Camp Verde AZ (October 5, 2017) – Camp Verde Community Library announces the next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series on Thursday, October 12th at 5:30 pm in the 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 (October 5, 2017) – Who, at age 25, has risen to the pinnacle of national acclaim? Locally, it’s the Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition. Back in 1992, the VVCC began providing volunteers, programs, and services to older adults and adults with disabilities. That year they had 50 volunteers providing transportation and visitation to 80 adults.
Sedona AZ (October 5, 2017) – A community forum on the Sedona Fire District Bond Measure will be held on Wednesday, October 18 from 6:30pm to 8:00 pm at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Road, Sedona.
Flagstaff AZ (October 5, 2017) – On October 17, at 6:30 pm, at the Coconino Center for the Arts, Sedona mask maker and performance artist Pash Galbavy will offer mask presentation, “I-Witness,” as part of the Flagstaff Arts Council uranium mining education project, Hope and Trauma in a Poisoned Land. The Hope and Trauma exhibition, which runs through October 28, explores the impact of uranium mining on Navajo lands and people.
By Ted Grussing… to October 1st of 2016 this was the state of color in the inner basin of the San Francisco Peaks … Lockett Meadow is way behind me and I am within the confines of the basin more than a thousand feet below the peaks on both sides … you can see them on the left and on the right and it was spectacular. Tomorrow morning will find me up there very early in the morning and hoping that the color is as far along this year as it was last year. The winds are supposed to be pretty high again tomorrow,…
Take Flight Repertory Theatre brings exciting two-woman show to SedonaSedona AZ (October 4, 2017) – Take Flight Repertory Theatre is proud to present “Parallel Lives”, by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy. This exciting two-woman show starring Nichole Katz-Garrison and Lindsey Gentile and directed by Christina Kiepper will be performed at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre in Sedona on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. Inspired by the sketch comedy of Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, “Parallel Lives” is a fast-paced theatrical roller coaster ride. The play is divided into hilarious and poignant pieces with dozens of…
Cottonwood AZ (October 4, 2017) – In April of 2012, YCSO deputies were dispatched to a report of ongoing child molestation occurring during early 2006 involving 2 young children residing together in the Cottonwood area. During an investigation by Department of Child Safety personnel, the victims disclosed sexual conduct involving William “Bill” Smith, now 47, from Cottonwood. Smith was living with the family at the time the incidents occurred. The victim’s parents claimed they learned of Smith’s actions in March of 2012. Smith’s current location was unknown at the time. The case was turned over to YCSO Detectives from the…
Sedona AZ (October 4, 2017) – Artists generally produce their best work when working with subjects they know intimately and love sincerely. For painter Karen Taylor, a lifetime of studying and interacting with native cultures has resulted in a rich body of works that honor indigenous peoples from all over the world.
Sedona AZ (October 4, 2017) – Consider this scenario: It’s 2 o’clock in the morning. You and your family are fast asleep when you awaken to the smoke alarm sounding and the smell of smoke. What do you do? If you and your family don’t have a plan in place, it could jeopardize your safety, or even prove deadly.In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds. That’s why home escape planning is so critical in a fire situation. It ensures that everyone in…
Sedona AZ (October 4, 2017) – 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 2017 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 is celebrating 100 years since the Arizona Legislature officially adopted the flag. Submissions were to be related to the history of the flag or compelling photographs from Arizona’s…
Sedona AZ (October 4, 2017) – Fire Chief Kris Kazian is an important person in the lives of local residents. He is responsible for protecting our lives in the event of the most likely natural disaster in our region: a fire. And for medical services that must reach us quickly and effectively if we were to suffer an accident or a sudden health emergency.To provide these services requires substantial funds. Given the size and terrain of the district covered, his department has numerous staff members, sophisticated equipment, and widely-located buildings–all of which are expensive.
By Dr. Marta Adelsman Life Coach in Communication and Consciousness www.DrMartaCoach.com (October 4, 2017)It’s easy to listen and engage with others when interactions go well and everybody feels good. How do you handle conversations, though, when they begin to derail? Here’s a skill you can practice when communication starts to go south, PLUS a story…When someone pushes our buttons — when we feel defensive and angry (or sad or scared) — and we want to spew our thoughts or emotions all over someone, that’s the perfect (although the most challenging) time to hold ourselves still.
By Ted Grussing… by popular demand and a display of very sharp claws, One returns as tonight’s centerfold … she and a number of recipients of these missives have been upset at her long absence from the limelight. Wanting to awake in the morning, I decided it prudent to cave to the insistent and very vocal demands. She is hunting along the shores of Watson Lake in this photo and yes it is a composite and only in hers and my mind will she ever actually be on this shoreline. It is a very inaccessible and remote end of the lake…
Kevin Spacey and Nicholas Hoult star in film about J.D. Salinger at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (October 3, 2017) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Rebel in the Rye” — starring Kevin Spacey and Nicholas Hoult — showing Oct. 13-18 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.The world of legendary writer J. D. Salinger is brought vividly to life in this revealing look at the experiences that shaped one of the most renowned, controversial, and enigmatic authors of our time.
By Jewels Maloney, Sedona Resident(October 3, 2017)Let’s Think Hard about Continuing Development in Sedona. First and foremost, Sedona is sacred land, a sacred site of the planet for millenia. Is it our right to continue to ‘tinker’ with it – especially through continued man-made development projects? On Weds. Oct 11th at 3 pm there will be a Public Hearing at the Sedona City Council to determine whether to amend the Sedona Community Plan so that high-density apartments and more parking lots can be built just west of the Yavapai College site. Are we, once again, going to allow development interests…