Sedona AZ (April 4, 2014) – On April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Sedona Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its eighth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to City Hall East parking lot at 102 Roadrunner Drive in Sedona. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
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Camp Verde AZ (April 4, 2014) – Fort Verde State Historic Park will hold its annual “History of the Soldier” event on Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, April 13, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event offers visitors a living history timeline of military and civilian encampments from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Activities will include flag raising and lowering ceremonies, artillery demonstrations, fashion show and dutch oven cooking demonstrations. The camps, cannon and soldiers will all be on the parade field for this annual event.
Flagstaff AZ (April 4, 2014) – Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben will present “Oil & Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist” from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Northern Arizona University’s High Country Conference Center, located at 201 W. Butler Avenue in Flagstaff. McKibben will recount the personal and global story of the fight to build and preserve a sustainable planet. The event is free to the public and is presented by the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) and Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) Center for Ecosystem Science and Society.
Cottonwood AZ (April 4, 2014) – Noted performance artist and gifted mask maker Pash Galbavy will present two events dedicated to greater personal understanding and perspective. Galbavy’s original creation — The Body Reclamation Project — features improvisation, storytelling, movement, dance, mask-art and personal as well as a collective healing ritual. It will be presented at Cottonwood’s Old Town Center for the Arts April 26 at 1:00 PM as Galbavy will portray challenges that often keep individuals from feeling comfortable in their own bodies.
Sedona AZ (April 4, 2014) – Sedona Arts Center is one of the nearly 1,000 nonprofit organizations expected to participate in Arizona Gives Day, an online fundraiser initiative, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Arizona Gives Day will bring together Arizonians from across the state to raise awareness and financial support for a variety of nonprofit organizations. Sedona Arts Center is seeking donations to help build a strong scholarship fund to benefit students in need.
The longest running home tour in Arizona boasts never before seen Historic and Significant homes in this Guided Tour through the mile high town’s back streets. Jerome AZ (April 3, 2014) – The longest running home tour in Arizona boasts never before seen Historic and Significant homes in this Guided Tour through the mile high town’s back streets. The Jerome Chamber of Commerce has begun planning the most talked about event of the year, The Jerome Historic Home and Building Tour, now in its 49th year. Prepare for a wild ride on this guided tour as large vans drive visitors to…
All-star casts featured in latest independent films premiering at Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (April 3, 2014) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of “The French Minister” and “Enemy” (starring Jake Gyllenhaal in a dual role) showing April 11-16 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
Sedona AZ (April 3, 2014) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is again presenting their popular historic sites tours of Oak Creek Canyon’s historic places on April 24, 25, and 26. Personal tour guide will be Paul Thompson, a grandson of Oak Creek Canyon’s first permanent Anglo settler and homesteader J.J. Thompson, and son of Albert Thompson who wrote many of the stories in the book “Those Early Days”.
Sedona AZ (April 2, 2014) – On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at approximately 12:30 pm, the Sedona Fire District responded to a reported injured hiker near the Devil’s Bridge. Upon arrival units determined that an approximately 50 year old female, while hiking with her family, fell about 75 feet. Once on scene, SFD emergency crews determined that the hiker had sustained potentially life threatening injuries.
Verde Valley AZ (April 2, 2014) – Verde Valley Caregivers Coalition invites members of the community to turn their caring into action on Tuesday, April 22, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Cottonwood Library. This “I Care” volunteer recruitment event will focus on the need for more volunteers to help install Guardian Angel medical alert units. Carol Basini, program coordinator, will be available to train and answer questions on the life saving devices.
Sedona AZ (April 2, 2014) – Award-winning author and writing instructor, Kris Neri, has announced the Spring schedule for her two popular novel writing courses – one for beginners and one for those with a work-in-progress or a completed novel – both meeting weekly for six weeks at The Well Red Coyote bookstore in West Sedona. The beginning course begins on Thursday, May 1 at 6:00 pm; and, the intermediate course begins on Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 pm.
Sedona AZ (April 2, 2014) – The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors will continue the annual free slash drop-off program at county transfer stations for two months beginning April 1. County transfer stations are located in Black Canyon City, Camp Verde, Congress, Mayer, Paulden, Seligman, and Skull Valley. Free slash drop-off will be during normal operating hours.
Saturday, April 12 from 7am to 12 Noon at Station 31 (off Highway 260 in Cottonwood) Cornville AZ (April 2, 2014) – Recently the Thomas Mizer family lost their home and vehicle due to a structure fire in Cornville. This has been a devastating event for this family and they are in need of our help. The Verde Valley Fire District and SVVFC will be holding a yard sale to benefit the Thomas Mizer family on Saturday, April 12th.
Sedona AZ (April 1, 2014) – The City of Sedona will hold another public meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2014 regarding the Uptown SR 89ARoadway Improvements Project. This projectincludes pavement replacement and overlay in the area between Forest Road and just north of Art Barn Lane. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. in the Wayside Chapel, 401 N. SR 89A in Uptown Sedona.
Sedona Film Festival presents one-day-only special event Sedona AZ (April 1, 2014) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present its premiere series with the one-night-only debut of the award-winning “In Bloom” on Thursday, April 10. There will be two shows at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “In Bloom” was Georgia’s official Oscar entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. It took top honors at the Berlin Film Festival, Grand Prize at the Tokyo Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at the Montreal Film Festival and Best Film and Actress at…