Arizona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation is set to start work this month on an Interstate 17 project to construct an overpass crossing for wildlife south of Flagstaff. The project, funded through a federal grant, is an effort to improve wildlife habitat connections while reducing the risk of crashes involving animals, especially elk and deer. ADOT is partnering with the Arizona Game and Fish Department on the $15.8 million wildlife overpass project, 12 miles south of Flagstaff, which also will install 8-foot-tall wildlife fencing along more than 8 miles of the interstate. This stretch currently has no bridges…
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Sedona News – The city invites residents to apply for the 2025 Sedona Police Department Community Police Academy, a free program designed to experience firsthand engagement with the Sedona Police Department, have a better understanding of the department’s role within the community and foster a collaborative relationship with residents. The eight-week program will be held every Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m., starting May 6, 2025. It is for Sedona residents and business community members to help create open communication with Sedona Police Department staff. Not only is it an opportunity for the community to learn more about the…
Sedona News – A collaboration of local organizations is sponsoring a “Hands Off” community march in Sedona on Saturday, April 5th. The local march is one of an hundreds of marches happening around the country protesting actions by President Trump’s administration. Sedona marchers will gather at 9AM on Art Barn Road in Uptown Sedona. This will be a peaceful event. Many of President Trump’s over 100 Executive Orders of his current term have ignored federal laws and the Constitution, with the courts enacting stays or overturning them. Local groups supporting the march include: After the March Indivisible, Indivisible Sedona, Sedona…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join theaters around the world for a global theatrical event: “Neil Young: Coastal” on April 17 and 20 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aos5T2RRd_E Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, “Coastal” offers a glimpse behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid — from his everyday observations on the bus to his candid, wry…
… going back to some of my favorites tonight. Above is a shot I took from roughly the intersect of SR 179 and Beaver Head Flat Road looking N towards the Village of Oak Creek and about 7 miles beyond that lies the city of Sedona. Red Rock Ranger Station on the right of SR 179 at the bottom of the photograph. We have three golf courses in the Village which is why we ended up here and not Sedona … we live on what is now the 11th tee box of Oak Creek Country Club which is the top golf club…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Fishbowl” showing April 11-16 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. “The Fishbowl” is the first-ever Puerto Rican-produced film to be selected for Sundance, and it has played to critic and audience acclaim. https://vimeo.com/1037626086?share=copy Noelia, a 40-year-old Puerto Rican visual artist, discovers her cancer has metastasized after spending several years in remission. Despite the insistence of her partner, Jorge, she refuses to continue her treatment and decides to return to Vieques, the small Caribbean island east of Puerto Rico where…
Sedona News – For the ninth successive year the city of Sedona has supported the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund Trail Keeper program. This year’s contribution of $52,000 comes at a critical time when cutbacks in Federal allocations and policy changes have put unforeseen strain on funding the essential maintenance needed to keep the expansive trail system in the Red Rock Ranger District sustainable. The Trail Keeper program is a partnership program between the city of Sedona and local businesses that collectively will provide $120,000 in 2025 for maintenance of the Red Rock trails. Starting in 2017 with 25 Trail…
Sedona News – “Monday at the Museum” is a demonstration conducted every Monday. Please call for a current schedule. The Museum is always looking for participants who are willing to share their knowledge and skills. For details call 928-282-7038. April 7, Red Rock Quilters Love quilting? Got questions? Members of the Red Rock Quilters will be the featured guests for Monday at the Museum on Monday, April 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Perhaps bring a small project to work on and enjoy the fellowship of quilting by getting your questions answered or just talking about the joy of…
Sedona News – To learn about and celebrate the sustainable management of freshwater resources, the city of Sedona, Oak Creek Watershed Council, and Arizona Water Company invite the public to the second annual World Water Day celebration event on Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Slide Rock State Park at 6871 N Hwy 89a, Sedona, Arizona, 86336. Through hands-on activities, the public is encouraged to participate in a macroinvertebrate survey in the Oak Creek, learn how water moves underground and discover how stormwater flows through Sedona. Upon completing at least three event activities, participants will…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Leaving: The Musical Journey Out” — starring Colleen Porter — live on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Saturday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. Sedona local Colleen Porter shares her one-woman musical and the journey of leaving what’s no longer aligned — from religion and relationships to environments and old paradigms. Join her for an evening of heart expansive songs and stories as she gets ready to leave Sedona and take off on her “Unsilent Tour” featuring the musical alongside Unsilencing Workshops for women. With songs…
Now in its 21st year, Hālau Hula Nāpuaokaleiʻilima announces the 2025 class schedule in Beginner Hula, Hawaiian ʻUkulele, and Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo) language taught by Kumu Hula (master teacher) Kēhau Chrisman. Here is your opportunity to extend your knowledge of hula and other Hawaiian cultural modalities by learning from an authentic Hawaiian Hula Master Teacher and be immersed in genuine Hawaiian culture. Kumu Kēhau Chrisman started studying hula in 1983 until she began seriously training in 1993 to become a kumu hula under the direction of Kumu Bill Correa on Hawaii Island. This was achieved in 2000 to reach the highest…
Sedona, AZ — Welcome to Tech Talk Tuesdays with your host Allen Elfman — Sedona’s own tech-slingin’, sarcasm-spittin’ Jedi — only on MY AZ TV & Sedona.Biz! Today’s hot topic? Artificial Intelligence + Restaurants = The Future Just Got Delicious. Let’s be real: AI isn’t just for sci-fi movies and billionaires in hoodies. It’s the secret weapon your restaurant didn’t know it needed — like Sriracha, but for your business brain. Here’s how AI is flipping the food game faster than a short-order cook on double espresso: Menus that Think for You: AI analyzes sales, trends, and even weather. So…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Luckiest Man in America” showing April 11-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dw_pujgp5Y Based on a true story, “The Luckiest Man in America” is set in May 1984, when an unemployed ice cream truck driver from Ohio (Paul Walter Hauser) steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a big secret: the key to endless amounts of money. His winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives in the control room start to uncover his real motivations. “The Luckiest Man…
Sedona News – Retired archaeologist Neil Weintraub will share his favorite stories from his four decades of adventures, discoveries, challenges, and lessons learned in backcountry locations across the Colorado Plateau, including the discovery of “Tim’s Cave” outside of Sedona. Neil’s talk is part of the Sedona Heritage Museum’s Sedona Stories speaker series. It will take place on Thursday, April 10, at 10 am in the Museum’s Historic Apple Shed. It is free to attend. Neil Weintraub first visited Sedona in 1985 as a student at Grinnell College’s archaeological field school east of Flagstaff. After graduating in 1986, Neil worked as research…
Verde Valley News – Yavapai College has announced the launch of a 120-credit Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science. Registration for fall 2025 semester classes opens on Monday, April. 14, with the classes starting at the beginning of the fall semester on Monday, August 18. Anyone interested in pursuing the degree should go online to www.yc.edu/bscs to learn more. This is the third baccalaureate degree offered by Yavapai College. In May 2022, Arizona Senate Bill 1453 passed into state law, allowing community colleges in Arizona to offer baccalaureate degrees, and Yavapai College was the first rural community college in Arizona to…