Sedona AZ (October 12, 2021) – The gift-giving holiday season is fast approaching, and product shortages due to COVID-19 and shipping delays are already forecast. One way to work around these challenges will be to shop local and do business with local artisans and crafts. The Sedona Heritage Museum’s annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair on October 23 is the ideal way to keep it local and make holiday shopping easy. This annual tradition at the Museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday only. The Fair will be set up in the historic Jordan apple packing shed…
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Camp Verde AZ (October 12, 2021) – Thursday, November 4th from 9:00a-3:30p the Lions Club of Yavapai County will bring eye care services through their mobile doctor’s office to Camp Verde community members. The Lions Mobile Eye Care Van is a fully equipped eye doctor’s examination room used by volunteer eye doctors to give screening eye exams and write prescriptions for eyeglasses. It is the mission of Lions Clubs to use this mobile doctor’s office to bring eye care services to all of Yavapai County, with particular emphasis on residents 18 years and older who lack the means for, or…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona News: On Monday, October 11, in states and cities across America, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is being celebrated. Indigenous Peoples’ Day used to be called Columbus Day in honor of European explorer Christopher Columbus who set foot in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Columbus Day was declared in 1892 by Republican President Benjamin Harrison to celebrate the 400th year of Columbus’s discovery. However, a movement that started in 1989 in South Dakota, led to changing Columbus Day’s name to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, as a way to make reparations to Native American Tribes whose culture and way of life were…
By Ted Grussing … I received the completed ring from my goldsmith this past week at about the same time as I got my new Canon R5 and the RF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens … always a treat to get my work back and see the final piece of gem/jewelry art. Also getting the new camera body is a treat too as I go into the learning curve to fine tune the settings to fit my type and style of shooting. So here is the completed ring … 16mm laser ruby weighing 20.4 carats. Carat is a unit of weight…
Bonny Singer to host film about legendary choreographer and teacher at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (October 11, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a special premiere of “In Balanchine’s Classroom” on Sunday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Professional Ballerina and Sedona resident, Bonny Singer – who was a student of legendary ballet choreographer George Balanchine – will host the special premiere and take us behind-the-scenes of the ballet master.
CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH (Window Rock, Navajo Nation) (October 1, 2021) – On September 15, Yee Ha’ólníi Doo strengthened the resiliency of Navajo and Hopi communities with the creation of a secondary fundraiser that focuses on long-term sustainability work. The organization, born from the immediate need for direct relief seen at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, has transitioned to organizing more long-term sustainability initiatives. In order to strengthen Navajo and Hopi communities, the group plans to use a new GoFundMe campaign solely dedicated toward the establishment of community centers across the Navajo Nation.
Camp Verde AZ (October 11, 2021) – Camp Verde Community Library announces the addition of three brand new AWE Learning All-In-One Workstations Platinum. The previous stations were over 5 years old, outdated, and averaged 145 uses by children per month. With support from Friends of Camp Verde Library, the Children’s Library replaced the old AWE computers with One Early Literacy Station™ Platinum for ages 2-8 pre-loaded with educational software, games and eBooks. One Bilingual Spanish Literacy Station Platinum for ages 2-8, offering content in both English and Spanish. One AfterSchool Edge™ Platinum for ages 6-12, delivering 85+ award-winning, pre-loaded educational software titles and…
Sedona News: If you are visiting Sedona there is one adventure you want enjoy as part of your stay. Your unforgettable Sedona experience must include spending time at internationally renowned Tlaquepaque (pronounced T-la-keh-pah-keh), Sedona Arizona’s Arts & Crafts Village, one of the best things to do in Sedona. Nestled beneath the shade of the sycamores on the banks of beautiful Oak Creek in Sedona, Tlaquepaque is the most distinctive Sedona shopping experience to be found in the Southwest. Authentically fashioned after a traditional Mexican village, Tlaquepaque, meaning the “best of everything,” has been a Sedona landmark since the 1970’s. Its…
By Sandy Moriarty, Mayor City of Sedona (October 9, 2021) Sedona News: For those of you who have read the editorial in the Red Rock News last Wednesday, September 29, I’d like to correct one statement in it, which is simply not true. The statement is: “The mayor also falsely claimed that if Sedona hires its own lobbyist, the league’s lobbyists won’t work for us.” I did not say that, and anyone including the editor can verify that I did not say that by watching the video of the meeting. He also said: “Rather than have a dedicated lobbyist, the…
Baba “Vusi” Shibambo and Terri Conti team up for concert at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (October 9, 2021) – Join Baba “Vusi” Shibambo, South African drummer, and Terri Conti, acclaimed accordionist, for a magical evening of world fusion music blending the classical sounds of the accordion with the ancestral rhythms of the African bush. “A World Fusion Musical Journey: From Africa Across the Seven Seas” takes the stage on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Earlier this summer, for an art opening in the Village of Oak Creek, Shibambo and Conti performed for the…
Camp Verde AZ (October 9, 2021) – Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, October 14th 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.
Sedona AZ (October 9, 2021) – On Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, at their 4:30 p.m. meeting, Sedona’s City Council will initiate the launch of the ten-year update of the Sedona Community Plan, and in doing so, set city staff on a path to begin a public outreach process in which residents are encouraged to participate in upcoming citizen engagement opportunities.
Sedona AZ (October 9, 2021) – Monday at the Museum will feature a class on Appalachian Folk Art Broom making on Monday, October 18th from 11:00-2:00pm. Your instructor Carolyn Grebenstein, from Bearcat Studio, will teach you how to make your own turkey wing whisk broom and a cob-webber broom at this highly popular workshop. Each participant leaves with the broom they make. This class does require an RSVP and it costs $20/person. No children under 10. This craft does require some light pulling but no sewing at all.
By Ted Grussing … they did not have a live Cougar/Puma/Mountain Lion at Bearizona when we were up there last week, but there was a beautiful painting of one high on a wall and illuminated by a window in the restaurant. It was beautiful so I took a few photographs of it as we sat at a table having a diet Pepsi. I do love cats and this is a nice addition to my collection of big cat images. They do have Puma/Cougar/Mountain Lions at Out of Africa in Camp Verde close to home and the shot above is one I took back in…
Stunning cinematography and thought-provoking story in acclaimed new film Sedona AZ (October 7, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new drama “Bergman Island” showing Oct. 15-21 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Bergman Island” features a stellar ensemble cast, including Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, Vicky Krieps and Anders Danielsen Lie. A filmmaking couple living in America, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth), retreat to the mythical Fårö island for the summer. In this wild, breathtaking landscape where Bergman lived and shot his most celebrated pieces, they hope…