Clarkdale News – Up-and-coming winemakers will be celebrated on April 23 when the Emerging Winemakers Competition & Symposium returns for its fourth year at Yavapai College’s Verde Valley campus in Clarkdale. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. PDT and will be held in person at the college and streamed live online. Organized by Grand Crew, a Yavapai College Viticulture and Enology student/alumni organization, the event will feature educational seminars, an awards ceremony and a roundtable discussion with the competition’s seven judges. An “emerging” winemaker is anyone at least 21 years of age whose wine is not…
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By Amaya Gayle Gregory What do you really want from life? Really. Be honest just this once. Don’t give me the pat answer, one of the ones you’ve been selling yourself since you were a kid – to be fearless, to have enough, to have control of your life, to be enough, to quit saying stupid things, to know what’s true, to be included … and on this day in February, someone you can love who will love you too. As powerful as they all are, they aren’t really it. Come on now. What is it? What do you REALLY…
… everything happens at warp speed … the Osprey above has thrust up and forward with his legs, released his talons from the branch and has fully extended his wings as he lifts off and is reaching for air … perhaps a tenth of a second has elapsed from the decision to enter flight. In the photo below a Great Egret has also made the choice to enter flight and we have him looking like a helicopter going straight up from the shore he was wading looking for food and he is perhaps a half a second into flight. Work…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum will host “Throwback Thursdays-Pioneers at the Museum”, on Thursday, March 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Museum. Visitors will enjoy a glimpse at parts of the Museum through encounters with costumed reenactors. These impersonators will breathe life into Sedona area pioneers and share a bit of that person’s life story and adventures in the Sedona of 70-120 years ago. Guests will rotate through the Museum buildings, delighting in parts of a “day-in-the life” of our early settlers and community-builders, and getting a peek at some of the hopes, dreams, and hardships in Arizona’s…
Verde Valley News – El Valle Artist Association Artist of the Month for February is Deb Nakano for her work “ The Garage with Old Car” Having recently moved back to Arizona, Deb an established NE Colorado artist, has moved most of her featured work from the Walnut Gallery in Longmont, CO to the walls of her new home in Cottonwood. Deb would like to be considered a local contributing artist in Verde Valley, desiring to show and participate in artists organizations, venues and galleries. Her photographic art is created by taking original photos and duplicating and downloading them into software…
Sedona News – Take a deep breath: Spring is here! Rowe Fine Art Gallery kicks off the season of rebirth with In Blossom, a show highlighting fresh work from the gallery’s award-winning painters. In Blossom begins on March 4 and runs through the end of the month. The show features the latest wildlife and landscape artwork from Julie T. Chapman, Dane Chinnock, Kim Diment, Jen Farnsworth, Lynn Heil, John Rasberry and Amy Ringholz. When Julie T. Chapman’s newest acrylic, pastel, charcoal and oil on panel recently arrived at the gallery, everyone gasped when they looked into the eyes of the bobcat depicted in Don’t…
Verde Valley News – Mark your calendar for March 4, 2022! At 10:00 am, Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum will proudly host Verde Valley native Dennis Coon at the Clark Memorial Clubhouse for a fascinating First Friday In Their Own Words presentation. Mr. Coon’s grandfather moved to the ranch in Perkinsville in 1924. From then until 1968, the family raised cattle and the boys raised hell. Stories about the little white school bus, skateboarding at TAPCO with the Alvarez boys and the eponymous Dead Horse of State Park fame will be relayed. Artifacts of those rough days will be on display. This…
… today was a beautiful day to be on the water, but it was also a day that my timing was off on nearly everything I was attempting to shoot … reposition the boat so I can get a clean shot and the birds fly before I get the camera back in my hand, and so it went, opportunity after opportunity. I was saved by the gulls and a bag of dry cat food I brought along. Throwing a handful of dry cat food into the water sparks immediate interest in the gulls … free food! They engage in marvelous…
Sedona News – Old Town Center for the Arts has lined up renowned performers for its March Concert schedule. As we enter into Spring, March is the month to be amazed by colorful flowers and a colorful variety of performances at the Old Town Center for the Arts. Check out the notable group of performers below, who have toured the U.S. and abroad, and will travel to Old Town Cottonwood, this March for upcoming events at Old Town Center for the Arts. Andreas Kapsalis Internationally Known Guitarist Saturday, March 12, 7:00 PM Andreas Kapsalis is known as one of the…
Sedona News – The Arizona Department of Transportation is preparing to start long-awaited improvements on State Route 89A in Oak Creek Canyon after the Arizona State Transportation Board awarded a construction contract to proceed with the project at its Feb. 18, meeting. The improvements include: Rockfall Mitigation Drainage & Sediment Control Pumphouse Wash Bridge Rehabilitation Construction is expected to begin early this spring and anticipated to be completed in fall 2023. ADOT invites you to attend a live virtual public information meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, to learn more about the planned improvements and ask questions. More details on…
By Rose Boerner, NAMI Yavapai Sedona News – Our next Mental Health Monday program via Zoom on February 28th, 10:00 to 11:30 AM, will focus on providing information about safely navigating a mental health crisis, whether you have state Medicaid (AHCCCS) or private insurance. Topics addressed will be: How the local crisis phone line and crisis stabilization unit work and when to use them. What are your rights during a crisis and what happens when you call the crisis line. Alternative options to calling a crisis line. The three speakers will be: Monica Lincoln — Mobile Crisis Team Lead, Spectrum Healthcare Chris Knack MS,…
War Oh, what madness Infests some men’s brains A madness that kills That lusts to profane The sweet earth with the life blood That drains from the veins Of his servant the soldier On some foreign plain Who dies for his country But to whom it’s not plain Whether he dies for its freedom Or stock market gain. –Tommy Acosta How scary it must be to know you must fight to the death with another human when war calls upon one to do so. Mortal combat has existed since the beginning of conscious time, since the beginning when humans…
Camp Verde News – Starting February 28 and continuing every Monday from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Teen Librarian, Zack Garcia will host Maker Mondays in the Teen Library computer lab. Teens ages 12 and up are invited to explore circuits, invent with gadgets, and learn tech skills through play. Develop important STEM skills while having fun. Recreate the now-famous Banana Piano with Makey-Makeys, or tinker and explore to invent something new. Synthesize and modulate sound and turn your creative ideas into reality with Little Bits, and much more. Camp Verde Community Library is located just off Montezuma Castle Highway at…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona News – Shalom and greetings from the Rabbi, Board of Directors, and congregation of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley. All the services, classes, and programs are listed on the synagogue website. Come join us either in person or online. See jcsvv.org for instructions to register for in-person services. On Friday, February 25, Rabbi Magal will lead a service to welcome in Shabbat with candle lighting, songs, prayers, and a Torah reading from the portion of the week, Vayakhel, Exodus 35:1 – 38:20, containing the plans and details of the building of the Mishkan, portable…
By Kathy Howe Sedona News: I live on a street in Uptown Sedona that has nine houses on it. Six are vacation rentals. I love it! No more barking dogs. No more urging a neighbor to have dead trees cut down. No more looking at a house where a hoarder lived and one of my cats hunted for food. No more listening to neighbors who lived across the street from each other and argued often. In the years the VRs have been operating in my neighborhood I have had only one incident which was quickly resolved by our fabulous Sedona…