Sedona, AZ — The Sedona Heritage Museum and Fine Art Museum of Sedona are proud to announce their participation in the Blue Star Museums program. The Blue Star Museums initiative is a nationwide program which offers free admission to people currently serving in the armed forces and to their families. The Blue Star Museums program begins in May and runs through the summer to Labor Day, September 7, 2026. “We take immense pride in participating in this program every year. Members of our armed services and their families make sacrifices every day which ensure our safety and security. We feel…
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By David Stephen Consciousness is a field of research that is resistant to change. Old ideas. Weak analogies. Collusion signaling. The difficulty of what is called the consciousness problem has to do with the collective decision, it appears, to keep consciousness research stuck. One of the people it seems, who both follows the program as well as benefit from consciousness as an impossible problem, is Jeff Sebo. Aside from that, there is also a persistent insistence with him to point attention in the direction of AI consciousness, almost by force. Like make all kinds of equivocations to just keep saying…
Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) celebrated outstanding community leadership on April 24, 2026 at its Annual Awards of Excellence ceremony, recognizing individuals, companies and organizations whose work supports KSB’s mission “to protect and sustain the scenic beauty and natural environment of Sedona and the Verde Valley.” KSB first honored Spring Graf, founder of Volunteer Sedona & the Verde Valley (VSVV), with an award for Community Service for creating a centralized hub that makes volunteering easy and accessible. Inspired by her work after the Maui wildfires, Graf launched the nonprofit in 2024. Since its founding, VSVV has grown from 26 to more than 75…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona, AZ — The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, concerts, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. All are invited to Erev Shabbat service on Friday, June…
SEDONA, Ariz. – The Sedona Chamber of Commerce and the Sedona Lodging Council are sponsoring the Sedona Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Northern Arizona, on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. The event will give Sedona residents and community members an opportunity to hear directly from candidates, learn more about their positions, and gain insight into key issues affecting the community ahead of the election. candidate_forum_layered_final The evening will include two separate forums. The Mayoral Candidate Forum will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Sedona, AZ — A bit of me is falling apart. It happens. I’m a Raggedy Ann doll and my stuffing is poking out of the wounds of life. Those places that were tightly packed aren’t so rigid anymore. The traumas of life that compressed my natural beingness into me-ing-ness, the mistrust I unwittingly invited to distort this beautiful body, the ways I closed myself off from anyone who might hurt me, the anyone that became everyone, arms open wide in embrace with distance built right in, all of the ways we humans try to protect ourselves,…
By David Stephen There is a recent [May 28, 2026] report on National Catholic Reporter, Pope Leo calls to ‘disarm’ AI in major document, warns of technologic threats to humanity, stating that, “With the most authoritative document yet of his still-young pontificate, Pope Leo XIV directed the Catholic Church’s moral gaze toward the frantic pace of technological development that threatens human solidarity. With AI as its entry point, Leo used his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, to articulate the church’s position on a wide range of contemporary crises, including…
By Former Sedona City Councilman Cliff Hamilton Sedona,AZ — This Could Be You… It started out as just an ordinary Friday afternoon drive down 89A in West Sedona to meet a business client. It ended up with the driver, through no fault of her own, having Sedona police take away her means of transportation and issue a $500 citation. Anyone who drives in Sedona could end up just like her. She was stopped at a traffic signal waiting to turn onto a side street when she noticed a Sedona city police car inching up very close to her back bumper looking…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona, AZ — Let’s never forget the phrase that every single vote counts. A case in point: in 2008, Sedona City Councilman Rob Adams defeated Mayor Pud Colquitt by a mere two votes to clinch the mayoral seat. Imagine that. Two votes. A razor-thin victory. One can ask, where did those votes come from? Did they come from pamphlets that were mailed to houses? Or large street signs plastered all over Sedona? Did those two votes come from ads or editorials in local newspapers? Did those two votes come from people knocking on doors and engaging the…
Festival partners with The Wilde Resort & Spa for “Wilde Wednesdays” outdoor films Sedona, AZ — The Sedona International Film Festival is partnering with The Wilde Resort in West Sedona to present its “Movies on the Move” outdoor film experience — “Wilde Wednesdays” Cinema Under the Stars — every Wednesday in the summer season! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KJk3ErIx0 This is the summer of romantic comedies at The Wilde! Join us on Wednesday, June 3 as we present “50 First Dates” in The Grove Fire Pit Garden at The Wilde Resort and Spa. Playboy vet Henry (Adam Sandler) sets his heart on romancing Lucy…
By Charlene Roth Sedona, AZ — Urban gardeners, busy renters with balconies, parents with small yards, and neighbors curious about shared plots, often want local food production but feel boxed in by tight space, limited sunlight, and city rules that make starting seem complicated. Patio gardening can feel like a puzzle of trade-offs, and backyard gardening ideas can stall when soil, time, or confidence runs short. Community garden benefits add another layer, because growing in urban green spaces means sharing decisions, schedules, and expectations with others. With the right foundation, a small space can become a steady source of fresh…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona, AZ — The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious, educational, social and cultural experiences. The JCSVV offers soul-enriching services, programs, concerts, and classes, all listed on the synagogue website, jcsvv.org. Office telephone: 928 204-1286. Visitors are welcome to attend services after a security check. Those who cannot attend in person can access the service through zoom. All are invited to Erev Shabbat service on…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Sedona, AZ –Today I am grieving. Deeply. Painfully. Messily. Preciously. Not for the beloveds I’ve lost but for this world imploding about me. Maybe it’s nothing to grieve. Perhaps it was never worth the love I gave it. Maybe this country has always been the monster in the closet that everyone cowered from while smiling and pretending to get along. I was privileged to be white in a white loving country, even though I didn’t know it while I was growing up. I didn’t realize how so many others felt. I ticked two of the boxes…
By David Stephen Summary: Assuming there is a professor of cognitive science, who is also an expert in artificial intelligence, and then assuming there is a problem with AI chatbots causing delusions and psychosis, and that professor truly cares about society, what is the maximum possible responsibility of that professor to society? Assuming the professor has a voice and uses it to criticize AI companies, their hype and methods, what else can the professor do, given the solid knowledge [say] of mind and engineering, two divisions of the AI delusion, psychosis problem? If artificial intelligence can now take on a…
By Steve Segner Sedona needs leadership grounded in community experience — not retired executives new to town. Sedona attracts many talented and successful new residents who want to become involved in local politics. That interest is welcome. But like any profession, public service requires time, experience, and an understanding of how local government actually works. Government is not the same as running a private business. It operates within legal frameworks, Arizona open meeting laws, budgeting requirements, transportation planning, regional partnerships, and public processes that exist for good reason. Effective local leadership comes from understanding those systems and participating in them…