Camp Verde AZ (October 28, 2021) – This month, the Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) distributed a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) loan to the Verde Valley Archaeology Center. This was the first loan of the program to support a Verde Valley-area nonprofit and the fourth loan from this partnership. Earlier this year, ACF and USDA launched the public-private partnership to support rural Arizona. ACF provided $5 million in a revolving line of below-market rate financing to help rural communities access approximately $40 million annually in USDA funding for infrastructure projects aimed to improve water systems, schools, affordable…
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By Amaya Gayle Gregory Sedona News: Can you simply be here, now? Can you flow with whatever appears? The ability to be with whatever appears, regardless of what the whatever is, without need want or desire to run or hide is a pretty simple description of behavior after awakening. That ability is natural to one who has seen through the game, seen what reality actually is, recognizes true nature, knows that the players on stage don’t do anything, can’t do anything, and yet all doing is done through them. Yup! A bloomin’ paradox. It seems like all resistance to the…
By Ted Grussing … this evening I was scrolling through some folders of animals that I have shot at wildlife parks and when I was reviewing a shoot I did years ago at Out of Africa in Camp Verde, I put this image of a White Bengal Tiger up on the screen. One lifted her head from my lap and looked at the screen … so I blew the image up and she got off my lap, walked across the keyboard and put a paw on the screen … a salute to family and a directive to me to send…
Sedona AZ (October 27, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the acclaimed new film “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” showing Nov. 5-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy. The film tells the extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public’s perception of cats forever. Moving from the late 1800s through to the 1930s, we follow the incredible adventures of this inspiring, unsung hero, as…
Sedona AZ (October 27, 2021) – Guest pianist Jeffrey Swann will perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Verde Valley Sinfonietta, under the direction of Music Director Kevin Kozacek, on Sunday, November 7th in the Sedona Performing Arts Center at 2:30 PM. Jeffrey Swann enjoys an international performing career, which has taken him throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. He won first prize in the Dino Ciani Competition sponsored by La Scala in Milan, a gold medal at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, a bronze medal at the Van Cliburn Competition, and top honors at the Warsaw Chopin, Vianna…
Sedona, AZ News — James Ratliff Gallery in Hillside Sedona is pleased to announce the re-birth of Sedona’s popular First Fridays art-walk series, starting Friday, November 5, 2021, from 4 to 7 p.m. Gallery owner James Ratliff is presenting an exciting show centered around the works of multi-medium artist Diann Kincaid. Kincaid will speak about and present her unique paintings and sculptures inspired by her book, Shadow Chasing in Sedona, a collection of intriguing and mysterious photographs of rock shadows cast on the Red Rock formations of Sedona. It is an inspirational photography book of magical shadows. It is a time…
By Ted Grussing … the art of learning negotiations can be a rather daunting experience and it is best a skill to learn young. These Golden Retriever puppies are very much engaged in learning how to get their individual viewpoints recognized as the best one and perhaps mimicking humans, they are all in the game. At the end of the day, they all piled up on each other and crashed needing to rest and recoup after all viewpoints had been expressed and the tug of war had ended. Friends and buddies for life … as it should be.
Prescott AZ (October 26, 2021) – We’re not going to make it. Attaining a balance between groundwater withdrawal and replenishment, known as “safe yield,” in the Prescott Active Management Area by 2025 has been a goal of the Arizona Groundwater Management Act since the perils of groundwater overuse were officially recognized in 1980. But achieving the 2025 target date is, by all scientific accounts, impossible. Kathleen Ferris, a consultant with the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University, will explain how loopholes in Arizona water law endanger the region’s aquifer and also undermine the very notion of safe…
Flagstaff AZ (October 26, 2021) – Coconino National Forest will begin selling a limited number of Christmas tree permits online starting November 9, and permit owners will be allowed to begin cutting Nov. 16 through Dec. 31. A total of 1,150 permits will be available for purchase on the Coconino NF Christmas Tree Recreation.gov webpage, which also lists details about designated cutting areas, maps, dates, and types of trees that may be cut.
Cottonwood AZ (October 26, 2021) – On Saturday, November 13, 2021 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Old Town Cottonwood will be transformed as the annual festival Walkin’ on Main returns for its 12th year. The family-friendly festival in celebration of Veteran’s Day will include a full day of festivities, such as wine tasting (all vets receive an additional two tasting tickets), a classic car show, live music, and a variety of local vendors – all set amongst the shops, boutiques, tasting rooms and galleries lining the streets of Old Town Cottonwood.
Sedona AZ (October 26, 2021) – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host a talk and book signing event on Thursday, November 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with photographer Diann Kincaid sharing her new book “Shadow Chasing in Sedona”. This retrospective of intriguing and mysterious shadows captured by Kincaid is a time capsule of Sedona, Arizona. A life-changing visit to Sedona, Arizona started Diann’s journey as a shadow chaser. She was mesmerized by a distinctive figure in the shape of a galloping horse bolting out of the mountain with a cowboy on its back. “Does anyone see what I…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona News: Sedona’s Two Fer Tuesday philanthropic group is back in gear, organizing a snack food collection effort for the brave men and women at the Sedona Emergency Room who serve the community through these perilous pandemic times. The group hopes to fill the ER “snack stash closet” with Kind Bars, Cliff Bars, cereal bars, wrapped cookies, peanut butter crackers, popcorn, canned and mixed nuts and other healthy snacks that are available in local grocery stores. Even candy.. “We are collecting healthy snack donations for the selfless, capable team of Emergency Room physicians, nurses, radiology and lab technicians that work…
By Ted Grussing … I captured this Osprey; he was beginning a major power stroke of his wings as he said good bye to us and moved on to a place he could hunt without interruptions from guys who pointed cameras with long lenses at him. The water levels were way down, as they are now … same number of fish in a substantially smaller body/volume of water makes for more fish per cubic foot of water and that means better hunting.
Sedona AZ (October 25, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world to present a one-night-only world premiere of the “The Doors: Live at the Bowl ’68 Special Edition” on Thursday, Nov. 4 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. On July 5th, 1968, The Doors lit up the storied stage of the Hollywood Bowl with a legendary performance that is widely considered to be the band’s finest captured on film. Performing on the back of their 3rd album release “Waiting For The Sun” and the US #1 single…
Sedona AZ (October 25, 2021) – The Sedona Heritage Museum will hold a Rummage & Treasures Sale on Saturday, November 6 at the Museum. They are seeking quality donations of items, including rummage sale items that still have good life in them and can be reused by others; also antiques, art, furniture, home decor and tools. Anything broken should not be dropped off; and no clothing, please. Anyone who would like to donate to the sale can bring their items directly to the Museum at 735 Jordan Rd. in Uptown between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. It is requested that…