Synergy, SciTech and Steam … all at one event!By Michele Peters, AZ SciTech WriterClarkdale AZ (April 6, 2016) – The Yavapai College SciTech Expo continues to grow each year adding more and more participants that offer more and more hands-on demonstrations, activities, adventures and all you need is the SciTech Expo passport. This unique event is being held on Friday, April 8 from 5-8 pm on the Verde Valley Campus of Clarkdale located at 601 Black Hills Drive.The Expo hosts a wide variety of organizations and businesses that will present information along with many fun, exciting hands-on activities that demonstrate how they…
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Yavapai Food Council will honor Dr. Ron Barnes at the April 9th Yavapai Food Neighbors Collection Event. Prescott AZ (April 6, 2016) – As in many areas of the U. S., the hunger epidemic in Arizona continues to cripple over 2 million working poor residents who live at or below the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Arizona is ranked number 8 nationally for food insecurity and 1 out of 3 Arizona children may not know where their next meal will come from.
Guests attending to include industry leaders from Zeitgeist Films, Impact Partners, International Documentary Association and moreSedona AZ (April 6, 2016) – The Conscious Film Convergence, a series of inspirational and educational workshops and panels featuring film industry experts, provides participants attending the 2016 Illuminate Film Festival, which takes place June 1 – 5, 2016 in Sedona, Arizona, insight, knowledge and best practices from real-world experiences to create, invest in, write and distribute transformational entertainment.
By Ted GrussingIt is easy to forget about the realities of life for other life forms as we go about our daily lives in our somewhat ordered societies … we have shared responsibilities and divisions of labor … we are paid for our services, whatever they are and we use those payments to purchase our food and prepare it nicely in kitchens across the globe. For members of other species things are not quite so neat and there is no refrigeration to keep their food, nor stoves and ovens to prepare the meals and they have to hunt, kill and…
Sedona AZ (April 5, 2016) – Join sound healer, musician, and life coach Gabriel Logan Braun for an interactive and restorative experience that is not your typical sound bath. The Sound Temple: A Sound Healing Experience with Gabriel Logan Braun will take place on Friday, April 15, 2016 from 7-9 p.m. at the Sedona Posse Grounds Hub, 525B Posse Ground Road, West Sedona.
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 4, 2016)Shortly after I wrote about Dorothea Tanning in my second column, Randall D. Reynolds contacted me. He is the author of a book on Jack and Helen Frye, who were close friends with Max Ernst and Tanning in their Sedona years. Randall’s book about the Fryes and the website he maintains are important historical documents in their own right. However, in his…
By Ted Grussing… one of the treasured spots in the Sedona area is Red Rock Crossing and the photos taken from there on the ground, on the creek shore or in the water are absolutely beautiful and iconic. From the air it really doesn’t see like all that much though and one would really ask what the big deal is; just the difference in perspective. Red Rock Crossing is above the 2016 in my copyright on the photo about a third of the way up the image. You can see the access from Verde Valley School Road leading out to…
Two French Pianists, Winner of International competitions, Open the First Piano on the Rocks International Festival: Hélène Tysman and Sandrine Erdely-SayoSedona AZ (April 4, 2016) – Experience the magical sound in a magical place with the 2016 first Piano on the Rocks International Festival, “from Paris to Sedona”. These three concerts will be dedicated to French composers and composers who lived in Paris as Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Chopin, Liszt, Thalberg, Copland and Erdely-Sayo. It will take place on April 15, 16, 17, 2016 in Sedona.
Camp Verde AZ (April 4, 2016) – Camp Verde Chamber of Commerce will host a special presentation open to the public, by Kurt Haskell, director of Yavapai College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC), at their next meeting on Thursday April 7th at 8:30am.
Cottonwood AZ (April 4, 2016) – This month’s Cottonwood Contra Dance is Saturday, April 16th. Michael Barraclough will call the dances to the tunes of Just Desserts, Flagstaff’s open band. With a strong core of fiddles, whistles, guitars, keyboards and a dulcimer, the open band has a different makeup for each dance. The band brings the dancers a range of common contra dance tunes from many genres – old time, celtic, American fiddle tunes, and more.
Business Networking for Women in Northern Arizona! Cottonwood AZ (April 4, 2016) – The local Chapter of Professional Women’s Group has their quarterly luncheon of 2016 on Tuesday April 19, 2016. The luncheon will be at the Cottonwood Recreation Center from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM and include a speaker presentation, networking opportunities, catered lunch, and raffle/door prizes. This month’s luncheon will be catered by Jerona Cafe in Cottonwood.
Sedona AZ (April 4, 2016) – Red Rose Inspiration for Animals originated as promoting quality art shows exclusively in West Sedona for animal rescue since the fall of 2009. The events continue to take place at the parking lot of the Olde Sedona Bar and Grill at 1405 W. Highway 89A, Sedona. Free parking and admission at the events. Red Rose is not affiliated with any other shows in town and all proceeds from the event go to benefit programs created by Red Rose Inspiration For Animals.Through the concept of promoting artist, they expanded and opened a thrift store and artist boutique called…
By Cherie R. Wright, CPA, CFE, CGFM, DirectorSedona AZ (April 4, 2016) – Spring can be a season of change, and the city of Sedona’s Financial Services Department is experiencing several changes – from staffing and legislative changes to budget methodology and accounting changes.
By Ted Grussing… the first photo is a shot of my instrument panel as I waited for the oil temp to come up; this gives you a glimpse at the control panel in Mariah and what I rely on for information when in the air. A combination of “steam” instruments and electronic flight information systems (EFIS) as well as manual inputs. I had just started the engine and everything in the green except for oil temp and within a minute or so it was in the green too … a trip up taxi way A to R21, magneto checks, flaps…
By Virginia Volkman, DirectorSedona AZ (April 1, 2016) – April is a good time to focus on finances, with the tax filing deadline rapidly approaching. Sedona Public Library is available to help answer your financial questions this month with individual tax help and tax forms. Year-round we offer many other financial resources.