Sedona News – Eric Glomski, Founder and Director of Winegrowing at Page Springs Vineyards & Cellars, will present a talk at the Sedona Heritage Museum entitled “What the Northern Arizona Wine Industry Could Have Been – The Story of Henry Shuerman.” The talk will take place at 10 am on Thursday, February 13 in the Historic Apple Shed at the Museum. Glomski’s talk is part of the Museum’s popular Sedona Stories Speaker Program. Henry Schuerman made Arizona history when he opened the first commercial vineyard and winery in the state in the 1880s. After decades of successful operations, Schuerman was…
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Arizona News – Back for a third year, the Arizona Department of Transportation is again asking the public to name its snowplows. ADOT’s Name-A-Snowplow Contest gives Arizonans the opportunity to submit creative names for six snowplows across the state at azdot.gov/NameAPlow. ADOT’s snowplow operators play a vital role in clearing snow and ice off Arizona’s highways when winter storms hit places such as Flagstaff, along the Mogollon Rim and southeast Arizona. Last winter, ADOT snowplows logged about 1 million miles. “Our snowplow operators help keep Arizonans safe on the highways when winter storms hit,” ADOT Director Jennifer Toth said. “This contest is an…
Sedona News – The 20th Anniversary RunSedona Half Marathon/10K/5K running event will be held Saturday, February 1, 2025, just behind the Verde Valley Medical Center, on Navoti Drive in Sedona. The races will take place 8:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m. Additionally, the inaugural Run The Runway event will take place beginning at 1:30pm at the Sedona Airport, located at 235 Air Terminal Drive in Sedona. The RunSedona Events Half Marathon/10K/5K race route starts on Navoti Drive just behind the Verde Valley Medical Center in Sedona, travels on Dry Creek Road to Boynton Canyon Road and Boynton Pass Road and then returns…
Sedona News – Dr. Steve Taubman is making a Sedona stop with “Mind Magic” live at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7:00 p.m., presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. Mind Magic combines comedy, mind reading, psychology and theater into an interactive experience of wonder, awe, mystery and astonishment. Dr. Steve captivates imagination, casts a shadow of doubt on the limits of reality, and leaves an indelible impression on the soul. Dr. Steve’s celebrity fans include Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Cleese, Dick Cavett, Sigourney Weaver, Brian Dennehy, and more! “Best I’ve ever seen! Truly…
… I took a quick swing by the ponds Friday afternoon as the sun was going behind the mountain and shadows were advancing across the ponds. The first pond by the parking lot was seeing a lot of action as the young Rainbow Trout were all coming to the surface and going airborne to catch the tiny insects that were hatching. Likewise the Black Phoebes were active over the ponds catching the new hatch of insects too … amazing how nature works and takes care of all levels of life! It also thankful that we are at the top of the food…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “I’m Still Here”, showing Feb. 7-13 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDunV808Yf4 “I’m Still Here” is nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best International Feature Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Fernanda Torres. Torres recently won the Golden Globe Award for the same category. Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. We are introduced to the Paivas: a father, Rubens, a mother, Eunice, and their five children. They live by the…
Arizona News – The message is simple: slow down and pay attention. Beginning today, drivers traveling through the I-17 Improvement Project corridor between Anthem Way and Sunset Point will see additional Department of Public Safety troopers looking for drivers who speed and drive recklessly. This collaborative effort between the Arizona Department of Transportation and DPS is designed to increase safety and reduce the number of crashes in the work zone. The enforcement patrols will focus on hazardous driver behaviors that could create safety issues in the work zone for both travelers and construction crews. ADOT and DPS want to remind drivers about…
By Dave Steve Sedona, AZ — What is the difference between evaluating AI for intelligence based on some benchmarks, and measuring AI for a possible measure of pleasure or pain? There are some tests to evaluate artificial intelligence, especially around questions it had not encountered in training. They include Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus for Artificial General Intelligence (ARC-AGI), Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding and Reasoning Benchmark for Expert AGI (MMMU), MLE-bench, the FrontierMath test, GPQA: A Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A Benchmark and Humanity’s Last Exam. If artificial intelligence, like human intelligence quotient (IQ) tests, is possibly measured by questions, could AI’s pain or…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory We humans are fascinating creatures. I speak as we since I generally find commonality in our human condition(ing). I realize many gurus point to the possibility of overcoming the human condition, offering a variety of titillating escape routes, but I cannot imagine how that could be. Living is living after all. It is duality roiling and boiling as the appearance of separation. How could you overcome that? It’s one thing to settle in and appreciate the ride, to stop struggling against the flow, another entirely to jump off the seat and out of the map. Most…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with award-winning surround sound composer and producer Koz Mraz for “The Who’s Tommy” Surround Sound Experience on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. You will be blown away by this limited dark room 5.1 Surround Sound Music Experience in Sedona’s best sound system, the Mary D. Fisher Theater. The Who released “Tommy” in 1969. Nothing like this sprawling double-album had been heard in rock music before. It became the world’s first acknowledged ‘rock opera.’ The success of that album turned the Who’s…
By Dave Steve Sedona, AZ – What is the difference between evaluating AI for intelligence based on some benchmarks, and measuring AI for a possible measure of pleasure or pain? There are some tests to evaluate artificial intelligence, especially around questions it had not encountered in training. They include Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus for Artificial General Intelligence (ARC-AGI), Massive Multi-discipline Multimodal Understanding and Reasoning Benchmark for Expert AGI (MMMU), MLE-bench, the FrontierMath test and GPQA: A Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A Benchmark. If artificial intelligence, like human intelligence quotient (IQ) tests, is possibly measured by questions, could AI’s pain or pleasure be measured by…
Sedona, AZ — The SOCAA Board, at its 2 December Regular Meeting, voted unanimously in favor of two measures that will significantly impact the long-term success of the Sedona Airport. The first item directs measurement of the current runway pavement strength and condition of the runway, as built. The 5,132 ft long runway was last rehabilitated in 2005 when it was widened from 75 to 100 ft. Since then, both the number of daily takeoffs and landings have increased as well as the size and weight of the jets operating into and out of Sedona. The purpose of the project…
… cruising the skyways of Northern Arizona is a pleasure of the finest kind because you are always surrounded by beauty that is found in very few places on earth. The photo above was shot from E of the SE side of the San Francisco Peaks. Lockett Meadow is over the ridge line near the right side, mid photo near the right side. Lockett Meadow is at an elevation of 8600′ msl and I was flying at an altitude of 9600′ msl. The aspen in full color can be seen running up the inner basin … on the left side you…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join cinemas around the world to present the global premiere of “Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo” on Feb. 5 and 9 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmCvRCHNoxs David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in an enthralling new production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. With staging full of wolfish imagination and…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona, Gardens for Humanity, and West Sedona Elementary School are working together to clean up the school garden. This means volunteers are needed! Come join us while we prepare the garden for learning. For this garden workday, volunteers will prepare the soil and spread mulch. If you are interested, please arrive at the main entrance of the West Sedona School on Saturday, February 1, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Please bring any shovels, gloves, or hand tools if possible. For any questions, please contact Sustainability Coordinator AmeriCorps VISTA…