By Bear Howard Bear Howard Chronicles As the new administration takes power in 2025, armed with promises to reverse globalization, bring factories back, and put “America First,” millions of voters who bought into this vision are about to face a harsh economic reality. The slogans sounded great at rallies. The rhetoric stirred nostalgia for an era of American industrial dominance. But now, the snake oil has been swallowed, and the side effects are kicking in. Year 1 (2025-2026): Price Shocks & Supply Chain Chaos Soaring Costs on Everyday Goods – Americans expecting prosperity wake up to find their grocery bills have…
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Sedona News – Storyteller Michael Coyote Peach returns to the Sedona Heritage Museum with a new program for 2025! “Oops!” is a series of tongue-in-cheek stories about misadventures from Arizona’s past and present, featuring three new story-poems and the return of a few classics. An engineering failure leads to the birth of a town in which an enterprising pastor-turned-marshal learns that fashion can lead to fatality. Holbrook’s first sheriff pens an invitation that touches off an international fracas. Some Arizona Rangers learn that it’s not wise to irritate Mexican clowns. A Tombstone outlaw finds himself in the wrong place on…
… emotions do not seem to be limited to humans as you can tell with some feathered friends who live in the neighborhood … in the photo above we have a small gathering of Lazuli Buntings that I got in a friends backyard as they discussed the issues of the day. Things escalated a bit and one of the dissenting members left and things settled down. They are amazing little one and to learn more about them, click on the magenta link in the name above. Could Spring be Spring without the beautiful songs belted out one of my favorite bird…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of “Rule Breakers” showing March 28-April 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_P4zT6i9A “Rule Breakers” tells the incredible true story of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team, a group of young women who defied the odds and changed the world. From an inspiring teacher who dared to educate in a place where it was considered rebellious to a team of brilliant minds facing overwhelming obstacles, Rule Breakers is a story of hope, resilience, and the power of dreams. In a nation where educating girls is…
Sedona News – The Sedona Fire District and its partners invite all residents in the Sedona area to a community meeting on wildfire preparedness on April 2, 2025 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd. More specifically, residents in the Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona city limits, Village of Oak Creek, Red Rock Loop Road and Forest Road 525 areas will hear a presentation from a panel of representatives from the Sedona Fire District, the city of Sedona, Yavapai and Coconino counties, the Coconino National Forest, Arizona Department of Forestry…
Sedona News – The Sedona Sister Cities Association (SSCA) is celebrating the start of its fourth year with a dedicated leadership team and ambitious plans for 2025. The newly appointed board officers include: President: Chuck Marr Vice President: Winnie Muench Secretary: Donna Foreman Treasurer: Judy Neiman Additionally, the association’s committee chairs and members bring strong leadership and experience: Canmore Committee Chair: Don Groves Jaslo Committee Chair: Edyta Wieczorek Marketing/Outreach Chair: Dave Palmisano Board Members: Carol Myers, Linda Goldenstein, Sara Crosby-Hartman, Beth DuPree, Nate Myers, City Council Liaison: Holli Ploog Looking ahead, SSCA is actively working to strengthen its international relationships.…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona will host the free Limited Collection Event on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the West Sedona School parking lot at 570 Posse Ground Rd., near the Sedona Community Pool. Waste that will be accepted for the event includes: Small household batteries including AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt and button batteries Medical waste including liquid medicine like cough syrup and Pepto-Bismol, sharps, prescription pills, over-the-counter pills and vitamins Paper documents (limited to four file boxes of paper per vehicle) Cathode ray tube (CRT)/tube TVs (a limited number of CRT…
Sedona News – In a place like Sedona, where Indigenous religious practices are frequently stolen, coopted, or imitated—often for monetary gain—it can be difficult to find meaningful engagement with the voices and perspectives of Indigenous peoples. This talk will present examples of Indigenous approaches to religion and philosophy from the words and texts of Indigenous peoples themselves, some prominent and some less so. It is not an attempt at some overarching Indigenous religious philosophy, but rather a reflection on approaches to the topic that brings religious agency back to Indigenous peoples and communities. It will be wide-ranging, from the continental…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Kid Snow”, showing March 28-April 3 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7NLbiznBo Set in a 1970s world of tent boxing in outback Western Australia, “Kid Snow” is a film about breaking free from the cycle of loss and regret. A washed-up Irish boxer named Kid Snow is faced with a chance to redeem himself when he is offered a rematch against the man he fought a decade prior. When he meets single mother Sunny, he is forced to think of a future beyond…
Joshua Tobey has gone where very few sculptors before him have gone: In September, he opened his own foundry. Twelve months ago, there was a two-and-a-half-year turn-around time for one of his new tabletop sculptures. Now they are available in a matter of weeks. “I have my own army – my own dream crew,” he says. What does that mean for Sedona collectors eagerly anticipating Joshua’s annual spring show at Rowe Fine Art Gallery? Almost instant gratification. Joshua will be back in Red Rock Country on Friday, April 4, from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 5, from 1…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Sedona premiere of “Eephus” showing March 28-April 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-bxQwmU0s Two recreational baseball teams, the River Dogs and Adlers Paint, have been meeting on their New England field on Sunday afternoons for longer than anyone can remember. These middle-aged sportsmen can’t run as fast as they used to or connect as reliably with a pitch, but their vigorous appetite for socializing, squabbling, and busting chops remains undiminished. After the know-nothing county board opts to raze the baseball diamond to make way for…
Clarkdale News – Jim Roberts the lawman. Some accounts say he fired the shot which killed the bank robber at the Bank of Arizona on June 21, 1928, and some accounts say the bank manager, Robert Southard, was the one. He was quite a sharpshooter and tracked down lawbreakers. Jim Roberts was hired to tame the lawless town of Jerome in the 1890’s and later became constable for the town of Clarkdale where he was involved in the infamous bank robbery of 1928. He also took part in the Pleasant Valley War between the Grahams and Tewksbury’s. With his calm demeanor…
… one of the first birds that frequented our yard and neighborhood when we first moved to Sedona and began construction on our home was the always happy and scurrying Gambel’s Quail. Just before they hatch, mom calls to the chicks in the eggs who then begin cheeping to each other and shortly thereafter they all cut holes in the egg shells and emerge into the world … their population waxes and wanes depending on the conditions during the winter and early spring. The little ones who look like little walnuts running around are amazing to watch. The photo above I…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of “Loving Vincent”, showing March 28-April 3 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Loving Vincent” — the world’s first fully oil painted feature film — brings the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life in an exploration of the complicated life and controversial death of one of history’s most celebrated artists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZX7OANSoAg More than six years in the making with the help of 125 specially trained painters, “Loving Vincent” is a uniquely animated film composed of 65,000 painted frames. Drawn from meticulous research and inspired by van…
Prescott News – It was once just a dream of local film buffs in America’s Hometown. But fifteen years of local showmanship and volunteer elbow-grease have fashioned The Prescott Film Festival into a thriving, multi-faceted celebration of independent films, classic films, cutting-edge cinematic trends, Hollywood history and unique interactive events. And the PFF has a loaded slate to mark the occasion. Passes are already on sale for the Fifteenth Prescott Film Festival, celebrating the miracle of motion pictures, July 16 – 20, at venues across the Prescott area. “The Prescott Film Festival has been a labor of love for its…