… in 1971 Joe Raposo wrote Sing for Sesame Street as its signature song and in 1973 the song gained wide popularity when it was performed and recorded by the Carpenters … it is a happy song and worth a listen or three. Click on the word sing to take you to a YouTube video with them performing the song. In the spirit of singing, joy and all good things on our little planet, it is good to listen to the heartfelt songs of creatures we share the planet with … two of them are included … the Gambel’s Quail and the…
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Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new drama “The Desperate Hour” showing March 18-24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Academy Award-nominee Naomi Watts stars in this gripping new drama ripped from today’s headlines. Unfolding in real time, “The Desperate Hour” is a riveting and pulse-pounding thriller from award-winning director Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr (Naomi Watts) is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she’s on a jog in the…
Yavapai County News – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office announces that it has been nominated for a 2022 RISE award for the Agency category. This unique awards program is designed to recognize a department for making great strides in building up their community. Community members, friends and family may each vote once per day until March 18, 2022, by clicking on the link below. The top 10 finalists with the most votes in each category will then be reviewed by a panel of judges. Winners will receive $7,500 for the police foundation, police nonprofit or community program. To vote click here:…
Camp Verde News – Camp Verde Community is celebrating the valuable contributions of AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who pledged to “get things done” for our nation as part of the annual AmeriCorps Week, March 13-19, 2022. The weeklong celebration honors the contributions and support of thousands of local organizations, like Camp Verde Community Library, that make AmeriCorps programs possible. AmeriCorps members are making a significant impact on Arizona’s ability to meet many local needs. In Arizona, approximately 6,800 AmeriCorps members serve each year. “We are proud to be part of the AmeriCorps program and grateful for our AmeriCorps member,…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum has announced the opening of their newest temporary exhibit, a tribute to Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) and the organization’s first 50 years of community service. The exhibit focuses on some of the people, programs and awards that KSB has been involved in over the decades. Displays share major milestones and achievements as the grassroots organization has shined a light on local and regional issues like land conservation, protecting dark skies and water quality, and working for good community planning. Advocacy has been a core function of the group and their members, not only…
Sedona News – Applications are now being accepted for the Sedona Workforce Housing Assistance Program. Qualified homebuyers may receive up to $25,000 toward a down payment on a first home in the Verde Valley. Through a partnership with Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona, the city of Sedona is providing funds to help make homeownership an option for households that do not have sufficient cash to purchase a home but are otherwise mortgage eligible based on credit and income. The city’s housing study, prepared for the city of Sedona in November 2020 by Elliott D. Pollack & Company, identified an affordable housing…
Sedona, Ariz. (March 9, 2022) Director of Marketing Michelle Conway has been named Interim President/CEO Of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau (SCC&TB) following the resignation of Candace Carr Strauss. Chamber Board of Directors Chairman Al Comello released the following statement: “It is with regret that the Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Candace Carr Strauss as President/CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau. Candace has expressed a desire to return to her family in Montana, from whom she has been separated since assuming leadership of the Sedona Chamber 14 months ago. This…
Verde Valley News – Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a substantial rise in the incidence of domestic violence in the Verde Valley. Social distancing and other efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 over the last year have escalated the risk of violence for survivors through more time spent at home, increased levels of household stress, and compromised access to advocacy and direct support systems. Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS) has been tracking occurrences of family violence since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. In our surrounding communities, domestic violence incidents increased as high as 138% with…
Sedona News – On March 24, 2022, the city of Sedona will launch the first phase of its transit implementation plan. The new transit system, the Sedona Shuttle, will begin with service to several of the area’s most popular trailheads, including Cathedral Rock, Soldier Pass, Dry Creek, and Little Horse. In early 2020, the city of Sedona adopted the Sedona Area Transit Implementation Plan (which can be viewed at www.SedonaShuttle.com). The plan contemplates a network of public transit services within Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek, and Oak Creek Canyon. Since that time, the city of Sedona has been working…
Sedona News – The Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) and the Arizona Commission on the Arts announced today a renewed joint effort to support Arizona artists, including additional funding from the Newton and Betty Rosenzweig Fund for the Arts, an endowment held at ACF. This public-philanthropic partnership strategically pairs the Arizona Community Foundation’s resources and collaborative practices with the Arts Commission’s statewide reach and artist-services infrastructure to serve a common goal: to invest in artists, supporting the work they do as innovators and creative contributors to Arizona’s future. “We are thrilled to renew our collaboration with the Arizona Commission on the…
… This Great Egret seems to be re-imagining himself as he fluffs out his feathers … perhaps a new way of presenting himself to others … in any event it was a delightful sight to behold. I took the photo below from a place south of Beaverhead Flats Road looking pretty much to the north. Beaverhead Flats Road runs along the bottom of the image on the right side and joins SR179 which travels to the left into the Village and then Sedona. The large greenish area which takes up much of the image is part of House Mountain which is a…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory How much anger do you hold deep inside, stuffed into your cells, hidden beyond the reach of mind, shielded from your heart? How much anger seethes within? And, how much effort does it take to keep it sealed, safe from the light of day, secure from the need to feel it? Maybe it’s not inside you at all. Unlikely, but possible. Maybe it’s your heart that you built a crystalline palace around to protect it from the anger trying to get in, the anger out there in the world … perhaps it’s both. Either way it…
Camp Verde News – Fiesta Bowl Charities, along with Salt River Project (SRP) and KABOOM!, unveiled a new, 2,000 square-foot playground at Camp Verde Elementary School. The space was built by volunteers across the organizations and the Camp Verde School District and is the 11th playground built across the state by Fiesta Bowl Charities and KABOOM! In November, children from Camp Verde Elementary School were asked to share drawings of what their dream playground would look like. Fiesta Bowl Charities, SRP and KABOOM! came together to make those dreams a reality, taking the children’s visions and incorporating them into the design.…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Sunday, March 13 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “Romeo and Juliet” – a new production from The Royal Ballet in London. There will be one show at 3:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers experience passion and tragedy in this 20th-century ballet masterpiece. “Romeo and Juliet” has become a great modern ballet classic of the ballet repertory since its creation by Royal Ballet Director Kenneth MacMillan and its premiere in 1965. In this special screening, the doomed lovers attempt…
… some winter days when I would head up to the Colorado Plateau, everything would have a strange appearance and an ethereal quality to the earthscape below me … almost anything was possible and all I needed was a palette of colors, brushes and filters to complete the fantasia that I saw in my minds eye. These two photos are examples of what is possible from the same lighting conditions when you free yourself from convention and alter the world to accommodate your imagination. In the top photo you have a view from roughly near the top of the switchbacks…