Legendary actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn featured at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (February 3, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning new documentary “Audrey: More Than An Icon” showing Feb. 12-18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Filmmaker Helena Coan examines the remarkable life and career of actress, fashion icon and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn in “Audrey: More Than An Icon”.
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Facility will Train Construction Personnel in the Verde ValleyClarkdale AZ (February 3, 2021) – Ground has been broken in Clarkdale for Yavapai College’s new Skilled Trades Center, a ten-thousand-square-foot facility that will train the coming generation of construction workers, electricians, plumbers and heating/cooling technicians on the Verde Valley Campus.“It’s a pre-engineered building and it will arrive in early March,” YC Director of Facilities David Laurence explained. “We’ll pour the [foundation] pad in February, and the building will be up in late March or early April. The plan is to have everything in place around June 30, then put in the…
Sedona AZ (February 3, 2021) – The city of Sedona encourages all residents to read the 2020 Community Report, which highlights last year’s key accomplishments and provides a look at major objectives for 2021. More specifically, the report includes facts and figures that help tell the city of Sedona’s story in 2020.
By Darcy Hitchcock Co-Founder, Sustainability AllianceSedona AZ (February 3, 2021) – It’s often been said, you can’t manage what you can’t measure. How do we know if Yavapai County is getting closer to sustainability or drifting further away? Up till now, there’s been no way to know. We’ve developed this Sustainability Scorecard, sharing recommendations for a wide variety of indicators related to Community Vitality, Climate and Energy, Pollution and Waste, Ecosystems and Water. Learn how we can make our community more resilient.
By Ted Grussing… these tulips along with all the other flowers at Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California are nurtured with loving care by the grounds crew … during the growing season you can spend all day exploring the country estate built for William Bourn II; the 36,000 sq foot Country Home is set in 16 acres of formal gardens, surrounded by a 654 acre estate. You can learn more about these beautiful gardens at: https://filoli.org/
Bruce Dern and Lena Olin star in new film at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (February 2, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new drama “The Artist’s Wife” showing Feb. 12-18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Lena Olin and Bruce Dern give career-defining performances as a couple facing their golden years amidst the challenges of dementia and unrealized dreams in “The Artist’s Wife”.The greatest art is learning how to love.
Sedona AZ (February 2, 2021) – The city of Sedona is looking for feedback on Plan Uptown, a public outreach effort that will result in a plan that guides new development, redevelopment and city projects in the Uptown commercial area. Feedback from this Plan Uptown initiative will be folded into in the Uptown Community Focus Area (CFA) Plan, an addendum to the voter-approved Sedona Community Plan that serves as a guide for future development of this area. The Community Plan goals include improving traffic flow, walkability, housing diversity and environmental stewardship, and the CFA plan looks at how those goals can…
Camp Verde AZ (February 2, 2021) – Camp Verde Community Library created an opportunity for 15-18 children ages 5-11 to illustrate and own an original story about Dewey, the library’s bearded dragon. The story, Dewey Learns His Vote Counts, is part of a 6-week drawing activity for children. The project starts Friday, February 5 with the first art supply kit and the first few pages of the story available for pickup in the Children’s Library. Each Friday through March 12, additional pages and another art supply kit will be available until the entire story is distributed. Children are encouraged to illustrate…
By Ted Grussing… reflections of trees and bushes in the water and these reflections are then projected upwards onto the wings and body of this Snowy Egret coming in for a landing at the Gilbert Water Ranch this afternoon. A friends son and daughter are interested in improving their skills in photography and I am lucky enough to be able to help them … I hope. It is such a wonderful art form … not just in the beauty of life that is captured and shared, but in learning about what it is that you are shooting … and having…
Sedona AZ (February 1, 2021) – Professional photographer Adam Schallau will present to the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 22nd. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, his online presentation will be via a Sedona Camera Club webinar.Schallau has been photographing Grand Canyon for more than ten years. He averages 70+ days a year capturing the canyon from the South Rim, North Rim, and along the Colorado River. Adam’s time in the Grand Canyon includes several 18-day photographic expeditions rafting the Colorado River. He will share his experiences, the challenges he has faced in making his photographs,…
Sedona AZ (February 1, 2021) – Keep Sedona Beautiful will continue to virtually host its Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series on Wednesday, February 10th at 5:00 pm. This month’s guest is Amy Tinderholt, District Ranger for the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest (U.S. Forest Service). Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details.
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of art series at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (January 31, 2021) – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with “Cézanne: Portraits of a Life”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Exhibition on Screen is thrilled to present one of the most talked-about exhibitions of the year. Dedicated to the portrait work of Paul Cézanne, the exhibition opens in Paris before traveling to London and Washington.
Discovery provides another reason for Arizonans to follow mitigation stepsPhoenix AZ (January 31, 2021) – The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), the Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH), Pinal County Public Health Services District, and Arizona State University (ASU) reported today that the so-called U.K. COVID-19 variant, B.1.1.7, has been confirmed in three test samples from the state.The United Kingdom (U.K.) identified this new strain in the fall 2020, and it was first detected in the U.S. at the end of December. Multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been documented in the U.S. and globally.…
Clarkdale AZ (January 31, 2021) – As the Museum is not yet open to visitors, Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum brings exhibits to the public with a new display on Main Street and 9th in Clarkdale at the former Miller’s Market.Easily viewable from the sidewalk, the first of several banners contains the site plan of this Clarkdale landmark accompanied by archival photos and historic facts. Banners depicting several more buildings in Clarkdale’s Historic Business District are in the works.
Cottonwood AZ (January 31, 2021) – On January 13, 2021, around 8:45 PM, Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking, “P.A.N.T.” Detectives established probable cause to apply for and were granted a search warrant for the home of 58-year- Dean Cotton and 57-year-old Heather Collins. The home is in the 1000 block of S 5th Street, Cottonwood, AZ. where drug sales were being investigated. Pending approval of the warrant, Cotton and Collins left the home in a white F250 pickup truck which was stopped by the Cottonwood Police Department. Both suspects were detained, and the search warrant was served at the residence. Inside the…