Sedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – On Friday, April 29th at 5pm, the Pumphouse Poetry and Prose Project is pleased to host travelling authors Molly McCaffrey and David Bell. McCaffrey and Bell just happened to be touring through the southwest and the Pumphouse felt quite lucky to snag them for this show.David Bell is an award winning best selling author whose debut novel in 2011 Cemetery Girl won the prestigious Le Prix Polar International de Cognac. He followed his initial success with a string of popular novels such as The Hiding Place, Never Come Back, The Forgotten Girl and his…
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Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen debut of new production at Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – Don’t miss Olivier Award winner and Poirot star David Suchet as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece “The Importance of Being Earnest”, which was filmed live at London’s Vaudeville Theatre. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Sunday, May 1 at 4 p.m.Directed by Adrian Noble (Amadeus, The King’s Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Wilde’s superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest…
By Scott Jablow, Chairman Sedona Fire District – 9/11 Memorial Plaza ProjectSedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – September 11, 2001. The day 2,977 souls perished – including 343 FDNY Firefighters, 37 Port Authority Police Officers, 23 New York City Police Officers, 8 EMT/Medics…and 2,566 civilians.The Sedona Fire District has been awarded one of the last remaining vestiges of New York’s World Trade Center site after the horrific collapse: A 5-½ feet long, 3,000-pound steel girder. This is a tremendous honor and one we do not take lightly.
Sedona AZ (April 20, 2016) – The 3rd Annual Canned Sedona, a benefit for the Sedona Community Food Bank and 4 other local charities, is underway and the organizing committee is now taking applications for local Amateur Chefs to compete, Charities to award and Sponsors for this exciting, tantalizing, and fun packed event. Last year’s Canned was a great success and plans are underway to make this one bigger and better than the last.
Sedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – To vote YES or NO on Prop 123, that is the question voters need to decide for the special election on May 17, or sooner if voting by mail ballot. To help voters learn the facts about this complicated education finance amendment on the ballot, The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley is hosting a presentation and discussion on Proposition 123 on Wednesday, April 27 at Yavapai College Sedona Center, 4215 Arts Village Dr., Sedona, Room 23, from 11:30AM-1PM. There is no charge and attendees are invited to bring a bag lunch.
By Ted Grussing… between Black and Casner Mountains looking to the ENE from over Sycamore Canyon … that is the photo tonight and I shot it from about 7,000’ this afternoon around 6PM. Casner Mtn is on the left and Black on the right. In the narrow canyon at the bottom of the image is Sycamore Creek. It is about 14NM from this location to the Sedona airport which is off the screen right; actually you can just make out the end of the runway on the right edge just below the rocks. Mormon Mountain is the loaf shape mountain…
Mary D. Fisher Theatre is home for the opera simulcast and encore eventsSedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the final Met Live Opera of the 2015-15 season: Richard Strauss’ “Elektra” on Saturday, April 30. There will be two shows that day at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre: 10 a.m. (live simulcast) and 2 p.m. (encore). There will be a pre-opera talk one hour before each of these performances, presented by Ed Ingraham.The genius director Patrice Chéreau didn’t live to see his great “Elektra” production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make…
Sedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – The city of Sedona Public Works Department and Shaum Electric will upgrade the traffic signal mast arm for the southbound lane of Highway 89A at the intersection of Forest Road, on April 21, 2016 from 7 p.m. to approximately 1 a.m.
Verde Valley AZ (April 19, 2016) – The Arizona Community Foundation, in partnership with Republic Media and ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy, has announced the next challenge being offered under The New Arizona Prize. The Water Innovation Challenge offers $250,000 to a collaborative team in an Arizona community that develops the most innovative market-based, technological or entrepreneurial solution to advance the sustainability of its water future. “Community” may be defined as a town or city, county, tribal area, or an entire region.
By Arthur PooleSedona AZ (April 19, 2016) – The Oak Creek Apples Macintosh User Group (OCAMUG) will meet on Wednesday, April 20, at the Elks Lodge off Airport Road in West Sedona.Beginning at 5:00 PM: Is your Mac misbehaving? Do you want to know how a new feature works, or what’s in the latest update?
By Ted GrussingClosed last week out with a visit from a longtime friend from California. Friday it was cool, windy and beautiful as Pam and I first hiked the lava trails at Sunset Crater (got some great alien trees in a snow storm – yes, heavy snow fall), then on to Wupatki visiting what was once a major population center a thousand years ago and now visited by those of us who wonder what life was like then and finally we wrapped the day at Snow Bowl, hiking up the Humphreys Peak trail a bit so as to get some…
Preserve offers great opportunities for the public to view and learn about wildlifeSedona AZ (April 18, 2016) – The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Northern Arizona Audubon Society are pleased to announce the dedication of the Bubbling Ponds Preserve to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The dedication will be at the Anita MacFarlane Ramada, located adjacent to the Bubbling Ponds native fish ponds on the west side of the Page Springs Fish Hatchery grounds, about 10 miles south of Sedona.Bubbling Ponds Preserve is a wildlife viewing and outdoor educational facility located on the grounds…
Sedona AZ (April 18, 2016) – As part of May’s Mental Health Awareness Month programs, the Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley and Spectrum Healthcare are offering Youth Mental Health First Aid Training on Friday, May 6, 8AM-5PM, at Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd, Sedona at the intersection of Chapel Rd and Hwy 179. The training is designed for adults who regularly interact with young people: parents, family members, teachers, school staff, faith community leaders, neighbors and other caring community members who want to learn how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or…
By [Concerned Sedona Resident] (April 18, 2016)This is the second in a series of three follow-up articles to the “Selling Sedona” series published this time last year. Last week we documented the failure of the Chamber of Commerce’s big city-funded marketing push to generate new tourist tax revenue. This week we look at the impacts of Sedona being overrun by day-tripper tourists.Part 2While the big marketing push failed completely to generate new tourism revenue, it succeeded spectacularly in another way – namely generating hordes of day-tripper tourist traffic. The irony is that all that traffic was a major reason why…
Sedona Lit is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, an award winning poet and former Shakespeare professor. A Sedonian of three years, she will highlight the literature, written or performed, of Sedona, past and present.By Elizabeth Oakes(April 18, 2016)Between them, David Bell and Molly McCaffrey have two Ph.Ds and twelve publications: eight novels, one volume of short stories, one memoir, and two edited anthologies, plus one long running blog. They will become a part of Sedona literary history when they read from their works and discuss writing at the Pumphouse Poetry and Prose Project at 5 p.m. Friday, April 29,…