Sedona AZ (November 4, 2019) – SedonaKind welcomes everyone to the 2019 Season of Kindness. For the fourth year in a row, the City of Sedona has proclaimed November 13th as Sedona Kindness Day. It has been celebrated around the globe as World Kindness Day for more than a decade. This year, SedonaKind is fully embracing their mission by extending Kindness Day into a Thanksgiving Month of activities they are calling A Season of Kindness. The month kicks off on November 8th when SedonaKind hosts the special Veterans Breakfast at the Sedona Public Library. Coffee and donuts are traditional for these…
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From expert speakers to cooking demonstrations, the event will highlight how plant-based living contributes to a healthy, humane, sustainable world.Sedona AZ (November 4, 2019) – On January 18-19, 2020, Healthy World Sedona will present the 4th Annual Sedona VegFest, a celebration of the joys and benefits of the whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and lifestyle. Held at the Sedona Performing Arts Center, this informative, inspirational event will feature presentations by leading national experts, cooking demonstrations, exhibitors and delicious WFPB lunches — all within a fun, festive atmosphere. With a mission of protecting the environment while improving human health and animal welfare, Healthy…
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen debut of new production at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (November 3, 2019) – The National Theatre of London continues its season with its acclaimed new production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” showing in Sedona on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre.A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mortal lives leading…
Sedona AZ (November 3, 2019) – At 01:56 Saturday morning, November 2nd, Sedona firefighters were dispatched to the Sedona Winds assisted living facility located at 475 Jacks Canyon Rd. for a fire in one of the residential units. “The automatic fire sprinkler system had extinguished most of the fire before we arrived,” said Captain David Rodriguez, “limiting fire damage to the one room.” The fire was discovered by a nurse’s aid when the sprinkler system activated and triggered the buildings fire alarm system. The aid was able to evacuate the resident from the room and unplugged the HVAC unit which…
Clarkdale AZ (November 3, 2019) – Celeena Johnson has had her heart set on a teaching career most of her young life. Thanks to a new partnership between Yavapai College and Northern Arizona University, she can follow her heart and free her mind of worries about student debt.Johnson, a second-year YC honors student at the YC Verde Valley campus, is among the first aspiring educators to enroll in NAU’s new Teacher Academy. The program, created at the behest of Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, aims to address Arizona’s certified teacher shortage by educating new teachers tuition-free.
By Judy Poe, Assistant Library DirectorSedona AZ (November 1, 2019) – Andrew Carnegie said “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” This week, Sedona Public Library brings the community a series of discussions that tackle both serious and timely topics important on local and national levels.On Monday, November 4 at 1 p.m., the Library partners with Northern Arizona Chapter of Compassion & Choices to present the first of four book discussions focused on the book Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End by…
By Ted Grussing… this guy was doing his best to express his distain for a photographer who was interfering in his quest for an evening meal … hair raised and a disapproving eye … “do you get the message Grussing?” Actually I don’t blame him as his favorite perch to check for fish in the pond he likes to hunt, is the metal dock that goes out into the pond on the east side which is a place I always walk by. He was happy with the results of his shout out as we left the ponds moments after taking…
Mary D. Fisher Theatre is the home for the opera simulcast and encore eventsSedona AZ (October 31, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the next Met Live Opera presentation of Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” on Saturday, Nov. 9. There will be two shows that day at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: 11 a.m. (live simulcast) and 4 p.m. (encore).Plan to come early as John Steinbrunner will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before each production (10 a.m. for the morning show and 3 p.m. for the encore).
Prescott AZ (October 31, 2019) – 1st Rescue – On October 26, 2019, around 4:30 PM, a mom reported that her 8-year-old autistic son had run from the family while on the Thumb Butte Trail out side of Prescott, Arizona. Family was searching but had not found him. Deputies arrived and coordinated an immediate search based a photo provided and his description.Fortunately, YCSO’s Rescue 1 helicopter was already in the air and was able to arrive quickly. The Rescue 1 pilot flew over the target area and within just a few minutes, located the missing boy and immediately notified searching…
Sedona AZ (October 31, 2019) – Harmony on the Rocks Chorus, the Sedona chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society,(BHS) is pleased to announce an open to the public, without charge, concert, at 3:00 pm, Sunday November 10 at The Phillip England Performing Arts Center, 210 Camp Lincoln Road Camp Verde, Az. 86322. The show is music in the barbershop style, and features the chorus with special guest quartet, “Vocalocity” the 2019 winner of the Far Western District of the BHS Quartet competition. Come on out and enjoy this uniquely American form of music. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. This FREE concert is…
Sedona AZ (October 31, 2019) – The newly-renovated playground at Sunset Park is expected to reopen on Nov. 7. The reopening date is subject to delay if weather affects the construction schedule. Any updates will be posted on the city Facebook page at facebook.com/cityofsedonaaz.The Sunset Park grass area, picnic ramadas, and tennis and basketball courts are open to the public now; they remained open throughout the playground work.The new playground will have concrete borders and rubber surfacing in place of wood chips, and six new benches complement four new trees that were planted last spring.
Sedona AZ (October 31, 2019) – The Sedona Heritage Museum’s annual Veterans Day tribute will be on Monday, November 11 beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Museum. All veterans of all U.S. service branches, active military, family and friends, and residents who want to show their appreciation to those who have served, and are now serving, are invited to be guests of the Museum at Sedona’s annual memorial and program of appreciation.This year’s program will pay special tribute to women in the military. Emcee Shondra Jepperson with assistance from Tom Jepperson, will provide music along with the Dynamite Divas who will…
A Dazzling Celebration of Life and Remembrance Sedona AZ (October 31, 2019) – It’s that time of the season when Sedona’s Tlaquepaque Arts and Shopping Village pulls out all the stops to celebrate Mexico’s most time-honored tradition, Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Set your calendar for Saturday, November 2nd from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, and prepare yourself for an event like no other! In preparation for Saturday’s Day of the Dead, you’ll want to head to Tlaquepaque to participate in a heart warming celebration of life and remembrance, the Marigold Mural Project. From Wednesday, October 30th…
Clarkdale AZ (October 31, 2019) – The Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus Library is hosting a variety of events in November.Artwork by local artists. Beginning October 31 through the end of November the library will feature watercolor paintings by talented local artists. Discussions about the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Yavapai College welcomes the public to read along with us in the “Riders Read” program. The current selection is the fascinating book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Topics explored in the book range from race, class, gender, medical ethics, healthcare access and its’ profits.
By Ted Grussing… I took this shot of a Grackle a couple of days ago down at the ponds. He was perched on one of the iron crossbars of a dock in a pond and checking for food in the vicinity. I didn’t see it until I uploaded the photo, but there is a spider web between the cross bars upper right portion of the intersection and to the right of the grackles tail feathers. Operating within the limits of the camera, the 90D is an absolutely fantastic camera.