Verde Valley News – The CHSM Board of Directors is immensely pleased to announce that the Museum will open its doors on October 1, 2022, coinciding with Clarktoberfest. Visitors are welcome from noon until 5:00 pm. Volunteers have been busy during the Museum’s hiatus and are excited share their hard work. New exhibits have been added to the collection, and others have been re-imagined to draw the viewer in to historic scenes. The keystone to the founding of Clarkdale, the smelter, now has its own room overlooking the original site. Select pieces of the original clubhouse china, once enough to…
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By Beverly Kievman Copen Verde Valley News – It seems ironic that during the 2+ years of the pandemic, so many creative, innovative businesses were invented. That has been fantastic. And now I present another way to create a new idea – within an existing business. Two women became friends in Arizona. One, Mary Rush, is a gifted artist; the other, me, a photographer. Both of us are entrepreneurs and authors. We both admired and respected one another’s talent. I had even taken a painting lesson from Mary during an art hike. Almost two years ago I moved from Sedona,…
… The Osprey flying directly at me with his catch firmly gripped in the talons of his right foot is one of my favorite shots … we are eye level and I am directly in his path … “clear a path” “make way” or else! Still to follow as he gains altitude is to line the trout up head first and gripped by the talons of both feet as he flies off to a nearby tree to enjoy his meal. I have a 36 x 24 of this photo on a wall at home and anxious to see how it…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival presents “An Evening with Ted: Pursuing Beauty in Northern Arizona” at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Join Ted as he guides you through the wonders and beauty of Sedona, the Colorado Plateau and Northern/Central Arizona from a perspective that few have ever seen … the beauty of the red rocks as seen from above and through the clouds, volcanoes and mountains, canyons and rivers … and on the ground his beautiful and unique wildlife photography of those creatures with whom we share this magnificent…
Verde Valley News – Gift cards are a popular and convenient gift for all occasions. They’re also a tool that scammers use to steal money from people. Scammers have been targeting Yavapai County residents by asking them to pay a fake fine or probation bill with gift cards. They may also use a compromised email account to send emails requesting gift card purchases for friends, family, or co-workers. YCSO would like to remind the public that gift cards are for gifts, not for paying fines. YCSO will never ask anyone to make a payment with a gift card. **Yavapai County…
Verde Valley News – El Valle Artist Association (EVAA) Artist of the Month for September is Mike Trulson for his watercolor painting titled SAC. Ever since I can remember, drawing and painting has held a place in my soul. I was always drawing in Grade school, cartoons mainly. When art classes became electives in Junior high and high school I made sure I was enrolled in a class every semester. I enjoyed the biographies of the great masters. Being honest with myself and the reality of pursuing fine art as a career, (I had no desire to be a starving…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “MVP” showing Sept. 23-29 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. On the streets of Hollywood, a recently retired NFL player is saved from scandal by a homeless veteran suffering from PTSD. With their glory days behind them both, the two men bond in search of true purpose and identity. Inspired by actual events, “MVP” dramatizes the formation of Merging Vets & Players (MVP), and the film features military veterans and former professional athletes both in front of and behind the camera. “Gripping! Will make…
Sedona News – There’s a certain mystery that surrounds the creation of art, especially bronze sculptures, which require so many steps along the way. Award-winning bronze wildlife sculptor and gallery owner Ken Rowe seeks to demystify the process when he steps into the spotlight on Friday, October 7, for Class Act. Ken, who prefers to sculpt from live animal models, will demonstrate his process with the help of a surprise guest from Runnin’ W Wildlife Center, a nonprofit rescue and rehabilitation facility based out of Cornville. “Will our model have fur or feathers?” speculates Ken. “You’ll have to come see to find…
… spent most of the day working on the article for Sedona Monthly, November edition, on The Humane Society of Sedona and what their presence has done for us and influenced our lives. It began in December of 1999 when we brought Nimbus home from the shelter … he always liked to burrow into blankets and hide … a fierce hunter when outside and a pal with Lo, about a 35+ pound bobcat who used to join us on the deck … Corky, me, Nimbus and Lo all relaxing in the sun for an hour or so. Q joined our…
Sedona News – GC Productions and Sedona International Film Festival Present: “A Cabaret of Consciousness” A Brilliant Leading-Edge Powerhouse of a Performance that is “The Voice of The Earth Herself!” This amazing one-woman musical will make its 2022 debut on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D, Fisher Theatre. “A Cabaret of Consciousness” is written and performed by Gina Citoli. The show has played to rave reviews and standing ovations throughout out the US. It is family friendly, ages 9 and up. As Mama Earth Gina Citoli delivers a profound and beautiful message of hope and promise…
Verde Valley News – Friday, October 21st from 9:00a-3:30p the Lions Club of Yavapai County will bring eye care services through their mobile doctor’s office to Camp Verde community members. The Lions Mobile Eye Care Van is a fully equipped eye doctor’s examination room used by volunteer eye doctors to give screening eye exams and write prescriptions for eyeglasses. It is the mission of Lions Clubs to use this mobile doctor’s office to bring eye care services to all of Yavapai County, with particular emphasis on residents 18 years and older who lack the means for, or access to, eye…
Sedona News – Love quilting? Got questions? Members of the Red Rock Quilters will be the featured guests for Monday at the Museum on Monday, September 26th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Perhaps bring a small project to work on and enjoy the fellowship of quilting by getting your questions answered or just talking about the joy of quilting. They welcome all levels of quilters, fabric lovers, guests and traveling quilters. There is no charge for this demonstration. “Mondays at the Museum” is a workshop/ demonstration held every Monday; please call for a current schedule. The Museum is always looking…
Sedona News – The city invites the public to attend its next artist reception on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Vultee Conference Room at City Hall. On display are oil landscapes painted by Melanie Chambers Hartman and nature photography by husband and wife, Stan and Susie Rose. Special music guest will be Näthan “Saith” Gangadean. The Chambers Hartman exhibit, “A Brush with Nature” celebrates Sedona and the surrounding areas. Two years ago she moved from Virginia to Sedona where she enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking, traveling and painting en plein air.…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Energetically, I had mastered the trick of folding my body in upon itself. It happens at the energetic level even if it doesn’t manifest in the physical appearance. I folded myself up, tipping the crown chakra energy down towards my little Buddha belly and wrapping my shoulders inward to fill in the gaps. It seems to be the default mechanism of the sense of separation, a protective attitude that becomes automatically embedded. After a moment, or longer, abiding as awareness, abiding as not-twoness, I could feel the wide-open, infinitely empty piece of paper, the infinite potential…
… over the last 20+ years I have spent hundreds of hours in the air photographing the landscape of Sedona and northern Arizona from the air and especially the last fifteen or so years my motorglider served as an aerial tripod as I experimented with shooting the terrain from various altitudes, angles, times of day and varying weather conditions … now I have a portfolio with tens of thousands of these images and periodically I go through them. The shot above is looking up Long Canyon on a wintry January day … Seven Canyons resort is just below center in…