Sedona AZ (April 25, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum has announced the opening of their newest temporary exhibit, a display about Sedona’s own Cowboy Artist, Joe Beeler. An opening reception will be held Thursday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at the Museum, with special guest Jody Beeler, the artist’s son. This is a free event and everyone is invited.Joe Beeler was a rarity – an artist making a living with his art at a time when traditional western art was falling out of favor. Concerned about this trend, he and other Arizona artists founded the Cowboy Artists of American in a…
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By Ted Grussing… of the year when Iris are making their annual splash in yards and fields and some varieties like this white and yellow one are especially compelling and the fibrous nature of their petals which just cry out to have their intricate beauty released and you end up with a photographic piece of art like this.
New Australian Western thriller debuts at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 24, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning new Australian Western thriller “Sweet Country” — showing April 27-May 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Sweet Country” stars Sam Neill, Hamilton Morris, Bryan Brown and Matt Day.
Sedona AZ (April 24, 2018) – While responding to a medical emergency Monday morning, SFD engine E561 happened upon a trolley tour bus that had caught on fire on State Route 179 north of the Village of Oak Creek. “Engine 561 was responding from their station in the Chapel area to assist with a medical call in the Village, when they discovered a trolley tour bus that had caught on fire,” said Fire Investigator Rick Evans. Crews quickly notified the dispatch center of the situation and went to work extinguishing the fire. One passenger on the bus suffered a twisted…
Sedona AZ (April 24, 2018) – Experience the red rocks of Sedona by the light of the full moon during a guided Moonlight Hike at Red Rock State Park.The hike will be held on Sunday, April 29 and gives visitors the rare opportunity to enjoy both the sunset and moonrise from an overlook at the park. The full moon will light the return path. Led by a naturalist, the hike provides information about Sedona and the surrounding area, including park history, archaeology, geology, botany and riparian wildlife.
Prescott AZ (April 24, 2018) – Yavapai County Recorder, Leslie Hoffman would like to announce the following information:Yavapai County Voter Registration has 10 conveniently located Ballot Drop Boxes.Every time you use a Ballot Drop Box you save Yavapai County $.543in tax dollars. Yavapai County saved $4,616.90 in tax dollars just from the November 7, 2017 Election due to Ballot Drop Box usage.
Flagstaff AZ (April 24, 2018) – In an effort to protect public health by reducing the number of preventable human-caused wildfires, Stage 1 campfire and smoking restrictions will be implemented across the entire Coconino National Forest starting Friday (April 27) at 8 a.m.Under Stage 1 restrictions, fires, campfires, charcoal, coal and wood stoves are prohibited, except within the developed recreation sites listed below. Smoking is also prohibited, except within an enclosed vehicle, building, or the listed developed recreation sites:
Sedona AZ (April 24, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting the next in its Living History speaker series on Wednesday May 9 at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum when Nancy Burgess will present an “Arizona Auto Adventure: Clarence Boynton’s 1913 travelogue”. This presentation and Burgess’ book of the same name are based on the account Boynton kept during an extensive Arizona road trip of that year. The excitement, sights, experiences, trials, tribulations, and stories are enhanced and expanded by the visual images in the form of photographs, maps, advertisements and other printed material. Nancy will sell and sign her…
Cottonwood AZ (April 24, 2018) – The public is invited to the Tuesday, May 8th Mingus Mountain Republican Club luncheon for the Verde Valley-Sedona area to meet two special guests at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post # 7400 at 705 E. Aspen Street in Cottonwood. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m.; lunch begins at 11:15 a.m. and the meeting will start at 11:45 a.m.
By Ted Grussing… another view of “the neighborhood” to give you a little perspective on how small it actually is and to give you a sense of how it is all packed together and from a slightly different angle than I normally shoot. I took this shot from roughly over Cornville, near the intersection of Page Springs Road and Cornville Road +/- a mile or so and looking to the N. IO also cropped the lower third of the image off to obtain this ratio which is a 16 x 9 in HD+. The road on the far left that…
All-star cast featured in profoundly moving drama at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 23, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the profoundly moving drama “Nostalgia” — showing April 27-May 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Nostalgia” features an award-winning, all-star ensemble cast, including Jon Hamm, Ellen Burstyn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Dern, John Ortiz, Nick Offerman, James Le Gros, Amber Tamblyn and Patton Oswalt.A mosaic of stories about love and loss, “Nostalgia” explores our relationships to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our lives.
Sedona AZ (April 23, 2018) – Plant, Page, Jones, and Bonham; four names at the very top of hard rock royalty that four very talented women pay homage to… how can you go wrong? “Zepparella” as they call themselves will be performing in the Sound Bites Grill Celebrity Showroom on Thursday, May 3 from 7-9pm.Zepparella is the All-Female Zeppelin Powerhouse. Vocalist Anna Kristina, Guitarist Gretchen Menn, Bassist Holly West, and Drummer Clementine have brought their passion for the sacred music of the greatest band in the world all over the US and Canada. Zepparella shows replicate the nuance and detail…
Jerome AZ (April 23, 2018) – Another great spring evening is in store for locals and visitors in this mile high mountain town. First Saturday Jerome Art Walk on May 5th will be a party filled with art, music, refreshments and great conversation at the 20 galleries and studios. A free shuttle will whisk you from The Old Jerome High School to Made in Jerome Pottery and everywhere in between. Walking the inviting streets is another easy option for art lovers. Jerome First Saturday Art Walk has become the best Saturday activity in the Verde Valley… at least according to many art lovers who are slowly…
Sedona AZ (April 23, 2018) – Susan Hughes will be the guest speaker at the May 7 meeting of University Women of Sedona. Ms Hughes led a very successful professional life as CFO of several companies before relocating to Sedona 12 years ago. Since her arrival she has become focused on social justice issues, particularly with regard to the LGBTQ community. As such she has worked with The Church of the Red Rocks and the Sedona Uniterian Universalist Fellowship with their processes of becoming welcoming congregations. In 2011 she established PFLAG Sedona/Verde Valley, a local chapter of a national organization…
By Melanie LeeAuthor, “A Year In Sedona~Meeting The Muse At Wisdom’s Edge”(April 23, 2018)A year after we’d made the jump into our second life in Sedona, Louis and I could say with cheerful certainty we’d become full-fledged members of a new tribe of artists, writers, nature lovers and spiritual seekers. Answering the call of the creative spirit had been invigorating and life affirming, just as we’d suspected it would. The time had come to dust off our resumes and think about volunteering still sharp skills honed during our erstwhile professional lives.We joined the Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition, sedonaartistscoalition.org, a merry band of…