By Ted Grussing… town in the old west brings us to the delightful town of Jerome up on the side of Mingus Mountain above the towns of Cottonwood and Clarkdale. There are tons of galleries, shops, eating places and salons. I believe about $5 billion dollars’ worth of copper, silver and gold came out of the mountain and remnants of mining activity is on the right side of the photo. The Grand Hotel is upper left side of the town and it has the Asylum Restaurant which is a terrific place to eat … further to the right you can…
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Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance series debuts at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 14, 2016) – Four outstanding works by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater — one of the world’s leading modern dance companies — will be screened in cinemas nationwide and at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre in Sedona as part of the Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance series. The Sedona International Film Festival presents the big-screen debut on Sunday, July 24 at 4 p.m.
Sedona AZ (July 14, 2016) – The Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley has invited the 5 candidates running for Arizona Senate and House seats from District 6 to participate in a candidate forum addressing mental health issues in Arizona on Monday, July 25, 9:30-11AM at Yavapai College, 4215 Arts Village Drive, Sedona. The forum will be moderated by Jim Dunn, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Arizona. Invitations have been extended to incumbents including State Senator Sylvia Allen and Representatives Bob Thorpe and Brenda Barton, and new candidates seeking election. Alex Martinez and Nikki Bagley.
Unique event brings Sedona community together for bike races, brew, food and funSedona AZ (July 14, 2016) – Sedona Golf Resort will host the third-annual Sedona Bike & Brew Festival August 26-27, 2016. The special event – believed to be the first of its kind – features mountain bike races on the golf course. The six-mile course runs along all 18 holes, 80 acres of fairways, tee boxes, cart paths, natural and manmade features.
Sedona AZ (July 14, 2016) – The city of Sedona will be holding a primary election on Aug. 30 to fill three City Council seats for a four-year term, one City Council seat for a two-year term, to elect the mayor for a two-year term, and to decide whether to renew the franchise agreements for Arizona Public Service Company and UNS Gas, Inc.
By Ted Grussing… out from home … KSEZ, Sedona Airport is right above my nose on the trip back from the north and nearing the end of a 30-mile sled ride from 16,500’ and 34F temps to a rest at 4827’ and about 85F, back at my shade … but first another 4,000’ to shed as I fly by the airport on the right side, make a left and another left and land on Rwy 3, coming back in the opposite direction I am currently flying. Think I’ll do it again in the morning and maybe see if I can…
Acclaimed play from the U.K. and Broadway returns to big screen at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 13, 2016) – The National Theatre of London returns to Sedona on Tuesday, July 26 when the Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen encore of the acclaimed British stage production “The Audience” — starring Academy Award, Golden Globe, Tony and Emmy-winner Helen Mirren. There will be two shows at 3 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the West End production of “The Audience”. These encore…
Sedona AZ (July 13, 2016) – ‘The Mouth Project’, a touring play to be developed by Red Earth Theatre has been named the winning project in the Healthy Challenge. After three nonprofit presentations and deliberation by five expert panelists, Bill Cammock, Board of Advisors Chair of the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona, made the announcement of the Healthy Challenge grant–the largest grant ever awarded by ACF of Sedona.
ADOT, DPS remind gamers to stay safe on their Pokémon Go chasePhoenix AZ (July 13, 2016) – Have you captured Pikachu? Nabbed Rattata or the elusive Charizard? Leveled-up and trained your monsters at a Gym?Of course, we’re talking about Pokémon Go, the week-old smartphone app soaring in popularity. The video game phenomenon is sending Pokémon Trainers to landmarks and into parks, neighborhoods and cities, hunting for rare monsters.
Sedona AZ (July 13, 2016) – Children are invited to get creative at Session Two of the Lego Engineering Summer Camp held at the Recreation Room at Posse Grounds Park at 525 Posse Ground Road. Hosted by Play-Well TEKnologies, this exciting camp will be take place July 25, 2016 through July 29, 2016 and is for ages 5 to 12.
By Ted Grussing… and what a fun thing it is. Nothing wrong with my AC, but two factors caused it to do a lousy job cooling the house. First, I have been switching between evaporative cooler and AC since the humidity has been low and two of the five baffles that close off the evaporative cooler when the AC is on were stuck open which means a lot of cool air was going outside and second, I have been using the pleated furnace filters that remove micron size particles from the air and the problem with them is that they…
Summer encore series will feature popular Met Operas returning to the big screenSedona AZ (July 12, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the encore of the Met Opera’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” on Saturday, July 23 at 12 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. There will be a pre-opera talk one hour before the performance, presented by Ed Ingraham.Met Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s barbed romance “Così Fan Tutte”, a comic masterpiece about the romantic complications that ensue when a pair of friends decide to test their fiancée’s fidelity. Lesley Koenig’s sleek production features…
Sedona AZ (July 12, 2016) – The Coconino National Forest continues to seek comments from the public regarding proposed changes to the Red Rock Pass (RRP) fee program and has extended the comment period through most of the summer.Originally, the proposal was submitted to the public for comments in August 2015, and before the original comment period expired it was extended to last throughout the winter. In an effort to insure the public has had every chance to submit comments, the Forest is further extending the comment period until Aug. 1, 2016. The public can submit comments by emailing adambarnett@fs.fed.us or…
Sedona AZ (July 12, 2016) – Sedona Celebration of National Day of the Cowboy is a FREE community event presented by Sedona Main Street Program and Red Rock Posse on the weekend of the 12th Annual National Day of the Cowboy July 22-23, 2016. Entertainment and activities abound along SR 89A and SR179 in the Sedona Main Street District/Uptown Sedona.
Sedona AZ (July 11, 2016) – Natural Resource Managers and local firefighters with the Coconino National Forest have been monitoring a seven-acre lightning-caused wildfire in Bias Canyon three miles southeast of the Village of Oak Creek.Steep and rocky terrain has limited access and influenced the decision to monitor the Bias Fire rather than to actively suppress it—which limits hazardous exposure to firefighters on the ground while allowing the fire to play its natural role on the landscape.