By Tommy AcostaSedona AZ (July 9, 2021) – So? Just how scared should we be?They are telling us about this dangerous new Delta strain and how it’s so contagious. They are telling us that even if we are vaccinated, we must wear masks indoors; that we must revert back to pandemic cautions because we are all in danger again.Well, I think no one is buying it, this time around. At least from my perspective, that is. I am out and about every day. Indoors or outdoors it’s very rare I see anyone wearing a mask. Oh yes. There was this lady riding a bike…
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All-star cast of who’s who in the music industry featured in historic doc at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 9, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the award-winning new music documentary “Summer of Soul” showing July 16-22 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary — part music film, part historical record — created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. He seeks to recover the meaningful spirit of the past – when the biggest…
CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH (Window Rock, Navajo Naton) (July 9, 2021) – Throughout the fall and winter months during the pandemic, the Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund provided wood and coal resources to Navajo and Hopi elders to help warm their homes. Theresa Hatathlie, Relief Fund Logistics Coordinator, led the distribution of 148 tons of coal and 325 cords of wood for elders living on the Navajo and Hopi Nations through the Relief Fund’s Elder Heating Program.“In fall 2020, there was uncertainty about the impacts that the Coronavirus would have on our lives. We heard that it would be worse when…
By Jim Gilloon Red Cross Spokesperson(July 9, 2021)Dear Editor:As uncertain as the past year has been, one constant has been the need for lifesaving blood. Patients rushed to emergency rooms, those battling sickle cell disease and mothers with complicated childbirths rely on the generosity of volunteer donors to help receive the blood transfusions they rely on. And right now, the blood supply has fallen to critical levels.
By Craig SwansonPresident, Keep Sedona BeautifulSedona AZ (July 9, 2021) – Yavapai County is in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan to cover the next 10 years. This critical document will guide the Planning and Zoning Commission, as well as County Supervisors as they consider development proposals over the next decade. If you are not yet familiar with the process for updating the Comprehensive Plan, click here for an explanation.
ADOT says expect the unexpected, possible highway closuresPhoenix AZ (July 9, 2021) – This monsoon season could prove to be especially disruptive to travel plans after a series of major wildfires has made burn areas susceptible to flooding. That can leave highways covered with mud and other hazardous debris.Anytime drivers are traveling this summer, the Arizona Department of Transportation is urging drivers to expect the unexpected, including unscheduled closures, near recent burn areas and to take extra precautions.
By Ted Grussing… but it is for me and will the next print on a wall in my home … sometime next week I think.
Isabelle Huppert stars in clever French crime caper at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 8, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of the acclaimed new French crime caper “Mama Weed” showing July 16-22 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.A translator with the Paris police finds herself in possession of a huge store of hash, the insider knowledge required to move it and an unexpected flair for the danger that ensues.
Flagstaff AZ (July 8, 2021) – Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their data gathering and analysis for the Backbone burned area to produce a soil burned severity map. This map and data display categories of unburned/low, moderate and high. Approximately 63% of the 41,924 acres are either unburned and/or low soil burn severity, while 35% sustained a moderate soil burn severity and only about 2% identified as high soil burn severity.
Sedona AZ (July 8, 2021) – The Sedona Historical Society will celebrate National Day of the Cowboy with the screening of a western film made in Sedona, on Saturday, July 24 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.National Day of the Cowboy is a day set aside to celebrate ‘all things western’, and the contributions of the Cowboy and Cowgirl to America’s culture and heritage. This year’s event is a showing of ‘Broken Arrow’, a 1950 western film set in Sedona and featuring Jimmy Stewart.
Camp Verde AZ (July 8, 2021) – Join Camp Verde Community Library on Thursday, July 22nd from 5:30-7:00 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room for their new free Special Concert Series, a spin-off of Music in the Stacks round-robin style concerts that take have taken place at the library for nearly 5 years.
By Ted Grussing… the Sedona landscape, from a mythical and mystical mountain a great egret takes to flight soaring far above the red rocks and forests heading for Bubbling Ponds in Page Springs to get a free lunch at the fishery … at least he still has to work for it once he gets there 🙂
Sedona AZ (July 7, 2021) – “Celtic Indian”, Arvel Bird brings his “ANIMAL TOTEMS Concert” to the Sedona Arts Academy July 15, 2021, from 7pm to 9pm. Of his 25 recorded CDs he will be pulling music from is three Animal Totem CDs, Native, Contemporary and World Music genres. His brand is a reflection of his mixed-blood American Indian and Celtic heritages — With his violin, fiddle, Native flutes, and Irish whistles, Arvel weaves a powerful tapestry of music and stories of animal’s spirit/totem powers. Classically trained as a violinist, Arvel Bird’s Animal Totems’ concert, compositions and performances are a confluence of…
Camp Verde Community Library to host virtual community conversation on: An Uneven Landscape: Inequities in Transportation, Community Planning and Land Management with Michia CasebierCamp Verde AZ (July 7, 2021) – Join Camp Verde Community Library online at 3:00 pm on Friday, July 16th for a free FRANK Talk about inequities in Transportation, Community Planning, and Land Management. Michia Cassebier will present the program via an online Zoom meeting, co-hosted by Zack Garcia from Camp Verde Community Library. A brief recorded video introduction is followed by a live interactive discussion with Michia. Participants must register to attend the event at https://bit.ly/2V3XbUX or by going to…
By Tommy AcostaSedona News (July 7, 2021) The Sedona Planning & Zoning commission at its July 6 meeting voted 5 to 2 to move the building of Jordan Lofts in Uptown Sedona forward The Sedona Planning and Zoning commission approved the Major Community Plan Amendment to the Future Land Use Map from Single-family Low Density to Multi-family Medium and High Density. Next, the City Council will have a work session and a subsequent public hearing on the Major Community Plan Amendment.Then and only then, will the Planning and Zoning Commission discuss and vote on the zoning and development review. Council would have the final vote…