By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona News – 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,March 4, Rabbi Magal will lead a service to welcome in Shabbat with candle lighting, songs, prayers, and a Torah reading from the portion of the week, Pekudei, describing the completion and dedication of the Mishkan, Israel’s first house of worship, the…
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Yavapai County News – Yavapai County Elections Director, Lynn Constabile, would like to announce that Special District candidate packets with official signature requirements are now available for download on our website: YavapaiAZ.gov/GoVote/forms. This packet is for candidates running in Fire Districts, Domestic Water Improvement Districts (DWID), Domestic Waste Water Improvement Districts (DWWID), Sanitary Districts, Road Improvement / Maintenance Districts, and Hospital Districts. A full list of Special Districts with positions up for election in the November 8, 2022 General Election can be found within the Special District Candidate Packet. Candidates may turn in their nomination petitions and paperwork between June…
Sedona News – The local kickoff event at the Sedona Performing Arts Center for this year’s Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF), “An Afternoon with Bruce Babbitt,” attracted a large, enthusiastic audience. Prior to hearing Secretary Babbitt speak, SIFF screened a new movie, “Red Rock State Park”, now showing to visitors at the park. Local filmmakers Bryan Reinhart, director, and Ron Melmon, producer, created this inspiring short documentary. Funding was made possible by the Benefactors of Red Rock State Park. The park owes its existence to Bruce Babbitt. He negotiated a way for the State of Arizona to procure the land…
Sedona News – As part of a new sustainability initiative, the city of Sedona encourages residents to apply for up to $5,000 in funding to make their homes more energy efficient and weatherized. Known as the Home Energy Retrofit Project and in partnership with CozyHome LLC, the project is intended to benefit moderate and low-income residents within Sedona city limits. Home weatherization and retrofitting services supported by this project include duct sealing, air sealing, insulation repair, lighting upgrades, mini-split installations and heat pump installations. How to apply Project information and applications can be found under Sustainability Projects at www.sedonaaz.gov/sustainability. This is…
… and it was simply another beautiful end of day in this amazing place that we call home … behind me the long shadows from Mingus Mountain were sweeping across the valley and soon the light was gone and the beauty hidden during the hours of night and rest … soon enough the sun rose and another day in paradise began. Save for the signs of a populated city this is how it has looked for thousands of years … and it will for thousands more. Change comes slowly here and we see the work of millions of years all…
Sedona News -Piano on the Rocks International Festival returns to Sedona on April 23-25, 2022 with three unique successive concerts and the world premiere of: Powehi for two pianos and narrator by American composer Anna Rubin. Piano on the Rocks continues its vibrant performances with three outstanding and eclectic concerts. It will feature three pianists: the world renowned French pianist Jean-Marc Luisada, considered as one of the most important interpreters of Frederic Chopin’s music in the world, winner of Dino Ciani Competition and the famous Warsaw Chopin Competition; American pianist Cynthia Raim, known to Sedona audiences from previous festivals, winner…
Sedona News – Health First Foundation is accepting scholarship applications from students and professionals pursuing or advancing a health career in northern Arizona. Scholarships up to $2,500 are available to undergraduate and postgraduate students working on degrees in nursing, clinical, non-clinical, allied, integrative, or behavioral health fields. For the first time, the foundation has a scholarship available to former U.S. military service members and one directed at studies in integrative health. Visit https://healthfirstforall.org/scholarships for details and to apply. Applications will be accepted March 1-25. Health First scholarships target the critical need for health professionals in northern Arizona and are funded by generous contributions…
Clarkdale News – Up-and-coming winemakers will be celebrated on April 23 when the Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium returns for its fourth year at Yavapai College’s Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. PDT and will be held in person at the college and streamed live online. Organized by Grand Crew, a Yavapai College Viticulture and Enology student/alumni organization, the event will feature educational seminars, an awards ceremony and a roundtable discussion with the competition’s seven judges. An “emerging” winemaker is anyone at least 21 years of age whose wine is not…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory What do you really want from life? Really. Be honest just this once. Don’t give me the pat answer, one of the ones you’ve been selling yourself since you were a kid – to be fearless, to have enough, to have control of your life, to be enough, to quit saying stupid things, to know what’s true, to be included … and on this day in February, someone you can love who will love you too. As powerful as they all are, they aren’t really it. Come on now. What is it? What do you REALLY…
… everything happens at warp speed … the Osprey above has thrust up and forward with his legs, released his talons from the branch and has fully extended his wings as he lifts off and is reaching for air … perhaps a tenth of a second has elapsed from the decision to enter flight. In the photo below a Great Egret has also made the choice to enter flight and we have him looking like a helicopter going straight up from the shore he was wading looking for food and he is perhaps a half a second into flight. Work…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host “Throwback Thursdays-Pioneers at the Museum”, on Thursday, March 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum. Visitors will enjoy a glimpse at parts of the Museum through encounters with costumed reenactors. These impersonators will breathe life into Sedona area pioneers and share a bit of that person’s life story and adventures in the Sedona of 70-120 years ago. Guests will rotate through the Museum buildings, delighting in parts of a “day-in-the life” of our early settlers and community-builders, and getting a peek at some of the hopes, dreams, and hardships in Arizona’s…
Verde Valley News – El Valle Artist Association Artist of the Month for February is Deb Nakano for her work “ The Garage with Old Car” Having recently moved back to Arizona, Deb an established NE Colorado artist, has moved most of her featured work from the Walnut Gallery in Longmont, CO to the walls of her new home in Cottonwood. Deb would like to be considered a local contributing artist in Verde Valley, desiring to show and participate in artists organizations, venues and galleries. Her photographic art is created by taking original photos and duplicating and downloading them into software…
Sedona News – Take a deep breath: Spring is here! Rowe Fine Art Gallery kicks off the season of rebirth with In Blossom, a show highlighting fresh work from the gallery’s award-winning painters. In Blossom begins on March 4 and runs through the end of the month. The show features the latest wildlife and landscape artwork from Julie T. Chapman, Dane Chinnock, Kim Diment, Jen Farnsworth, Lynn Heil, John Rasberry and Amy Ringholz. When Julie T. Chapman’s newest acrylic, pastel, charcoal and oil on panel recently arrived at the gallery, everyone gasped when they looked into the eyes of the bobcat depicted in Don’t…
Verde Valley News – Mark your calendar for March 4, 2022! At 10:00 am, Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum will proudly host Verde Valley native Dennis Coon at the Clark Memorial Clubhouse for a fascinating First Friday In Their Own Words presentation. Mr. Coon’s grandfather moved to the ranch in Perkinsville in 1924. From then until 1968, the family raised cattle and the boys raised hell. Stories about the little white school bus, skateboarding at TAPCO with the Alvarez boys and the eponymous Dead Horse of State Park fame will be relayed. Artifacts of those rough days will be on display. This…
… today was a beautiful day to be on the water, but it was also a day that my timing was off on nearly everything I was attempting to shoot … reposition the boat so I can get a clean shot and the birds fly before I get the camera back in my hand, and so it went, opportunity after opportunity. I was saved by the gulls and a bag of dry cat food I brought along. Throwing a handful of dry cat food into the water sparks immediate interest in the gulls … free food! They engage in marvelous…