Sedona News – Celebrate Women’s History Month at Arts Academy of Sedona, featuring an all-female lineup, Saturday, Mar. 12 at 7 p.m. Headliner Danielle “Diva” Williams will be joined by comedians Stephanie Morris, and Leigh Cummings. “Diva” Danielle Williams, “the comedy Diva,” has been embraced by audiences through her unique take on life, relationships, her love of wigs and being “Divafied.” Danielle has performed throughout the Southwest as a corporate comedian and at comedy clubs such as Stir Crazy Comedy Club, Tempe Improv, Stand Up Live, The Comedy Spot, CB Live and Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy. Danielle’s stage presence,…
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Sedona News – If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on Monday, March 14, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and join the Verde Valley Woodcarvers. Hundreds of people have tried their hand at carving with this group since its founding in 1997 by Norm Knight. The group consists of carvers ranging from beginners to master carvers. Come by with your own equipment or just come to watch these artisans do relief carving, chip carving, and bark carving. There is no fee for this…
Sedona News – International Women’s Day is March 8, 2022. Each year this day is set aside to celebrate women’s hard-earned achievements, raise awareness against bias, and take action against inequality for women around the world. The following day, March 9th, The Sedona Women (“TSW”) will wear white in solidarity during an in-person event highlighting both the achievements and challenges facing women here at home. Guest speaker Jennifer Camano, representing the Arizona Foundation for Women, will address the significant issues still facing Arizona women and discuss ways to meet these challenges. This timely event will be open to the public…
Sedona News – The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is pleased to present the 19th Annual Sedona Spring Open Studios Tour, taking place over the weekend of April 22-24, 2022. Featuring approximately 45 working artists across the Verde Valley, this popular annual event offers attendees the opportunity to visit with the artists in their studios, gain firsthand insight into the creative process and purchase one-of-a-kind works of art. This self-guided Tour, which is always free to the public, will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Named one of the area’s top art events by the Sedona Chamber…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory It’s a paradox. Indefinable magic. Ordinary as can be. You can’t pin it down. Nothing and everything appearing simultaneously … the nothing that is inextricably tied to everything, the everything that cannot be without nothing. This bewildering, impenetrable siren, that none can tune out, that all see and miss entirely, beckons in its untouchable mystery, mind-blowing mindlessness, and its tangible yet impalpable sensuality. How is that even possible? Isn’t this somethin’. We want definitions. Minds like them, count on them for their solidity. That wouldn’t be problem other than the fact that there aren’t any true…
On Friday, March 11, from 7 to 10 p.m., Sound Bites Grill is featuring Dream Beat, a four-piece band that proves that when it comes to great music, dreams do come true. Magic fills the air when creative powerhouses Valerie Romanoff on guitar and vocals and Francine Bop, on keyboard and vocals, get together. Joined by Mark Nichols on drums and Laura Jane Tracy on bass guitar, the group creates a groove and mystical ambiance that takes their audience on a magic carpet ride through uncharted musical landscapes of joy, hopes and dreams. Their music is filled with positive vibes,…
… those are the magical moments of the day … daylight is fading and the terminator line is fast approaching bringing dark and the time for rest before we start the day over again. I took this shot late in the day as last light was illuminating the San Francisco Peaks … to the right of the peaks is Mt. Elden and the little whitish line below the right side of Elden is the runway for the Flagstaff Airport. West Fork is the canyon running across the image about a quarter of the way up from the bottom. Back to…
Clarkdale News – If you’re itching to get your hands dirty, save Saturday, March 26, 2022 for the Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum Plant Sale. Starting at 8:00 AM, the parking lot in front of the Clark Memorial Clubhouse (19 North Ninth, Clarkdale) will be transformed into a gardener’s paradise featuring locally-grown perennials, annuals, herbs, vegetables, succulents, cactus, trees, shrubs and house plants. Free seeds will be distributed while they last. Master Gardeners from Yavapai and Coconino Counties will be on hand to answer questions and to offer advice on how to establish these ready-to-grow plants in your garden. Volunteers…
Sedona News – On Saturday, March 12, 2022, the annual Sedona St. Patrick’s Parade returns for its 50th anniversary. The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. and will travel down its traditional route of Jordan Road from Navahopi Road to Mesquite Avenue. Parade staging will take place along Jordan Road from Navahopi up to the end of Park Ridge Drive. Street-side parking along Jordan Road is highly discouraged. The parade will result in: a full closure of Jordan Road. a change in traffic direction at Apple Avenue and State Route 89A. limited public parking availability. The closure and traffic change will…
Camp Verde News – Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, March 10th 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. This month’s show, labeled Canadiana Night, features Kris Baldwin, Kathi Bellucci, Marty and Lil, and Gary Simpkins who will perform your favorite songs that have been written and sung by Canadian musicians. Come out and enjoy a fun-filled evening listening to tunes by Gordon Lightfoot,…
By Tommy Acosta I’ll admit it, as much as it pains me to do so. I was wrong. Miserably wrong, predicting that Putin would not invade Ukraine. I was so sure. Despite reason, despite he was in a position of power and had his prey surrounded, he went and did so, much to my embarrassment and chagrin. Ugh. It makes no sense. Everything seemed poised for a deal that both sides could live with. We could have gone peacefully into our next designer pandemic but no, Putin had to go and spoil everything. In predicting he would not invade, I…
… in the soaring community, when we lose a soaring pilot, the Soaring Society of America has a section in the magazine titled Final Glide which recounts those in the community who have passed from this life … seems fitting to include my little buddy Finley, an American Kestrel in such an article. I heard from Michele yesterday afternoon informing me that after rushing Finley down to the vets in Phoenix for an emergency blood transfusion and other care, the little guy passed on and is now on his final glide … free of the jesses, radio transmitter is off…
Sedona News – Delicious, a mouth-watering historical comedy pairing a gifted chef and his unlikely protégé who must find the resolve to free themselves from servitude in 1789 France, was named both Best of Fest and winner of the Director’s Choice Best International Film Festival Award at the 28th annual Sedona International Film Festival. Awards were presented on Sunday, Feb. 27, the final day of the 10-day Festival that showcased 33 narrative features, 32 documentary features, 37 narrative shorts, 2 animated shorts and 38 documentary shorts from around the world. Northern Arizona Healthcare was the Festival’s presenting sponsor. Sedona International Film…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Let us speak heart to heart. No more mind stuff getting in the way, sowing fake seeds, germinating doubt and misery, and missing the point entirely … at least for a moment or two. Do you know how beautiful life is? Humans are the strangest creatures 😉 not seeming to know, striving, always striving, rarely stopping to simply fully embody life. Daffodils know. They bow down, not from the weight of the dew, but to honor this intensely perfect moment of life. Thrushes burst out in song, overflowing with joy, filled to the brim with hymns…
Sedona News – The Rotary Club of Sedona Village is offering student enrichment scholarships for summer youth programs. Four or more scholarships, valued up to $750 each, will be awarded to students grades 6-11 who reside in Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek, and/or are currently attending a Sedona school. The scholarships are being offered for programs that will enrich a student’s abilities and interests whether it be in music, drama, leadership, art, academics, sports or other. To apply, students will find an online application at www.sedonavillagerotary.org. Select the Enrichment Scholarship tab, complete and submit the application that includes a…