Author: Tommy Acosta

Cottonwood AZ (July 3, 2012) – The City of Cottonwood Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to announce the Fantastic Family Fourth of July will continue as scheduled. Following is the schedule of events. Hope to see you there! 4:00 pm – The festivities will begin with jumping castles, water rides and games for kids. Rides are $1 per ride or $10 for an all you can ride wrist band. 4:00 – 6:00 pm – FREE hot dogs and hamburgers donated by Fry’s and cooked by Hog Wild. Soda, water and ice cream will be for sale by the Cottonwood…

Sedona AZ (July 3, 2012) – The Northern Arizona Watercolor Society announces a call to artists for its Fall Experimental Water Media Exhibition.   This show is open to all NAWS members whose dues are current, and to non-members that pay membership dues with their entry fees.  Deadline for entries isWednesday, August 1, 2012. The exhibit will be held at the Special Exhibition Gallery, SedonaArtsCenter, 15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ.  It will open on Wednesday, September 26th, at 1 PM.  An awards ceremony will be held from 5 – 7 PM on Friday, September 28th, with awards presented at 6…

Pack up your artworks and bring them to the Sedona Arts Center! Sedona AZ (June 20, 2012) – Member artists can participate in the Summer Art Co-op, a non-juried art sales opportunities to showcase and sell artwork from Thursday, July 28 through Thursday, August 22 at the Arts Center. All mediums are welcomed and space is limited so applications will be considered in the order they are received. Deadline to submit completed application and non-refundable $50 entry fee must be received at the Arts Center by 4:00 p.m. July 2, 2012. All applications with checks sent through the mail must…

Sedona AZ (June 19, 2012) – Sedona Photofest 2012 provided a unique opportunity for high-quality presentations in an intimate setting – creative, interactive and inspiring – that brought experts in the field to a beautiful destination. There were plenty of free events and special workshops with renowned photography experts! Sedona Arts Center wishes to extend a warm and heartfelt thank you to all our volunteers, participants, students and expert photographers that shared their time, knowledge and skills during this year’s PhotoFest Competition, Symposium, Workshops and Exhibitions.

Sedona AZ (May 31, 2012) – Sedona Photofest 2012 provides a unique opportunity for high-quality presentations in an intimate setting – creative, interactive and inspiring – bringing experts in the field to a beautiful destination. A Juried Exhibition June 1-15, 2012 with awards selected by the workshop presenters June 10, 2012 1 Day of free activities & presentations June 7th Colleen Miniuk-Sperry, Floris von Breugel & more… 4 evening presentations and 3 days of intensive photography workshops

Sedona, AZ  (May 26, 2012) – Dr. David Ruben, M.D., M.B.A. from Tucson has secured a position on the Democratic Party Primary ballot in August. Mr. Ruben was in Sedona last week and Sedona.biz was granted some time to interview Dr. Ruben on his positions about issues facing Arizonans and the world.

The Back Story of Dementia Sedona, AZ (May 26, 2012) – One of the biggest challenges of dementia is caring for those who are afflicted. As the disease advances, more and more care is needed until finally the patient needs 24 hour a day attention. For many, the expense of full time care is too much to bear. The Sedona Sunrise Center for Adults offers an alternative: adult day care. Here, patients (they’re called participants at Sedona Sunrise Center) can spend time engaged in brain stimulating activities under supervision, while those who have been caretakers are relieved and free to…

Verde Valley AZ (May 8, 2012) – Join Dr. Marta Adelsman for her monthly Chat ‘n’ Chew discussion on Tuesday, May 22, 2:45-4:00 PM entitled “The Ego’s Tricks.”  It will be held at Jerona Café in Cottonwood (located on Mingus Avenue across from the Post Office). Marta will expose the ego as a trickster, and how it uses its cunning ways to keep you in drama of one kind or another.

Sedona, AZ (April 27, 2012) – The summer monsoons in Sedona can be beautiful, with billowing white clouds building in the morning, thunder off in the distance in the afternoon, and finally rain begins to fall. By sunset we smell the rainfall and often stunning crimson skies are the result. All well and good, but what happens when we get hit with a micro-burst? Sedona has had several in the last 3 years, causing sudden and extensive flooding in certain areas of the community and surrounding forests and mountains. Clogged drainage waterways, undersized and outdated drainage culverts, and just plain…

Sedona AZ (April 25, 2012) – Local author James Bishop returns with more tales from his book, THE PINK NECTAR CAFÉ: MYTHS AND MYSTERIES. Join us on Friday, April 27 at 7pm at the Well Red Coyote in West Sedona for a fun and informal evening of storytelling by Sedona’s master of the tall (and often true) tale. Bennie Blake, legendary editor will introduce. In THE PINK NECTAR CAFÉ Bishop shows us that facts can be more potent than fiction! For the past 25 years he’s been collecting stories in the Southwest-some about bygone days, others from only yesterday, but…

Sedona, AZ (April 23, 2012) – Ballots for the Sedona Fire Board Recall are being sent from Prescott Election Offices on Monday, April 23, 2012. Ballots must be returned by May 15, 2012. This election is an all mail in ballot election. There will be no polls for onsite voting. Ballots may be dropped in person at the Sedona City Hall drop box located on the north side of city hall, the Yavapai County Complex at 10 South 6th Street in Cottonwood, and in Prescott at the Yavapai County Building at 1015 Fair Street. Again, this is an all mail…

Sedona AZ (April 22, 2012) – WoonKi, meaning circulation and vibration of energy, is activated through one meridian point at the very top of the head. One acupuncture needle at this point stimulates all the areas of the body. Combining this single needle acupuncture with gentle rhythmic Brain Wave Vibration exercise and special breathing technique helps open all the channels of the body to induce balance and a sense of harmonious peace. This simple form of acupuncture alleviates many ailments. All diseases are the result of stagnated energy in the meridians. As the method opens brain-body energy channels, you experience…

Sedona AZ (April 22, 2012) – Willma Gore, leader of writer workshops in Village of Oak Creek announces openings in two of the four writer workshops she leads. Each workshop meets twice a month in her home. Members bring their essays, short stories, book chapters and/or poetry to read for critique and to gain suggestions for submitting to on-line and/or print publications. Information is also provided about multiple contests throughout the country seeking submissions and offering money prizes.

By James Bishop, Jr. April 17, 2012 I love nature because she is not man, but a retreat from him— Thoreau Time to remember the words of John Quincy Adams in 1821 when he praised America: because “she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.” For arguable reasons, America has gone abroad –at great cost to our fighting men and women, not to mention resources. Historians will remember it all differently but from this pilgrim’s perspective facts about current concerns don’t exist simply because they are ignored. With so much focus on monsters abroad, do we also have…

April 16, 2012 – UPDATE:  On Friday, April 13, 2012, the Yavapai County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the body found on April 7 is James Schwartz. Identity was made by a dental record comparison. Cause of death determination is still pending. ### Medical Examiner report still pending    Sedona AZ (April 9, 2012) – On Saturday, April 7, 2012, at approximately 10:15 AM, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was notified that a body had been found in Woods Canyon area, southeast of Sedona. The body was located more than 8 miles outside the Village of Oak Creek adjacent to…