Sedona AZ (December 3, 2012) – Wildlife painter Mark Eberhard began drawing as soon as his mother handed him a pencil. When his grandparents gave him a book about birds only a few years later, he was transfixed by our feathered friends, and he spent hours quietly drawing various species. Mark went on to earn a master’s in fine arts with a major in design from Yale University and had a successful career in graphic design before becoming a full-time painter 12 years ago. Now, Rowe Fine Art Gallery welcomes Mark into its flock of traditional and contemporary southwestern artists.…
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Sedona AZ (December 3, 2012) – As City Council members, we also serve as liaisons to city appointed commissions and various community organizations. I’m pleased to serve as liaison to the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition chaired by Marilyn Williams of Catholic Charities and which meets quarterly in Cottonwood. The Coalition is made up of representatives of area social service agencies, independent groups and individuals who share the mission of providing assistance to the homeless as well as working toward long term solutions to homelessness in the Verde Valley.
Verde Valley AZ (December 2, 2012) – SCORE of Northern Arizona kicks-off its 2013 business workshops series at 6:00pm at the Prescott Adult Center Wednesday, January 9, 2013 with the 5-Session SCORE Business Plan Workshop. Creating a business plan is critical: In starting a new business venture In expanding an existing business In changing your existing business strategy SCORE’s Business Plan Workshop Series provides both the training and guidance for you to create a comprehensive business plan for your business, a task than can be overwhelming if you have not worked through the process of writing a business plan.
Clarkdale AZ (December 2, 2012) – Registration is now open for courses in the Fast-Track Management Program at the Yavapai College Clarkdale campus. The program is geared toward working adults in the Sedona, Cottonwood and Clarkdale area to build managerial skills, confidence and professional recognition. The courses will be taught on Thursday evenings in a six-week, short-course format starting January 31, 2013 on the Clarkdale campus.
Verde Valley AZ (December 2, 2012) – Each year as part of its highly successful program to manage and conserve bald eagles in the state, the Arizona Game and Fish Department asks outdoor recreationists to help protect important eagle breeding areas by honoring the closure of 21 areas across the state. Various land and wildlife management agencies close the breeding areas for part of the year, beginning in December, to protect the state’s 55 breeding pairs of bald eagles. Some of the closure areas are located near popular recreation sites.
Sedona AZ (December 2, 2012) – This sweet, energetic (and agile) Boxer mix is one lady that likes her walks and is always ready for another. Olga is house trained, has lived with children and gets along with most dogs after a proper introduction. She is a sweet and happy lady. Visit Olga at the Humane Society of Sedona.
Film Festival presents award-winning new films at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (December 1, 2012) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premieres of the multiple award-winning “The Intouchables” and “A Late Quartet” — featuring an Academy Award-winning all-star cast — at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Both films will show Dec. 11-14 at the festival’s arthouse theatre venue in West Sedona.
Sedona AZ (November 30, 2012) – Do you know someone who makes a difference in the community? Wouldn’t you love for them to be recognized for everything that they do? AZADI Fine Rugs is inviting nominations for the 1st Annual AZADI Angel’s Awards. Created by owner David Neishabori, this program recognizes “angels” within the community. Three “Angels” will be honored and $1000 will be donated in their name to the charity of their choice at an awards reception in early January.
Live simulcast will feature Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson and his recent book Sedona AZ (November 30, 2012) – New York’s famous 92nd Street Y returns to Sedona on Sunday, Dec. 9 when the Sedona International Film Festival hosts the live simulcast featuring Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson. The special simulcast event will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre, live as it is happening in New York. Learn about the Founding Father who steered the states to nationhood, wrote the Declaration of Independence, and as a master politician President, doubled the size of America…
Sedona AZ (November 30, 2012) – Sedona’s finest art galleries invite you to enjoy an evening of openings, special guests, artists receptions and celebrations at their holiday 1st Friday Gallery Tour on December 7th from 5 – 8pm. All guests are welcome to attend free of charge and enjoy the Sedona Trolley, which does continuous loops to all locations.
Sedona AZ (November 30, 2012) – All area restaurants are invited to compete at the next Great Sedona Chili Cook-Off, a featured event at Tlaquepaque’s Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, on May 4, 2013. This year’s Rotary Club of Sedona Cook-Off will have space for 16 restaurant booths and a beer garden in the Calle de Independencia at Tlaquepaque. Last May more than seven hundred chili enthusiasts enjoyed tasting a delicious variety of spicy chili.
Public is invited to groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate new beginnings for Verde Valley Habitat’s newest Partner Home Cottonwood AZ (November 30, 2012) – You’ll soon hear the buzzing of saws and pounding of hammers, but first you’re invited to hear words of thanksgiving and celebration for new beginnings at a groundbreaking ceremony, as construction begins for the Bonner family’s Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity® partner home located at 862 E. Cherry Hills Way, Cottonwood-Verde Village. Together, Habitat will help the Bonner family realize their dream to become first-time ever homeowners. The event starts a t11 a.m., Thursday, December 6 at…
Enjoy an evening of the classic doo-wop sound of the legendary group The Diamonds plus a holiday musical spectacular: Silver Bells and Diamonds — fun for the whole family! Sedona AZ (November 29, 2012) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with the Sedona 30 and the National Performing Artists and Sedona Performing Arts Alliance for the “Live at SPAC” concert series at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. The second show in the 2012-13 series will be on Monday, Dec. 10 featuring the number one doo-wop recording group of all times: The Diamonds, starring in “Silver Bells…
Sedona AZ (November 29, 2012) – Early December brings the longest running and most beloved Sedona holiday tradition, Tlaquepaque’s Festival of Lights, on Saturday, December 8th from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Precisely at 5 pm, with the tolling of the tower bells, 6000 luminarias, lit by hundreds of excited visitors and happy residents, will transform the already beautiful Spanish-style arts village. If you have not partaken in this popular community gathering, this could be your year. Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village is an Arizona and Southwest icon and for 40 years Festival of Lights has wowed participants from far…
Sedona AZ (November 29, 2012) – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host a book-signing for author Patrick Naville on Saturday, December 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Museum. Naville’s second western novel, “Cripple Creek” is an Amazon Top 100 Best Seller. In this story Mason Proffit inherits a gold mine but is hunted by a disreputable attorney who wants to take possession. Proffit’s old friend ‘Wild Bill’ agrees to ride along with him to make his claim. The two fastest guns in the West run into trouble along the way.