Prescott AZ (October 15, 2019) – Do you have a friend or loved one who is incarcerated and soon to be released? Are you wondering about the excitement, fears and challenges that individuals and families face when someone they care about is transitioning from prison to the community? If so, you are invited to a free presentation called ‘From Inmate to Citizen’ being presented by MATFORCE’s Yavapai Reentry Project.The presentation will be held on Tuesday, November 5 at the Prescott Valley Public Library, Crystal Room, 7401 E. Civic Circle. The time of the presentations is from 5:30 – 7:30…
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Cottonwood AZ (October 15, 2019) – Contra Dance returns Saturday, October 19th with a new location: the Clemenceau gymnasium with its beautiful wood dance floor! Join the fun, 6:30-10:00 PM at 1 N. Willard St. in Cottonwood with live music provided by Just Desserts.You don’t need a partner OR experience—all dances are taught and called and we go over the basic moves from 6:30-7:00 PM. If you can walk, you can contra!
Sedona AZ (October 15, 2019) – How we die has for many been an object of curiosity, terror and analysis. Poets, playwrights, authors, sociologists, medical personnel and theologians have reflected on life’s final chapter. Gradually the public has become more conversant with and interested in talking about the final stage of life. Still, questions arise and include issues of morality, religion, legislation, medicine, family dynamics, pain management, hospice and palliative care. The list is long and the questions difficult.
Sedona AZ (October 15, 2019) – Decomposing organics make landfills the third largest producers of methane, a greenhouse gas. Calling all moldy, squishy, jack-o-lanterns: the Sedona Parks and Recreation Department and Compost Crowd will keep your pumpkins out of the landfill. Drop-off your carved pumpkins with Compost Crowd on Tuesday, Nov. 5, for free. Compost Crowd will set up in the parking lot near the baseball fields at Posse Grounds Park, 525 Posse Ground Rd. 2-6 p.m.Questions? Call the Parks and Recreation Department at (928) 282-7098.
By Ted Grussing… and the one atmosphere is all we get and because of the well meaning efforts put into place by the Four Forests Restoration Initiative, overseen by Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership and with a whole host of environmental organizations and agencies, we are coming to the moment when it must be acknowledged that more harm is being done than good. The USFS is simply implementing the plan put into place to restore fire to the forest and attempt to make up for more than a hundred years where all fires were suppressed and the fuel load in the forest increased.I…
Festival partners with Mental Health Coalition to present story of comedian Darrell HammondSedona AZ (October 14, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the premiere of the award-winning film “Cracked Up” showing Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.This screening of “Cracked Up” will be followed by a community discussion led by the Mental Health Coalition of the Verde Valley.In “Cracked Up”, director Michelle Esrick’s Award-winning documentary, we witness the impact that childhood trauma can have across a lifetime through the incredibly courageous and personal story of comedian, actor and Saturday…
Sedona AZ (October 14, 2019) – The Sedona Heritage Museum has announced that one of their almost 50,000 historic images of the greater Sedona area has been selected for inclusion on the 2019 Arizona Archives Month poster.October is Archives Month, and each year, the Archives and Records Management Division of the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records produces a poster highlighting materials from archives around the state. This year the state chose to honor “Arizona Women: From Suffrage to Activism”. Submissions were to be related in some way to this topic, and illustrating Arizona women with compelling photographs.
Sedona AZ (October 14, 2019) – It has been quite the year for Sedona artist Kim Kori, so expect her annual one-woman show at Rowe Fine Art Gallery to be even more poignant than usual.In June, Kim had a brain hemorrhage. With surgery, downtime and plenty of love from the Sedona community, she has completely recovered, but she still laments that she lost six weeks she would have spent sculpting. Through it all, she says, it was her art that kept her focused on getting better. “Being inspired to create my next piece helped me recover,” says Kim. “I have…
Encore of lecture series featuring Beatles historian Scott Freiman at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (October 12, 2019 – Sedona International Film Festival is proud to be the official host of the “Deconstructing the Beatles” series, joining hundreds of theatres around the country for this special event. “Deconstructing The Beatles: Revolver” will show in Sedona on Monday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.In “Deconstructing The Beatles: Revolver”, composer/producer Scott Freiman takes Beatles fans young and old into the studio with The Beatles as they create their seminal 1966 album, Revolver.
Cottonwood AZ (October 12, 2019) – Climate Change is real: it is here, affecting our lives, now. What do we do about it? Is the best strategy personal actions or national policy? Is it too late to make a difference? We will explore both personal and policy solutions on Saturday, November 2 @12:30 pm – 1:45 pm at the Cottonwood Public Library, 100 S. 6th Street in Cottonwood, including the Green New Deal and the book “Drawdown” followed by audience questions and discussion. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Emphasis on helping adults lacking means and/or access to eye care servicesCamp Verde AZ (October 12, 2019) – Thursday October 24th 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 eye glasses. 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…
Sedona AZ (October 12, 2019) – Grasshopper basketball registration opens Oct. 21. Grasshopper basketball league is for youth in grades 1-6. This is a low-pressure co-ed league with an emphasis placed on skills development, good sportsmanship, positive encouragement and teaching the rules and fundamentals of basketball. Whether you are a player, coach or parent, we offer a fun and fulfilling season for all.
Cornville AZ (October 12, 2019) – Saturday, October 26, experience a rare opportunity to soak in the rugged beauty and magical inspiration of a working studio burnished with years of art, sculpture and performance. Down a backroad into a quiet valley in the Verde Valley, you are invited to participate in Engaging the Muse, a unique afternoon event in the Waddell Studio in Cornville. Beginning with a new presentation by local performance artist, dancer, and artists’ model, Pash Galbavy, using archetypal masks, movement, and storytelling to offer an insider’s view of how she got into modeling for artists and what…
Keira Knightley, Matt Smith and Ralph Fiennes star in film at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (October 11, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the audience and critically-acclaimed new thriller “Official Secrets” Oct. 18-23 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Official Secrets” features an all-star ensemble cast including Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode and Ralph Fiennes.Nothing is more dangerous than the truth.She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor.
Cottonwood AZ (October 11, 2019) – Come to OTCA and take a trip back in time. Enjoy the timeless music of Peter, Paul and Mary with MacDougal Street West, on Saturday, October 19th at 7:00 PM.‘Peter, Paul and Mary’ has become an iconic American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Noel Paul Stookey and alto Mary Travers. The group’s repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early songs by Bob Dylan as well as covers of other folk musicians. Their music is revived and lives on in the Arizona based group…