariz. – The city of Sedona promoted both previous city Finance Director Barbara Whitehorn and Communications and Tourism Director Lauren Browne as new deputy city managers after a national search with over 150 interested applicants for the best, most qualified candidates. Through her over 20 years of experience in municipalities, including those heavily involved in tourism, Whitehorn has demonstrated strength in leading teams, specializing in internal services. She has proven herself to be a public servant who is steadfast with her ethical commitment to stewardship of public dollars. Whitehorn holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University…
By Sanford Bach Sedona, AZ — When Donald J. Trump descended that golden escalator, America witnessed not just a man — but destiny in a red tie. The Founding Fathers stirred in their marble graves, whispering, “Finally… our sequel has arrived.” Washington had his cherry tree, Lincoln had his log cabin, and Trump? He had a gilded tower, as all true patriots should. The left calls him divisive — but isn’t the lightning bolt divisive as it cracks the sky? Isn’t the bald eagle divisive when it seizes a salmon from the weak and trembling stream? Trump is nature’s thunder,…
SEDONA, Ariz. – The city of Sedona and Yavapai County will host the free Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection Event on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Sedona Red Rock High School parking lot at 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. In addition to household hazardous waste and electronics, participants may also bring medical waste and paper documents for shredding. This event is for residents of Sedona and unincorporated Yavapai County. Accepted waste Waste that will be accepted includes aerosol paints and spray products; antifreeze; batteries except for lead acid or any other vehicle…
Sedona, AZ – After more than two decades of watching tour companies come and go, Sedona local and quick-witted comedic host Allen Elfman has decided it’s time to shake things up—and he means really shake things up. Introducing Weed Into Wine Comedy Tours, the first-of-its-kind experience in Arizona that blends legal cannabis, craft beverages, and belly-aching laughter into one unforgettable Sedona adventure. With marijuana now legal in Arizona for both medical and recreational use, Elfman saw a massive opportunity in a market oversaturated with Jeep tours, helicopter rides, and the occasional wine tasting. “Sedona’s gorgeous,” says Elfman, “but you’ve never really seen it until you’ve done it high…
Sedona Film Festival presents ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ under the stars Sept. 9 Festival partners with Village of Oak Creek Association for outdoor films in the Village Outdoor films are coming to the Village! The Sedona International Film Festival is partnering with Village of Oak Creek Association to present its “Movies on the Move” outdoor film experience on Tuesdays in September. Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 9 when we present “Singin’ in the Rain” outdoors at the Village of Oak Creek Association Park, next to the clubhouse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_EVHeNEIJY “This is the perfect film for us to launch in the Village…
by Joseph Rittenhouse — What befuddles me is that so many people cannot see the coming darkness about to shroud our country. Inch by inch our civil liberties are being obliterated by a force that cannot be resisted or diverted. America is being turned into a police state, with surveillance a way of life and an acceptance of the creation of a faux army that answers to no one but themselves. They now walk through our communities, masked, fully armed in riot gear, stopping anyone they wish, communicating their dominance over us and the fact that they could do what…
Sedona, AZ — If you add to your experience (which life is always doing for you) the appearance of the manifested world can’t help but change. It’s being created with every breath, every constriction of fear or expansion of your ability to love, to be love. It changes with each tweak of the field, each data point of energy that most of us simply call life. Life can’t help but change. It is change. So, if you have a choice (which in my world isn’t a debate) choose 😉 anything that helps you let go of all you know, that…
Essay by Bear Howard and Associates On most mornings in Sedona, the rock faces light up like lanterns—Cathedral Rock, then Bell Rock, then the long sandstone walls that glow like a stove coming to heat. It’s a show you can set your watch by. About three million people a year try to catch it. Fewer than ten thousand live there full-time. That gap—visitors outnumbering residents by hundreds to one—explains a lot of what’s wonderful about Sedona, and much of what’s hard. In some ways, Sedona is a microcosm of the American world at large, the world challenged by change, the…
By-DS All intelligence tests for humans are niche measures. There is no general intelligence test for all the possible ways that humans are intelligent. There are several things that humans can adapt intelligence to, but most of the measures for intelligence are for things that training had preceded. Even with training, there is no guarantee that an individual would be great at the thing. Also, what it means, in human societies, to be intelligent are categorized with things that have productive value. There are possibilities to be intelligent in things that are not needed [or valued] in some societies —…
Council–manager system makes the mayor’s office ceremonial, not executive. It’s time for council to draw clear boundaries. By Steve Segner / Guest Columnist The very public clash between Sedona Mayor Scott Jablow and Police Chief Stephanie Foley is troubling—but not just because of the complaints exchanged. The real issue is that the mayor has stepped into territory that does not belong to him. Under Sedona’s council–manager form of government, the City Manager—not the mayor—runs the city, oversees departments, and manages staff. The mayor’s role is primarily ceremonial: presiding over council meetings, voting on policy, signing official documents, and declaring emergencies when…
Composer, performer and artist Meredith Monk is one of the great artistic pioneer Sedona, AZ — The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Monk In Pieces” showing Aug. 30-Sept. 4 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. Meredith Monk — composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist — is one of the great artistic pioneers of our time, yet her profound cultural influence is largely unrecognized. With Monk’s music at its center, and featuring interviews with Björk and David Byrne, “Monk in Pieces” is a mosaic that mirrors the structure of Monk’s own work and illuminates her…