Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting their annual homemade holiday ornament activity table in the historic Fruit Packing Shed all during the month of December from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. This DIY activity is designed to engage people of every age, and especially intergenerational family groups, to make holiday ornaments and simple old-time decorations. This free activity, no museum admission required, will allow visitors to make small gifts, adornments for holiday packages or trees and wreaths, or simply spend some quality time with family or friends doing this ‘make & take’, using instructions and samples as provided,…
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By David Myers Sedona News – Any user of Apple products, (iPhone, iPad, MAC) is invited to attend the December 2022 Zoom meeting of the Oak Creek Apples Macintosh User Group (OCAMUG, or OCA, for short). Alan Gore, expert in all things Apple, will facilitate a general question-and-answer session, including recent releases, upgrades, bugs, and fixes. There is no charge to participate. OCA will continue its monthly virtual/online meetings on the 3rd Saturday of December, Saturday, December 17, 2022, beginning at 10:00 AM at the following online address: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82612573241 Meeting ID: 826 1257 3241 If you want to attend the meeting by phone, please follow this…
Sedona News – The Rotary Club of Sedona Village awarded funds to the Sedona Public Library and Project Fill the Need from their September Golf Extravaganza event. On Thursday, November 17, the Rotary Club of Sedona Village awarded the Sedona Public Library and Project Fill the Need, $2,200 per organization. The funds were raised from the Golf Extravaganza event held on Saturday, September 24, at Oakcreek Country Club. For the past 3 years, the Rotary Club of Sedona Village has held a golf fundraiser to raise funds for the Charitable Fund of the Rotary Club of Sedona Village. These funds…
Sedona News – Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) celebrated fifty years of environmental stewardship in Sedona and the Verde Valley with a formal reception at the Mary D. Fisher Theater on October 19th. The gathering was attended by long-time friends, KSB members and community officials who helped KSB grow over the last half-century. After a reception held in the courtyard, attendees moved into the theatre where KSB President Craig Swanson detailed the organization’s decades of accomplishments. He conveyed how the group was founded on the desire to clean up what the Arizona Republic referred to as “honky-tonk Sedona,” picking up litter…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore return of “Green Book” showing Dec. 16-22 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. “Green Book” won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, and Best Original Screenplay. The film also received two other Oscar nominations, including Best Lead Actor for Viggo Mortensen and Best Film Editing. Academy Award-nominee Viggo Mortensen and Academy Award-winner Mahershala Ali star in Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures’ “Green Book”. In his foray into powerfully dramatic work as a feature director, Peter Farrelly helms the film…
… usually you see herons and egrets standing on shore or in just a few inches of water as they patiently wait for prey to come into proximity wherein they are in the kill zone … once in a while you will see them on open water or further off shore if that is where the food for the day is. In the shot above we have a great blue heron that was in deeper water near shore and his tactics paid off ,,, he has a fish and some nutrients to get the day going. The light was magical…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Fisherman’s Friends: One and All” showing Dec. 16-22 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Fisherman’s Friends: One and All” – the sequel to the 2019 hit UK comedy – charts the next installment of the Fisherman’s Friends uplifting true story. Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues” we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame. During a divisive tour of South Australia, they will trace their…
Yavapai County News – On December 4, 2022, at 5:45 pm Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported vehicle fire with a person possibly inside, on Stoneman Lake Rd, 1/4 mile east of I-17 in the Sedona area. A man driving down I-17 called 911 to say he saw smoke and flames coming from Stoneman Lake Rd, and when he went to check out the cause, he found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames and the strong smell of gas. He stated the flames were too hot to get close to see if anyone was inside, so he…
Sedona News – The Sedona Police Department received $18,857.13 of federal funding through the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (AZ GOHS) to support the implementation of an automated traffic reporting and forms program known as Traffic and Criminal Software (TraCS). This software is an electronic citation and collision program that officers will use to scan driver’s licenses and vehicle registration forms instead of handwriting the information. Because of this, it will streamline the ticket writing and reporting process for officers and office staff. Through this grant, the Sedona Police Department will also purchase essential mobile scanners, printers and vehicle mounting solutions…
Sedona News – In celebration of the Christmas season, Michael Peach will give a reading of the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” at the Sedona Heritage Museum on Saturday December 17th at 3:00 p.m. in the historic Jordan Fruit Packing Shed. Encounters with the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future teach miserly Ebenezer Scrooge what it means to be human in this perennial holiday favorite. Guests will enjoy the Museum’s historic setting as Peach gives this dramatic and inspiring dramatic narrative. Peach is an award winning actor and playwright who loves history. A long-time fixture at the Museum,…
By John Kinnamon Verde Valley News – The Cottonwood Community Band, conducted by Jeff Bowell, will be performing their annual Christmas concert on Sunday, December 18, at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts in Camp Verde. The music will begin at 3 PM and feature some traditional favorites and some not so traditional. We think there is something for everyone to enjoy and hope you will join us. The theater is located at 210 Camp Lincoln Road in Camp Verde and there is no admission charge. The opening number is a rousing version of Angels We Have Heard…
Flagstaff News – On Saturday January 21st, 2020 the 13th Annual Flagstaff BrewHaHa will take place at High Country Conference Center in downtown Flagstaff. BrewHaHa will feature the very best of local, regional, and national craft beers, hard seltzers, liquors, wines, and more! There will be live music featuring Flagstaff’s FoxyKoshka. BrewHaHa will also include a Best of the Fest Contest-The Snowman’s Choice Award for best brew judged by members of the local homebrewers club. There will also be a People’s Choice Award. In keeping with the “tasting” theme of the event there will be also be bratwurst. This event is presented in partnership with Flagstaff…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Shalom and greetings from the Rabbi, Board of Directors, and congregation of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley., All the services, classes, and programs are listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Visitors are welcome to attend services. On Friday, December 16, 2022, a Friday evening Erev Shabbat service, led by Rabbi Alicia Magal, begins at 5:30 pm both in person and on Zoom, and live-streamed for members and their invitees. Verses from the Torah portion, Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1 – 40:23) will be chanted. This is the story of Joseph who is the favorite son of…
… my techniques for photographing wildlife is a lot different than most photographers … I am not a patient person willing to wait in a blind or other fixed place and wait for critters to come to me … I go on a hunt for them wherever they might be and once a find is made stealth is the word and the hunt is on. Threats to most wildlife comes from land and not the water … whenever possible. I do my hunting from my boat and usually am able to get very close to our targets. Birds that if…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “The Almond and the Seahorse” showing Dec. 16-22 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. What happens when you’re ambushed by time? An archaeologist and an architect fight to re-imagine a future after traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love. Sarah (Rebel Wilson) is an archaeologist who loves her husband Joe (Celyn Jones) but after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) their love is trapped in the past. Toni (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is an architect and loves her partner Gwen (Trine Dyrholm) but…