Jerome AZ (April 23, 2017) – Another great spring evening is in store for locals and visitors in this mile high mountain town. First Saturday Jerome Art Walk on May 6th 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…
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Sedona AZ (April 22, 2017) – May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley has planned a series of events coordinated under the theme “Stories of Hope and Healing.” According to Lori Morrison, VP Education Director for the Coalition, “Sharing your personal journey takes courage but can inspire others to connect with you and share their own stories of hope and healing. Together we can reduce societal stigma and encourage people to get help sooner. Right now the time between the onset of symptoms and reaching out for help is about 10 years according to…
Clarkdale AZ (April 22, 2017) – The Northern Arizona Student Art Show (NAZSAS) is a juried art show for aspiring high school artists that has become a major art event in Northern Arizona. The public is invited to attend and view works of over 350 student artists from nine regional high schools. Over $4,000 is expected to be awarded to the top artists through scholarships and cash prizes.
Sedona AZ (April 22, 2017) – Keeping Sedona Together, a new citizen group dedicated to understanding and supporting immigrant rights, has invited Margo Cowan, human rights activist and immigration lawyer from Tucson, to come back to Sedona as a follow up to her presentation on immigrant rights in March.
Sedona AZ (April 22, 2017) – The Collective Sedona is proud to announce they are currently planting beds throughout the property filled with organic fruits, vegetables and herbs. These organic edible gardens will be dispersed throughout the property and free to visitors to pick and enjoy as they explore the property.
By Henry Twombly, Sedona Resident(April 21, 2017)City politics grows more murky and mucky on various fronts. The City Council voted to enter “a seven-year contract with automatic two-year renewals after the initial term” with the Chamber of Commerce. The SRRN article (4/14/17) further explains “beginning in 2018 a joint meeting would be held every January with the Council and the Chamber prior to development of the upcoming year’s program of work, budget and marketing plans…It’s also a way for the Council to decide on what projects would fall under the category of the Chamber’s product development, which will have its…
First three Tuesdays in May will feature TED2017: The Future You at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 21, 2017) – You have seen TED Talks. But you have never experienced TED — the global phenomenon propelled by ideas that are transforming the world — until now. TED Cinema Experience will bring TED’s flagship event, TED2017: The Future You from Vancouver, Canada, to cinema audiences around the world in three big screen events.The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present these events at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre the first three Tuesdays in May. The festival is branding these “TED Talk Tuesdays”…
Sedona AZ (April 21, 2017) – The city of Sedona will soon begin implementing permit parking only in the Shadow Estates neighborhood area at the northern portion of Soliders Pass Road.Sedona and surrounding destinations in northern Arizona receive high numbers of visitors. In Sedona this has resulted in higher traffic volume and other challenges, impacting neighborhoods adjacent to popular trailheads and public access areas. In the Soldiers Pass Trailhead area, visitor demand outnumbers available U.S. Forest Service parking spaces resulting in overflow parking onto neighborhood streets. Impacts include constricted road access for passing vehicles and emergency service vehicles, blocked driveways,…
Sedona AZ (April 21, 2017) – The Rotary Club of Sedona announces the seventh annual Great Sedona Chili Cook-off on Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village. This fun event is a part of the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta weekend. Top chefs from Sedona restaurants are busy perfecting their special chili recipes, which can be sampled at festive booths in Tlaquepaque’s Calle de Independencia. The mayors of Sedona and Cottonwood, the Fire Chief of Sedona and Chefs from Verde Valley School are also fired up for their annual competition.
Sedona AZ (April 21, 2017) – Treat mom to an evening she’ll always remember this Mother’s Day, May 14, during Mother’s Day Picnic on the Mesa, a fundraiser benefiting the Verde Valley Sanctuary. The event takes place at 5 p.m. at Sky Ranch Lodge on Airport Mesa. Relax with a glass of wine or cold beer, kick up your heels to live music by Bill Bassett’s Trailblazers and special guest Tara Middleton, participate in live and silent auctions, take silly photos in the photo booth, and play a carnival-style game to win beautiful gourmet baskets filled with tasty vittles from…
By Virginia Volkman, Library DirectorSedona AZ (April 21, 2017) – The invitation said: “You’re invited to Val’s 100th Birthday Polka Party; Food and Drink, Music and Dancing with The Bouncing Czechs.” Who could resist? Several of us traveled to Tucson to celebrate with our former Library volunteer, Val Hirsch, and wouldn’t have missed it for the world!
By Ted Grussing… sometimes it is fun to just throw stuff at the wall and see what happens and that is pretty much what happened tonight … I had flowers, planes, birds and mountains, but these three images seemed to blend and carry a story better than the others. The deity, the wooden horse head, the bear head and all against the backdrop of the cosmos. I think you can see why I like shooting the wood at Sunset Crater so much … it is amazing.
Award-winning documentary features some of the world’s greatest performers at Fisher theatreSedona AZ (April 20, 2017) – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Arizona premiere of “In Search of Mozart”. The event will show in Sedona on Monday, May 1 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Made to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, “In Search Of Mozart” was produced with the world’s leading orchestras and musicians, and is told through a 25,000-mile journey along every route Mozart followed. This is a detective story that takes us to the heart of genius.
Sedona AZ (April 20, 2017) – On Friday, April 28th at 6pm the Sedona Public Library will host a reading of classic poetry to help celebrate National Poetry Month with a show titled “Poetry, Poetry, Poetry.” The show will be hosted by Gary Every and will feature a variety of authors and performers sharing their favorite famous poems.Devin Angelet will open and close the show with special musical peformances as well as read Maya Angelou’s Inaugaral Address “On the Pulse of Morning” a message meant to inspire hope. A relatively recent arrival to the Verde valley, those who have seen…
Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward(April 20, 2017)Yesterday I received news that Navopache Electric Coop, a utility that serves customers in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, is replacing all of its Elster brand “smart” meters with Landis & Gyr “smart” meters.Upon hearing the news, I phoned Navopache. The person I spoke with said initially that Navopache was “upgrading” their meters and replacing all 40,000 of them. In our subsequent conversation she said the Elster meters had “bugs” and communication problems. She also said the Elsters were only about 3 years old.What a colossal waste! If…