Camp Verde AZ (June 5, 2018) – The next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series, will take place on Thursday, June 14th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 5-7 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month.
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Sedona AZ (June 5, 2018) – As we roll into summer, the City of Sedona would like to remind everyone that Oak Creek, a state-designated “Outstanding Arizona Water,” is also an ‘Impaired Water.” The impairment is because of E. coli, a fecal coliform bacteria present in the intestines of warm-blooded creatures, including humans, dogs, and wildlife such as javelina, deer, skunks and racoons.Please help reduce impacts to Oak Creek by picking up pet and livestock waste on both public property and in your own fenced yard. The city has 13 pet waste stations in parks, high volume traffic areas, and…
By Ted Grussing… early on in One’s outing today she became acquainted with about a 40” Gopher Snake in the grass and the upper left corner of the image is a shot I took of it in full sunlight. It took a while, but I got One to back off so our slithering friend could get into the protective cover of some Yucca trees/bushes … a while later One again had rapt interest in a creature on the S side of the yard and there was our friend again, but this time it made a high speed run (slither?) into…
This article contains a lot of detail regarding the use of mobile banking applications by scammers to commit fraud involving a business in Prescott. The bottom line is, PROTECT YOUR BANKING RECORDS/IDENTITY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. For example, fully shred checks after a mobile deposit, destroy/shred photo copies of checks provided in receipt when using bank ATMs, never share banking information unless you have verified the authenticity of the receiver i.e., scam emails requesting account checkups, shred any paper work showing bank account information/check photocopies, and routinely monitor your credit report/financial accounts for discrepancies/alerts. Prescott AZ (June 4, 2018) – Earlier this…
Sedona AZ (June 4, 2018) – The Sedona Parks and Recreation Department has dialed-up the summer fun with free movies in the park this month. The Summer Cinema Series features family friendly films shown on a jumbo 32 by 17 foot movie screen.
By Melanie LeeAuthor, “A Year In Sedona~Meeting The Muse At Wisdom’s Edge”(June 4, 2018)“The most restorative landscapes … are the ones that hit the sweet spot of being interesting but not too interesting. They should entice our attention but not demand it. The landscapes should also be compatible with our sense of aesthetics and offer up a little bit of mystery.” –The Nature Fix by Florence WilliamsSedona, with its stunning natural beauty, is nothing if not a mecca awash in opportunities for spiritual growth. When Louis and I started looking at rekindling a relationship with the Muse, it didn’t take long…
Production from Canada’s renowned festival makes big-screen debut at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 2, 2018) – The Stratford Festival’s renowned new production of “Romeo and Juliet” makes its Sedona big-screen debut on Saturday, June 16. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the high-definition premiere from its home in Canada’s prestigious festival. There will be one show at 3 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Scott Wentworth brings fresh life to the beloved tale of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in the Stratford Festival’s funny, moving and thrilling production of “Romeo and Juliet”, starring Antoine Yared and Sara Farb as the youthful, impulsive,…
Flagstaff AZ (June 2, 2018) – Federal land managers with the Forest Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management invite the public to attend a community conversation event as part of an ongoing effort to connect with the public and discuss public land issues important to surrounding communities.Federal land managers will be covering the topic of “Wildfire and the Challenges of Protecting Life, Property, and Watershed Resources,” in this third series of community conversations.
Free Workshop About Sexual Harassment and AssaultCamp Verde AZ (June 2, 2018) – The Verde Valley Sanctuary will be hosting a free workshop to discuss the issue of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Participants will receive practical advice on how to stay safe and handle a variety of scenarios where harassment and assault commonly occurs. The free two-and-a-half-hour workshop will be held on Monday, June 11th from 4 pm – 6:30 pm at Camp Verde Community Library, 130 Black Bridge Loop Road, Camp Verde. Register On-line at www.VerdeValleySanctuary.org.“The Me-Too Movement has brought the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault into…
Sedona AZ (June 1, 2018) – Now through the end of August, the beautiful oil paintings created by Harriet McGinnis are on display at Sedona City Hall. The public is invited to meet McGinnis at her reception Thursday, June 28 from 4-6 p.m. “I always wanted to learn how to draw and paint,” says McInnis, recalling her first art project, a Thanksgiving turkey poster created for third grade class. Enrolled as a Fine Arts major at Syracuse University, she took the basic college requirements her first two years with special courses in Art History and Graphic Arts.
Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth and Tom Sturridge star in film at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (June 1, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the critically-acclaimed new drama “Mary Shelley” — starring Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth and Tom Sturridge — showing June 15-21 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation.She will forever be remembered as the writer who gave the world Frankenstein. But the real life story of Mary Shelley — and the creation of her immortal monster — is nearly as fantastical as her fiction.
Sedona AZ (June 1, 2018) – At 11:35 a.m. Sedona Fire District was dispatched to the Stormaster Storage Units located at 2300 Shelby Dr. for a storage unit on fire. Upon arrival crews discovered that the fire had been extinguished by the buildings fire sprinkler system. “When we arrived on scene, there was some residual smoke but the fire had been extinguished,” said Captain Ralph Kurtz, “It worked. The sprinkler system performed exactly like it should have and saved not only the entire building but most of the belongings inside the storage unit itself.”
Sedona AZ (June 1, 2018) – The Coconino National Forest’s Red Rock Ranger District is planning to add non-motorized Forest Service system trails through the Red Rock Trails Enhancement Project, according to a decision signed by the district ranger Thursday.Between 2013 and 2016, forest managers in the Red Rock Ranger District identified a need to provide more non-motorized trails, increase the safety of trail users, and improve watershed health by reducing erosion. The public input during the March to April comment period was incorporated into the making of this decision.
Clarkdale AZ (June 1, 2018) – The final step in the restoration of the Clarkdale Town Park begins with the installation of what will be approximately 1 ½ acres of sod. While the fencing around the Town Park, which has been in place since February 28th, will need to stay in place for the next four weeks to allow the grass to establish, the project will be substantially complete once the sod is fully installed. Delivery of the sod for the Park began on Wednesday evening, May 30th, and installation will begin on Thursday, May 31st.
Phoenix AZ (June 1, 2018) – Searching for the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division online? Not only should you go to the right website, you also need to be wary of a new trend of people using social media to offer services that are actually free.“We’ve recently seen Facebook traffic with people offering to sell materials and tutor potential teenage drivers on how to pass the learner’s permit test,” said MVD Stakeholder Relations Manager Jennifer Bowser-Richards.