By Ted Grussing… a few days ago when I was out with One, I saw the first of one of my favorite flowers … the dandelion! Foraging within the dandelion was a bee and he was all in there getting all the “food” he could get, so this year, spare a dandelion … they are beautiful and they provide food … and you’re never get rid of them anyway.
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Bolshoi Ballet production from Moscow debuts on the big screen at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (January 11, 2017) – The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Sunday, Jan. 22 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “The Sleeping Beauty” from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. There will be one show at 3:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Sleeping Beauty” features music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreography by Yuri Grigorovich. The cast includes principal dancers Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudin in the lead roles, accompanied by the corps de ballet from the Bolshoi.
Verde Valley AZ (January 11, 2017) – UPDATE – Over the past few days, YCSO has received numerous complaints from persons reporting they had been called by a man claiming he was with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and demanding payment on a warrant for failure to appear for jury duty. Fortunately, most of the victims were aware of media reports regarding the scam and simply hung up on the suspects. But yesterday, January 9, 2017, a Prescott resident lost $785 in the scam. Note – the phone number reported is common to all our recent calls – 928-215-68XX – (detectives…
Cottonwood AZ (January 11, 2017) – Warm your toes and have some fun at the next Cottonwood Contra Dance, Saturday, Jan. 21st, at the Cottonwood Civic Center, 805 N. Main St. in Old Town. The live band features Sonja Whisman and Terry Samples on fiddle, Ron Barton on guitar, and Laura Sherin on Piano. John Sweeney will teach the dances and call the tunes.
Sedona AZ (January 11, 2017) – For those with a bike, the passion to ride, and the desire to hone in their skills, here is a chance to learn to ride like the best. The city of Sedona Parks and Recreation Department, in cooperation with Lee Likes Bikes, will offer half-day and full-day mountain bike skills clinics on Sunday, January 29, 2017 and Monday, January 30, 2017 at the newly opened Sedona Bike Skills Park at Posse Grounds Park.
Cottonwood AZ (January 10, 2017) – Verde Valley Fire District responded to a residential fire on the morning of January 10, 2017 approximately 7:30 am on 3000 block of Del Rio Drive. Upon arrival crew found an involved small structure with smoke coming from the building. Crews went into an offensive fire attack and search mode.
By Ted Grussing… three minutes after I started rolling on Rwy 21, I was airborne and looking at the beauty up on the plateau … I spent a few minutes getting shots such as this and then headed up to get closer shots … truth be told I like this one as much as any of the others I shot because I captured the beauty of Sedona as well as the peaks and the plateau. Where are we? Over the Schnebly Hill road and looking pretty much due north. The rock formations in the foreground are the mitten formations and…
Mary D. Fisher Theatre is the home for the opera simulcast and encore eventsSedona AZ (January 10, 2017) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the next Met Live Opera presentation of Charle Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” on Saturday, Jan. 21. There will be two shows that day at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: 11 a.m. (live simulcast) and 4 p.m. (encore).Plan to come early as John Steinbrunner will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before each production (10 a.m. for the morning show and 3 p.m. for the encore).
Sedona AZ (January 10, 2017) – In preparation for their annual competitive grants processes, the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona and the Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai County invite representatives of local nonprofit organizations, public schools, municipalities and Tribal entities to attend one of two upcoming grant workshops in Prescott and Sedona. Topics to be covered at the workshops include application instructions, eligibility requirements, guidelines and an overview of the online grants center and application process. Both workshops are scheduled in late January.
Sedona AZ (January 10, 2017) – Beginning January 16, 2017, the city of Sedona will upgrade the Posse Grounds Fitness Trail at Posse Grounds Park with new multi-purpose fitness equipment and shade structures.The Posse Grounds Fitness Trail, created and maintained by the city of Sedona Parks and Recreation Department, currently consists of six outdated exercise stations along the popular walking trail located in Posse Grounds Park. The trail generally runs from the tennis courts to the multi-use field parking lot.
Sedona AZ (January 10, 2017) – Humor Day will offer new reasons to smile in Sedona on Saturday, January 21: two entertaining events held that day at the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, 100 Meadowlark Drive in Sedona.
Sedona AZ (January 10, 2017) – The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley will host the first of its 2017 Voter Education Programs on Monday, January 16, 12:30-2PM in the community room of the Sedona Fire Station at 2860 Southwest Dr. in West Sedona. The program is free and open to the public.The subject will be “A Report from the Voters’ Right Summit” which the Arizona League of Women Voters organized and hosted at ASU West in Phoenix on Saturday January 7. Three hundred people from all over the state attended the Summit which focused on barriers to the…
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Sedona AZ (January 9, 2017) – Professional photographer Scott Stulberg will teach local photographers the tricks to “Capturing the Face” at the meeting of the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 30th, at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd, Sedona.“Since the invention of film, the human face has been the most photographed subject on the planet,” Stulberg says. His lecture will explore methods for a photographer to push out of his comfort zone, leading to a whole new world of self-discovery with photography.
Sedona AZ (January 9, 2017) – The Sedona Heritage Museum will once again present their popular historic sites tours of Oak Creek Canyon’s historic places on April 19, 20, 21 and 22.The tours will be narrated by Paul Thompson. Thompson is the grandson of pioneer homesteader Jim Thompson, the Sedona area’s first permanent white settler who came here in 1876, and son of Albert Thompson who wrote many of the stories in the book, “Those Early Days”.